Patents by Inventor Thaddeus I. Kingsford

Thaddeus I. Kingsford 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: 7168435
    Abstract: A dispenser for material including an applicator, an elongated housing member with a well at one end thereof for receiving the applicator to shield the applicator, a laterally opening receptacle carried by the housing member for holding a coherent body of the material to be dispensed and applied, and structure carried by or forming a part of the housing member for closing the receptacle to shield the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Valérie Vieu, Thaddeus I. Kingsford, Michael M. Malvar, Volker Schrepf
  • Patent number: 7163016
    Abstract: A dispenser for material including an applicator, an elongated housing member with a well at one end thereof for receiving the applicator to shield the applicator, a laterally opening receptacle carried by the housing member for holding a coherent body of the material to be dispensed and applied, and structure carried by or forming a part of the housing member for closing the receptacle to shield the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Henlopen Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus I. Kingsford, Michael M. Malvar, Volker Schrepf
  • Publication number: 20030168076
    Abstract: A dispenser for material including an applicator, an elongated housing member with a well at one end thereof for receiving the applicator to shield the applicator, a laterally opening receptacle carried by the housing member for holding a coherent body of the material to be dispensed and applied, and structure carried by or forming a part of the housing member for closing the receptacle to shield the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Valerie Vieu, Thaddeus I. Kingsford, Michael M. Malvar, Volker Schrepf
  • Publication number: 20010032656
    Abstract: A dispenser for material including an applicator, an elongated housing member with a well at one end thereof for receiving the applicator to shield the applicator, a laterally opening receptacle carried by the housing member for holding a coherent body of the material to be dispensed and applied, and structure carried by or forming a part of the housing member for closing the receptacle to shield the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Thaddeus I. Kingsford, Michael M. Malvar, Volker Schrepf
  • Patent number: 6231256
    Abstract: A mascara dispenser including a pen-shaped body having a reservoir for holding mascara, an applicator retractably carried by the body so as to be movable between a location in the reservoir and a location outside the body, a wiper for the applicator within the reservoir, and a movable member within the reservoir and responsive to the location of the applicator for keeping the wiper out of contact with the applicator during retraction of the applicator into the reservoir and keeping the wiper in contact with the applicator when the applicator is moved out of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Henlopen Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus I. Kingsford, Volker Schrepf
  • Patent number: 5951185
    Abstract: A mascara dispenser including a pen-shaped body having a reservoir for holding mascara, an applicator retractably carried by the body so as to be movable between a location in the reservoir and a location outside the body, a wiper for the applicator within the reservoir, and a movable member within the reservoir and responsive to the location of the applicator for keeping the wiper out of contact with the applicator during retraction of the applicator into the reservoir and keeping the wiper in contact with the applicator when the applicator is moved out of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Henlopen Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus I. Kingsford, Volker Schrepf