Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Lecoutre
Jean-Paul Lecoutre 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).
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Patent number: 10850292Abstract: A refillable fluid dispenser having a dispenser head including a fluid pump, such as a pump or a valve; a reservoir of variable volume; and a filling valve that is connected to the reservoir. The dispenser further comprises an air pump of variable volume, having a volume that varies inversely with the volume of the reservoir, so as to create resistance to the variation in volume of the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Publication number: 20200038893Abstract: A refillable fluid dispenser having a dispenser head including a fluid pump, such as a pump or a valve; a reservoir of variable volume; and a filling valve that is connected to the reservoir. The dispenser further comprises an air pump of variable volume, having a volume that varies inversely with the volume of the reservoir, so as to create resistance to the variation in volume of the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SASInventor: Jean-Paul LECOUTRE
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Patent number: 9393584Abstract: A fluid applicator device comprises a reservoir and a stopper including a fastener collar and a closure member, the fastener collar being assembled on the neck and defining an orifice, the closure member being capable of closing the orifice and includes a fluid extractor and/or applicator element that extends along an axis through the orifice and into the reservoir. The fastener collar comprises an annular flange defining a peripheral edge defining the orifice, the annular flange including an inner flange wall and an outer flange wall that join together at the peripheral edge, the outer flange wall forming an outer dome having a top where the peripheral edge and the orifice are formed, the inner flange wall forming an inner dome having a top where the peripheral edge and the orifice are formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Jean-Paul Lecoutre, Celine Raphanel
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Publication number: 20140169857Abstract: A fluid applicator device comprises a reservoir and a stopper including a fastener collar and a closure member, the fastener collar being assembled on the neck and defining an orifice, the closure member being capable of closing the orifice and includes a fluid extractor and/or applicator element that extends along an axis through the orifice and into the reservoir. The fastener collar comprises an annular flange defining a peripheral edge defining the orifice, the annular flange including an inner flange wall and an outer flange wall that join together at the peripheral edge, the outer flange wall forming an outer dome having a top where the peripheral edge and the orifice are formed, the inner flange wall forming an inner dome having a top where the peripheral edge and the orifice are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Jean-Paul LECOUTRE, Celine RAPHANEL
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Patent number: 8684615Abstract: A fluid applicator device, comprising: a fluid reservoir (1) including a neck (11) defining an inside wall (12) defining an opening (10); a fastener collar (2) that is assembled in sealed manner on the neck (11) of the reservoir, the collar (2) defining an orifice (24); and a closure member (3) that is capable of closing the orifice (24) of the collar (2), the closure member including a fluid extractor and/or applicator element (31) that extends through the orifice of the collar and into the reservoir (1); the collar having wiper means (25) formed integrally therewith for wiping the extractor and/or applicator element (31) while it is being removed from the reservoir; the device being characterized in that the wiper means (25) are movable between an initial position prior to being assembled on the neck, and a final position after being assembled on the neck, the wiper means (25) being constrained in the final position by the neck (11) of the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Aptar France SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: 8631937Abstract: A packaging assembly comprising: a card comprising at least one panel; a fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir and a fluid dispenser member that is mounted on the reservoir; and a connection element fitted on the panel and including fastener means, the dispenser being engaged in the fastener means for being held in removable manner on the card; wherein the panel includes a window, the connection element being fitted in the window, the connection element includes a base, advantageously a flat base, of dimension that is greater than the dimension of the window, the fastener means projecting from the base, the base being disposed on one side of the panel with the fastener means passing through the window in such a manner as to project from the other side of the panel, the fastener means being inserted through the window and presenting a dimension that is greater than the dimension of the window, thereby holding the connection element in the window.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Aptar France SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Publication number: 20110297574Abstract: A packaging assembly comprising: a card comprising at least one panel; a fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir and a fluid dispenser member that is mounted on the reservoir; and a connection element fitted on the panel and including fastener means, the dispenser being engaged in the fastener means for being held in removable manner on the card; wherein the panel includes a window, the connection element being fitted in the window, the connection element includes a base, advantageously a flat base, of dimension that is greater than the dimension of the window, the fastener means projecting from the base, the base being disposed on one side of the panel with the fastener means passing through the window in such a manner as to project from the other side of the panel, the fastener means being inserted through the window and presenting a dimension that is greater than the dimension of the window, thereby holding the connection element in the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: VALOIS SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: 8028863Abstract: A fluid dispenser member comprising a dispenser wall (23) defining an outside surface (231) and an inside surface (232), said wall (23) having a dispenser orifice (24) passing therethrough, connecting the inside surface to the outside surface, the inside surface (232) forming a sealing slide-cylinder (233) for a piston (3) that is suitable for being displaced, from a rest position, along an axis X in said cylinder and with leaktight contact, so as to open an outlet valve (25, 35), said piston (3) forming a portion of a fluid chamber (20) in which fluid is selectively put under pressure and flows through the open outlet valve towards the dispenser orifice, the piston forming a closure wall (34) that is suitable for closing the dispenser orifice (24) in the rest position, the closure wall (34) being positioned, in the rest position, over the dispenser orifice (24) beside its inside surface (232), the closure wall (34) coming into leaktight contact with the inside surface (232), the dispenser member being chaType: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: VALOIS SASInventors: Frédéric Duquet, Hervé Pennaneac'h, Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: 7971757Abstract: A liquid dispenser device for being associated with a liquid reservoir (R), said device comprising: a chamber (10) provided with an inlet valve (5, 15), an outlet valve (32, 232), and a piston (3) that is suitable for varying the volume of the chamber; a liquid dispenser orifice (25); and a pusher (2) that is axially displaceable down and up between a rest position and a depressed position; the dispenser device being characterized in that the pusher (2) includes an elastically-deformable wall (212) that is thus displaceable relative to the remainder of the pusher, the piston (3) being in contact, at least momentarily, with the deformable wall (212), so as to be urged in displacement relative to the remainder of the pusher while the wall is being deformed, in such a manner as to open the outlet valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Valois SASInventors: Frederic Duquet, Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Publication number: 20110129287Abstract: A fluid applicator device, comprising: a fluid reservoir (1) including a neck (11) defining an inside wall (12) defining an opening (10); a fastener collar (2) that is assembled in sealed manner on the neck (11) of the reservoir, the collar (2) defining an orifice (24); and a closure member (3) that is capable of closing the orifice (24) of the collar (2), the closure member including a fluid extractor and/or applicator element (31) that extends through the orifice of the collar and into the reservoir (1); the collar having wiper means (25) formed integrally therewith for wiping the extractor and/or applicator element (31) while it is being removed from the reservoir; the device being characterized in that the wiper means (25) are movable between an initial position prior to being assembled on the neck, and a final position after being assembled on the neck, the wiper means (25) being constrained in the final position by the neck (11) of the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: VALOIS SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: 7766192Abstract: A fluid dispenser assembly comprising a fluid dispenser (101), a pack (120) for co-operating with the dispenser in such a manner as to fasten the pack to the dispenser, the pack including a fastener zone, and the dispenser including reception means for receiving the fastener zone, the assembly being characterized in that the reception means comprise at least one set of two opposite longitudinal grooves (111) for receiving the fastener zone (121) of the pack.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Valois S.A.S.Inventors: Jean-Paul Lecoutre, Alex Milian
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Publication number: 20090026224Abstract: A fluid dispenser member comprising a dispenser wall (23) defining an outside surface (231) and an inside surface (232), said wall (23) having a dispenser orifice (24) passing therethrough, connecting the inside surface to the outside surface, the inside surface (232) forming a sealing slide-cylinder (233) for a piston (3) that is suitable for being displaced, from a rest position, along an axis X in said cylinder and with leaktight contact, so as to open an outlet valve (25, 35), said piston (3) forming a portion of a fluid chamber (20) in which fluid is selectively put under pressure and flows through the open outlet valve towards the dispenser orifice, the piston forming a closure wall (34) that is suitable for closing the dispenser orifice (24) in the rest position, the closure wall (34) being positioned, in the rest position, over the dispenser orifice (24) beside its inside surface (232), the closure wall (34) coming into leaktight contact with the inside surface (232), the dispenser member being characType: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: VALOIS S.A.S.Inventors: Frederic DUQUET, Herve Pennaneac'h, Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Publication number: 20080073379Abstract: A liquid dispenser device for being associated with a liquid reservoir (R), said device comprising: a chamber (10) provided with an inlet valve (5, 15), an outlet valve (32, 232), and a piston (3) that is suitable for varying the volume of the chamber; a liquid dispenser orifice (25); and a pusher (2) that is axially displaceable down and up between a rest position and a depressed position; the dispenser device being characterized in that the pusher (2) includes an elastically-deformable wall (212) that is thus displaceable relative to the remainder of the pusher, the piston (3) being in contact, at least momentarily, with the deformable wall (212), so as to be urged in displacement relative to the remainder of the pusher while the wall is being deformed, in such a manner as to open the outlet valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: VALOIS SASInventors: Frederic DUQUET, Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Publication number: 20070068968Abstract: A fluid dispenser assembly comprising a fluid dispenser (101), a pack (120) for co-operating with the dispenser in such a manner as to fasten the pack to the dispenser, the pack including a fastener zone, and the dispenser including reception means for receiving the fastener zone, the assembly being characterized in that the reception means comprise at least one set of two opposite longitudinal grooves (111) for receiving the fastener zone (121) of the pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2004Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: Jean-Paul Lecoutre, Alex Milian
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Patent number: 7188752Abstract: A fluid dispenser assembly having a fluid dispenser (1) and a wrapper (2) at least partly encasing the dispenser. The wrapper defines at least one application zone (21, 26) that comes into contact with the dispenser. The dispenser includes a body (10) forming at least one substantially cylindrical segment that defines an affixing zone for coming into contact with the application zone of the wrapper.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2003Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Valois S.A.S.Inventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: D592509Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Valois S.A.SInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: D654288Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Valois SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: D654724Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Valois SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: D654725Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Valois SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
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Patent number: D656340Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Valois SASInventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre