Patents by Inventor Lloyd Weaver
Lloyd Weaver 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).
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Patent number: 11167912Abstract: A preform suitable for blow molding into for an outer container usable for a pressurized aerosol dispenser. The preform has a longitudinal axis and a closed end bottom, an open neck. The neck has threads for accepting a valve having complementary threads. At least one pawl or ratchet is operatively juxtaposed with the periphery of the preform. The at least one pawl or ratchet allows onward rotation of the complementary valve in an onward direction, and prevents detachment of the valve in a reverse rotation direction. Any such preform can be blow molded into a corresponding outer container, and any such outer container can be blow molded from a corresponding preform.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Robert Earl Magness, Andrew William Franckhauser, Scott Edward Smith, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
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Patent number: 11161661Abstract: An aerosol container for an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container has an outer container. The outer container has a closed end bottom and a longitudinally opposed threaded open neck. The open neck has one or more pawls or ratchets disposed near the neck. The pawls or ratchets allow a complementary valve to be threaded onto the neck. The valve has complementary ratchets or pawls. The ratchet and pawl combination co-acts to impede or even prevent reverse rotation and subsequent removal of the valve. The outer container may be made from a preform having the ratchets and/or pawls integrally molded as part of the injection molding process. A valve having a housing may have ratchets and or pawls integrally molded as part of the injection molding process.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Scott Edward Smith, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Robert Earl Magness, Andrew William Franckhauser, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
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Publication number: 20210300671Abstract: An aerosol container suitable for use as an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container includes at least a valve and product delivery device joined to an outer container. The valve and product delivery device have respective annular welds or other seals joining the valve and product delivery to the outer container. The welds, or other seals may be concentric, with one circumscribing the other, in the same plane or different planes. Suitable product delivery devices include bags and dip tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Robert Earl Magness, Andrew William Franckhauser, Matthew Aaron Neumann, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Scott Edward Smith
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Publication number: 20210290448Abstract: A tampon product including a tampon within an applicator assembly is disclosed. The applicator assembly includes a barrel portion joined to a gripping portion, imparted with features that improve utility and convenience for the user. In one example the gripping portion has a rearward edge defining differing first and second lengths. In another example the gripping portion has a lateral outer cross section profile that is substantially oval-shaped, ovoid-shaped, elliptical or stadium-shaped and has major and minor axes, each perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, along first and second lateral perpendicular directions, wherein following absorption of fluid the tampon will expand laterally to a first lateral dimension to a greatest extent along a first lateral direction, and to a lesser second lateral dimension along a second lateral direction 90 degrees from the first lateral direction, wherein the first lateral direction is substantially parallel to one of the major and minor axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Ayub Ibrahim KHAN, Naomi Ruth NELSON, Eric Mitchell SCHICKLI, Kerry Lloyd WEAVER
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Patent number: 11117735Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body that extends about a longitudinal axis and defines an outer surface and an inner passageway. A valve stem extends through the inner passageway and includes an outer stem surface, an inner stem surface opposite the outer stem surface, a fin extending radially outward from the outer stem surface, and a first orifice extending from the outer stem surface to the inner stem surface. The fin operatively engages a portion of the inner passageway forming a first seal and providing controlled dispensing through the orifice. A valve seal may be joined to the valve steam. The vale seal may operatively engage a portion of the valve body forming a second seal.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, David Andrew Dalton, Matthew David Fitts, Andrew William Franckhauser, Paul Owen Nutley, Scott Edward Smith, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Patent number: 11078009Abstract: An aerosol container suitable for use as an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container includes at least a valve and product delivery device joined to an outer container. The valve and product delivery device have respective annular welds or other seals joining the valve and product delivery to the outer container. The welds, or other seals may be concentric, with one circumscribing the other, in the same plane or different planes. Suitable product delivery devices include bags and dip tubes.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Robert Earl Magness, Andrew William Franckhauser, Matthew Aaron Neumann, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Scott Edward Smith
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Publication number: 20210039876Abstract: An aerosol foam dip tube dispenser with an axis of symmetry with a pressurizable outer container for storing a propellant and a composition under pressure and an actuator. The aerosol dispenser is ergonomic and promotes upright dispensing in order to avoid degassing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Douglas Charles Cook, Christopher Raymond Lo, Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Publication number: 20210025500Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body that extends about a longitudinal axis and defines an outer surface and an inner passageway. A valve stem extends through the inner passageway and includes an outer stem surface, an inner stem surface opposite the outer stem surface, and a first orifice extending from the outer stem surface to the inner stem surface. The valve assembly includes a retaining member joined to the valve stem, wherein the retaining member extends outward from the outer stem surface. The valve assembly includes a resilient member and one or more force concentrators configured to operatively engage the resilient member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, David Andrew Dalton, Matthew David Fitts, Paul Owen Nutley, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Publication number: 20210024280Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body that extends about a longitudinal axis and defines an outer surface and an inner passageway. A valve stem extends through the inner passageway and includes an outer stem surface, an inner stem surface opposite the outer stem surface, a fin extending radially outward from the outer stem surface, and a first orifice extending from the outer stem surface to the inner stem surface. The fin operatively engages a portion of the inner passageway forming a first seal and providing controlled dispensing through the orifice. A valve seal may be joined to the valve steam. The vale seal may operatively engage a portion of the valve body forming a second seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, David Andrew Dalton, Matthew David Fitts, Andrew William Franckhauser, Paul Owen Nutley, Scott Edward Smith, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Publication number: 20210025503Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body that extends about a longitudinal axis and defines an outer surface and an inner passageway. The valve body includes a valve body cavity. The valve body cavity may be positioned between the inner passageway and the outer surface. The valve assembly includes a valve seal including a first seal surface and a second seal surface. The first seal surface abuts at least a portion of the passageway surface. A portion of the valve seal extends from the inner passageway about the second passageway opening and into at least a portion of the valve body cavity. A valve stem extends through the inner passageway and includes an outer stem surface and an inner stem surface. A portion of the second surface of the valve seal operatively engages a portion of the outer stem surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: David Andrew Dalton, Paul Owen Nutley, Robert Earl Magness, John Boyet Stevens, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Publication number: 20210025502Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body. The valve body includes a first hoop member, a second hoop member, and a transition portion defined by the joining of the first hoop member and the second hoop member. The first hoop member includes a first hoop outer portion positioned, a first hoop inner portion, a first hoop upper surface, and a first hoop lower surface. The second hoop member includes a second hoop outer portion, a second hoop inner portion, a second hoop upper surface, and a second hoop lower surface. The second hoop inner portion extends about the longitudinal axis defining a passageway. The passageway comprises a first passageway opening, a second passageway opening opposite the first passageway opening, and a passageway surface extending from the first passageway opening to the second passageway opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: David Andrew Dalton, Robert Earl Magness, John Boyet Stevens, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Patent number: 10850914Abstract: An aerosol foam dip tube dispenser with an axis of symmetry with a pressurizable outer container for storing a propellant and a composition under pressure and an actuator. The aerosol dispenser is ergonomic and promotes upright dispensing in order to avoid degassing.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Douglas Charles Cook, Christopher Raymond Lo, Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Publication number: 20200148458Abstract: An aerosol foam dip tube dispenser with an axis of symmetry with a pressurizable outer container for storing a propellant and a composition under pressure and an actuator. The aerosol dispenser is ergonomic and promotes upright dispensing in order to avoid degassing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Douglas Charles Cook, Christopher Raymond Lo, Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Patent number: 10596765Abstract: A method of making an aerosol container suitable for use as an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container includes at least a valve and product delivery device joined to an outer container. The method has the steps of sealing the valve to the product delivery device and outer container at respective annular welds or other bonds joining the valve to the product delivery and to the outer container. The welds, or other bonds may be concentric, with one circumscribing the other, in the same plane or different planes. Suitable product delivery devices include bags and dip tubes. Suitable welds include spin welds.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, Matthew Aaron Neumann, Robert Earl Magness, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Andrew William Franckhauser, Scott Edward Smith, Douglas Bruce Zeik
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Publication number: 20200039730Abstract: An aerosol container suitable for use as an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container includes at least a valve and product delivery device joined to an outer container. The valve and product delivery device have respective annular welds or other seals joining the valve and product delivery to the outer container. The welds, or other seals may be concentric, with one circumscribing the other, in the same plane or different planes. Suitable product delivery devices include bags and dip tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Robert Earl Magness, Andrew William Franckhauser, Matthew Aaron Neumann, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Scott Edward Smith
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Patent number: 10517373Abstract: A dispensing package for a consumer care product is provided having a product chamber with an inner surface, a major axis and a minor axis. The dispensing package has a movable elevator platform having a coupling sleeve with a non-threaded section and a threaded section along an inner surface. The dispensing package also has a screw assembly with a spindle that supports threads; a seal extending around the circumference of the spindle; a threaded first portion coupled to the threaded section along the inner surface of the moveable elevator platform; and a non-threaded second portion. The seal frictionally engages with the non-threaded section of the coupling sleeve and the movable elevator platform advances along an axis from a first fill volume position to a second fill volume position.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Justin Alan Ellsworth, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Christopher Eugene Bates, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Julie OiLun Lim, Ricky V. Retherford, John Joseph Rego, Timothy David Reichling
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Patent number: 10501258Abstract: An aerosol container suitable for use as an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container includes at least a valve and product delivery device joined to an outer container. The valve and product delivery device have respective annular welds or other seals joining the valve and product delivery to the outer container. The welds, or other seals may be concentric, with one circumscribing the other, in the same plane or different planes. Suitable product delivery devices include bags and dip tubes.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Robert Earl Magness, Andrew William Franckhauser, Matthew Aaron Neumann, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Scott Edward Smith
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Patent number: 10486892Abstract: A package and an array of packages for aerosol dispensers is provided. The package includes a polymeric outer container, the polymeric outer container having a closed bottom, a sidewall, a neck opposite the closed bottom and defining an opening for receiving product. The polymeric outer container has a longitudinal axis. The package has an attachment ring disposed adjacent to the neck of the outer container. The attachment ring has a radially outermost edge from the longitudinal axis that defines an outer diameter of the attachment ring. The outer diameter is 32.20 mm to 32.80 mm, and wherein the attachment ring is directly connectable with an actuator of an aerosol dispenser. The outer diameter of the attachment ring in the array of packages is 32.50 mm with a standard deviation of +/?0.30 mm.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, David Andrew Dalton, Philip Andrew Sawin, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Douglas Bruce Zeik
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Publication number: 20190077584Abstract: A threaded valve for an aerosol container. The threaded valve comprises a housing, a moving assembly disposed in the housing, threads suitable for threadable onward attachment onto a complementary neck of an outer container for an aerosol dispenser and a plurality of pawls and/or ratchets disposed on and extending from the housing. The pawls and/or ratchets allow onward rotation of the valve onto the complementary neck and impeding rotational detachment of the valve in a reverse direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Robert Earl MAGNESS, Andrew William FRANCKHAUSER, Scott Edward SMITH, Kerry Lloyd WEAVER, Nathan Daniel GRUBBS
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Publication number: 20190077583Abstract: A preform suitable for blow molding into for an outer container usable for a pressurized aerosol dispenser. The preform has a longitudinal axis and a closed end bottom, an open neck. The neck has threads for accepting a valve having complementary threads. At least one pawl or ratchet is operatively juxtaposed with the periphery of the preform. The at least one pawl or ratchet allows onward rotation of the complementary valve in an onward direction, and prevents detachment of the valve in a reverse rotation direction. Any such preform can be blow molded into a corresponding outer container, and any such outer container can be blow molded from a corresponding preform.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Kerry Lloyd WEAVER, Robert Earl MAGNESS, Andrew William FRANCKHAUSER, Scott Edward SMITH, Nathan Daniel GRUBBS