Patents by Inventor Morgan Thomas Leahy
Morgan Thomas Leahy 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).
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Patent number: 8714855Abstract: A package for treating stained fabric. The package can have a backing layer having a second side and a pouch layer joined thereto to form a pouch. A fluid pervious contact substrate can be joined to a first side of the backing layer. The pouch can contain a stain treatment fluid. The package can have a first position in which first and second planar regions of the backing layer are substantially in plane with one another. The package can have a second position in which first planar region and second planar region are in a substantially angularly facing relationship. In the second position the pouch can be in fluid communication with the contact substrate. The stain treatment fluid can include a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Janet Sue Littig, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Kuang-Kai Liu
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Patent number: 8709099Abstract: A method for treating a stained fabric using a package is disclosed. The package can have a backing layer having a second side and a pouch layer joined thereto to form a pouch. A fluid pervious contact substrate can be joined to a first side of the backing layer. The pouch can contain a stain treatment fluid. The method comprises bending the backing layer, dispensing the stain treatment fluid to the fluid pervious contact substrate through a portion of the backing layer; gripping the backing layer and rubbing the stained fabric with the contact substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Janet Sue Littig, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Kuang-Kai Liu
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Patent number: 8484867Abstract: A device for refreshing fabrics. The device provides fabrics with a crisp and fresh appearance and feel. The device also controls wrinkles on fabric without the use of a conventional iron or press. The device also allows for the delivery of fabric refreshing actives such as perfumes and other actives to fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Brian Joseph Roselle, Laura Marie Tanno-Smith, Tara Lynn Armstrong, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
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Patent number: 8425136Abstract: A package for treating stained fabric. The package can have a backing layer having a second side and a pouch layer joined thereto to form a pouch. A fluid pervious contact substrate can be joined to a first side of the backing layer. The pouch can contain a stain treatment fluid. The package can have a first position in which first and second planar regions of the backing layer are substantially in plane with one another. The package can have a second position in which first planar region and second planar region are in a substantially angularly facing relationship. In the second position the pouch can be in fluid communication with the contact substrate. The stain treatment fluid can include a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Janet Sue Littig, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Kuang-Kai Liu
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Publication number: 20110170938Abstract: A package for treating stained fabric. The package can have a backing layer having a second side and a pouch layer joined thereto to form a pouch. A fluid pervious contact substrate can be joined to a first side of the backing layer. The pouch can contain a stain treatment fluid. The package can have a first position in which first and second planar regions of the backing layer are substantially in plane with one another. The package can have a second position in which first planar region and second planar region are in a substantially angularly facing relationship. In the second position the pouch can be in fluid communication with the contact substrate. The stain treatment fluid can include a surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Kuang-Kai Liu
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Publication number: 20110167568Abstract: A package for treating stained fabric. The package can have a backing layer having a second side and a pouch layer joined thereto to form a pouch. A fluid pervious contact substrate can be joined to a first side of the backing layer. The pouch can contain a stain treatment fluid. The package can have a first position in which first and second planar regions of the backing layer are substantially in plane with one another. The package can have a second position in which first planar region and second planar region are in a substantially angularly facing relationship. In the second position the pouch can be in fluid communication with the contact substrate. The stain treatment fluid can include a surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Kuang-Kai Liu
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Publication number: 20110167569Abstract: A method for treating stained fabric. The method includes the step of providing a contact substrate containing a stain treatment fluid. The contact substrate can have micro fibers having a diameter less than about 5 micrometers. The stain treatment fluid can include a surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Kuang-Kai Liu
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Publication number: 20110167570Abstract: A package for treating stained fabric and a method for using such package. The package can have a backing layer having a second side and a pouch layer joined thereto to form a pouch. A fluid pervious contact substrate can be joined to a first side of the backing layer. The pouch can contain a stain treatment fluid. The package can have a first position in which first and second planar regions of the backing layer are substantially in plane with one another. The package can have a second position in which first planar region and second planar region are in a substantially angularly facing relationship. In the second position the pouch can be in fluid communication with the contact substrate. The stain treatment fluid can include a surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Kuang-Kai Liu
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Publication number: 20100299976Abstract: A device for refreshing fabrics. The device provides fabrics with a crisp and fresh appearance and feel. The device also controls wrinkles on fabric without the use of a conventional iron or press. The device also allows for the delivery of fabric refreshing actives such as perfumes and other actives to fabrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Brian Joseph Roselle, Laura Marie Tanno-Smith, Tara Lynn Armstrong, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
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Patent number: 7267728Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle. The system and method utilize a cleaning composition that contains at least one water-soluble or water dispersible copolymer. The method may also include a step of applying to the surface a treating composition which contains non-photoactive nanoparticles.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas Geroge Crowe, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
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Patent number: 7066998Abstract: Materials for coating, coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system or employing the same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of hard surfaces are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to modified hard surfaces. In some embodiments, actively curing the coating composition on the hard surfaces, including, but not limited to by radiative heating the air surrounding the hard surface with the coating thereon can be used to increase the durability of the hard surface coating.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Michael Ray McDonald, John David Carter, Eugene Paul Gosselink, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Helen Frances O'Connor, Heather Anne Liddle, Marc Francois Evers, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Alan Scott Goldstein, Brian Joseph Loughnane
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Patent number: 6846512Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method forms a transparent, hydrophilic coating on the surface of a vehicle. This embodiment of the method includes the steps of: (a) providing a vehicle having at least some surfaces that are at least one of the following: cured painted surfaces, cured clearcoat surfaces, and glass surfaces; (b) applying a non-photoactive nanoparticle coating composition to such surfaces; and (c) allowing the coating composition to dry on such surfaces before the surfaces are contacted by water.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2001Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
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Patent number: 6562142Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle. The system and method utilize a cleaning composition that contains at least one water-soluble or water dispersible copolymer. The method may also include a step of applying to the surface a treating composition which contains non-photoactive nanoparticles.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas Geroge Crowe, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
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Publication number: 20020176982Abstract: Materials for coating, coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system or employing the same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of hard surfaces are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to modified hard surfaces. In some embodiments, actively curing the coating composition on the hard surfaces, including, but not limited to by radiative heating the air surrounding the hard surface with the coating thereon can be used to increase the durability of the hard surface coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Michael Ray McDonald, John David Carter, Eugene Paul Gosselink, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Helen Frances O'Connor, Heather Anne Liddle, Marc Francois Evers, Morgan Thomas Leahy, Alan Scott Goldstein, Brian Joseph Loughnane
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Publication number: 20020160224Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas George Crowe, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
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Publication number: 20020144712Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Inventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas Geroge Crowe, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy