Patents by Inventor Erika M. Baumgartner

Erika M. Baumgartner 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).

  • Colored extruded soap bars
    Patent number: 5246614
    Abstract: Soap bars are prepared by mixing a soap base with a metal oxide coated mica pearlescent pigment, that is strongly colored, or alternately with the colorant added separately to the soap base, so that the soap bars are brightly colored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: The MEARL Corporation
    Inventors: Erika M. Baumgartner, Philip Greenberg, Harold A. Miller
  • Method of making soap bars with the appearance of finished wood grain
    Patent number: 5242614
    Abstract: A soap bar having the appearance of a polished wood grain is prepared by mixing the soap formulation with an iron oxide coated micaceous pearlescent pigment and extruding the combination such that the iron oxide coated micaceous pearlescent pigment is oriented generally unidirectionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: The Mearl Corporation
    Inventors: Erika M. Baumgartner, Philip Greenberg, Harold A. Miller
  • Soap bars with the appearance of finished wood grain
    Patent number: 5196131
    Abstract: A soap bar having the appearance of a polished wood grain is prepared by mixing the soap formulation with an iron oxide coated micaceous pearlescent pigment and extruding the combination such that the iron oxide coated micaceous pearlescent pigment is oriented generally unidirectionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: The Mearl Corporation
    Inventors: Erika M. Baumgartner, Philip Greenberg, Harold A. Miller