Patents by Inventor Joseph David Melnik

Joseph David Melnik 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).

  • Publication number: 20040121106
    Abstract: Portable disposable personal article containing a product for body care, comprising a substrate (S) of flexible material, which is water and oil insoluble and consists of a basic film (10) having a front face incorporating, in a single piece, a plurality of projecting tabs (11), which are mutually interconnected, in order to define substantially prismatic and anteriorly opened cavities (12), and a single amount of a product (P) for body care, which is deposited on the front face of the basic film (10), in order to fill at least partially a certain number of cavities, in which it is retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Nilo Lemos Cobeiros, Rogerio Costa, Joseph David Melnik, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Julio Malva Filho
  • Publication number: 20020067949
    Abstract: A dispenser for personal use products to be applied to the user's body, of the type comprising a container (10) provided with a closed bottom wall (11) and an upper edge (12) affixing a perforated upper wall (40) made of a liquid impermeable flexible material, said container (10) having an amount of product (P) in gel or cream form; and a piston (20) provided inside the container (10) and being selectively and axially displaceable, by means of an actuator (30) mounted in the container (10), in order to expel a corresponding amount of product (P) through the perforated upper wall (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph David Melnik, Andreia Cano, Rogerio Costa
  • Publication number: 20020023659
    Abstract: Dental floss, of the type comprising a strand consisting of multiple filaments, which are made from one or more materials selected from the group consisting of cotton, silk and polymeric materials, and a coating composition which impregnates said strand and includes a water emulsionable carrier carrying one or more active agents selected from the group consisting of germicides, therapeutic agents, flavorants, sweeteners, abrasives and others, at least one sweetener being in aqueous solution. According to the invention, the water emulsionable carrier includes a waxy material selected from the group consisting of animal waxes, mineral waxes, vegetable waxes, synthetic waxes and mixtures of two or more of these waxes and an emulsifier, in order to make said coating composition homogeneous and soluble in saliva, the sweetener aqueous solution having a sufficiently low amount of water to prevent the impregnated strand from exuding when compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Emilson Ismael Netto, Luiz Bellino Simionato, Joseph David Melnik
  • Publication number: 20010013354
    Abstract: Dental floss, of the type comprising a strand consisting of multiple filaments, which are made from one or more materials selected from the group consisting of cotton, silk and polymeric materials, and a coating composition which impregnates said strand and includes a water emulsionable carrier carrying one or more active agents selected from the group consisting of germicides, therapeutic agents, flavorants, sweeteners, abrasives and others, at least one sweetener being in aqueous solution. According to the invention, the water emulsionable carrier includes a waxy material selected from the group consisting of animal waxes, mineral waxes, vegetable waxes, synthetic waxes and mixtures of two or more of these waxes and an emulsifier, in order to make said coating composition homogeneous and soluble in saliva, the sweetener aqueous solution having a sufficiently low amount of water to prevent the impregnated strand from exuding when compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Emilson Ismael Netto, Luiz Bellino Simionato, Joseph David Melnik