Patents by Inventor Lester Charles Sporing

Lester Charles Sporing 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: 20090257845
    Abstract: A nut that includes a body having an aperture disposed within the body, threads located within the aperture of the body, and a plurality of protrusions disposed along a circumference of the body. The plurality of protrusions provides visual and tactile directional signals as to the rotational direction required to attach or detach the nut to or from a threaded member. The nut may be used for attaching a water filter system to a water faucet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Richard P. Riedel, William Joseph Cruzen, Lester Charles Sporing, Jason Alan Born
  • Patent number: 7568874
    Abstract: A nut that includes a body having an aperture disposed within the body, threads located within the aperture of the body, and a plurality of gripping areas disposed along a circumference of the body. The plurality of gripping areas provides visual and tactile directional signals as to the rotational direction required to attach or detach the nut to or from a threaded member. The nut may be used for attaching a water filter system to a water faucet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: PuR Water Purification Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Paul Riedel, William Joseph Cruzen, Lester Charles Sporing, Jason Alan Born
  • Patent number: 7530150
    Abstract: A process for preparing a molded, textured, spunlaced, nonwoven web is provided and wipes made therefrom. Also provided is an apparatus for making molded, textured, spunlaced, nonwoven web. Molded, textured, spunlaced, nonwoven webs prepared by the inventive process and apparatus are also provided. Also provided is a molded, textured, spunlaced, nonwoven web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Brennan, Lester Charles Sporing
  • Publication number: 20070292237
    Abstract: A nut that includes a body having an aperture disposed within the body, threads located within the aperture of the body, and a plurality of gripping areas disposed along a circumference of the body. The plurality of gripping areas provides visual and tactile directional signals as to the rotational direction required to attach or detach the nut to or from a threaded member. The nut may be used for attaching a water filter system to a water faucet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Richard Paul Riedel, William Joseph Cruzen, Lester Charles Sporing, Jason Alan Born
  • Publication number: 20040116031
    Abstract: A process for preparing a molded, textured, spunlaced, nonwoven web is provided and wipes made therefrom. Also provided is an apparatus for making molded, textured, spunlaced, nonwoven web. Molded, textured, spunlaced, nonwoven webs prepared by the inventive process and apparatus are also provided. Also provided is a molded, textured, spunlaced, nonwoven web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Brennan, Lester Charles Sporing
  • Patent number: 6361784
    Abstract: A nonwoven wipe suitable for use as a pre-moistened baby wipe comprised of thermoplastic fibers having a predetermined nominal fiber length, the wipe being calendar-embossed with a pattern comprising a plurality of discrete icons, each of the icons having an equivalent icon diameter of at least about one half the nominal fiber length, and the plurality of icons being separated one from another by an equivalent unbonded area diameter of at least about one half the nominal fiber length. In a preferred embodiment the nonwoven web is spunlaced, with a fiber composition of between about 40%-60% viscose, and the remainder thermoplastic fiber. The wipes of the present invention combine superior softness with embossed designs for better aesthetic appeal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Brennan, Lester Charles Sporing
  • Patent number: D445260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Brennan, Lester Charles Sporing
  • Patent number: D450460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Brennan, Lester Charles Sporing, Siegfried Kurt Martin Hustedt, Birgit Holz
  • Patent number: D464804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Brennan, Lester Charles Sporing, Douglas Allan Schaefer, John Edwin Clark
  • Patent number: D399062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Lester Charles Sporing
  • Patent number: D400716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lester Charles Sporing, Patricia Lynn Neiheisel
  • Patent number: D401420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lester Charles Sporing, Patricia Lynn Neiheisel
  • Patent number: D409389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jane Grote May, Patricia Lynn Neiheisel, Lester Charles Sporing