Patents by Inventor Scott Murray Walsh

Scott Murray Walsh 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).

  • Patent number: 7731066
    Abstract: There is disclosed a closure comprised of a valve, a base unit and an upper unit. The base unit has a base surface with a peripheral skirt. The base surface has an aperture with a cylindrical section extending above and below the base surface. The cylindrical section has an aperture therethrough. The upper unit has an upper surface and an aperture adapted to align with the aperture of the cylindrical section of said base unit. The upper unit has a lid to cover the apertures in the base unit cylindrical section and the upper unit. A lid inner top surface has two projecting seals, one to maintain the valve closed when the lid is closed and the other to provide a seal when the lid is closed. and a latch mechanism attaches the base unit to the upper unit. A preferred latch mechanism comprises a projection and an interfitting recess, one being on the base section and the other on the upper section. The lid top surface preferably has an essential horizontal top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Joseph T. Norris, John C. Crawford, Scott Murray Walsh, Alan Patrick Hickok, Kelly Ann Smith
  • Patent number: 6662530
    Abstract: A dual chamber sachet with a dispensing outlet can be made in a form/fill sequence by attaching the dispensing outlet to the film that is to form the chamber divider wall followed by attaching films that are to form the outer walls of the sachet to the dispensing outlet. The upper and side lateral edges of the sachet then are sealed together to produce a sachet with an open bottom end. The sachet can be produced from three film sources, two film sources with the outer walls being formed from a single film, or from a single film formed into a W-shape. The sachet preferably is filled through the open bottom end and the bottom end then sealed. However the sachet can be top filled through the nozzle. The sachets then are severed one from the other by cutting along a lateral seal and packed into a carton, or preformatted along a lateral seal and cut to produce a string of a set number of sachets. The sachets can have a single use dispensing outlet or a reclosable dispensing outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Joel Millon, Orlando Fuquen, Christopher Joseph Miller, Scott Murray Walsh
  • Publication number: 20030213213
    Abstract: A dual chamber sachet with a dispensing outlet can be made in a form/fill sequence by attaching the dispensing outlet to the film that is to form the chamber divider wall followed by attaching films that are to form the outer walls of the sachet to the dispensing outlet. The upper and side lateral edges of the sachet then are sealed together to produce a sachet with an open bottom end. The sachet can be produced from three film sources, two film sources with the outer walls being formed from a single film, or from a single film formed into a W-shape. The sachet preferably is filled through the open bottom end and the bottom end then sealed. However the sachet can be top filled through the nozzle. The sachets then are severed one from the other by cutting along a lateral seal and packed into a carton, or preformatted along a lateral seal and cut to produce a string of a set number of sachets. The sachets can have a single use dispensing outlet or a reclosable dispensing outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Joel Millon, Orlando Fuquen, Christopher Joseph Miller, Scott Murray Walsh
  • Patent number: 6454130
    Abstract: A closure for a multi-chamber container can have a flow director device that will assist in the dispensing of the products from the multi-chamber tube in a number of product streams that are greater than the number of chambers in the container. This provides versatility in the dispensing of products from such tubes. By the use of several different closures with different flow patterns different products can be delivered in a number of patterns form the same container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Christopher Joseph Miller, Scott Murray Walsh
  • Patent number: D462896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, Patrick Callelo, Scott Murray Walsh, Joseph T. Norris
  • Patent number: D485943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lee Mai Wong, Ruben Javier, Alan Nimmey, Steven Johnson, Randy A. Kliment, Todd VanGordon, Scott Murray Walsh
  • Patent number: D492597
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Joseph T. Norris, John C. Crawford, Scott Murray Walsh