Patents by Inventor Dianne Ellis

Dianne Ellis 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: 8257818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low oil and basis weight, apertured dusting wipe exhibiting improved particulate pick up performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Dianne Ellis, Wanda B. Best
  • Publication number: 20110159063
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of cleaning a hard surface with a nonwoven anti-microbial hard surface wipe, and more specifically to an anti-microbial hard surface wipe that more readily releases a disinfectant or anti-microbial agent, that includes coating a nonwoven wipe having a fibrous nonwoven substrate with a non-ionic and cationic binder mixture to provide a first coated nonwoven wipe, coating the first coated nonwoven wipe with a cationic dual quaternary ammonia anti-microbial agent to provide a second coated nonwoven wipe, providing a water source, and introducing the second coated nonwoven wipe to the water source wherein the cationic dual quaternary ammonia anti-microbial agent is readily released upon the second coated nonwoven wipe being introduced to the water source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: POLYMER GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Dianne Ellis, Jimmy D. West, Jennifer Mayhorn, Nick Carter
  • Patent number: 7915184
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nonwoven anti-microbial hard surface wipe, and more specifically to an anti-microbial hard surface wipe that more readily releases a disinfectant or anti-microbial agent. In a first embodiment, the nonwoven substrate of the present invention is comprised of a non-ionic binder, as well as a cationic disinfectant. The wipe is introduced into a water source and the disinfectant is readily released from the wipe so as to form a disinfectant solution. In a second embodiment, the nonwoven substrate of the present invention is comprised of a non-ionic binder and used along with a separate commercially available disinfecting or sanitizing solution. The disinfecting solution is preferably a cationic disinfecting solution, such as a cationic dual quaternary sanitizing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Dianne Ellis, Jimmy D. West, Jennifer Mayhorn, Nick Carter
  • Patent number: 7485589
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an essentially binder free cleaning and/or sanitizing nonwoven article including a cationic fibrous component for cleaning a surface, to be utilized with a sanitizing solution without depleting the solution's effectiveness. The cationic cleaning or sanitizing article of the present invention is particularly engineered to be stored in a quaternary amine sanitizing solution over an extended period of time while maintaining at least the minimum required FDA ppm of the sanitizing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: PGI Polymer, Inc.
    Inventor: Dianne Ellis
  • Publication number: 20070060003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low oil and basis weight, apertured dusting wipe exhibiting improved particulate pick up performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Dianne Ellis, Wanda Best
  • Publication number: 20070032151
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an essentially binder free cleaning and/or sanitizing nonwoven article including a cationic fibrous component for cleaning a surface, to be utilized with a sanitizing solution without depleting the solution's effectiveness. The cationic cleaning or sanitizing article of the present invention is particularly engineered to be stored in a quaternary amine sanitizing solution over an extended period of time while maintaining at least the minimum required FDA ppm of the sanitizing solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventor: Dianne Ellis
  • Publication number: 20060128248
    Abstract: A nonwoven wipe, a wiping system and method for using a wipe are provided that offer superior sanitization capabilities over prolonged periods of use. The novel combination of nonwoven substrate having wettable polypropylene and an anionic binder formulation results in a wipe that exhibits washable durability and is capable interacting with a chlorine sanitizer, either disposed in the wipe or in ancillary chlorine sanitizing solution, for prolonged periods of use without significantly depleting the chlorine content of the wipe or solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Dianne Ellis
  • Publication number: 20040228904
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nonwoven anti-microbial hard surface wipe, and more specifically to an anti-microbial hard surface wipe that more readily releases a disinfectant or anti-microbial agent. In a first embodiment, the nonwoven substrate of the present invention is comprised of anionic binder or a combination of an anionic and non-ionic binder, as well as an anionic disinfectant. In a second embodiment, the nonwoven substrate of the present invention is comprised of an anionic binder and used along with a separate commercially available disinfecting or sanitizing solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Dianne Ellis, James West, Nick Carter, Jennifer Mayhorn
  • Publication number: 20040137815
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nonwoven anti-microbial hard surface wipe, and more specifically to an anti-microbial hard surface wipe that more readily releases a disinfectant or anti-microbial agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Dianne Ellis, James West, Jennifer Mayhorn, Nick Carter
  • Patent number: D556463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Bridges, Dianne Ellis
  • Patent number: D572018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Bridges, Dianne Ellis