Patents by Inventor Douglas Whitaker

Douglas Whitaker 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: 20160287487
    Abstract: A fragrance slurry pad patterned sampler including a base material applied to one of coated and uncoated paper, flexible film and paper laminations, aluminum foil, thermal plastics, PET, OPP, BOPP, EVA, PE, and other commonly polymer films providing the base for the fragrance sampler, the sampler including a slurry formed from various aroma chemicals, one sampler formed of one or more aroma chemicals, and the other sampler formed of one or more aroma chemicals, each applied to the base material, in a patterned arrangement, so that when the microencapsulated chemicals are fractured upon opening of the sampler, the separate aromas will be delivered sequentially, or in combination, depending upon their patterned application to the base sheet of the sampler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Sven Dobler, James Mabry, Charles Whitaker, Douglas Whitaker, Ken Maury
  • Patent number: 6364097
    Abstract: A pull-apart fragrance sampler is provided which may be produced in-line and without the use of pressure sensitive materials. The sampler includes a carrier defining a fold line, barrier applied to the carrier and centered with respect to the fold line such that the fold line divides the barrier into a first half and a second half, and a wet fragrance sample applied to one of the first and second halves of the barrier. The carrier and barrier are folded over upon themselves along the fold line and a seal is formed around the wet fragrance sample without the use of pressure sensitive materials to bind the two halves of the sampler together. The seal and barrier define a pocket which will substantially prevent the premature release of said fragrance from the sampler. The seal may be a heat seal, an adhesive seal, or a cohesive seal. The barrier may be an aqueous based curable coating, an organic based curable coating, or a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Orlandi Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Whitaker, Sven Dobler
  • Patent number: 5645161
    Abstract: A pull-apart fragrance sampler is provided which may be produced in-line and without the use of pressure sensitive materials. The sampler includes a carrier defining a fold line, barrier applied to the carrier and centered with respect to the fold line such that the fold line divides the barrier into a first half and a second half, and a fragrance sample applied to one of the first and second halves of the barrier. The carrier and barrier are folded over upon themselves along the fold line and a seal is formed around the fragrance sample without the use of pressure sensitive materials to bind the two halves of the sampler together. The seal and barrier define a pocket which will substantially prevent the premature release of said fragrance from the sampler. The seal may be a heat seal, an adhesive seal, or a cohesive seal. The barrier may be an aqueous based curable coating, an organic based curable coating, or a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Orlandi Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Whitaker, Sven Dobler