Patents by Inventor Philip Craig Withers
Philip Craig Withers 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: 9051085Abstract: A container for dispensing a pourable composition and an air freshener, the container comprising: a container body for the pourable composition, and an air freshening unit attached or attachable to a lower periphery of the container body, and comprising a housing and a closure. The closure closes an aperture in the housing through which the air freshener is loadable into the air freshener unit and thereby retains the air freshener in the air freshener unit, and the closure and the air freshener housing are mutually engageable.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Intellectual Property Development Corporation Pty LtdInventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Patent number: 8911877Abstract: A metal sheet at least part of which is embossed with an embossing pattern that includes undulations which are mutually arranged closely adjacent to each other so that in use egress of fluid from the plane of the sheet is omnidirectionally controlled.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Intellectual Property Development Corporation Pty LtdInventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Patent number: 8578874Abstract: A spray cap for generating a spraying sound having enhanced perceived loudness, the spray cap having an acoustic structure provided around a nozzle to modify a spraying sound produced by spraying through the nozzle as a function of sound pressure level and frequency into a modified spraying sound having a sound spectrum in a sensitive part of the spectrum of human hearing.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2006Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: International Consolidated Business Pty Ltd.Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20110209594Abstract: A box adapted to slidably mount a cutter directly to the box without an intervening sliding track assembly mounted to the box.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20110000977Abstract: A container for dispensing a pourable composition and an air freshener, the container comprising: a container body for the pourable composition, and an air freshening unit attached or attachable to a lower periphery of the container body, and comprising a housing and a closure. The closure closes an aperture in the housing through which the air freshener is loadable into the air freshener unit and thereby retains the air freshener in the air freshener unit, and the closure and the air freshener housing are mutually engageable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20100108689Abstract: A metal sheet at least part of which is embossed with an embossing pattern that includes undulations which are mutually arranged closely adjacent to each other so that in use egress of fluid from the plane of the sheet is omnidirectionally controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2007Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION PTY LTDInventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Patent number: 7651271Abstract: A reclosable plastic bag (10) having two panels (15) of plastics sheet or film joined to each other along their opposite side edges (12) to define a bag with an opening (13). An extruded closure/sealing means (14) of one or more inter-engagable elongate rib/groove configurations (14a, 14b) closes the opening, and a plurality of elongate strengthening ribs (18) are also extruded adjacent, and parallel, to the closure/sealing means (14) on each of the panels of the bag and also inwardly and outwardly of the closure means.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2001Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: International Consolidated Business Pty Ltd.Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20090218413Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing at least first and second compositions stored in the dispenser, the dispenser comprising an adjustable discharging mechanism for discharging the first composition at a first rate and the second composition at a second rate. The discharging mechanism may include a first adjustable discharge mechanism for discharging the first composition at the first rate and a second adjustable discharge mechanism for discharging the second composition at the second rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PTYInventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20090032617Abstract: A spray cap for generating a spraying sound having enhanced perceived loudness, the spray cap having an acoustic structure provided around a nozzle to modify a spraying sound produced by spraying through the nozzle as a function of sound pressure level and frequency into a modified spraying sound having a sound spectrum in a sensitive part of the spectrum of human hearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20080315018Abstract: A trigger spray dispenser (8, 40) that comprises a container (14, 42) for a liquid, the container comprising a reservoir (16, 46) with a base (18), a forward face (30, 48), and a rear face (32, 50), and a neck (15, 52) extending upwardly from the reservoir (16, 46), and a spray discharge head (10, 44) for dispensing the liquid in a generally forward direction (D-D, 58). The neck (15, 52) and head (10, 44) are attached or attachable, the head (10, 44) is in fluid connection with the liquid in the container (14, 42) when attached to the neck (15, 52), at least a portion of the neck (15, 52) is inclined to impart an inclination to the head (10, 44).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PTY LTDInventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Patent number: 7287904Abstract: A reclosable plastic bag (10) having two panels (15) of plastics sheet or film joined to, or integral with, each other, or a combination of both, to define a bag with an opening (13), with separable fastening means (14) of one or more interengagable elongate fib/groove configurations (14a, 14b) are provided to close the opening (13). A slider (100) is positioned in straddling relationship to the fastening means, and includes a support member (111) over-lying the opening to the bag and straddling the fastening means, and also carrying a separating finger (112) to engage with and separate the fastening means when the slider is moved to a first end of the fastening means in a bag opened condition, and a pair of legs (113) extending from said support member to force the fastening means into interengaging relationship when the slider is moved to a second end of said fastening means in a bag closed condition. Flanges (119) on the legs extend beneath the fastening means to retain the slider on the bag.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: International Consolidated Business Pty Ltd.Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20040078941Abstract: A slider (10) to be positioned in straddling relationship on a reclosable fastener means for a bag formed by a pair of plastic sheets having separable fastener means extending along an opening for the bag and including reclosable interlocking rib and groove profiles along the plastic sheets at said opening of the bag. The slider includes a support member (11), in use, overlying the opening to the bag and straddling the fastening means, and also carrying a separating finger (12) adapted, in use, to engage within and adapted to separate the fastening means when the slider is moved in one direction, and a pair of legs (13) depending therefrom to force the fastener means into interlocking relationship when the slider is moved in the opposite direction along the fastening means.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20040013323Abstract: A reclosable plastic bag (10) having two panels (15) of plastics sheet or film joined to each other along their opposite side edges (12) to define a bag with an opening (13). An extruded closure/sealing means (14) of one or more inter-engagable elongate rib/groove configurations (14a, 14b) closes the opening, and a plurality of elongate strengthening ribs (18) are also extruded adjacent, and parallel, to the closure/sealing means (14) on each of the panels of the bag and also inwardly and outwardly of the closure means.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Patent number: D520870Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: International Grocery Manufacturer Pty LTDInventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Patent number: D636607Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Intellectual Property Development Corporation Pty LtdInventor: Philip Craig Withers