Patents by Inventor Kurt Spring

Kurt Spring 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: 8883178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental care product, in particular a toothpaste, comprising diamond particles. The diamond particles have sizes in a first size range from 0.3 ?m to 2.5 ?m, preferably from 0.5 ?m to 2.0 ?m, most preferably from 0.75 ?m to 1.5 ?m. The amount of diamond particles having sizes within the first size range is at most 2% by weight, more preferably at most 1% by weight, most preferably at most 0.5% by weight of the product. Moreover, the invention relates to a kit of parts containing a toothbrush (1) and a product as above, wherein the product is a toothpaste. The bristles (2) of the toothbrush (1) may contain abrasive particles (3), such as diamond particles. The bristles (2) may also be capable of at least temporarily retaining diamond particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: AMC Abrasives Marketing & Consulting LLP
    Inventor: Kurt Spring
  • Publication number: 20110262507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental care product, in particular a toothpaste, comprising diamond particles. The diamond particles have sizes in a first size range from 0.3 ?m to 2.5 ?m, preferably from 0.5 ?m to 2.0 ?m, most preferably from 0.75 ?m to 1.5 ?m. The amount of diamond particles having sizes within the first size range is at most 2% by weight, more preferably at most 1% by weight, most preferably at most 0.5% by weight of the product. Moreover, the invention relates to a kit of parts containing a toothbrush (1) and a product as above, wherein the product is a toothpaste. The bristles (2) of the toothbrush (1) may contain abrasive particles (3), such as diamond particles. The bristles (2) may also be capable of at least temporarily retaining diamond particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: AMC ABRASIVES MARKETING & CONSULTING LLP
    Inventor: Kurt Spring
  • Patent number: 4391213
    Abstract: A needle thread guide device containing an articulated thread feeder oscillating in a vertical plane on a sewing machine provided with a skip stitch mechanism working at intervals to form stitches of varying lengths, wherein a thread catcher is combined with a thread lever which can be engaged and disengaged synchronously with the skip stitch mechanism and which aligns in its operating position with a hook eye open to the top at a position of the upper area of the ascending movement part of the thread lever eye with the latter, thereby catching the thread loop which is carried along by the thread lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Assignee: Fritz Gegauf Aktiengesellschaft Bernina-Naehmaschinenfabrik
    Inventors: Ernst Dreier, Kurt Spring