Patents by Inventor Jon L. Ellgen

Jon L. Ellgen 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: 5016607
    Abstract: A barbecue grill assembly is disclosed including a bowl and domed, free-standing lid mating with each other to form a three-dimensional oval in combination, handles and movable shelves being supported on opposite ends of the bowl by leg assemblies secured to the bowl by saddles, brackets being mounted on the leg assemblies in spaced apart relation less than a corresponding dimension of the lid with extended surfaces and stops for causing the lid to move horizontally along the extended bracket surfaces and then rotate into a generally vertical position in cradled engagement with the brackets, an ash collector unit including vent means being suspended beneath a central portion of the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Frederick G. Doolittle, Jon L. Ellgen, Ronald E. Heiskell, Lipton, Thomas M., James R. Parent
  • Patent number: 4882917
    Abstract: A wash additive combination is provided which is loaded into a washing machine at the start of a wash cycle, and which releases a wash additive, such as a fabric softener, into the rinse solution. The combination comprises a wash additive packet of a foam substrate material having a first and a second stable conformation of differing surface area, and a wash additive deposited thereon. A dispenser is provided for mounting atop a washing machine agitator, and into which the packet may be releasably placed, after arranging the packet in its lesser surface area conformation. The packet is retained by the dispenser during initial phases of the wash cycle, and ejected during the spin phase, whereupon it regains its greater surface area conformation for rapid and complete dispersion of active. Embodiments are provided for dual, sequential release of active in the rinse and the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Eugene A. Mizusawa, Donald J. Paone, Tracey L. Casella, Dorothy L. Flores, Clement K. Choy, Jan Gerritsen, Ronald E. Heiskell, Thomas G. Dewees, Jon L. Ellgen
  • Patent number: D322909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: James R. Parent, Frederick G. Doolittle, Ronald E. Heiskell, Jon L. Ellgen, Thomas M. Lipton, Ernest R. Gillam
  • Patent number: D325315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: James R. Parent, Frederick G. Doolittle, Ronald E. Heiskell, Jon L. Ellgen
  • Patent number: D325318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: James R. Parent, Frederick G. Doolittle, Ronald E. Heiskell, Jon L. Ellgen, Thomas M. Lipton, Frank M. Knafelc
  • Patent number: D327805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: James R. Parent, Frederick G. Doolittle, Ronald E. Heiskell, Jon L. Ellgen, Thomas M. Lipton, Frank M. Knafelc
  • Patent number: D325316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: James R. Parent, Frederick G. Doolittle, Ronald E. Heiskell, Jon L. Ellgen