Patents by Inventor James Michael Skaggs

James Michael Skaggs 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: 5823387
    Abstract: A method an apparatus for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of viscous materials, such as dentifrice pastes, produces a striped outer layer of a first material surrounding a core of a second viscous material. The apparatus includes a collapsible tube or pump-type dispenser containing a first viscous material and a second viscous material of a contrasting color in contact with the first material so that both materials are dispensed simultaneously. The tube or dispenser includes an outlet nozzle having a shaped outlet capable of scraping and removing a portion of the outer layer of viscous material to dispense the core material having stripes of the outer material. The nozzle is capable of forming a plurality of fine pin stripes on the core material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Yap Manadanas, James Michael Skaggs, Sean Patrick O'Sullivan, Christopher John Hedin