Patents by Inventor Paul K. Hollingsworth

Paul K. Hollingsworth 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).

  • Method for cleaning carpet and other surfaces
    Patent number: 6865762
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a soiled textile product by using a heated cleaning composition. The method includes providing a hand-holdable single vessel with a hand-operable dispenser and a single aqueous non-effervescent cleaning composition within the vessel. The vessel bearing the cleaning composition is placed into a microwave oven and heated for a specified time period to be about 90-160 degrees F., whereupon a quantity of the cleaning composition is dispensed via spraying on the soiled area. Finally, the treated area is blotted by hand with a fibrous towel for removal of cleaning composition and soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Paul K. Hollingsworth
  • Method for cleaning carpet and other surfaces
    Publication number: 20030145391
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a soiled textile product by using a heated cleaning composition. The method includes providing a hand-holdable single vessel with a hand-operable dispenser and a single aqueous non-effervescent cleaning composition within the vessel. The vessel bearing the cleaning composition is placed into a microwave oven and heated for a specified time period to be about 90-160 degrees F., whereupon a quantity of the cleaning composition is dispensed via spraying on the soiled area. Finally, the treated area is blotted by hand with a fibrous towel for removal of cleaning composition and soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventor: Paul K. Hollingsworth