Patents by Inventor Gregory Erickson

Gregory Erickson 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).

  • Publication number: 20050178785
    Abstract: A dispenser head for a package for dispensing a product which is selected from the group consisting of a cream, a soft solid, and a solid, which comprises: (a) an array of dividers, wherein all of said dividers may be rigid, or all of said dividers may be flexible, or some of said dividers may be rigid and some of said dividers may be flexible; and at least some of said dividers have equatorial cross sections which are wedge-shaped, said cross-sections comprising: i) a tapered end which is disposed toward said product contained within said package; and ii) a blunt end which is disposed away from said product contained within said package; (b) and wherein said array of dividers forms two or more orifices which afford said product a surface area for being dispensed, which is about 40% to about 120% of a cross section of said package normal to flow of product out of said package; (c) and wherein at least some of said blunt ends form at least part of an applicator surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventor: Gregory Erickson
  • Publication number: 20050035218
    Abstract: A nozzle for a spray device comprising a mixing chamber (3) for a first fluid and a second fluid, said mixing chamber (3) having an exit orifice (24), an inlet feed (8) from an inner tubular passage (4) suitable for carrying the first fluid, and an inlet feed (5I) from an annular passage (5) surrounding the inner tubular passage (4) and suitable for carrying the second fluid, characterised in that the nozzle comprises a means for causing spiral flow around the inner tubular passage (4) of a fluid passing through the surrounding annular passage (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Susan Kutay, Gregory Erickson
  • Patent number: 6578201
    Abstract: A multimedia stream incorporating interactive support for multiple types of subscriber terminals. The multimedia stream is created by multiplexing several component streams. The component streams include a video stream, an audio stream, and an interactive data stream. The interactive data stream includes data specific to different types of subscriber terminals multiplexed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Diva Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Tobie J. LaRocca, Amy Yang, Gregory A. Erickson