Patents by Inventor Eileen Ventura

Eileen Ventura 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).

  • ACTUATOR-DRIVEN DISPENSER
    Publication number: 20160008227
    Abstract: Dispenser and methods of dispensing substances is provided. The dispenser comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis, the housing configured to receive a packet comprising at least one collapsible cavity containing at least one substance, a support member positioned in the housing, the support member having a longitudinal axis essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing, a wedge coupled to the support member, the wedge configured to move in a plane substantially parallel within the longitudinal axis of the housing, the wedge receiving a force directed substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the housing, and a reciprocating actuator coupled to the housing and engagable with the support member, the actuator moveable between a first position and a second position whereby the wedge advances a single predetermined increment collapsing a portion of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: David L. Foshee, Theodore J. Mosler, Eileen Ventura, Kristin L. Benokraitis, Matthew R. Penny
  • Actuator-driven dispenser
    Patent number: 9174775
    Abstract: Dispenser and methods of dispensing substances is provided. The dispenser comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis, the housing configured to receive a packet comprising at least one collapsible cavity containing at least one substance, a support member positioned in the housing, the support member having a longitudinal axis essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing, a wedge coupled to the support member, the wedge configured to move in a plane substantially parallel within the longitudinal axis of the housing, the wedge receiving a force directed substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the housing, and a reciprocating actuator coupled to the housing and engagable with the support member, the actuator moveable between a first position and a second position whereby the wedge advances a single predetermined increment collapsing a portion of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Elix, LLC
    Inventors: David L. Foshee, Theodore J. Mosler, Eileen Ventura, Kristin L. Benokraitis, Matthew R. Penny
  • DISPENSER
    Publication number: 20130327789
    Abstract: Dispenser and methods of dispensing substances is provided. The dispenser comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis, the housing configured to receive a packet comprising at least one collapsible cavity containing at least one substance, a support member positioned in the housing, the support member having a longitudinal axis essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing, a wedge coupled to the support member, the wedge configured to move in a plane substantially parallel within the longitudinal axis of the housing, the wedge receiving a force directed substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the housing, and a reciprocating actuator coupled to the housing and engagable with the support member, the actuator moveable between a first position and a second position whereby the wedge advances a single predetermined increment collapsing a portion of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: David L. Foshee, Theodore J. Mosler, Eileen Ventura, Kristin L. Benokraitis, Matthew R. Penny