Patents by Inventor Daniel Peter Sterling

Daniel Peter Sterling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200223601
    Abstract: Child-resistant containers or packages having spinning collar cap assemblies are provided, as are methods for manufacturing such containers. In various embodiments, the child-resistant container includes a container body having an inner cavity, an opening to the inner cavity, and a container neck circumscribing the opening. A spinning collar is retained around the container neck and is rotatable relative thereto in at least a first rotational direction. The child-resistant container further includes an overcap, which is sized and shaped to enclose the opening when attached to the spinning collar. Through the provision of a suitable threaded interface the overcap can be (i) detached from the spinning collar by rotation of the overcap relative to the spinning collar in the first rotational direction and (ii) removably attached to the spinning collar by rotation of the overcap relative to the spinning collar in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Glenn William Kaye
  • Publication number: 20200198856
    Abstract: A container includes a container body with a projection and a cap with a cover member, an inner member, and an outer member. The inner member is threadably engaged to the neck of the container body and is supported for movement between a first threaded position and a second threaded position relative to the container body. The outer member depends from the cover member and extends at least partly about the inner member and an axis. The outer member includes a tamper-evident member that includes an abutment member configured to engage with the projection to limit movement of the cap from the first threaded position to the second threaded position. Also, the tamper-evident member is permanently deformable to disengage the projection and allow movement of the cap from the first threaded position to the second threaded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Colacioppo
  • Publication number: 20200198855
    Abstract: A container body has a neck defining an opening with an axis. The neck includes a projection that projects radially away from the axis. A cap includes a wall that defines at least part of an exterior of the cap. The wall includes an aperture extending therethrough. The cap is removably attached to the neck and supported for movement on the neck between a first position and a second position. The wall is resiliently flexible for radial movement between a retained position and an unretained position with respect to the neck. In the retained position the projection retains the cap in the first position. The wall, in the unretained position, allows movement of the cap from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Colacioppo
  • Patent number: 10618706
    Abstract: Child-resistant containers or packages having spinning collar cap assemblies are provided, as are methods for manufacturing such containers. In various embodiments, the child-resistant container includes a container body having an inner cavity, an opening to the inner cavity, and a container neck circumscribing the opening. A spinning collar is retained around the container neck and is rotatable relative thereto in at least a first rotational direction. The child-resistant container further includes an overcap, which is sized and shaped to enclose the opening when attached to the spinning collar. Through the provision of a suitable threaded interface the overcap can be (i) detached from the spinning collar by rotation of the overcap relative to the spinning collar in the first rotational direction and (ii) removably attached to the spinning collar by rotation of the overcap relative to the spinning collar in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Glenn William Kaye
  • Publication number: 20190337710
    Abstract: An oversized actuator and actuator assembly for a plastic vessel (or container) configured to hold a product under pressure, such as, for example, a lotion, cream, spray, ointment, gel or foam. The oversized actuator and actuator assembly are configured to be attached to what is considered to be a common, standard-sized valve cup (typically about 1.0 to 1.5 inches across) fastened to a common or standard-sized neck portion for a plastic vessel. Therefore, the actuator and actuator assembly of the present invention does not require that the shoulder of the plastic vessel to which they are attached have specialized geometry molded into the shoulder or body portions of the plastic vessel in order to hold the actuator or actuator assembly in place on the plastic vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Scott CARPENTER, John Kevin CLAY, Ricardo Felix PEREZ, Daniel Peter STERLING
  • Patent number: 10358281
    Abstract: An oversized actuator and actuator assembly for a plastic vessel (or container) configured to hold a product under pressure, such as, for example, a lotion, cream, spray, ointment, gel or foam. The oversized actuator and actuator assembly are configured to be attached to what is considered to be a common, standard-sized valve cup (typically about 1.0 to 1.5 inches across) fastened to a common or standard-sized neck portion for a plastic vessel. Therefore, the actuator and actuator assembly of the present invention does not require that the shoulder of the plastic vessel to which they are attached have specialized geometry molded into the shoulder or body portions of the plastic vessel in order to hold the actuator or actuator assembly in place on the plastic vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Scott Carpenter, John Kevin Clay, Ricardo Felix Perez, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Publication number: 20190106251
    Abstract: Child-resistant containers or packages having spinning collar cap assemblies are provided, as are methods for manufacturing such containers. In various embodiments, the child-resistant container includes a container body having an inner cavity, an opening to the inner cavity, and a container neck circumscribing the opening. A spinning collar is retained around the container neck and is rotatable relative thereto in at least a first rotational direction. The child-resistant container further includes an overcap, which is sized and shaped to enclose the opening when attached to the spinning collar. Through the provision of a suitable threaded interface the overcap can be (i) detached from the spinning collar by rotation of the overcap relative to the spinning collar in the first rotational direction and (ii) removably attached to the spinning collar by rotation of the overcap relative to the spinning collar in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Glenn William Kaye
  • Patent number: D842113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D851491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Katja Gerhards, Carsten Bertram
  • Patent number: D854418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Jana Haas, Glenn William Kaye
  • Patent number: D855470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D863969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D875527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Elizabeth Meriwether Boyd, Glenn William Kaye, Anne Elizabeth Lindert Nixon
  • Patent number: D881704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Anne Elizabeth Lindert Nixon, Whitney Talbot, Glenn William Kaye, Carson E. Ahlman, Shannon A. Murphy
  • Patent number: D883791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Ryan Joseph Boudreaux
  • Patent number: D883792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Ryan Joseph Boudreaux
  • Patent number: D891257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Ryan Joesph Boudreaux, Trond Erik Tollefsen
  • Patent number: D896086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: John Brandon Stephens, Daniel Peter Sterling, Glenn W Kaye
  • Patent number: D896089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: John Brandon Stephens, Daniel Peter Sterling, Glenn W Kaye
  • Patent number: D896090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: John Brandon Stephens, Daniel Peter Sterling, Glenn W Kaye