Patents by Inventor Matthew S. Montei

Matthew S. Montei 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).

  • Heat exchange method for melting plate candle
    Patent number: 7591646
    Abstract: The present invention relates to melting plate candles which employ heat conductive elements to distribute heat from a burning flame at a wick to a support plate for a solid fuel and to the body of said solid fuel, so as to more rapidly liquefy the solid fuel, such as paraffin wax, and to more uniformly and intensely heat such fuels to increase the efficiency of consumption thereof and to more rapidly release volatile materials contained within said fuels. The heat conductive support plate is configured so as to have a capillary pedestal upon the surface thereof, which cooperatively engages a wick holder comprising a preferably consumable wick and heat conductive fins which conduct heat from a flame upon said wick to said support plate, said wick holder further engaging said capillary pedestal in such a locking manner as to resist accidental removal from said pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel E. Adair, Sean G. Dwyer, Elizabeth J. Jameson, Chris A. Kubicek, Padma Prabodh Varanasi, Paul E. Furner, Cory J. Nelson, Matthew S. Montei
  • Wick holder locking mechanism
    Patent number: 7524187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to melting plate candles which employ heat conductive elements to distribute heat from a burning flame at a wick to a support plate for a solid fuel and to the body of said solid fuel, so as to more rapidly liquefy the solid fuel, such as paraffin wax, and to more uniformly and intensely heat such fuels to increase the efficiency of consumption thereof and to more rapidly release volatile materials contained within said fuels. The heat conductive support plate is configured so as to have a capillary pedestal upon the surface thereof, which cooperatively engages a wick holder comprising a preferably consumable wick and heat conductive fins which conduct heat from a flame upon said wick to said support plate, said wick holder further engaging said capillary pedestal in such a locking manner as to resist accidental removal from said pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris A. Kubicek, Cory J. Nelson, Matthew S. Montei, Paul E. Furner
  • Lid for a fabric sweeper device
    Patent number: D657573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Neumann, Judith A. Rath, Cynthia A. Stevens, Matthew S. Montei, Gary B. Swetish, Benjamin R. Lloyd