Patents by Inventor Michael Sean Farrell

Michael Sean Farrell 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: 8813998
    Abstract: A dispenser for sanitary tissue products is provided. The dispenser comprises a housing defining a cavity configured to receive sanitary tissue products therein and an opening defined in the housing. The sanitary tissue products within the cavity are configured to be dispensed through the opening. The opening is defined by a first portion having a first width, a second portion having a second width, and a third portion having a third width. The third portion extends between the first portion and the second portion. The first width and the second width are both larger than the third width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emma Lynn Sartini, Kyoko Mignot, Michael Sean Farrell, Nicholas August Vitucci
  • Publication number: 20130313272
    Abstract: A pour assist device. The pour assist device can include an outlet and a closure receiver proximal the outlet. The pour assist device can include a container support shroud extending from the closure receiver. The container support shroud can have an interior surface sized and dimensioned to envelop at least a part of a container. The container support shroud can include a connecting member proximal the closure receiver. The pour assist device can include a handle extending from the container support shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Jennifer Claire JARVIS, Robb Eric Olsen, Kyle Vincent Zink, Lauren Michelle Riesenberg, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Michael Sean Farrell
  • Publication number: 20120273514
    Abstract: A dispenser for sanitary tissue products is provided. The dispenser comprises a housing defining a cavity configured to receive sanitary tissue products therein and an opening defined in the housing. The sanitary tissue products within the cavity are configured to be dispensed through the opening. The opening is defined by a first portion having a first width, a second portion having a second width, and a third portion having a third width. The third portion extends between the first portion and the second portion. The first width and the second width are both larger than the third width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Emma Lynn Sartini, Kyoko Mignot, Michael Sean Farrell, Nicholas August Vitucci
  • Publication number: 20120261537
    Abstract: In one form of the present disclosure, a mount for a container is provided. The container comprises a recessed bottom surface at least partially surrounded by a wall extending therefrom. The wall comprises a projection extending therefrom in a direction transverse to a plane of a side of the wall. The mount comprises a base and a tab extending from the base. The tab is configured to be positioned at least partially intermediate the projection and the recessed bottom surface to retain the mount to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Sean Farrell, Chelsea Faith McLemore, Emma Lynn Sartini, Ashley Lynn Kuntz
  • Publication number: 20120261436
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a paper product and another item comprises a body defining a slot therein. The slot is configured to receive a bar therethrough. The body comprises a back and an adjustment assembly. A portion of the adjustment assembly is positioned within the slot and is biased away from the back. The body comprises a top comprising a tab extending therefrom. The tab is configured to engage a portion of a container configured to receive one or more of the items. The apparatus comprises a paper product hanger extending from the body. The paper product hanger is configured to receive a paper product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Sean Farrell
  • Publication number: 20120261505
    Abstract: Dispensers for a paper product and another item are provided. One dispenser comprises a body comprising a first side, a second side, and a receiving cavity defined within the body. The dispenser also comprises a door movable between a first position and a second position. When the door is in the first position, access to at least a portion of the cavity is provided, and when the door is in the second position, access to the portion of the cavity is not provided. The dispenser also comprises an aperture extending through the body from the first side to the second side. The aperture is configured to receive a portion of a first paper product bar therethrough. The dispenser also comprises a second paper product bar engaged with the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Sara Ann Buelow, Nicholas August Vitucci, Michael Sean Farrell, Laura Lynn Heilman
  • Publication number: 20120261506
    Abstract: A dispenser for a paper product and another item is configured to be engaged with a paper product roll holder. The dispenser comprises an arcuate body comprising a front side, a back side, a first end, a second end configured to engage a wall, a first side comprising a first paper product bar receiving member, and a second side comprising a second paper product bar receiving member. The dispenser comprises a paper product bar extending at least between the first side and the second side and engaged with the first paper product bar receiving member and the second paper product bar receiving member and a retention assembly slidably engaged with the back side of the body and movable between a first position and a second position. The retention assembly is configured to engage the paper product roll holder. A cavity configured to receive the item is defined in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Sara Ann Buelow, Nicholas August Vitucci, Michael Sean Farrell
  • Publication number: 20110309097
    Abstract: A container having a base and a single-hinged lid. The base has one or more walls that define an interior volume and an opening that permits access to the interior volume. The single-hinged lid is movably attached to the base and the lid at least partially covers the opening in a closed state and permits a user access to the opening in an open state. The lid is transitionable from the closed state to an open state upon the user applying a net downward force to the lid that covers the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Laura Lynn Heilman, Michael Sean Farrell, Gerald Boyd Zinnbauer
  • Patent number: 8062245
    Abstract: An applicator for a feminine hygiene product is provided. The applicator includes a barrel portion, a grip portion, and a plunger. The barrel portion can be rotatably connected to the grip portion, wherein the barrel portion is adapted to rotate relative to the grip portion. Also provided is a method for orienting a feminine hygiene product within a vagina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Diana Lynn Gann, Margaret Henderson Hasse, Paul Gregory Methven, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Michael Sean Farrell, Dale Edwin Barker, Dan Raymond Wiegele
  • Patent number: 7722807
    Abstract: The invention is directed to devices and containers for emitting volatile compositions. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a device that includes a holding mechanism for substantially concurrently and releasably retaining two containers. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a first container having a first volatile composition and a second container having a second volatile composition where the first and the second containers are operably connected to each other to form a cartridge. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a method of emitting a first and a second volatile composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Leonard Joseph Keller, Jr., Michael Sean Farrell, Gary Jay Groznik, Dean Robert McCoy
  • Publication number: 20100089935
    Abstract: A container having a base and a single-hinged lid. The base has one or more walls that define an interior volume and an opening that permits access to the interior volume. The single-hinged lid is movably attached to the base and the lid at least partially covers the opening in a closed state and permits a user access to the opening in an open state. The lid is transitionable from the closed state to an open state upon the user applying a net downward force to the lid that covers the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: LAURA LYNN HEILMAN, MICHAEL SEAN FARRELL, GERALD BOYD ZINNBAUER
  • Patent number: 7481380
    Abstract: A method for emitting or releasing volatile materials to the atmosphere is provided. More specifically, a method for delivering one or more volatile materials using a non-aerosol, non-energized volatile material delivery system via an evaporative surface device, without a source of heat, gas, or electrical current, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Andrej Kvietok, Elizabeth Ann Rohrbaugh, Michael Sean Farrell
  • Patent number: D598757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Farrell, Gustavo Jose Camargo-Parodi
  • Patent number: D604616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Farrell, John William Koenig, Robert Howard Roth, Michael Thomas Roller
  • Patent number: D607336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Farrell, Gustavo Jose Camargo-Parodi
  • Patent number: D607753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Farrell, Gustavo Jose Camargo-Parodi
  • Patent number: D611586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ada Ho Yau Ko, Michael Sean Farrell, Norio Fujikawa
  • Patent number: D612244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Farrell, John William Koenig, Robert Howard Roth, Michael Thomas Roller
  • Patent number: D616751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ada Ho Yau Ko, Michael Sean Farrell, Norio Fujikawa
  • Patent number: D731321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Farrell, William Michael Cannon, John William Koenig