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).

  • Patent number: 9051085
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Development Corporation Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Patent number: 8911877
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Development Corporation Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Patent number: 8578874
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Consolidated Business Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Publication number: 20110209594
    Abstract: A box adapted to slidably mount a cutter directly to the box without an intervening sliding track assembly mounted to the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Publication number: 20110000977
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Publication number: 20100108689
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION PTY LTD
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Patent number: 7651271
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: International Consolidated Business Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Publication number: 20090218413
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PTY
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Publication number: 20090032617
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Publication number: 20080315018
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PTY LTD
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Patent number: 7287904
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Consolidated Business Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Publication number: 20040078941
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Publication number: 20040013323
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Patent number: D520870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: International Grocery Manufacturer Pty LTD
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers
  • Patent number: D636607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Development Corporation Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Philip Craig Withers