Patents by Inventor M. Scott Carpenter

M. Scott Carpenter 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: 20010043469
    Abstract: A decorated luminary product includes either a candle or a candle holder containing the candle. A decorative web of a heat-shrinkable polymer web is heat shrunk to conform to a shape of the one of the candle and the candle holder. The web is decorated with a thermochromic ink or pigmentation to cooperate with heat emitted by burning the candle to provide a visible change in the ink or pigmentation, so as to provide a pleasing visual effect when the candle is burned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: M. Scott Carpenter, Kara L. Kotary
  • Publication number: 20010043467
    Abstract: A decorated luminary product includes either a candle or a candle holder containing the candle. A decorative web of a heat-shrinkable polymer web is heat shrunk to conform to a shape of either the candle or the candle holder. The web is decorated with a phosphorescent ink or pigmentation to cooperate with light emitted by the candle to provide a glow-in-the-dark effect when the candle is extinguished. Alternatively, the luminary product may be an oil lamp within a chimney or globe, and the phosphorescent ink or pigmentation may be charged by external ambient radiant energy to provide energy for emission in the absence of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: M. Scott Carpenter, Kara L. Kotary
  • Publication number: 20010040800
    Abstract: A decorated luminary product includes either a candle (or other light source) or a holder for containing the candle (or other light source), having a mirror film adhered thereto to provide a pleasing visual effect. A decorative web of a polymeric mirror film web is preferably heat shrunk to conform to the shape of the candle or the holder. The mirror film is located to cooperate with light emitted by a candle or other light source to augment the visual effect created when the candle is lit, by providing birefringent effects, changes in coloration in accordance with changes in viewing angle, and variations in both reflectivity of ambient light and transmission of light from the candle or other light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: M. Scott Carpenter, Jose Porchia, Frederick H. Martin
  • Patent number: D448503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Scott Carpenter
  • Patent number: D448868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Scott Carpenter