Patents by Inventor Eric J. Holden

Eric J. Holden 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: 5318204
    Abstract: A resilient squeeze bottle dispensing package including an internal flexible bag which is suitable for dispensing viscous product such as toothpaste, but which includes an air valve which will automatically permit pressure equilibration in the chamber formed between the flexible bag and the interior of the bottle in response to a decrease in the atmospheric pressure surrounding the package. Employing a valve which permits such automatic pressure equilibration avoids unwanted oozing of viscous product from the discharge orifice of the package when the atmospheric pressure surrounding the package decreases, e.g., as by airplane travel or by travelling from a first elevation to a second substantially higher elevation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Leane K. Davis, Eric J. Holden, Robert S. Kiner, Joan B. Szkutak