Patents by Inventor Kilian John O'Neill

Kilian John O'Neill 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).

  • Patent number: 8330612
    Abstract: A container suitable for wet wipes that comprises at least one compatibility sensor, at least one output device and at least one triggering device and a compatible a refill pack of wipes comprising a compatibility actuator. The compatibility sensor of the container and compatibility actuator of the refill pouch are designed to interact with each other. The interaction enables the operation of the output device, which functions only when triggered by the triggering device. The output device is capable of producing a sensory perceptible effect. The container and refill pack together can form a kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kilian John O'Neill, Michael Remus, Yolanda Christina Kennish
  • Publication number: 20110260872
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an interactive packaging system for monitoring the usage of personal hygiene products, personal hygiene product packages, and restroom facilities. The interactive packaging system may include a plurality of usage monitoring devices each configured to detect physical stimulus associated with the usage of the product, package or facility with which the usage monitoring device is associate, and to transmit usage messages containing information relating to the detected physical stimulus. The interactive packaging system may further include a base station configured to receive the usage messages transmitted by the plurality of usage monitoring devices and to generate sensory perceptible outputs corresponding to the information contained in the usage messages. Either the usage monitoring devices or the base station may be configured to determine whether the products, packages or facilities are used appropriately based on the detected physical stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yolanda Christina Kennish, Philip Andrew Sawin, Alyce Johnson Papa, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Patent number: 8016156
    Abstract: A cleansing wipe container includes a bottom panel, a front panel, a rear panel, a pair of side panels and a lid. The cleansing wipe container may be filled with a plurality of cleansing wipes that are contained in a cartridge. The cartridge and container interact such that a message is displayed on or through a panel of the container. The message is based on the cartridge of wipes and may include a type of wipe, a list of ingredients of the wipes, and/or instructions for using the wipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Sawin, Kilian John O'Neill, Yolanda Christina Kennish
  • Patent number: 7999686
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an interactive packaging system for monitoring the usage of personal hygiene products, personal hygiene product packages, and restroom facilities. The interactive packaging system may include a plurality of usage monitoring devices each configured to detect physical stimulus associated with the usage of the product, package or facility with which the usage monitoring device is associate, and to transmit usage messages containing information relating to the detected physical stimulus. The interactive packaging system may further include a base station configured to receive the usage messages transmitted by the plurality of usage monitoring devices and to generate sensory perceptible outputs corresponding to the information contained in the usage messages. Either the usage monitoring devices or the base station may be configured to determine whether the products, packages or facilities are used appropriately based on the detected physical stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yolanda Christina Kennish, Philip Andrew Sawin, Alyce Johnson Papa, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20110018718
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an interactive packaging system for monitoring the usage of personal hygiene products, personal hygiene product packages, and restroom facilities. The interactive packaging system may include a plurality of usage monitoring devices each configured to detect physical stimulus associated with the usage of the product, package or facility with which the usage monitoring device is associate, and to transmit usage messages containing information relating to the detected physical stimulus. The interactive packaging system may further include a base station configured to receive the usage messages transmitted by the plurality of usage monitoring devices and to generate sensory perceptible outputs corresponding to the information contained in the usage messages. Either the usage monitoring devices or the base station may be configured to determine whether the products, packages or facilities are used appropriately based on the detected physical stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yolanda Christina Kennish, Philip Andrew Sawin, Alyce Johnson Papa, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Patent number: 7866507
    Abstract: A cleaning wipes container having one or more panels and a lid that covers an opening. The opening provides access to an interior storage space defined by the one or more panels. The interior storage space is configured to receive a wipes cartridge. The container also has a viewing area on at least a portion of one panel. The viewing area provides a target surface to join a transferable label. The transferable label includes indicia that relate to a characteristic of a type of cleaning wipes in the wipes cartridge. The indicia are viewable from outside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Sawin, Jeffrey Alan Sargent, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Patent number: 7791490
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an interactive packaging system for monitoring the usage of personal hygiene products, personal hygiene product packages, and restroom facilities. The interactive packaging system may include a plurality of usage monitoring devices each configured to detect physical stimulus associated with the usage of the product, package or facility with which the usage monitoring device is associate, and to transmit usage messages containing information relating to the detected physical stimulus. The interactive packaging system may further include a base station configured to receive the usage messages transmitted by the plurality of usage monitoring devices and to generate sensory perceptible outputs corresponding to the information contained in the usage messages. Either the usage monitoring devices or the base station may be configured to determine whether the products, packages or facilities are used appropriately based on the detected physical stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yolanda Christina Kennish, Philip Andrew Sawin, Alyce Johnson Papa, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20100025416
    Abstract: A cleansing wipe container includes a bottom panel, a front panel, a rear panel, a pair of side panels and a lid. The cleansing wipe container may be filled with a plurality of cleansing wipes that are contained in a cartridge. The cartridge and container interact such that a message is displayed on or through a panel of the container. The message is based on the cartridge of wipes and may include a type of wipe, a list of ingredients of the wipes, and/or instructions for using the wipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Sawin, Kilian John O'Neill, Yolanda Christina Kennish
  • Publication number: 20080266113
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an interactive packaging system for monitoring the usage of personal hygiene products, personal hygiene product packages, and restroom facilities. The interactive packaging system may include a plurality of usage monitoring devices each configured to detect physical stimulus associated with the usage of the product, package or facility with which the usage monitoring device is associate, and to transmit usage messages containing information relating to the detected physical stimulus. The interactive packaging system may further include a base station configured to receive the usage messages transmitted by the plurality of usage monitoring devices and to generate sensory perceptible outputs corresponding to the information contained in the usage messages. Either the usage monitoring devices or the base station may be configured to determine whether the products, packages or facilities are used appropriately based on the detected physical stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Yolanda Christina Kennish, Philip Andrew Sawin, Alyce Johnson Papa, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20080253697
    Abstract: A flexible container including a flexible pouch having a dispensing aperture through which an interior space is accessible from outside the flexible pouch, a flexible sealing member releasably attached to the flexible pouch and covering the dispensing aperture, and a rigid closure element surrounding the dispensing aperture. The flexible sealing member has at least two lifting tabs for lifting the flexible sealing member and thereby exposing the dispensing aperture. The rigid closure element has a base permanently attached to the flexible pouch and lid connected to the base by a hinge. At least one of the lifting tabs is likely to not be obstructed by the rigid closure element when the lid is in an open condition, thereby remaining usable for lifting the flexible sealing member to expose the dispensing aperture, even if another lifting tab is obstructed by the rigid closure element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Kilian John O'Neill, Mark Francis Olivier, Philip Andrew Sawin, Michael Patrick Hayden
  • Publication number: 20080222929
    Abstract: A cleaning wipe container includes a bottom panel, a front panel, a rear panel, a pair of side panels and a lid. The cleaning wipe container may be filled with a plurality of cleaning wipes that are contained in a cartridge. The container also includes a slidably engaged window that cooperatively interacts with the cartridge to display a message on or through a portion of a panel of the container. The message is based on the wipes in the cartridge and may include a type of wipe, a list of ingredients of the wipes, and/or instructions for using the wipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Sawin, Jeffrey Alan Sargent, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20080223868
    Abstract: A cleaning wipes container having one or more panels and a lid that covers an opening. The opening provides access to an interior storage space defined by the one or more panels. The interior storage space is configured to receive a wipes cartridge. The container also has a viewing area on at least a portion of one panel. The viewing area provides a target surface to join a transferable label. The transferable label includes indicia that relate to a characteristic of a type of cleaning wipes in the wipes cartridge. The indicia are viewable from outside the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Sawin, Jeffrey Alan Sargent, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Patent number: 7411511
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an interactive packaging system for monitoring the usage of personal hygiene products, personal hygiene product packages, and restroom facilities. The interactive packaging system may include a plurality of usage monitoring devices each configured to detect physical stimulus associated with the usage of the product, package or facility with which the usage monitoring device is associate, and to transmit usage messages containing information relating to the detected physical stimulus. The interactive packaging system may further include a base station configured to receive the usage messages transmitted by the plurality of usage monitoring devices and to generate sensory perceptible outputs corresponding to the information contained in the usage messages. Either the usage monitoring devices or the base station may be configured to determine whether the products, packages or facilities are used appropriately based on the detected physical stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yolanda Christina Kennish, Philip Andrew Sawin, Alyce Johnson Papa, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20080083774
    Abstract: A cleansing wipe container includes a bottom panel, a front panel, a rear panel, a pair of side panels and a lid. The cleansing wipe container may be filled with a plurality of cleansing wipes that are contained in a cartridge. The cartridge and container interact such that a message is displayed on or through a panel of the container. The message is based on the cartridge of wipes and may include a type of wipe, a list of ingredients of the wipes, and/or instructions for using the wipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Sawin, Kilian John O'Neill, Yolanda Christina Kennish
  • Patent number: 6514445
    Abstract: A process for forming a grooming implement is provided. The steps include providing a blank having a head and a handle, wherein the head has one or more void spaces which divide said head into at least two segments, and injecting an elastomer into the void space at a temperature of at least about 245° C. thereby fusing the elastomer to the segments and forming a resiliently flexible joint. The elastomer is the sole mechanical link between the segments such that the segments can flex relative to each other and the elastomer can be stretched to about 120% of its unstressed length without separation of the elastomer from the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Victor Cann, Kilian John O'Neill, Roland Stark
  • Patent number: D421844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Roland Stark, Kilian John O'Neill
  • Patent number: D671000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kilian John O'Neill, Mark Francis Olivier, Philip Andrew Sawin