Patents by Inventor Simon M. Conway

Simon M. Conway 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: 7159265
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning brush for cleaning toilet bowls and the like. The brush has a permanent handle and replaceable/disposable brush heads that are flushable after each cleaning. The brush is a stack of sheets of water-dissolvable and/or agitation-dissolvable material. The sheets can be attached together at an end by pressure bonding or by a water-soluble adhesive and formed with bristles at an opposite end. The wand provides a remote system for clamping and unclamping the brush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Soller, Simon M. Conway, Kenneth W. Michaels, Elias H. Shaer, Michael J. Banco, Terra J. Morgan, James S. Marschalek
  • Patent number: 7114199
    Abstract: A device for dispensing liquids from under the rim of a toilet by way of the toilet flush water is disclosed. The device includes a first arcuate bottle containing a first liquid and a second arcuate bottle containing a second liquid. The dispensing device has an arcuate base for holding the bottles. A wicking device supported by the base conveys liquid from the bottles to dispensing positions contacted with flush water. A hook is provided for suspending the base from a toilet rim. The majority of the upper surfaces of the bottles are not visible from above the rim of the toilet bowl when the dispensing device is installed on the rim, and the wicking device does not extend outward beyond an edge of the base. The bottles are at least partially spaced apart to define a flush water flow path between the bottles and through openings in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Stephen R. Schwallie, David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: 7069602
    Abstract: Devices for dispensing cleaning chemicals from under the rim of a toilet bowl are suspended from either an open bottom toilet bowl rim or a toilet bowl rim with bottom wall holes, using a brush or brush-like suspender. Bristles of the brush flex together to permit the brush to extend into toilet bowl rim holes or an entrance of an open bottom rim. They then expand away from each other to retain the dispenser directly under the rim, in an essentially hidden manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Stephen R. Schwallie, Terry M. Kovara
  • Patent number: 6820287
    Abstract: A dispenser is provided for dispensing cleaning chemicals such as toilet bowl cleaners. It has a dosing chamber containing therein a floating shuttle that seals a lower opening in the dosing chamber and floats up there from as an aliquot of chemical is prepared for release during the next cycle. There is also a float controlled external valve head at a lower end of the dispenser for alternately opening and closing a lower opening in the dosing chamber. The level of water in the toilet tank controls the movement of the valve head, and dispensing of the cleaner chemical controls movement of the floating shuttle. A grommet provides a valve seat for both the floating shuttle and valve head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. Harbutt, David C. Snow, Peter T. M. Nott, Simon M. Conway, Kevin Harrity, Steven A. Zach, Nancy J. Sedlar
  • Patent number: 6817040
    Abstract: A device for dispensing liquids from under the rim of a toilet bowl is disclosed. The dispensing device includes a reservoir for holding a liquid, a wick, and means for suspending the reservoir from the toilet bowl rim. The wick transports the liquid upward from the reservoir to a position at or above an upper surface of the reservoir. During a toilet flush, flush water washes liquid on the upper surface of the reservoir and/or liquid on the wick into the toilet bowl. The wick is formed from a hydrophobic material in order to repel flush water so that flush water does not travel down the side of the wick and dilute the liquid in the reservoir with flush water. In another aspect, the suspension means and/or the entire device is not visible from above the rim of the toilet bowl when the dispensing device is installed on the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Klinkhammer, Simon M. Conway, Richard P. Harbutt, David C. Snow, Peter T.M. Nott
  • Publication number: 20040221378
    Abstract: A device for dispensing liquids from under the rim of a toilet by way of the toilet flush water is disclosed. The device includes a first arcuate bottle containing a first liquid and a second arcuate bottle containing a second liquid. The dispensing device has an arcuate base for holding the bottles. A wicking device supported by the base conveys liquid from the bottles to dispensing positions contacted with flush water. A hook is provided for suspending the base from a toilet rim. The majority of the upper surfaces of the bottles are not visible from above the rim of the toilet bowl when the dispensing device is installed on the rim, and the wicking device does not extend outward beyond an edge of the base. The bottles are at least partially spaced apart to define a flush water flow path between the bottles and through openings in the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Stephen R. Schwallie, David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D500548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Stephen R. Schwallie, Eric DeSouza, David S. Iverson, John W. Van Akkeren, Jason M. Carey, Daniel Perez, George L. Slezak
  • Patent number: D501139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Richard P. Harbutt, Kevin J. Greene, David C. Snow
  • Patent number: D501347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Bruce A. Southey, Rachel S. Koppelman, Dominic G. Webber
  • Patent number: D501728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Todd A. Zeilinger
  • Patent number: D502002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Douglas A. Soller, Todd A. Zeilinger, Anne C. Moser, Tianzhu Wang, John W. Van Akkeren
  • Patent number: D502324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Douglas A. Soller, Todd A. Zeilinger, Anne C. Moser, Tianzhu Wang, John W. Van Akkeren
  • Patent number: D512771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Steven A. Zach, Kevin Harrity
  • Patent number: D532312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Kristopher W. Gerulski, Daniel Perez, Todd A. Zeilinger
  • Patent number: D536982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon M. Conway
  • Patent number: D543854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon M. Conway
  • Patent number: D548086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Kristopher W. Gerulski, Daniel Perez, Todd A. Zeilinger
  • Patent number: D557610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon M. Conway
  • Patent number: D496711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Stephen R. Schwallie, Eric DeSouza, David S. Iverson, John W. Van Akkeren, Jason M. Carey, Daniel Perez, George L. Slezak
  • Patent number: D497971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Stephen R. Schwallie, Eric De Souza, Jason M. Carey, George L. Slezak