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
  • Patent number: 6348660
    Abstract: An electrical raceway assembly for use with a structure is provided, comprising an elongated raceway engageable to the structure and having a length, a transverse base and a pair of opposite upstanding sidewalls extending along the length to define at least one channel configured for retaining electrical wires. A cover attachable to the raceway to occlude a portion of the channel is included. The cover includes an elongated face plate having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The cover is configured for snap fit engagement with the raceway. One end of the cover is rotatable, about a longitudinal axis of the raceway, between an open position in which a portion of a channel of the raceway is exposed and a closed position in which the other end of the cover is engaged to the raceway. A flange extends from one of the portions of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Ditto Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Gutgsell, Kenneth A. Kern, Lawrence Rapier
  • Patent number: 6048127
    Abstract: A furniture system is which disclosed comprises a first and second structures 2, 5 each having a horizontal member 3, 6 and a number of vertical members 4, 7 that support the first horizontal member 3, 6. A releasable connection device 10 is included for each of the structures 2, 5. Each releasable connection device 10 has an attachment portion 15 configured to engage to one of the support members 4, 7 of one of the structures 2, 5. The connection device 10 further comprises an elongated connection portion 24 that projects from the attachment portion 15. A female fastener 30 is defined on a surface 29 of the connection portion 20, and a male fastener 40 projects from the surface 29 adjacent the female fastener 30. The male and female fasteners 40, 30 are snap engageable with respective female and male fastener 30, 40 of the other of the releasable connection device 10 engaged to one of the support members of the other of the structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Ditto Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Kern, Lawrence Rapier