Patents by Inventor L. Nicholas Senter

L. Nicholas Senter 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: 7584846
    Abstract: A package includes a refill for a device and a configuration of the package that resembles at least a portion of the device with which the refill functionally interacts. The configuration of the package is indicative of the device and does not include same. In addition, a method of identifying a renewable item for a rechargeable device includes the steps of providing a package including a structural configuration that resembles at least a portion of the rechargeable device with which the renewable item interacts and packaging the renewable item within the package. The rechargeable device is not carried by the structural configuration. Further, a packaging includes a first item and a structure that carries the first item and that resembles at least one portion of a second item with which the first item functionally interacts. A characteristic of the structure identifies the second item. The second item is not carried by the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: L. Nicholas Senter
  • Publication number: 20090159486
    Abstract: A package includes a refill for a device and a configuration of the package that resembles at least a portion of the device with which the refill functionally interacts. The configuration of the package is indicative of the device and does not include same. In addition, a method of identifying a renewable item for a rechargeable device includes the steps of providing a package including a structural configuration that resembles at least a portion of the rechargeable device with which the renewable item interacts and packaging the renewable item within the package. The rechargeable device is not carried by the structural configuration. Further, a packaging includes a first item and a structure that carries the first item and that resembles at least one portion of a second item with which the first item functionally interacts. A characteristic of the structure identifies the second item. The second item is not carried by the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: L. Nicholas Senter
  • Patent number: 7410056
    Abstract: A blister pack and package including such blister pack is described which provides for package stability and self-indexing in relation to adjacently aligned packages. The blister pack is configured to include at least one compartment for enclosing an article, and an outward projecting portion or foot in the bottom portion of the blister pack. The foot is configured to have a width, depth and height sufficient to allow the package to be freestanding and self-indexing. The package is especially suited for use in a merchandise point-of-sale display including a pressure applicator for maintaining displayed packages in a forwardmost position in the display when one or more packages are removed from the display. The foot provides for a predetermined stable spacing during packaging and while in storage and on display, and provides for self-indexing, i.e. maintenance of proper spacing, when a pressure applicator moves the aligned packages forward in a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Cafferata, Cory J. Nelson, L. Nicholas Senter, Stephan M. Stulo
  • Patent number: D574704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: L. Nicholas Senter
  • Patent number: D581780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: L. Nicholas Senter