Patents by Inventor Ricky Wayne Purcell
Ricky Wayne Purcell 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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Publication number: 20130035900Abstract: The present invention provides a method for promoting hygiene in an away-from-home location. The method collects data from an away-from-home location by testing common areas and personal areas within the away-from-home location and takes this data to develop a plan of action to reduce the contaminants within the away-from-home location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Jeanne Marie Gatto, Bruce Williamson
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Patent number: 7984716Abstract: A self-conforming sound attenuation earplug, including: a stem, at least one support joined with the stem and extending radially outward from the stem, and a shell engaging the support and encircling the stem to form a space between the shell and the stem. At least one of the support material and the shell material is a deformable-resilient material.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc.Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Steven Craig Gehling, Waihong Leong, Anne Clare Moser, Sean S. Corbin, Scott Madison Belliveau
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Patent number: 7913696Abstract: A self-fitting device for location in an ear canal. The device includes a body having a body ear end, an opposite body user end, and a shaft extending from the ear end to the user end. A resilient bladder is joined with the body ear end and a chamber is defined inside the resilient bladder. An elongate plunger is located in the shaft. The resilient bladder is deformable between an at-rest position and an in-ear position. The elongate plunger actuates between the at-rest position and an insertion position to assist the resilient bladder to be deformed into the in-ear position. The plunger actuates in the insertion position without extending a front end portion of the bladder forward of a position of the front end portion when the bladder is in the at-rest position.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc.Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Kenneth Michael Ross
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Patent number: 7886745Abstract: A self-fitting device for location in an ear canal. The device includes a body having a body ear end, an opposite body user end, and a shaft extending from the ear end to the user end. A resilient bladder is joined with the body ear end and a chamber is defined inside the resilient bladder where the chamber is in communication with the shaft and the resilient bladder has a wall portion and is deformable from an at-rest position to an in-ear position. The resilient bladder has a variable strength profile in the wall portion of the bladder.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Scott M. Belliveau, Thomas A. Wozny, Kenneth Michael Ross
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Patent number: 7717226Abstract: The present invention relates to an ear cap intended for use as hearing, the ear cap having a sound-reflecting outer shell and a liner of sound absorption materials. The ear cap is characterized by at least one sound-reflecting and vibration-damping weight element arranged on or within the sound absorption liner to at least partly block an audio mode of vibration that would have existed in the cap in the absence of the weight element.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Cristine E. Schulz
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Publication number: 20090320859Abstract: A self-fitting device for location in an ear canal. The device includes a body having a body ear end, an opposite body user end, and a shaft extending from the ear end to the user end. A resilient bladder is joined with the body ear end and a chamber is defined inside the resilient bladder. An elongate plunger is located in the shaft. The resilient bladder is deformable between an at-rest position and an in-ear position. The elongate plunger actuates between the at-rest position and an insertion position to assist the resilient bladder to be deformed into the in-ear position. The plunger actuates in the insertion position without extending a front end portion of the bladder forward of a position of the front end portion when the bladder is in the at-rest position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Kenneth Michael Ross
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Publication number: 20090320858Abstract: A self-fitting device for location in an ear canal. The device includes a body having a body ear end, an opposite body user end, and a shaft extending from the ear end to the user end. A resilient bladder is joined with the body ear end and a chamber is defined inside the resilient bladder where the chamber is in communication with the shaft and the resilient bladder has a wall portion and is deformable from an at-rest position to an in-ear position. The resilient bladder has a variable strength profile in the wall portion of the bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Scott M. Belliveau, Thomas A. Wozny, Kenneth Michael Ross
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Patent number: 7594724Abstract: A device and method for locating a pair of ear engaging members and an eye protector in proximity to a user's head. This includes a cord with a length and a dual mode adjustment member located along the length of the cord. An ear end of the cord can have a pair of ear engaging members joined thereto. An eye end of the cord has a pair of eye protector connectors joined thereto. The dual mode adjustment member is positionable along the length of the cord to a first mode and to a second mode shortens that, respectively, lengths or shortens the cord between the adjustment member and the eye end of the cord.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventor: Ricky Wayne Purcell
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Publication number: 20090205900Abstract: The present invention relates to an ear cap intended for use as hearing, the ear cap having a sound-reflecting outer shell and a liner of sound absorption materials. The ear cap is characterized by at least one sound-reflecting and vibration-damping weight element arranged on or within the sound absorption liner to at least partly block an audio mode of vibration that would have existed in the cap in the absence of the weight element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Cristine E. Schulz
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Publication number: 20090173353Abstract: Self-fitting device for location in ear canal and related method, including a bladder joined with a pump assembly via a valve assembly. The pump assembly transfers air to the bladder and achieves a predetermined pressure with the chamber regardless of ear canal size. The predetermined pressure may be achieved by reducing excess air pressure through the valve assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Debra N. Welchel, Robert A. Drew, Shawn E. Jenkins, Jeffrey Jennings Krueger
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Publication number: 20090165189Abstract: A device and method for locating a pair of ear engaging members and an eye protector in proximity to a user's head. This includes a cord with a length and a dual mode adjustment member located along the length of the cord. An ear end of the cord can have a pair of ear engaging members joined thereto. An eye end of the cord has a pair of eye protector connectors joined thereto. The dual mode adjustment member is positionable along the length of the cord to a first mode and to a second mode shortens that, respectively, lengths or shortens the cord between the adjustment member and the eye end of the cord.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventor: Ricky Wayne Purcell
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Publication number: 20080314393Abstract: A self-conforming sound attenuation earplug, including: a stem, at least one support joined with the stem and extending radially outward from the stem, and a shell engaging the support and encircling the stem to form a space between the shell and the stem. At least one of the support material and the shell material is a deformable-resilient material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, Steven Craig Gehling, Waihong Leong, Anne Clare Moser, Sean S. Corbin, Scott Madison Belliveau
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Patent number: 6152397Abstract: A spacer member for a sheet material dispenser. Desirably, the spacer member may be positioned between a first sheet material and a second sheet material for minimizing contact between the first and second sheet materials and preventing the inadvertent dispensing of the second sheet material.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc.Inventor: Ricky Wayne Purcell
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Patent number: D661929Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc.Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, David Jackson Trettin, William Lytell Bridwell, III, Trent Kahute
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Patent number: D663981Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, David Jackson Trettin, William Lytell Bridwell, III, Trent Kahute
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Patent number: D663982Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Ricky Wayne Purcell, David Jackson Trettin, William Lytell Bridwell, III, Trent Kahute
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Patent number: D424853Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1999Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Leigh Singletary, Ricky Wayne Purcell