Patents by Inventor Gary William Kingry

Gary William Kingry 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).

  • Cleaning implements having structures for retaining a sheet
    Publication number: 20040011382
    Abstract: A cleaning implement, such as a floor mop, is provided. The cleaning implement includes a handle and a cleaning head attached to the handle. The cleaning head has at least one attachment structure for receiving and retaining a sheet about the cleaning head. The attachment structure includes a base triangle and a plurality of substantially pie-shaped sections whose apexes meet at a substantially common point adjacent the base triangle. Two sides of the base triangle and two sides of each of the pie-shaped sections are defined by slits passing through the flexible material forming the attachment structure such that the base triangle and each of the pie-shaped sections can be deflected to receive the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary William Kingry, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Michael Earl Hardy
  • Cleaning implements having structures for retaining a sheet
    Patent number: 6651290
    Abstract: A cleaning implement, such as a floor mop, is provided. The cleaning implement includes a handle and a cleaning head attached to the handle. The cleaning head has at least one attachment structure for receiving and retaining a sheet about the cleaning head. The attachment structure includes a base triangle and a plurality of substantially pie-shaped sections whose apexes meet at a substantially common point adjacent the base triangle. Two sides of the base triangle and two sides of each of the pie-shaped sections are defined by slits passing through the flexible material forming the attachment structure such that the base triangle and each of the pie-shaped sections can be deflected to receive the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary William Kingry, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Michael Earl Hardy
  • Cleaning implements having structures for retaining a sheet
    Publication number: 20020184726
    Abstract: A cleaning implement, such as a floor mop, is provided. The cleaning implement includes a handle and a cleaning head attached to the handle. The cleaning head has at least one attachment structure for receiving and retaining a sheet about the cleaning head. The attachment structure includes a base triangle and a plurality of substantially pie-shaped sections whose apexes meet at a substantially common point adjacent the base triangle. Two sides of the base triangle and two sides of each of the pie-shaped sections are defined by slits passing through the flexible material forming the attachment structure such that the base triangle and each of the pie-shaped sections can be deflected to receive the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Gary William Kingry, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Michael Earl Hardy
  • Cleaning implements having structures for retaining a sheet
    Patent number: 6484346
    Abstract: A cleaning implement, such as a floor mop, is provided. The cleaning implement includes a handle and a cleaning head attached to the handle. The cleaning head has at least one attachment structure for receiving and retaining a sheet about the cleaning head. The attachment structure includes a base triangle and a plurality of substantially pie-shaped sections whose apexes meet at a substantially common point adjacent the base triangle. Two sides of the base triangle and two sides of each of the pie-shaped sections are defined by slits passing through the flexible material forming the attachment structure such that the base triangle and each of the pie-shaped sections can be deflected to receive the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary William Kingry, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Michael Earl Hardy
  • Cleaning implements having structures for retaining a sheet
    Publication number: 20020026680
    Abstract: A cleaning implement, such as a floor mop, is provided. The cleaning implement includes a handle and a cleaning head attached to the handle. The cleaning head has at least one attachment structure for receiving and retaining a sheet about the cleaning head. The attachment structure includes a base triangle and a plurality of substantially pie-shaped sections whose apexes meet at a substantially common point adjacent the base triangle. Two sides of the base triangle and two sides of each of the pie-shaped sections are defined by slits passing through the flexible material forming the attachment structure such that the base triangle and each of the pie-shaped sections can be deflected to receive the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Gary William Kingry, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Michael Earl Hardy
  • Cleaning implements having structures for retaining a sheet
    Patent number: 6305046
    Abstract: A cleaning implement, such as a floor mop, is provided. The cleaning implement includes a handle and a cleaning head attached to the handle. The cleaning head has at least one attachment structure for receiving and retaining a sheet about the cleaning head. The attachment structure includes a base triangle and a plurality of substantially pie-shaped sections whose apexes meet at a substantially common point adjacent the base triangle. Two sides of the base triangle and two sides of each of the pie-shaped sections are defined by slits passing through the flexible material forming the attachment structure such that the base triangle and each of the pie-shaped sections can be deflected to receive the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary William Kingry, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Michael Earl Hardy
  • Dusting mop
    Patent number: D409343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary William Kingry, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Michael Earl Hardy, Philip Ebwin Hague
  • Dusting mop
    Patent number: D423742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary William Kingry, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Michael Earl Hardy, Philip Ebwin Hague