Patents by Inventor Robert W. Flagler

Robert W. Flagler 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: 20040022575
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a surface using a tool with both a cleaning head and a cleaning fluid reservoir housing coupled to an elongated handle, the method comprising the following steps: attaching a cleaning pad to the cleaning head; inserting a replaceable cleaning fluid reservoir into the housing; fluidically coupling the cleaning fluid reservoir to the cleaning head; dispensing controlled amounts of cleaning fluid from the reservoir onto a surface; and distributing the cleaning fluid evenly over the surface with the cleaning pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Michael J. Hall, James E. Rader, Boli Zhou, Karen S. Hefter, David J. Sayler, Eric Y. Park, Robert W. Flagler, Scott T. Haubrich, Shumanta Mitra, Richard Porticos
  • Publication number: 20030180083
    Abstract: A cleaning pad for use on a cleaning system in which cleaning fluid or other liquid is dispensed onto a surface in front of a cleaning head portion, the cleaning pad comprising a central absorbent and scrubbing portion, a back edge portion for removably attaching the cleaning pad to the cleaning head portion, and a front edge portion for removably attaching the cleaning pad to the cleaning head portion, the front edge portion having a notch thereon, thereby allowing attachment of the cleaning pad to the cleaning head portion such that cleaning or other fluid can be dispensed from the cleaning head portion onto a surface in front of the cleaning head portion without interference by the cleaning pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Michael J. Hall, James E. Rader, Boli Zhou, Karen S. Hefter, David J. Sayler, Eric Y. Park, Robert W. Flagler, Scott T. Haubrich, Shumanta MItra, Richard Porticos, Gene Park
  • Patent number: 6134333
    Abstract: A cerumen barrier removable from a retaining ring in a hearing aid shell comprises an endcap disposed in the retaining ring, wherein the endcap has a sound passage with a first opening and a second opening, and the first opening is positioned above a sound tube and the second opening is covered by an oleophobic and hydrophobic screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Sonic Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Flagler
  • Patent number: 5155624
    Abstract: A lens housing and cover for a disposable microscope drape including a housing formed of a flexible, easily distortable, resilient material adapted to be connected to a disposable microscope drape and positioned adjacent to an objective lens of an operating room microscope. The housing includes an opening for registering with the objective lens. A lens cover includes an optically clear portion for spanning the opening and a gripping portion projecting from the optically clear portion and from the housing when the lens cover is in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Flagler
  • Patent number: 4900389
    Abstract: A method of radio frequency sealing attaches a seal member to a cylindrical, hollow, access port of a container. The method uses two sets of spaced apart die elements to generate an axial electric field along a region where the port and seal member overlap. An external peripheral ring is formed about an exterior surface of the port. The method can be used with containers having a sealed periphery as well as those previously filled with a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Schnell, John M. Munsch, Robert W. Flagler, Eugene Fabisiewicz, Pierre Soubrier
  • Patent number: D437027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Flagler, Trent R. Northen, Alan D. Ball, George H. F. Schnakenberg, III
  • Patent number: D480523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Hall, Douglas Minkler, Robert W. Flagler
  • Patent number: D485954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Hall, James E. Rader, Karen S. Hefter, Douglas Minkler, Robert W. Flagler, David J. Sayler, Eric Y. Park
  • Patent number: D486616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Hall, James E. Rader, Robert W. Flagler, Scott T. Haubrich, Karen S. Hefter, Richard Porticos, Gene Park, Douglas Minkler, David J. Sayler, Eric Y. Park
  • Patent number: D486949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Hall, James E. Rader, Karen S. Hefter, Douglas Minkler, Robert W. Flagler, David J. Sayler, Eric Y. Park
  • Patent number: D435084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Trent R. Northen, Robert W. Flagler, Alan D. Ball, George H. F. Schnakenberg, III