Patents by Inventor Kenneth Vasey Curry

Kenneth Vasey Curry 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).

  • Reducing the drying time of hair with fluorine-containing vinyl polymers
    Patent number: 4066746
    Abstract: A method of treating hair on the head to reduce the time required for the drying thereof when wet comprising applying to the hair a polymer derived from an (N-alkyl perfluoroalkanesulphonamido)-ethyl acrylate or methacrylate monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Martin Callingham, Kenneth Vasey Curry
  • Hairdressings
    Patent number: 4001392
    Abstract: A hairdressing composition capable of holding the hair in place and imparting a luster to the hair. The composition comprises an alcoholic or aqueous alcoholic solvent in which there is completely dissolved at least 0.1% by weight of the composition of a film-forming resin as hair fixative agent and at least 2% by weight of the composition of a water-insoluble hair luster aid which is incompatible with the resin. The alcohol is preferably ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol and the film-forming resin is preferably water-soluble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1970
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Vasey Curry, Ahamado Ismail Sahir
  • Aerosol dispensing device containing a hairsetting preparation having a low propellant content
    Patent number: 3966087
    Abstract: An aerosol hairsetting preparation comprises a film-forming resin and a minor amount of a propellant dissolved in water and optionally a water-miscible organic solvent. The product is preferably dispensed from an aerosol can having two compartments connected by a gas valve, one compartment containing the product and the other containing propellant gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Vasey Curry, Rustom Kooverji Gamadia, Barry Graham Pike