Patents by Inventor Debra Gay Gehring

Debra Gay Gehring 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).

  • Package for an article to be worn
    Patent number: 8678251
    Abstract: A hanger for storing and/or displaying an article to be worn, such as an article of clothing. The hanger may be adapted to be joined to a fastener on the article of clothing. A method for displaying an article to be worn may include providing an article having a fastener, providing a hanger having a complementary fastener, and joining the article to the hanger by the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joshua James Norman, Debra Gay Gehring, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Wipes container
    Patent number: 8245876
    Abstract: A container for storing and dispensing wipes that includes an extendable orifice. The orifice is extendable into the storage space of the wipes container to position an opening in close proximity with the top of a stack of wipes stored in the container. The extendable orifice may also act to reduce moisture loss in the case of wet-wipes and reduce the occurrence of fall-back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Mario Alonso, Angela C. Oehlerking, Catherine Lazar Odell, Paul Francis O'Connor, Christine Lee Enderby, David R. Knaub
  • WIPES PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20120097697
    Abstract: A wipes product comprising a reusable container for storing and dispensing wipes. The wipes product including a lock portion disposed on the major lid and configured to engage with a key portion to form a substantially moisture impermeable barrier over the dispensing orifice when the lock portion and the key portion are engaged. The wipes product also includes a package of wipes comprising the key portion, the package of wipes being disposed in the interior storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Debra Gay Gehring
  • Packaging for an article to be worn
    Publication number: 20120024914
    Abstract: A hanger for storing and/or displaying an article to be worn, such as an article of clothing. The hanger may be adapted to be joined to a fastener on the article of clothing. A method for displaying an article to be worn may include providing an article having a fastener, providing a hanger having a complementary fastener, and joining the article to the hanger by the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua James Norman, Debra Gay Gehring, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Wipes Container
    Publication number: 20110011767
    Abstract: A container for storing and dispensing wipes that includes an extendable orifice. The orifice is extendable into the storage space of the wipes container to position an opening in close proximity with the top of a stack of wipes stored in the container. The extendable orifice may also act to reduce moisture loss in the case of wet-wipes and reduce the occurrence of fall-back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Mario Alonso, Angela C. Oehlerking, Catherine Lazar Odell, Paul Francis O'Connor, Christine Lee Enderby, David R. Knaub
  • Low Density Foam Wipes Container Having Good Effusivity
    Publication number: 20090321299
    Abstract: A reusable container for storing and dispensing wipes that includes two or more shells configured to act cooperatively to define an interior storage space. The wipes container provides a warm-feeling, cloth-like surface. At least a portion of one of the shells includes a synthetic polymeric foam material having an Effusivity value at 25° C. and 32° C. of less than about 550.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Debra Gay Gehring
  • Containment vessel
    Patent number: 6899246
    Abstract: The present invention is a vessel for containing consumer products. Parts of the containment vessel are made of material sufficiently capable of being deformed by the mechanical force applied by the hands of the consumer while avoiding accidental opening during shipment or display of the vessel on store shelves. The vessel can be made of a suitable material to display the contents of the containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Ty Eric Martin, John Martin Howell
  • Containment vessel
    Publication number: 20040040965
    Abstract: The present invention is a vessel for containing consumer products. Parts of the containment vessel are made of material sufficiently capable of being deformed by the mechanical force applied by the hands of the consumer while avoiding accidental opening during shipment or display of the vessel on store shelves. The vessel can be made of a suitable material to display the contents of the containment vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Ty Eric Martin, John Martin Howell
  • Skin care kit
    Publication number: 20020197228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin care kit comprising a skin care composition contained within a dispenser, capable of consistently delivering a predetermined amount of the skin care composition by actuation of a dispensing package pump wherein said composition is delivered through the dispenser's dispensing surface. The skin care compositions of the present invention are water-in-oil emulsions comprising an oil continuous phase and an aqueous discontinuous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: William Kater LaSala, Ty Eric Martin, Nancy Coultrip Dawes, Robert Bao Kim Ha, Debra Gay Gehring
  • Wipes container
    Patent number: D611282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Sarah Louise Thielman
  • Wipes container
    Patent number: D623451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Sarah Louise Thielman
  • Wipes container
    Patent number: D638643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Sarah Louise Thielman
  • Wipes container
    Patent number: D642838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Sarah Louise Thielman
  • Front face of a portion of a wipes container
    Patent number: D665204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Sarah Louise Thielman
  • Front face of a zipper portion of a wipes container
    Patent number: D665205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Sarah Louise Thielman
  • Front face of a zipper portion of a wipes container
    Patent number: D665607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Sarah Louise Thielman