Patents by Inventor Lyle Brown Tuthill

Lyle Brown Tuthill 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: 20020074347
    Abstract: Multi-compartment container having a septum extending from the bottom of the container up through the neck to the container opening. A closure seals the container from leakage and prevents internal contamination between compartments. The container may be blow molded in a single manufacturing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Charles Douglas Murray, Riccardo Calvi, Jean-Luc Azzani, Lyle Brown Tuthill, Filip Dominique Hubert Vangeel
  • Publication number: 20010048841
    Abstract: The present invention provides an applicator for applying and distributing a substance onto a target surface. The applicator comprises a substantially planar sheet of compressible, conformable material having opposed first and second surfaces and an interior region between said first and second surfaces. The sheet of material has a thickness between the first and second surfaces which decreases when the sheet of material is subjected to an externally-applied force in a direction substantially normal to the first surface. The applicator further includes at least one discrete reservoir extending inwardly of the first surface into the interior of the sheet of material which is at least partially filled with a substance and at least one discrete aperture formed in the first surface which is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: RICHARD MICHAEL GIRARDOT, GENE MICHAEL ALTONEN, LYLE BROWN TUTHILL, CURTIS BOBBY MOTLEY
  • Patent number: 6325565
    Abstract: An applicator for applying and distributing a substance onto a target surface. The applicator comprises a substantially planar sheet of compressible, conformable material having opposed first and second surfaces and an interior region between the first and second surfaces. The sheet of material has a thickness between the first and second surfaces which decreases when the sheet of material is subjected to an externally-applied force in a direction substantially normal to the first surface. The applicator further includes at least one discrete reservoir extending inwardly of the first surface into the interior of the sheet of material which is at least partially filled with a substance and at least one discrete aperture formed in the first surface which is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Girardot, Gene Michael Altonen, Lyle Brown Tuthill, Curtis Bobby Motley
  • Patent number: 6315482
    Abstract: Applicator for applying and distributing a substance onto a target surface. The applicator comprises a substantially planar sheet of compressible, conformable material having opposed first and second surfaces and an interior region between said first and second surfaces. The sheet of material has a thickness between the first and second surfaces which decreases when the sheet of material is subjected to an externally-applied force in a direction substantially normal to the first surface. The applicator further includes at least one discrete reservoir extending inwardly of the first surface into the interior of the sheet of material which is at least partially filled with a substance and at least one discrete aperture formed in the first surface which is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Girardot, Gene Michael Altonen, Lyle Brown Tuthill, Curtis Bobby Motley
  • Publication number: 20010003565
    Abstract: The present invention provides an applicator for applying and distributing a substance onto a target surface. The applicator comprises a substantially planar sheet of compressible, conformable material having opposed first and second surfaces and an interior region between said first and second surfaces. The sheet of material has a thickness between the first and second surfaces which decreases when the sheet of material is subjected to an externally-applied force in a direction substantially normal to the first surface. The applicator further includes at least one discrete reservoir extending inwardly of the first surface into the interior of the sheet of material which is at least partially filled with a substance and at least one discrete aperture formed in the first surface which is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Publication date: June 14, 2001
    Inventors: JOCELYN ELAINE MCOSKER, ASTRID ANNETTE SHEEHAN, JAMES THOMAS SULLIVAN, JEFFREY BRENT HAMNER, RICHARD MICHAEL GIRARDOT, GENE MICHAEL ALTONEN, LYLE BROWN TUTHILL, CURTIS BOBBY MOTLEY
  • Patent number: 4116851
    Abstract: Highly alkaline thickened aqueous liquid hypohalite compositions containing either mineral oil, water insoluble saturated fatty acid esters, water insoluble ethers, and mixtures thereof, preferably thickened with a clay, preferably thixotropic, and containing an alkali metal silicate which can be used in a process for cleaning kitchen utensils having baked-on soils comprising the steps of treating a soiled utensil surface with the thickened alkaline hypohalite composition and then covering the treated soiled utensil surface with an excess of water at a temperature of more than about 100.degree. F. The compositions containing clay, an alkali metal silicate and the mineral oil, water insoluble ester and ethers, etc. are particularly stable, provide good corrosion protection to metals, are milder to skin than the same alkaline hypohalite compositions without the mineral oil, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lewis Allen Rupe, Lyle Brown Tuthill, John William Leikhim