Patents by Inventor Jeffrey James Stechschulte

Jeffrey James Stechschulte 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: 7690532
    Abstract: An accessory is provided for a product dispenser having a container for holding a product. The container defines a center axis and has a normal dispensing position, and a dispensing mechanism is coupled to the container and has a discharge opening adapted to direct product toward a desired target area when the container is in the normal dispensing position. The accessory is a first stabilizing element coupled to at least one of the container and dispensing mechanism and adapted to maintain the container in the normal dispensing position, thereby to more reliably direct product toward the target area during use. The first stabilizing element incorporates at least one physical feature attractive to a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Dwayne Walther, Jeffrey James Stechschulte
  • Publication number: 20090184132
    Abstract: An accessory is provided for a product dispenser having a container for holding a product. The container defines a center axis and has a normal dispensing position, and a dispensing mechanism is coupled to the container and has a discharge opening adapted to direct product toward a desired target area when the container is in the normal dispensing position. The accessory is a first stabilizing element coupled to at least one of the container and dispensing mechanism and adapted to maintain the container in the normal dispensing position, thereby to more reliably direct product toward the target area during use. The first stabilizing element incorporates at least one physical feature attractive to a child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: John Dwayne Walther, Jeffrey James Stechschulte
  • Patent number: 7527446
    Abstract: A combination toothbrush and toothpaste dispenser, and method, are adapted for use by a child. The dispenser provides an easily actuatable activator that, when operated, discharges a predetermined amount of toothpaste from an orifice. The toothbrush is adapted to automatically lift the toothbrush head off of a support surface to a height near that of the dispenser orifice. As a result, a child may focus on manipulating one item at a time when loading a toothbrush with toothpaste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alyce Johnson Papa, Jeffrey James Stechschulte, Philip Andrew Sawin
  • Publication number: 20090050504
    Abstract: An array of wipes products that includes two or more different packages of wipes products displayed in different areas of a retail environment. The wipes products include wipes containers, which have functional and/or structural features tailored to children in a particular stage of development. The wipes containers in the array are structurally and/or functionally different from each other. The wipes products include substantially the same kind of wipe and may include a common source identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Stechschulte, Philip Andrew Sawin, Jared Dean Simmons, Sarah Louise Thielman, Sarah Ann Dressel
  • Patent number: 7475794
    Abstract: An accessory is provided for a product dispenser having a container for holding a product. The container defines a center axis and has a normal dispensing position, and a dispensing mechanism is coupled to the container and has a discharge opening adapted to direct product toward a desired target area when the container is in the normal dispensing position. The accessory is a first stabilizing element coupled to at least one of the container and dispensing mechanism and adapted to maintain the container in the normal dispensing position, thereby to more reliably direct product toward the target area during use. The first stabilizing element incorporates at least one physical feature attractive to a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Dwayne Walther, Jeffrey James Stechschulte
  • Publication number: 20080233382
    Abstract: A nonwoven fibrous structure comprising compressed sites and molded elements. The combination of compressed sites and molded elements may provide for a fibrous structure comprising structural integrity in use, dispersability when flushed, and assistance to the user in cleansing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jared Dean Simmons, Michael Sean Pratt, Jeffrey James Stechschulte, Astrid Annette Sheehan
  • Publication number: 20080054018
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser and associated liquid refill unit are provided. The liquid dispenser and associated liquid refill unit may be configured such that refilling of the liquid dispenser is generally limited to refilling by the associated liquid refill unit that is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Stechschulte, Sarah Louise Thielman, Philip Andrew Sawin, Joshua James Norman
  • Publication number: 20080054019
    Abstract: An identification system for a product within a dispenser includes a product container arranged to dispense a product, a shaped feature coupled to the product container and which may take the form of an anthropomorphic head or other suitable shape, and an identification symbol coupled to the shaped feature, with the symbol suggesting the nature of the contents of the product container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Stechschulte, Philip Andrew Sawin