Patents by Inventor Kathleen Frisch

Kathleen Frisch 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: 20230264862
    Abstract: A cap (100) for a container (120) is provided. The cap (100) may include a skirt (102) component and a seal component (104). The skirt (102) component is formed of a metal material and includes an annular outer sidewall (103) defining a skirt cavity (123) that extends along a skirt axis and has an open bottom end (107). The seal component (104) is formed of a plastic material and includes an annular seal sidewall (111) having a threaded inner surface (108) configured to mate with a threaded outer surface of a neck of a container body (120). The annular seal sidewall (111) may define a neck cavity (113) having a closed top end (104) and an open bottom end (115) for receiving the neck of the container (124). The seal component (104) may be mounted to the skirt (102) component and/or located within the skirt cavity (123) so that the annular outer sidewall (103) of the skirt component (102) circumscribes the annular seal (111) sidewall of the seal component (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kathleen FRISCH, Francis TATU, Hope TOWNSEND, Renee Marie RIETHMILLER, Mark BARTLETT
  • Patent number: 10144025
    Abstract: A container comprising a body portion and a neck portion, the neck portion having a pump dispenser thereon, the pump dispenser comprising a pump mechanism, a dip tube on one end of the pump mechanism, a pump outlet on another end of the pump mechanism, the dip tube extending downwardly from the pump mechanism into the body portion, the body portion containing a first liquid, the dip tube having a central bore along which the first liquid is pumped from the body portion when the pump mechanism is actuated, and a reservoir containing a second liquid, the reservoir communicating with the dip tube and adapted to introduce the second liquid into the first liquid within the pump mechanism or dip tube under the action of first liquid flowing through the dip tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Evangelia Arvanitidoou, Rensl Dillon, Kathleen Frisch, Eduardo Jimenez, Joann Darcy-Siegel, David K. Lee, Kelly Gail Duncan, Matthew Lee Kolb
  • Publication number: 20160310977
    Abstract: A container comprising a body portion and a neck portion, the neck portion having a pump dispenser thereon, the pump dispenser comprising a pump mechanism, a dip tube on one end of the pump mechanism, a pump outlet on another end of the pump mechanism, the dip tube extending downwardly from the pump mechanism into the body portion, the body portion containing a first liquid, the dip tube having a central bore along which the first liquid is pumped from the body portion when the pump mechanism is actuated, and a reservoir containing a second liquid, the reservoir communicating with the dip tube and adapted to introduce the second liquid into the first liquid within the pump mechanism or dip tube under the action of first liquid flowing through the dip tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Evangelia Arvanitidoou, Rensl Dillon, Kathleen Frisch, Eduardo Jimenez, Joann Darcy-Siegel, David E. Lee, Kelly Gail Duncan, Matthew Lee Kolb
  • Patent number: 9181003
    Abstract: A dispenser (100) having a reservoir (210) containing a composition (211) comprising a first substance (220) and at least one bead (230) immersed in the first substance, the bead comprising a shell (231) containing a second substance (232); a dispensing conduit (320) for dispensing the composition from the reservoir; and a rupture member (330) disposed within the dispensing conduit, the rupture member comprising at least one aperture (331 A-C) and at least one barb (332) extending into the aperture, the at least one barb rupturing the shell of the at least one bead as the composition flows through the at least one aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Kathleen Frisch, Peter R. Hilliard, Jr., Peter M. Stagl
  • Publication number: 20140034669
    Abstract: A dispenser (100) having a reservoir (210) containing a composition (211) comprising a first substance (220) and at least one bead (230) immersed in the first substance, the bead comprising a shell (231) containing a second substance (232); a dispensing conduit (320) for dispensing the composition from the reservoir; and a rupture member (330) disposed within the dispensing conduit, the rupture member comprising at least one aperture (331 A-C) and at least one barb (332) extending into the aperture, the at least one barb rupturing the shell of the at least one bead as the composition flows through the at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Kathleen Frisch, Peter R. Hilliard, Peter M. Stagl