Patents by Inventor Robert Keith MORRISSEY

Robert Keith MORRISSEY 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).

  • Mechanism to prevent actuator of a pump dispenser to prematurely open and leak
    Patent number: 9908132
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a dispensing pump for dispensing material from a container having a chaplet comprising a rotating ring and a stationary ring, wherein the rotating ring is connected to an actuator and the stationary ring is connected to an actuator assembly; a rotating ring affixed to the actuator wherein the rotating ring comprises a cut-out arc having an angle between about 45 degrees to about 345 degrees, wherein the remaining portion of the rotating ring is an uncut portion; a stationary ring attached to the actuator assembly a key protruding from the stationary ring which fits along the cut-out arc of the rotating ring; wherein the actuator rotates with the rotating ring until the uncut portion of the rotating ring is stopped by the key wherein the actuator starts to unscrew from the rotating ring until the actuator is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Huberto Miel Dalisay, Kenneth Eugene Lamb, Robert Keith Morrissey, William Peter Wurzelbacher, Lin Tianda
  • MECHANISM TO PREVENT ACTUATOR OF A PUMP DISPENSER TO PREMATURELY OPEN AND LEAK
    Publication number: 20160303600
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a dispensing pump for dispensing material from a container comprising a chaplet comprising a rotating ring and a stationary ring, wherein the rotating ring is connected to an actuator and the stationary ring is connected to an actuator assembly; a rotating ring affixed to the actuator wherein the rotating ring comprises a cut-out arc having an angle between about 45 degrees to about 345 degrees, wherein the remaining portion of the rotating ring is an uncut portion; a stationary ring attached to the actuator assembly a key protruding from the stationary ring which fits along the cut-out arc of the rotating ring; wherein the actuator rotates with the rotating ring until the uncut portion of the rotating ring is stopped by the key wherein the actuator starts to unscrew from the rotating ring until the actuator is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Huberto Miel DALISAY, Kenneth Eugene LAMB, Robert Keith MORRISSEY, William Peter WURZELBACHER, Da Tian LIN