Patents by Inventor Richard Paul Harbutt

Richard Paul Harbutt 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).

  • Fitment removal prevention device for containers
    Patent number: 5806697
    Abstract: A fitment removal prevention device for insertion within a container having a rigid mouth portion. The device has a body portion and an incompressible member movable with respect to the body portion and biased from a first position, in which the device is insertable into the container, to a second position, in which the incompressible member engages the container and exerts a force on the mouth portion of the container in a first direction having a component transverse to the direction of extraction of the device from the container. Upon attempted extraction of the fitment removal prevention device from the container, the incompressible member exerts an increased force on the mouth portion of the container in the first direction, thereby retaining the device in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: United Distillers PLC
    Inventors: Richard Paul Harbutt, Alexander Speirs Laurie, Peter Thomas Mence Nott, David Christopher Snow
  • Air freshener device
    Patent number: D488546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Richard Paul Harbutt, Kevin Joseph Greene, Thomas Edward Herman
  • Air freshener device
    Patent number: D493516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Richard Paul Harbutt, Kevin Joseph Greene, Thomas Edward Herman