Patents by Inventor Kenneth V. Bakken

Kenneth V. Bakken 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: 20140117055
    Abstract: A dispenser according to one example includes a container portion, a collar base portion and a lever portion. The container portion includes a sidewall, a bottom surface, a hollow interior and an open top. The open top includes an upwardly extending neck. The collar base portion includes a neck receiving recess defined therein, a flow aperture defined therein, a receiving cavity defined therein, a dispensing edge defined in a forward portion thereof, an upwardly extending first pivot member, and a handle portion extending from a rearward portion thereof. The lever portion includes an elongated body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a dispensing end and an actuating end. The lever portion defines a cutoff edge adjacent the dispensing end, a second pivot member extending downwardly from the lower surface, and a biasing member extending generally downwardly from the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SERVICE IDEAS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Peterson, Scott A. Olson, Bob G. Fehr, Aaron J. Munsinger, Gregory D. Poul, Jacob W. Bump, Kenneth V. Bakken
  • Patent number: 7438204
    Abstract: A dispensing cap for a container includes a first lid having a dispensing surface and a skirt depending from a periphery thereof. The dispensing surface is formed from at least one of a substantially transparent and translucent material and includes several apertures. A second lid has a second dispensing surface and a second skirt depending from a periphery thereof that is adapted to be inserted into and releasably held within the first lid. The second dispensing surface includes several orifices. The first and second lids are rotatable a full 360° relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Kristopher W. Gerulski, Kenneth V. Bakken, Joseph Paul Kirchberg, David Wayne Lease