Patents by Inventor Fiona E. Menken

Fiona E. Menken 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).

  • Framed air filter with skip-scored sidewall junction
    Patent number: 11376537
    Abstract: A framed air filter that includes air filter media and a frame with four frame portions. At least one frame portion includes an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall that meet at a sidewall junction. The sidewall junction extends along a score line that includes at least one cut-scored segment and one crush-scored segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovation Properties Company
    Inventors: Fiona E. Menken, Brenda K. Balderas, Dennis M. Glass, Michael L. Munson, Mark A. Sanocki
  • FRAGRANCE DISPENSER WITH USER-SELECTABLE RELEASE RATE
    Publication number: 20220184264
    Abstract: A fragrance dispenser including at least one receptacle having a major open end, with a porous diffuser layer occlusively overlying the major open end of the receptacle. At least a sectional area of the porous diffuser layer is removable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Kannan Seshadri, Brenda K. Balderas, Jordan A. Fleischer, Fiona E. Menken, Danielle M. Schreppel
  • Fragrance dispenser with user-selectable release rate
    Patent number: 11324849
    Abstract: A fragrance dispenser and a corresponding method of dispensing fragrance, comprising at least one receptacle having a major open end, with a porous diffuser layer occlusively overlying the major open end of the receptacle, wherein at least a sectional area of the porous diffuser layer is removable to uncover a portion of the receptacle to control of the release rate of a fragrance source. The fragrance dispenser may comprise a plurality of receptacles and the porous diffuser layer comprises a plurality of sections that are individually removable to uncover each receptacle. The fragrance dispenser could comprise a removable cover sheet that is peelably detachable from the porous diffuser layer. Porous diffuser layer could be an organic polymeric nonwoven web and/or the receptacle is made of a thermoplastic organic polymeric resin. The fragrance dispenser may further comprise a secondary diffuser layer that has 50% more permeability that the porous diffuser layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kannan Seshadri, Brenda K. Balderas, Jordan A. Fleischer, Fiona E. Menken, Danielle M. Schreppel
  • FRAGRANCE DISPENSER WITH USER-SELECTABLE RELEASE RATE
    Publication number: 20200306404
    Abstract: A fragrance dispenser and a corresponding method of dispensing fragrance, comprising at least one receptacle having a major open end, with a porous diffuser layer occlusively overlying the major open end of the receptacle, wherein at least a sectional area of the porous diffuser layer is removable to uncover a portion of the receptacle to control of the release rate of a fragrance source. The fragrance dispenser may comprise a plurality of receptacles and the porous diffuser layer comprises a plurality of sections that are individually removable to uncover each receptacle. The fragrance dispenser could comprise a removable cover sheet that is peelably detachable from the porous diffuser layer. Porous diffuser layer could be an organic polymeric nonwoven web and/or the receptacle is made of a thermoplastic organic polymeric resin. The fragrance dispenser may further comprise a secondary diffuser layer that has 50% more permeability that the porous diffuser layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kannan Seshadri, Brenda K. Balderas, Jordan A. Fleischer, Fiona E. Menken, Danielle M. Schreppel
  • FRAMED AIR FILTER WITH SKIP-SCORED SIDEWALL JUNCTION
    Publication number: 20200139285
    Abstract: A framed air filter that includes air filter media and a frame with four frame portions. At least one frame portion includes an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall that meet at a sidewall junction. The sidewall junction extends along a score line that includes at least one cut-scored segment and one crush-scored segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Fiona E. Menken, Brenda K. Balderas, Dennis M. Glass, Michael L. Munson, Mark A. Sanocki