Patents by Inventor Heidi Ellen Gehrke

Heidi Ellen Gehrke 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: 11771272
    Abstract: A container for dispensing product includes a housing having an interior space. A rigid flip top assembly is disposed on the housing, and includes a lever, a lid, and a flange. The lid covers a dispensing orifice when in a closed position. The lever has a first end and a second end, and the lid is connected to the flange at a hinge proximate the second end. The lever longitudinally extends over a fulcrum. When a force is applied to the lever proximate the first end, the lever pivots at the fulcrum about a pivot axis, and the second end of the lever moves the lid from the closed position toward an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Jeremy Thaddeus Gauger, Maggie VanderHeiden Berger, Amanda Ann Gantz, Heidi Ellen Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20220313031
    Abstract: A container for dispensing product includes a housing having an interior space. A rigid flip top assembly is disposed on the housing, and includes a lever, a lid, and a flange. The lid covers a dispensing orifice when in a closed position. The lever has a first end and a second end, and the lid is connected to the flange at a hinge proximate the second end. The lever longitudinally extends over a fulcrum. When a force is applied to the lever proximate the first end, the lever pivots at the fulcrum about a pivot axis, and the second end of the lever moves the lid from the closed position toward an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Jeremy Thaddeus Gauger, Maggie VanderHeiden Berger, Amanda Ann Gantz, Heidi Ellen Gehrke
  • Patent number: 11399672
    Abstract: A container for dispensing product includes a housing having an interior space. A rigid flip top assembly is disposed on the housing, and includes a lever, a lid, and a flange. The lid covers a dispensing orifice when in a closed position. The lever has a first end and a second end, and the lid is connected to the flange at a hinge proximate the second end. The lever longitudinally extends over a fulcrum. When a force is applied to the lever proximate the first end, the lever pivots at the fulcrum about a pivot axis, and the second end of the lever moves the lid from the closed position toward an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Jeremy Thaddeus Gauger, Maggie VanderHeiden Berger, Amanda Ann Gantz, Heidi Ellen Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20200260922
    Abstract: A container for dispensing product includes a housing having an interior space. A rigid flip top assembly is disposed on the housing, and includes a lever, a lid, and a flange. The lid covers a dispensing orifice when in a closed position. The lever has a first end and a second end, and the lid is connected to the flange at a hinge proximate the second end. The lever longitudinally extends over a fulcrum. When a force is applied to the lever proximate the first end, the lever pivots at the fulcrum about a pivot axis, and the second end of the lever moves the lid from the closed position toward an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Jeremy Thaddeus Gauger, Maggie VanderHeiden Berger, Amanda Ann Gantz, Heidi Ellen Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20170328009
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing rolls of printed tissue includes printing a central pattern on a tissue web to create a central printed lane bordered on each side by unprinted lanes, and further printing distal patterns on the tissue web outward of the unprinted lanes. The tissue is wound into a log, and the log is cut through the central printed lane to produce first and second rolls of tissue, each roll having a proximal end and a distal end, and the cutter contacts ink when cutting the log. First and second printed portions from the central printed lane abut the proximal ends of the first and second rolls of tissue, respectively. Further, the first and second distal printed lanes reside near but do not abut the distal ends of the first and second rolls of tissue, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy Augustine Wooley, Gregory James Ryan, Heidi Ellen Gehrke, Dennis Patrick Rockhill
  • Patent number: D937087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy T. Gauger, Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Heidi Ellen Gehrke, Amanda Ann Thelen, Maggie VanderHeiden Berger
  • Patent number: D937675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Maggie VanderHeiden Berger, Heidi Ellen Gehrke, Jeremy T. Gauger, Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Amanda Ann Thelen
  • Lid
    Patent number: D964853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Jeremy T. Gauger, Maggie VanderHeiden Berger, Amanda Ann Thelen, Heidi Ellen Gehrke
  • Lid
    Patent number: D966888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Jeremy T. Gauger, Maggie VanderHeiden Berger, Amanda Ann Thelen, Heidi Ellen Gehrke