Patents by Inventor Kenneth Kern

Kenneth Kern 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: 20060143847
    Abstract: Cleaning articles such as cloths, gloves, and mitts for cleaning various objects, including, but not limited to vehicles, such as cars are disclosed. In one embodiment, the cleaning article is in the form of a mitt that has at least one side that is fluffy, lofted, or three-dimensional. In this, or in other embodiments, the glove or mitt has an impervious inner liner at least partially lining the inside of the same. In another embodiment, the glove or mitt has an apertured nonwoven or apertured film outer surface. In another embodiment, the cleaning article includes, on at least one side, a first region comprising a substantially planar material and having a surface which is less than about 90% of the total side surface and is visually distinct from a second region on the side. In another embodiment, the cleaning article includes a finger positioning portion defining first, second and third finger regions in a body portion of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Vinson, Kevin Gick, Kenneth Kern, Arthur Wong, Melissa Kreuzer, Richard Harper
  • Publication number: 20060036135
    Abstract: A template for comparison of a skin blemish with the appearance of a multiplicity of different types of skin cancers has a lightweight panel with an aperture therethrough adapted to be disposed over a skin blemish, and a multiplicity of representations of different types of skin cancers on the panel and disposed about the aperture to enable facile comparison. A lens element may extend over the aperture to magnify the blemish. The lens or other transparent element extending over the aperture may have scale graduations thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventor: Kenneth Kern