Patents by Inventor Jonathan Wharton
Jonathan Wharton 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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Publication number: 20230172153Abstract: The present disclosure provides a litter pod system, and methods of using litter pod systems. In some embodiments, the litter pod system may include a litter pod formed at least partially of a flexible, polymer material, the litter pod defining a substantially flat pod bottom wall with a pod side wall extending upwardly therefrom, and a housing base configured to receive the litter pod, the housing base being formed of a substantially rigid polymer material defining a housing bottom wall with a housing side wall extending upwardly therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Wharton, Sergio Gedanke, Mark E. Ventura, Frank Edward Lindsay, Wayne E. Ford, Roger Bruno
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Patent number: 11401055Abstract: A system for filling a chambered package includes a carrying mechanism travelling in a machine direction and having chambered recesses defined about a surface thereof, a first dispensing nozzle configured to dispense a quantity of a medium onto the surface of the carrying mechanism for direction into the chambered recesses in a first group of the chambered recesses defined about the surface of the carrying mechanism, and a first wiper blade disposed along the carrying mechanism in the machine direction after the first dispensing nozzle, the first wiper blade defining a curvilinear surface having crests configured to direct the quantity of the medium into the chambered recesses in the first group of the chambered recesses and troughs configured to direct the quantity of the medium away from entering the chambered recesses in the second group of the chambered recesses.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Jonathan Wharton, Christopher King, Carl Henry, Eddie A. Roman
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Patent number: 11214480Abstract: An apparatus for filling a chambered package can include a dispensing nozzle angled relative to a perpendicular of a machine direction of a carrying mechanism, the dispensing nozzle being disposed adjacent to the carrying mechanism having one or more chambered recess defined about a surface thereof, the dispensing nozzle being configured to dispense a quantity of the medium into the one or more chambered recess defined about the surface of the carrying mechanism. The apparatus includes a housing and at least one wiping material arranged to define an angle having a vertex toward the machine direction about a bottom surface of the housing, the angle of the at least one wiping material being configured to direct any of the quantity of the medium dispensed out of the second end of the dispensing nozzle, but not directed into the one or more chambered recess, into the one or more chambered recess.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton, Eddie A. Roman
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Patent number: 11192671Abstract: A system and a related method for forming a multi-chamber package are disclosed. The system includes a single web of a film material extending in a machine direction and defining a plurality of lateral lanes extending contiguously in a cross-machine direction, orthogonal to the machine direction. The system also includes a forming arrangement configured to interact with the web to form chambers along a second lane of the plurality of lateral lanes in the machine direction, a first filling device configured to deposit a first substance into one or more of the formed chambers of the second lane, and a first folding mechanism configured to form a fold between the lateral lanes in the machine direction such that a first lane of the plurality of lateral lanes is directed to overlie the one or more formed chambers of the second lane.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Church & Dwight, Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton
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Publication number: 20210269179Abstract: A system for filling a chambered package includes a carrying mechanism travelling in a machine direction and having chambered recesses defined about a surface thereof, a first dispensing nozzle configured to dispense a quantity of a medium onto the surface of the carrying mechanism for direction into the chambered recesses in a first group of the chambered recesses defined about the surface of the carrying mechanism, and a first wiper blade disposed along the carrying mechanism in the machine direction after the first dispensing nozzle, the first wiper blade defining a curvilinear surface having crests configured to direct the quantity of the medium into the chambered recesses in the first group of the chambered recesses and troughs configured to direct the quantity of the medium away from entering the chambered recesses in the second group of the chambered recesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Jonathan Wharton, Christopher King, Carl Henry, Eddie A. Roman
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Publication number: 20190337650Abstract: A system and a related method for forming a multi-chamber package are disclosed. The system includes a single web of a film material extending in a machine direction and defining a plurality of lateral lanes extending contiguously in a cross-machine direction, orthogonal to the machine direction. The system also includes a forming arrangement configured to interact with the web to form chambers along a second lane of the plurality of lateral lanes in the machine direction, a first filling device configured to deposit a first substance into one or more of the formed chambers of the second lane, and a first folding mechanism configured to form a fold between the lateral lanes in the machine direction such that a first lane of the plurality of lateral lanes is directed to overlie the one or more formed chambers of the second lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton
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Publication number: 20190322520Abstract: An apparatus for filling a chambered package can include a dispensing nozzle angled relative to a perpendicular of a machine direction of a carrying mechanism, the dispensing nozzle being disposed adjacent to the carrying mechanism having one or more chambered recess defined about a surface thereof, the dispensing nozzle being configured to dispense a quantity of the medium into the one or more chambered recess defined about the surface of the carrying mechanism The apparatus includes a housing and at least one wiping material arranged to define an angle having a vertex toward the machine direction about a bottom surface of the housing, the angle of the at least one wiping material being configured to direct any of the quantity of the medium dispensed out of the second end of the dispensing nozzle, but not directed into the one or more chambered recess, into the one or more chambered recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton, Eddie A. Roman
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Publication number: 20170157936Abstract: A wiper for a maintenance station of an imaging device, including a foundational body that attaches to the maintenance station and a blade on top of the foundational body for scraping fluid and debris from a printhead of the imaging device, the blade being formed of a flexible material having two terminal sections and a central section defining a longitudinal extent of the blade, wherein each of the two terminal sections connects to the foundational body with a thicker expanse of the flexible material compared to the central section that connects to the body with a thinner expanse of the flexible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Randal S. Williamson, Gregory L. Hutchison, Jonathan A. Wharton, Lane T. Butler, Brian M. Langness
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Patent number: 9597879Abstract: A wiper for a maintenance station of an imaging device, including a foundational body that attaches to the maintenance station and a blade on top of the foundational body for scraping fluid and debris from a printhead of the imaging device, the blade being formed of a flexible material having two terminal sections and a central section defining a longitudinal extent of the blade, wherein each of the two terminal sections connects to the foundational body with a thicker expanse of the flexible material compared to the central section that connects to the body with a thinner expanse of the flexible material.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Randal S. Williamson, Gregory L. Hutchison, Jonathan A. Wharton, Lane T. Butler, Brian M. Langness
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Publication number: 20150367646Abstract: A wiper for a maintenance station of an imaging device, including a foundational body that attaches to the maintenance station and a blade on top of the foundational body for scraping fluid and debris from a printhead of the imaging device, the blade being formed of a flexible material having two terminal sections and a central section defining a longitudinal extent of the blade, wherein each of the two terminal sections connects to the foundational body with a thicker expanse of the flexible material compared to the central section that connects to the body with a thinner expanse of the flexible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Randal S. Williamson, Gregory L. Hutchison, Jonathan A. Wharton, Lane T. Butler, Brian M. Langness
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Patent number: D783203Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton
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Patent number: D797991Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton
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Patent number: D797992Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton
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Patent number: D812297Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton
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Patent number: D821646Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Johnson, Carl Henry, Jonathan Wharton
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Patent number: D942586Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Wharton