Patents by Inventor David W. Everett

David W. Everett 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: 20240072799
    Abstract: A multi-layer touchscreen assembly for an appliance includes a panel including an outer touchscreen surface, an opaque layer positioned below the touchscreen surface and having at least one transparent area therein defining lighting of at least one visual touch control region, a printed circuit board positioned below the opaque layer, the printed circuit board including a plurality of light-emitting diodes proximate one or more corresponding capacitive touch sensors of a first visual touch control region of the one or more visual touch control regions, and the one or more capacitive touch sensors configured to provide a visual indication of a control aspect of the appliance according to a user's touch input. The assembly also includes at least one diffusion portion operatively positioned between the opaque layer at a transparent area thereof and the printed circuit board at the first visual touch control region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Karl W. Marschke, Brian L. Vodvarka, Grant T. Oberhauser, Charles Quinn, Kroy E. Nernberger, Matthew J. Quock, Steven J. Buth, Michael S. Rubrich, David W. Everett, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230355032
    Abstract: An electrical appliance includes a controller operatively connected to a power circuit, a control circuit, a power source, a sensor for sensing a parameter level, and an active element. The controller is configured to receive an input of the parameter level from the sensor and to output a duty cycle for controlling a power level of the active element via the control circuit at various times to achieve a target set point of the parameter, the duty cycle based on proportional and integral control. The controller uses the proportional control and the integral control when the control circuit is energized, and accumulates integral error only when a parameter process variable sensed by the sensor is determined to be within an interval of the target set point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Noah C. Pulvermacher, Benjamin M. Cleppe, Drew W. Heidenreich, Sean P. Holinka, Jacob D. Smith, Maciej Murzynski, Grant T. Oberhauser, Firdaus S. Nandoliya, David W. Everett
  • Publication number: 20200346247
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a personal care device comprising an immiscible conditioning composition formed by combining a hydrophilic matrix, such as a polymeric material, and a hydrophobic conditioning agent. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a personal care device comprising a hydrophilic matrix, such as a polymeric material, and a hydrophobic conditioning agent dispersed therein, such as a silicone or a siloxane-based agent suitable for transferring from the device surface, and more particularly the matrix surface, to hair or skin surfaces in contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: David W. Everett, Maciej Murzynski, Giovanni Gonzalez, Richard A. Harthun, Daniele Rosati
  • Patent number: 9993110
    Abstract: A heating appliance generally includes a housing defining a food product compartment, and a rack configured to support a food product within the food product compartment. The heating appliance further includes a heating assembly disposed within the food product compartment. The heating assembly includes a heating element having a length, wherein the heating element is configured to have a temperature increase along the length during heating. The heating assembly further includes a heat distribution member disposed between the heating element and the rack, wherein the heat distribution member includes a pattern of apertures that tapers in accordance with the temperature increase of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Daniel Smith, Kroy Everett Nernberger, Casey Aaron Klock, James Raymond Patullo, Joseph Valdon Krebs, David W. Everett, Jr., Milan Poidl
  • Patent number: 9814357
    Abstract: In a container and method for processing food, the container has a closed end, and open end and a tubular sidewall extending therebetween and together with the closed end defining an interior space of the container. The container is configured to accommodate a blade member within the interior space of the container. The container has a center and the sidewall has at least one rib projecting inward of the interior space of the container and extending heightwise along at least a portion of the sidewall. The rib is asymmetric in transverse cross-section. A blade member is also disclosed and is configured to have different planes in which the blade member moves upon rotation of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Jacob Daniel Smith, David W. Everett
  • Patent number: 9801499
    Abstract: A food preparation appliance has a base, a blade member rotatable in a direction of rotation, and a container with a closed bottom, an open top and a tubular sidewall together defining an interior space of the container. The top of the container is configured for releasable connection with the base, with the blade member disposed within the interior space of the container. The sidewall has a rib projecting inward of the interior space of the container and extending lengthwise along at least a portion of the sidewall from the top of the container toward the bottom of the container. The rib has, in the direction of rotation of the blade member, a peak defined as the shortest transverse dimension measured from the center of the container to the sidewall at a respective height along the portion of the sidewall having the rib, the rib being asymmetric in transverse cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Jacob Daniel Smith, David W. Everett
  • Publication number: 20150297029
    Abstract: In a cooking appliance and method for baking a food product, the appliance has a generally solid plate member, a first heating element disposed above the solid plate member in spaced relationship therewith and a thin-film heating element coupled to the solid plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jacob Daniel Smith, David W. Everett, JR., Victor Tenorio Chamixaes Cavalcanti, Charles Nelson, Matthew Arthur Christian Guckenberger
  • Publication number: 20140349019
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a personal care device comprising an immiscible conditioning composition formed by combining a hydrophilic matrix, such as a polymeric material, and a hydrophobic conditioning agent. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a personal care device comprising a hydrophilic matrix, such as a polymeric material, and a hydrophobic conditioning agent dispersed therein, such as a silicone or a siloxane-based agent suitable for transferring from the device surface, and more particularly the matrix surface, to hair or skin surfaces in contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: David W. Everett, Maciej Murzynski, Giovanni Gonzalez, Richard A. Harthun, Daniele Rosati
  • Patent number: 8875717
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to personal grooming apparatus that include coatings on the surface thereof that incorporate static dissipative additives that reduce the static build-up in the hair of users as compared to conventional apparatus. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods for producing such apparatus, and methods for grooming the hair of an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Maciej Murzynski, David W. Everett
  • Publication number: 20140263789
    Abstract: In a container and method for processing food, the container has a closed end, and open end and a tubular sidewall extending therebetween and together with the closed end defining an interior space of the container. The container is configured to accommodate a blade member within the interior space of the container. The container has a center and the sidewall has at least one rib projecting inward of the interior space of the container and extending heightwise along at least a portion of the sidewall. The rib is asymmetric in transverse cross-section. A blade member is also disclosed and is configured to have different planes in which the blade member moves upon rotation of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Jacob Daniel Smith, David W. Everett
  • Publication number: 20140263784
    Abstract: A food preparation appliance has a base, a blade member rotatable in a direction of rotation, and a container with a closed bottom, an open top and a tubular sidewall together defining an interior space of the container. The top of the container is configured for releasable connection with the base, with the blade member disposed within the interior space of the container. The sidewall has a rib projecting inward of the interior space of the container and extending lengthwise along at least a portion of the sidewall from the top of the container toward the bottom of the container. The rib has, in the direction of rotation of the blade member, a peak defined as the shortest transverse dimension measured from the center of the container to the sidewall at a respective height along the portion of the sidewall having the rib, the rib being asymmetric in transverse cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Jacob Daniel Smith, David W. Everett
  • Publication number: 20120192428
    Abstract: A shaver includes a body, a shaver head including at least one shaving surface, and at least one electrically powered blade in the body adjacent the shaver head. The shaver also includes a receiver assembly connected to the body adjacent the head and a solid lubricant bar removably mounted in the receiver. The bar is mounted for removal from the shaver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Lee McMurray, Daniele Rosati, Frank Mercurio, James Raymond Patullo, David W. Everett, Richard A. Harthun
  • Patent number: 8119584
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for cleaning a shaving device using a cleaning solution and preparation of the cleaning solution. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of cleaning a shaving device using an environmentally friendly cleaning solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Rovcal, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Harthun, David W. Everett, Giovanni Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20120015856
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for cleaning a shaving device using a cleaning solution and preparation of the cleaning solution. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of cleaning a shaving device using an environmentally friendly cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.
    Inventors: Richard A. Harthun, David W. Everett, Giovanni Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20110277333
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a hair dryer comprising a protective grill having a composition deposited thereon, or present therein, for conditioning hair. More particularly, the conditioning composition comprises a cross-linked siloxane polymer and a silicone conditioning agent. Operation of the hair dryer initiates emission and transfer of the conditioning agent from the protective grill onto the hair surface of a user thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Everett, Richard A. Harthun, Maciej Murzynski, Daniele Rosati
  • Patent number: 8037613
    Abstract: A rotary shaving head having a one-piece cup-shaped metal body including a comb portion. A plurality of openings in the comb portion are defined by opposed sidewalls, the intersection of at least one sidewall of at least one of the openings with an inner surface of the comb portion defining a cutting edge having a positive rake angle. A rotary shaving head manufacturing method includes the steps of etching a set of openings corresponding to a shaving head blank into an elongate flat metal strip, forming the blank into a cup-shaped unfinished shaving head, and removing material from the inner surface of the comb portion of the unfinished shaving head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Rovcal, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Everett, Jr., Maciei Murzynski
  • Publication number: 20110240053
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to personal grooming apparatus that include coatings on the surface thereof that incorporate static dissipative additives that reduce the static build-up in the hair of users as compared to conventional apparatus. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods for producing such apparatus, and methods for grooming the hair of an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.
    Inventors: Maciej Murzynski, David W. Everett
  • Patent number: 7897266
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a personal grooming product or device (e.g., foil shaver, rotary shaver, etc.) having a metal coating on one or more surfaces thereof, the grooming product being designed for contacting the skin (e.g., the human hand or face, or the skin of an animal, such as during the act of pet grooming). More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to a personal grooming product or device having a layer of some measurable thickness on such a surface, wherein the layer comprises or contains a tarnish resistant, hypoallergenic and/or antimicrobial silver-containing alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Rovcal, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Everett, Jr., Maciej Murzynski, Timothy John Martin, Giovanni Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20100163071
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a personal care device comprising an immiscible conditioning composition formed by combining a hydrophilic matrix, such as a polymeric material, and a hydrophobic conditioning agent. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a personal care device comprising a hydrophilic matrix, such as a polymeric material, and a hydrophobic conditioning agent dispersed therein, such as a silicone or a siloxane-based agent suitable for transferring from the device surface, and more particularly the matrix surface, to hair or skin surfaces in contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Everett, JR., Maciej Murzynski, Giovanni Gonzalez, Richard A. Harthun
  • Publication number: 20080189952
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a personal grooming product or device (e.g., foil shaver, rotary shaver, etc.) having a metal coating on one or more surfaces thereof, the grooming product being designed for contacting the skin (e.g., the human hand or face, or the skin of an animal, such as during the act of pet grooming). More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to a personal grooming product or device having a layer of some measurable thickness on such a surface, wherein the layer comprises or contains a tarnish resistant, hypoallergenic and/or antimicrobial silver-containing alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Everett, Maciej Murzynski, Timothy John Martin, Giovanni Gonzalez