Patents by Inventor Dennis Swartz

Dennis Swartz 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).

  • Patent number: 11944694
    Abstract: Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions comprising a high level of surfactant. Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a high foaming efficiency. Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with one or more web forming materials, one or more surfactants, and a sugar alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanette Marie Swartz, Arif Ali Baig, Gregory Charles Gordon, Min Mao, Melissa Cherie Payne, Holly Balasubramanian Rauckhorst, Paul Albert Sagel, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Brian Patrick Croll, Dinah Achola Nyangiro
  • Patent number: 11911492
    Abstract: A unit-dose dentifrice composition includes a soluble fibrous composition and a nonfibrous composition. The soluble fibrous composition includes web forming material and tin ion source. The nonfibrous composition includes abrasive. The abrasive and the tin ion source are in separate locations within the unit-dose dentifrice composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Melissa Cherie Payne, Arif Ali Baig, Gregory Charles Gordon, Min Mao, Holly Balasubramanian Rauckhorst, Paul Albert Sagel, Jeanette Marie Swartz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Brian Patrick Croll, Dinah Achola Nyangiro, Samuel James St. John
  • Patent number: 11535416
    Abstract: An expandable container includes a substantially horizontal base, four side walls, and a rim defining a container opening having a larger cross section than the base. At least one of the four side walls is configured as a movable side wall, having an upwardly extending side portion and a substantially horizontal base portion. An upper edge portion of the side portion is connected to the rim by a hinge such that the movable side wall is movable between a nesting position, in which the side wall is inclined to facilitate nesting of the container inside another container, and an expanded position, in which the side wall is moved outwardly to increase the storage space of the container, when compared to the nesting position. A system includes a main tote in which a plurality of expandable containers as described above may be nested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Schoeller Allibert GmbH, Alert Innovation
    Inventors: Dennis Swartz, William Fosnight, John Dyer
  • Patent number: 11485541
    Abstract: In the case of a pallet made of plastic for holding substantially cylindrical kegs with a pallet support surface for the keg holder, which comprises upwardly protruding supporting projections for supporting the kegs placed on the support surface, the supporting projections are configured and arranged on the support surface such that kegs with different keg diameter sizes can be supported by these supporting projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Schoeller Allibert GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Swartz, Steve Loftus
  • Publication number: 20200331651
    Abstract: An expandable container includes a substantially horizontal base, four side walls, and a rim defining a container opening having a larger cross section than the base. At least one of the four side walls is configured as a movable side wall, having an upwardly extending side portion and a substantially horizontal base portion. An upper edge portion of the side portion is connected to the rim by a hinge such that the movable side wall is movable between a nesting position, in which the side wall is inclined to facilitate nesting of the container inside another container, and an expanded position, in which the side wall is moved outwardly to increase the storage space of the container, when compared to the nesting position. A system includes a main tote in which a plurality of expandable containers as described above may be nested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Dennis Swartz, William Fosnight, John Dyer
  • Publication number: 20200172289
    Abstract: In the case of a pallet made of plastic for holding substantially cylindrical kegs with a pallet support surface for the keg holder, which comprises upwardly protruding supporting projections for supporting the kegs placed on the support surface, the supporting projections are configured and arranged on the support surface such that kegs with different keg diameter sizes can be supported by these supporting projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Dennis Swartz, Steve Loftus
  • Patent number: D318193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Inventor: Dennis Swartz