Patents by Inventor Harold Rand Thompson

Harold Rand Thompson 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: 6705494
    Abstract: A hand-held pressurized product dispenser that includes a container with a hand-engageable body portion, a valve mechanism at the top of the container that is movable with respect to the container to cause pressurized discharge of the product, and a valve actuation lever that is connected to the valve mechanism and extends along the container body such that a larger displacement of the end of the lever causes a controlled, relatively smaller displacement of the valve mechanism, permitting adjustable “throttled” delivery of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Harold Rand Thompson, Gordon Gerald Guay
  • Publication number: 20030075571
    Abstract: A hand-held pressurized product dispenser that includes a container with a hand-engageable body portion, a valve mechanism at the top of the container that is movable with respect to the container to cause pressurized discharge of the product, and a valve actuation lever that is connected to the valve mechanism and extends along the container body such that a larger displacement of the end of the lever causes a controlled, relatively smaller displacement of the valve mechanism, permitting adjustable “throttled” delivery of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: The Gillette Company, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Harold Rand Thompson, Gordon Gerald Guay
  • Patent number: 6494349
    Abstract: A hand-held pressurized product dispenser that includes a container with a hand-engageable body portion, a valve mechanism at the top of the container that is movable with respect to the container to cause pressurized discharge of the product, and a valve actuation lever that is connected to the valve mechanism and extends along the container body such that a larger displacement of the end of the lever causes a controlled, relatively smaller displacement of the valve mechanism, permitting adjustable “throttled” delivery of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Harold Rand Thompson, Gordon Gerald Guay