Patents by Inventor Ric Payne

Ric Payne 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).

  • Publication number: 20120036728
    Abstract: A dispensing vessel for introducing moisture to a clothes drying environment includes a core and a cover substantially surrounding the core. The core is comprised of a sponge-like material for retaining a moistening substance within the core, and the cover has at least one opening extending through to the core for permitting the release of moisture to the clothes drying environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: William HOWE, Ric Payne
  • Publication number: 20100263241
    Abstract: A dispensing vessel for introducing moisture to a clothes drying environment includes a core and a cover substantially surrounding the core. The core is comprised of a sponge-like material for retaining a moistening substance within the core, and the cover has at least one opening extending through to the core for permitting the release of moisture to the clothes drying environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: William HOWE, Ric Payne
  • Publication number: 20090300933
    Abstract: A dispensing vessel for deodorizing articles in a clothes drying environment includes a core configured to at least temporarily retain a moistening substance therein; a cover substantially surrounding the core, the cover including a plurality of protuberances, each protuberance including a flattened tip at a distal end thereof, a fill opening defined therethrough, the fill opening providing access to an interior of the cover from an exterior of the cover, one or more dispensing openings, each dispensing opening being disposed proximate the flattened tip of a protuberance of the plurality of protuberances, and each dispensing opening providing access to an exterior of the cover from an interior of the cover; and a deodorizing substance retained within said core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: William Howe, Ric Payne
  • Publication number: 20090205218
    Abstract: A dispensing vessel for introducing moisture to a clothes drying environment includes a core and a cover substantially surrounding the core. The core is comprised of a sponge-like material for retaining a moistening substance within the core, and the cover has at least one opening extending through to the core for permitting the release of moisture to the clothes drying environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: William Howe, Ric Payne
  • Patent number: D600867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Edison Nation, LLC
    Inventors: William Howe, Ric Payne