Patents by Inventor Ralph Albert Sagel

Ralph Albert Sagel 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: 9889966
    Abstract: A container for the storage and dispensing of viscous liquids having an opening with a valve, a vent, and a modified inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Franco Silva Medeiros, Ralph Albert Sagel, Raymond Charles Bell, Christopher Lawrence Smith
  • Patent number: 9320368
    Abstract: A shelf display unit having one or more magnetic connectors allowing the display unit to be releasably attached to a shelf for the display of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventors: Martin Jay Marotti, Ralph Albert Sagel, Raymond Charles Bell
  • Patent number: 9120601
    Abstract: A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Girard Maietta, William Herbert Poff, III, Ralph Albert Sagel, Neil Anthony Strausbaugh
  • Publication number: 20150083759
    Abstract: A container for the storage and dispensing of viscous liquids having an opening with a valve, a vent, and a modified inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Franco Silva MEDEIROS, Ralph Albert SAGEL, Raymond Charles BELL, Christopher Lawrence SMITH
  • Publication number: 20140284440
    Abstract: A shelf display unit having one or more magnetic connectors allowing the display unit to be releasably attached to a shelf for the display of products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Jay MAROTTI, Ralph Albert SAGEL, Raymond Charles BELL
  • Publication number: 20140097200
    Abstract: A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through said orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Girard Maietta, William Herbert Poff, III, Ralph Albert Sagel, Neil Anthony Strausbaugh
  • Patent number: 8622260
    Abstract: A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through said orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Girard Maietta, William Herbert Poff, III, Ralph Albert Sagel, Neil Anthony Strausbaugh
  • Publication number: 20100258595
    Abstract: A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through said orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Girard Maietta, William Herbert Poff, III, Ralph Albert Sagel, Neil Anthony Strausbaugh
  • Publication number: 20090060957
    Abstract: A multi-phase oral composition, wherein at least one phase has a filling viscosity from about 1.5 to about 5.0 Pa·s at a shear rate of 1000/sec and an after-filling viscosity from about 160 to about 190 Pa·s at a shear rate of 4/sec, and wherein the phases form a visual appearance selected from the group consisting of a pattern, alternating bands, at least one coil, at least one character, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: William Michael Glandorf, Nicholas Seymour Gantenberg, Ralph Albert Sagel
  • Publication number: 20080247968
    Abstract: A multi-phase dentifrice composition comprising at least two visually distinct phases, wherein said visually distinct phases are packaged in a generally transparent container, wherein at least one phase is in physical contact with another phase, and wherein the visually distinct phases form the appearance of at least one character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventor: Ralph Albert Sagel
  • Publication number: 20080245677
    Abstract: An oral care package includes a primary package for containing an oral composition and having a first window and a secondary package at least partially encompassing the primary package and having a second window, wherein the first and second windows are positioned on the respective first and second packages such that the oral composition contained within the primary package is visible through the first and second windows. A method of displaying an oral composition, comprising forming a primary package for holding an oral composition, forming a first window in the primary package, forming a secondary package, forming a second window in the secondary package, placing an oral composition within a reservoir of the primary package, and positioning the primary package at least partially inside the secondary package such that the oral composition is visible through the first and second windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventor: Ralph Albert Sagel
  • Publication number: 20080247967
    Abstract: A dentifrice composition comprising at least one phase, wherein said dentifrice is packaged in a generally transparent container, and wherein the combination of the dentifrice and the container and/or at least one packaging layer forms a pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventor: Ralph Albert Sagel
  • Patent number: D440494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ralph Albert Sagel, David Eugene Ebersole
  • Patent number: D402192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raymond C. Bell, Michael Christian Knodt, Michael Hung-Tai Luh, Eric Young Park, Douglas William Pearce, Ralph Albert Sagel, Shane Allen Schreck, Angelika Irene Schubert-Belle
  • Patent number: D402193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raymond C. Bell, Michael Christian Knodt, Michael Hung-Tai Luh, Eric Young Park, Douglas William Pearce, Ralph Albert Sagel, Shane Allen Schreck, Angelika Irene Schubert-Belle
  • Patent number: D413063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raymond Charles Bell, Michael Hung-Tai Luh, Douglas William Pearce, Ralph Albert Sagel