Patents by Inventor Nancy L. Broen

Nancy L. Broen 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).

  • Dispensing system for dispensing a product from a handheld container
    Patent number: 9061816
    Abstract: An overcap for a container includes a body having a sidewall. An opening is provided in the sidewall. An actuation mechanism includes an actuator with an elongate button and a manifold. The elongate button extends through the opening in the sidewall. The actuation mechanism is actuable to open a valve of a container by movement of the elongate button in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the overcap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnie M. Best, Nancy L. Broen, Douglas P. Gundlach, Paul Katz, Brook S. Kennedy, Boris Kontorovich, Hideaki Matsui, Leah Pelowski, Judith A. Rath, Matthew N. Thurin, Richard Whitehall, Steven A. Zach
  • Fabric Sweeper
    Publication number: 20110247651
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for use in cleaning a fabric surface of dust, dirt, pet hair and other debris present on the surface. The device includes a housing coupled to a base. The base is coupled to at least one movable cleaning member configured to engage a surface for picking up debris from the surface. The debris is deposited into a debris collection chamber by way of interaction with another portion of the device. The debris collection chamber is selectively emptiable by an operator thereof so that the device may be subsequently reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Peter M. Neumann, Jeremy F. Knopow, Raymond C. Sulin, Matthew J. Forst, Nancy L. Broen, Eugene Placzkowski, Richard Graceffa, Sergio Reyes Salgado, David J. Prince, Aaron J. Munsinger, Robert G. Fehr, Milton W. Erickson, Micah L. Maraia, Christopher Peterson, Robert C. Martineau, Scott A. Olson
  • Dispensing System for Dispensing a Product from a Handheld Container
    Publication number: 20110192867
    Abstract: An overcap for a container includes a body having a sidewall. An opening is provided in the sidewall. An actuation mechanism includes an actuator with an elongate button and a manifold. The elongate button extends through the opening in the sidewall. The actuation mechanism is actuable to open a valve of a container by movement of the elongate button in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the overcap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Amie M. Best, Nancy L. Broen, Douglas P. Gundlach, Paul Katz, Brook S. Kennedy, Boris Kontorovich, Hideaki Matsui, Leah Pelowski, Judith A. Rath, Matthew N. Thurin, Richard Whitehall, Steven A. Zach
  • Dispensing system
    Patent number: D647805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Daria Costantini, William L. Driskell, Matthew J. Forst, Judith A. Rath, Steven A. Sell, David A. Smith, Cynthia A. Stevens, Steven A. Sweeton, Matthew N. Thurin, Steven A. Zach
  • Wand
    Patent number: D649307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Wendy A. Weeks
  • Wand
    Patent number: D649723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Ann Marie Przepasniak, David A. Smith, Daniel I. Saper, Michael J. Bauman, Travis D. Wesley, Douglas A. Soller, Wendy A. Weeks
  • Wand
    Patent number: D649724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Wendy A. Weeks, Ann Marie Przepasniak
  • Wand
    Patent number: D652184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Wendy A. Weeks
  • Wand
    Patent number: D655466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Ann Marie Przepasniak, David A. Smith, Daniel I. Saper, Michael J. Bauman, Travis D. Wesley, Douglas A. Soller, Wendy A. Weeks
  • Fabric sweeper
    Patent number: D655513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Neumann, Jeremy F. Knopow, Raymond C. Sulin, Matthew J. Forst, Nancy L. Broen, Eugene Placzkowski, Richard Graceffa, Sergio Reyes Salgado, David J. Prince, Aaron J. Munsinger, Robert G. Fehr, Milton W. Erickson, Micah L. Maraia, Christopher Peterson, Robert C. Martineau, Scott A. Olson
  • Wand
    Patent number: D657099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Ann Marie Przepasniak, David A. Smith, Daniel I. Saper, Michael J. Bauman, Travis D. Wesley, Douglas A. Soller, Wendy A. Weeks
  • Wand
    Patent number: D659918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Wendy A. Weeks, Ann Marie Przepasniak
  • Dispensing system
    Patent number: D661987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Daria Constantini, William Driskell, Matthew J. Forst, Judith Rath, Steven Sell, David A. Smith, Cynthia A. Stevens, Steven Sweeton, Matthew N. Thurin, Steven A. Zach
  • Dispensing system
    Patent number: D662426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Daria Constontini, William Driskell, Matthew J. Forst, Judith Rath, Steven Sell, David A. Smith, Cynthia A. Stevens, Steven Sweeton, Matthew N. Thurin, Steven A. Zach
  • Dispensing system
    Patent number: D675103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Daria Costantini, William L. Driskell, Matthew J. Forst, Judith A. Rath, Steven A. Sell, David A. Smith, Cynthia A. Stevens, Steven A. Sweeton, Matthew N. Thurin, Steven A. Zach
  • Combined container and overcap
    Patent number: D681476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Brook S. Kennedy, Hideaki Matsui, Matthew N. Thurin, Richard A Whitehall
  • Combined container and overcap
    Patent number: D683239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Brook S. Kennedy, Leah Pelowski, Judith A. Rath, Matthew N. Thurin, Steven A. Zach
  • Dispensing system
    Patent number: D691488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Daria Costantini, William L. Driskell, Matthew J. Forst, Judith A. Rath, Steven A. Sell, David A. Smith, Cynthia A. Stevens, Steven L. Sweeton, Matthew N. Thurin, Steve A. Zach
  • Combined container and overcap
    Patent number: D697815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Brook S. Kennedy, Hideaki Matsui, Matthew N. Thurin, Richard Whitehall
  • Combined container and overcap
    Patent number: D735036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Brook S. Kennedy, Hideaki Matsui, Matthew N. Thurin, Richard Whitehall