Patents by Inventor Mark Shickle

Mark Shickle 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: 6543259
    Abstract: A device for dosing rinse conditioner to a drum of a washing machine comprises three chambers connected in series to an interior of a drum of a washing machine. The first chamber receives the composition prior to a start of the wash cycle and includes an outlet through which the composition is transferred to a holding chamber under centrifugal forces generated during a first spin cycle. During a second spin cycle the treatment composition is similarly transferred from the holding chamber to a dispensing chamber from which the composition is delivered onto the fabrics upon completion of the second spin cycle. A washing process employing the device of the invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Robertson Sherratt, Mark Shickle
  • Patent number: 6523371
    Abstract: A dispensing device for the machine washing of laundry comprises a receptacle for receiving an amount of detergent product having filling opening means and a body wall which includes a plurality of apertures for dispensing detergent product. The device includes a rigids spacing means which is formed around the body wall for spacing laundry from the dispensing apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Robertson Sherratt, Mark Shickle
  • Patent number: D473026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shickle, Paul Robert Sherratt