Patents by Inventor Paul A. McNabb
Paul A. McNabb 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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Publication number: 20190210777Abstract: A container system (20) comprises: a container body (22) having a sidewall (26), a shoulder (32), and an externally threaded neck (34) extending from the shoulder; and a closure (24) having an internally threaded inner sidewall (50) extending from a rim, an outer sidewall (60), and an installed condition with the inner sidewall in threaded engagement with the neck. The outer sidewall has a radially inwardly protruding barb (80) having a ramping surface (82) and a stop surface (84). The container body shoulder has a lug (90) having a ramping surface (92) and a stop surface (94). A first projection (120) protrudes radially outward from the outer sidewall to a first circumferential side of the barb and a second projection (122) protrudes radially outward from the outer sidewall to a second circumferential side of the barb.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicants: Plastek Industries, Inc., Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Richard Paul McNabb, Albert H. Lund, Frank Edward Lindsay, Jonathan Andrew Wharton, Peter A. Piscopo, Alex S. Szekely, Timothy C. Dzurik
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Publication number: 20100108550Abstract: A swab dispensing carton is provided which includes a housing defining a hollow receiving space and a drawer disposed within the receiving space, and containing multiple rows of swabs. The housing includes a pair of first side walls, a pair of second side walls, and a closure panel covering one end of the receiving space and being opposite an open mouth. The drawer includes a pair of first side panels, a pair of second side panels, and a floor opposite a dispensing opening. The floor is provided with at least three interleaved flaps having a strength to resist a pressure of at least 30 pounds of force. The dispensing opening is oriented to face one of the first or second side walls of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Slavica Cesare, Joshua Michael Sternthal, Scot Lawrence Forrest, Richard Paul McNabb
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Patent number: 7665638Abstract: A laundry product is provided including a liquid concentrated detergent or fabric softening composition held in a dispensing bottle of a type not featuring a through-apertured gripping handle. The bottle includes a body having an open end terminating in a circular neck, first and second plane traversing a length of the bottle body with each bisecting the neck, the first and second planes being orthogonally oriented to one another, the first plane dividing front and rear major faces of the body into asymmetric first and second areas. A shrink sleeve is fitted over the body from a base of the neck down toward the closed end. A removable cap is fittable over the neck.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Humberto Garcia-Ruiz, Richard Paul McNabb
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Publication number: 20080142547Abstract: A liquids dispensing container is provided which includes a cap, a spout fitment and a bottle. The spout fitment includes a spout, an interior wall surrounding the spout, and an exterior wall surrounding the interior wall. The exterior wall has an upper and a lower circumferential edge. An anti-backoff window and an anti-rotation window are formed spacedly apart along the lower edge. The bottle includes a threaded finish, an open and a closed end, the open end receiving the spout fitment, an anti-backoff lug and an anti-rotation lug spacedly separated and positioned below threads of the finish projecting outwardly therefrom. The lugs are engageable within the respective anti-backoff and anti-rotation windows.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Keith Jon Colacioppo, Richard Paul McNabb
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Patent number: 6942115Abstract: A protective packaging unit for a bottle or jar. The unit comprises a moulded plastic sheath which is closed at the top, open at the bottom, and releasably holds the bottle or jar, and has cutaway sections in opposite sides that enable the bottle or jar to be grasped between finger and thumb and pulled from the sheath. The packaged consumer product comprising the bottle or jar and the sheath is easy to assemble and to use.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Rodrigo Jimenez, John David Lamb, Richard Paul McNabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
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Patent number: 6701944Abstract: A removable cartridge for a detergent dispensing system for a dishwasher comprising: a storage unit containing a plurality of cylindrical or spherical detergent tablets arranged in two or more rows with curved surfaces of adjacent tablets touching such that when the cartridge is upright the tablets will move under gravity towards a transfer station, a transfer station comprising ejection means to eject a tablet from the transfer station through a transfer port out of the cartridge, a transfer seal associated with the transfer port to prevent ingress of moisture into the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Richard Paul McNabb, Willem Oldenburg, Kevin Roberts
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Publication number: 20020117511Abstract: A removable cartridge for a detergent dispensing system for a dishwasher comprising:Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2002Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Richard Paul McNabb, Willem Oldenburg, Kevin Roberts
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Patent number: 6398082Abstract: In the present invention, an actuating mechanism for a hand held canister is provided in which a slider is moveable by finger pressure from a valve-disengaged position into a valve-engagable position and a concealed spring returns the slider to a valve-disengaged position when finger pressure is removed. The spring is preferably molded with the slider, projects through a slit in the over-cap of the canister and acts in a vertical plane against a stop depending from the over-cap. It is energised when the slider is moved into the valve engagable position. The slider is preferably releasably locked in the valve disengaged position.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Norman Clark, Andrew Claughton, Karen Michelle Dickinson, Adalberto Geier, Nigel Laurence Jackson, Gunter Walter Kolanus, Richard Paul McNabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
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Publication number: 20020036180Abstract: A protective packaging unit for a bottle or jar is described. Said unit comprises a molded plastic sheath which is closed at the top, open at the bottom, possesses a means for releasably holding the bottle or jar, and has cutaway sections in opposite sides that enable the bottle or jar to be grasped between finger and thumb and pulled from the sheath. The packaged consumer product comprising the bottle or jar and the sheath is easy to assemble and to use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USAInventors: Rodrigo Jimenez, John David Lamb, Richard Paul Mcnabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
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Publication number: 20020008119Abstract: Hand held aerosol canisters can be accidentally discharged if the valve remains open after hand pressure is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Norman Clark, Andrew Claughton, Karen Michelle Dickinson, Adalberto Geier, Nigel Laurence Jackson, Gunter Walter Kolanus, Richard Paul Mcnabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
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Patent number: 6289462Abstract: A system and method for providing a trusted server which controls access to the execution of processes by applying file level extended sensitivity label attributes. The attributes are utilized to restrict execution of processes that are requested by comparing the extended attributes in addition to using standard file permission authorization. The system additionally may be used to provide controlled execution of commercially available software.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Argus Systems Group, Inc.Inventors: Paul A. McNabb, Pavel S. Slavin, Chad J. Hanson, Randall J. Sandone
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Patent number: D547194Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Vincent Michael Masotta, Stuart Harvey Lee, Gareth Frederick Jones, Humberto Garcia-Ruiz, Richard Paul McNabb, Lindsay Noelle Krembs
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Patent number: D549578Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: William Haze Maffeo, Gareth Frederick Jones, Richard Paul McNabb
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Patent number: D593415Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Michael James Webster, Gilbert Rodney Balaram, Adrian Barclay Caroen, Lori Brazil Gery, Gareth Frederick Jones, Richard Paul McNabb, Paula L. Record
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Patent number: D599669Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Michael James Webster, Gilbert Rodney Balaram, Adrian Barclay Caroen, Lori Brazil Gery, Gareth Frederick Jones, Richard Paul McNabb, Ellen Rinaldi
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Patent number: D603720Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Slavica Cesare, Joshua Michael Sternthal, Scot Lawrence Forrest, Richard Paul McNabb
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Patent number: D605053Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Michael James Webster, Gilbert Rodney Balaram, Adrian Barclay Caroen, Lori Brazil Gery, Gareth Frederick Jones, Richard Paul McNabb, Ellen Rinaldi
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Patent number: D627655Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Richard Paul McNabb, Humberto Garcia-Ruiz
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Patent number: D637916Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Richard Paul McNabb, Humberto Garcia-Ruiz
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Patent number: D662423Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Richard Paul McNabb, Humberto Garcia-Ruiz