Patents by Inventor Karen Odom Rigley

Karen Odom Rigley 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: 20110028370
    Abstract: Cleaner concentrates, associated cleaners, and associated methods are disclosed. The cleaner concentrates are capable for use in making cleaners that are capable of removing from surfaces fresh, greasy soils and polymerized soils more recently encountered in the food service industry originating from non-trans-fat oils. The cleaner concentrates include one or more alkalinity sources, one or more chelants, one or more surfactants, and as a remainder, water. The one or more alkalinity sources may be present in an amount sufficient to provide a free alkalinity (expressible as Na2O) of greater than about 3.6 wt % and a total alkalinity (expressible as Na2O) of greater than about 6.1 wt %, based on the total weight of the cleaner concentrate. The one or more chelants may be present in an amount sufficient to permit a use of a water having a hardness number up to about 600 ppm (600 mg/L) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Danielle Elise Underwood, Tami Jo Tadrowski, Karen Odom Rigley
  • Patent number: 7838484
    Abstract: Cleaner concentrates, associated cleaners, and associated methods are disclosed. The cleaner concentrates are capable for use in making cleaners that are capable of removing from surfaces fresh, greasy soils and polymerized soils more recently encountered in the food service industry originating from non-trans-fat oils. The cleaner concentrates include one or more alkalinity sources, one or more chelants, one or more surfactants, and as a remainder, water. The one or more alkalinity sources may be present in an amount sufficient to provide a free alkalinity (expressible as Na2O) of greater than about 3.6 wt % and a total alkalinity (expressible as Na2O) of greater than about 6.1 wt %, based on the total weight of the cleaner concentrate. The one or more chelants may be present in an amount sufficient to permit a use of a water having a hardness number up to about 600 ppm (600 mg/L) or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Danielle Elise Underwood, Tami Jo Tadrowski, Karen Odom Rigley
  • Publication number: 20100056413
    Abstract: A cleaning system adapted for cleaning a surface while maintaining the surface at a temperature up to the operating temperature of the surface is disclosed. The cleaning system includes a cleaning composition and a substrate. The cleaning composition is adapted to withstand a temperature up to the operating temperature of the surface. Also, the cleaning composition includes one or more solvents, one or more surfactants, and one or more alkalinity sources or one or more acidity sources. The substrate includes a material and is adapted to communicate the cleaning composition to the soiled surface. Also, the substrate is adapted to withstand a temperature up to the operating temperature of the surface and the cleaning composition at least during the communication of the cleaning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: David Ray Harry, JR., Tami Jo Tadrowski, Karen Odom Rigley, Danielle Elise Jessee
  • Publication number: 20090264329
    Abstract: Cleaner concentrates, associated cleaners, and associated methods are disclosed. The cleaner concentrates are capable for use in making cleaners that are capable of removing from surfaces fresh, greasy soils and polymerized soils more recently encountered in the food service industry originating from non-trans-fat oils. The cleaner concentrates include one or more alkalinity sources, one or more chelants, one or more surfactants, and as a remainder, water. The one or more alkalinity sources may be present in an amount sufficient to provide a free alkalinity (expressible as Na2O) of greater than about 3.6 wt % and a total alkalinity (expressible as Na2O) of greater than about 6.1 wt %, based on the total weight of the cleaner concentrate. The one or more chelants may be present in an amount sufficient to permit a use of a water having a hardness number up to about 600 ppm (600 mg/L) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Danielle Elise Underwood, Tami Jo Tadrowski, Karen Odom Rigley
  • Patent number: 6784148
    Abstract: The present invention is a non-corrosive, low-fuming oven cleaning composition that can be used easily on vertical oven surfaces. The present invention is a cleaning composition containing a tripolyphosphate and a thickening agent to promote in adherence to vertical surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Kay Chemical, Inc
    Inventors: Tami Jo Tadrowski, Karen Odom Rigley
  • Publication number: 20030022804
    Abstract: The present invention is a non-corrosive, low-fuming oven cleaning composition that can be used easily on vertical oven surfaces. The present invention is a cleaning composition containing a tripolyphosphate and a thickening agent to promote in adherence to vertical surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Tami Jo Tadrowski, Karen Odom Rigley