Patents by Inventor Thomas Charles Hortel
Thomas Charles Hortel 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).
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Patent number: 7721892Abstract: The invention is a beverage cup tote to be carried on the forearm or with the hand. The construct has an enlarged first end attached with bridge section to an enlarged second end. There is a first hole in the first enlarged end, and a second hole in a second enlarged end. The holes may be rectangular or round to receive typical food containers or beverage cups. The bridge section has either symmetrical or asymmetrical quarter circle trimmings. A pair of constructs maybe affixed with each other with a pin clip, glue, or staples to produce a generally X shaped combination construct. The beverage cup totes may be manufactured as a combination construct by the manufacturer to produce a strengthened unit, or manufactured as a generally X shaped combination construct unit with cup openings on each branch. The process of using the invention is described.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Zenovate Ltd.Inventor: Thomas Charles Hortel
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Patent number: 7306369Abstract: A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a conventional home washing machine. The process represents a home version of the commercial wet-cleaning processes for cleaning of delicate garments. The product may comprise a liquid cleaning composition, a wash pretreatment composition, a wash pretreatment applicator, an apparatus for dispensing a rinse cycle conditioner and a flexible wrap container within which the garments are contained during washing.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Downing Curry, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Jack A. Doty, Thomas Charles Hortel, Michelle Frances Mellea, Corey Elizabeth Schmidt, Corey Sue Snyder, Todd Michael Wernicke
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Patent number: 7185380Abstract: A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a washing machine, such as a conventional home washing machine. The process may utilize a garment container, such as a flexible wrap to protect the garments. The process also includes at least one cleaning composition specially formulated for delicate garments. The cleaning composition(s) can be in a number of suitable forms, and can be introduced into the process in a number of different manners. The products used in the process may be provided in the form of a kit. The kit may also include a pretreatment applicator.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Michael Timothy Creedon, John Downing Curry, Jack Austin Doty, Thomas Charles Hortel, Ingrid Rose-Marie Maerten, Natsuko Nishio, Yana Milligan Nicks, Mitsuyo Okamoto, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab, John G. Schroeder, Michael Peter Siklosi, Fernado Ray Tolléns, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Todd Michael Wernicke
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Patent number: 6966696Abstract: A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a conventional home washing machine. The process represents a home version of the commercial wet-cleaning processes for cleaning of delicate garments. The product may comprise a liquid cleaning composition, a wash pretreatment composition, a wash pretreatment applicator, an apparatus for dispensing a rinse cycle conditioner and a flexible wrap container within which the garments are contained during washing.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1999Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Downing Curry, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Jack A. Doty, Thomas Charles Hortel, Michelle Frances Mellea, Corey Elizabeth Schmidt, Corey Sue Snyder, Todd Michael Wernicke
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Patent number: 6726362Abstract: The present invention relates to shoe bags useful in laundering processes, especially for laundering of shoes, particularly leather-containing shoes, such as athletic shoes. The shoe bags of the present invention are preferably used in combination with compositions for treating one or more shoes in need of treatment, and methods and articles of manufacture employing same to treat the shoes prior to and/or during and/or after washing the shoes for imparting a desired benefit to the shoes such as cleaning and/or conditioning and/or disinfecting and/or deodorizing.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2000Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jerome Edward Frisch, Thomas Charles Hortel, Yana Milligan Nicks
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Patent number: 6689730Abstract: A garment stain removal product and process is disclosed. The product includes a liquid cleaning composition which contains water, an organic solvent and a surfactant, an absorbent stain receiver, and a sonic or ultrasonic wave generating source for imparting sonic or ultrasonic waves onto stains on textiles. The sonic or ultrasonic wave source is, for example, a hand-held, pen-shaped device with a directed point to focus the sonic or ultrasonic waves at the stain to be removed.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Charles Hortel, Nagabhusan Senapati
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Patent number: 6684440Abstract: A vapor-venting containment bag having at least three flexible side walls and a VVE rating of at least about 40 and less than about 90, as measured in the Vapor Venting Evaluation Test. When the bag is in its closed configuration a three dimensional interior void space is formed whereby the bag resists collapsing. Also, a fabric cleaning and refreshment process that is conducted in a hot air clothes dryer using the vapor-releasing containment bag. The bag is constructed using heat resistant polymers, such as nylon. The bag retains its integrity and can be re-used in subsequent dry cleaning operations. Vapor is vented from the bag during use, thereby minimizing wrinkling in the clothes being cleaned and removing malodors therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2001Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rodney Mahlon Wise, Thomas Charles Hortel, George Carl Kinstedt
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Patent number: 6589294Abstract: A stain removal product and process is disclosed. The product includes a liquid cleaning composition which contains water, an organic solvent and a surfactant, an absorbent stain receiver, and a sonic or ultrasonic wave generating source for imparting sonic or ultrasonic waves onto stains on textiles. The sonic or ultrasonic wave source is, for example, a hand-held, pen-shaped device with a directed point to focus the sonic or ultrasonic waves at the stain to be removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Charles Hortel, Nagabhusan Senapati
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Publication number: 20030008799Abstract: A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a washing machine, such as a conventional home washing machine. The process may utilize a garment container, such as a flexible wrap to protect the garments. The process also includes at least one cleaning composition specially formulated for delicate garments. The cleaning composition(s) can be in a number of suitable forms, and can be introduced into the process in a number of different manners. The products used in the process may be provided in the form of a kit. The kit may also include a pretreatment applicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Michael Timothy Creedon, John Downing Curry, Jack Austin Doty, Thomas Charles Hortel, Ingrid Rose-Marie Maerten, Natsuko Nishio, Yana Milligan Nicks, Mitsuyo Okamoto, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab, John G. Schroeder, Michael Peter Siklosi, Fernado Ray Tollens, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Todd Michael Wernicke
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Publication number: 20020189025Abstract: A stain removal product and process is disclosed. The product includes a liquid cleaning composition which contains water, an organic solvent and a surfactant, an absorbent stain receiver, and a sonic or ultrasonic wave generating source for imparting sonic or ultrasonic waves onto stains on textiles. The sonic or ultrasonic wave source is, for example, a hand-held, pen-shaped device with a directed point to focus the sonic or ultrasonic waves at the stain to be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Charles Hortel, Nagabhusan Senapati
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Publication number: 20020155965Abstract: A garment stain removal product and process is disclosed. The product includes a liquid cleaning composition which contains water, an organic solvent and a surfactant, an absorbent stain receiver, and a sonic or ultrasonic wave generating source for imparting sonic or ultrasonic waves onto stains on textiles. The sonic or ultrasonic wave source is, for example, a hand-held, pen-shaped device with a directed point to focus the sonic or ultrasonic waves at the stain to be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Thomas Charles Hortel, Nagabhusan Senapati
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Patent number: 6459955Abstract: An autonomously movable cleaning robot comprising a platform and motive force to autonomously move the robot on a substantially horizontal surface having boundaries. The robot further has a computer processing unit for storing, receiving and transmitting data, and a cleaning implement operatively associated with the robot. The robot receives input data from an external source. The external source may be physical manipulation of the robot, remote control, or by triangulation from at least three external transmitters.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eric Richard Bartsch, Charles William Fisher, Paul Amaat France, James Frederick Kirkpatrick, Gary Gordon Heaton, Thomas Charles Hortel, Arseni Velerevich Radomyselski, James Randy Stigall
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Patent number: 6391061Abstract: A carpet stain removal product and process are disclosed. The product includes a liquid cleaning composition (18) which contains water, an organic solvent and a surfactant, an absorbent stain receiver, and a sonic or ultrasonic wave generating source (10) for imparting sonic or ultrasonic waves onto stains (14) on textiles (16). The sonic or ultrasonic wave source is, for example, a hand-held, pen-shaped device with a directed point to focus the sonic or ultrasonic waves at the stain to be removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Charles Hortel, Nagabhusan Senapati
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Patent number: 6376565Abstract: Described are implements made from a durable HIPE foam material. The HIPE foam has a Toughness Index of at least 75 where the Toughness Index relates properties related to durability (e.g., density, tan[&dgr;] height, glass transition temperature, and abrasion resistance) into a single composite descriptor thereof. Exemplary implements include: wipes, toys, stamps, art media, targets, food preparation implements, plant care implements, and medical wraps.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Collins Dyer, Thomas Charles Hortel, Robert Joseph McChain, Thomas Allen DesMarais, Gerald Alfred Young
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Patent number: 6376444Abstract: A garment stair removal product and process is disclosed. The product includes a liquid cleaning composition which contains water, an organic solvent and a surfactant, an absorbent stain receiver, and a sonic or ultrasonic wave generating source for imparting sonic or ultrasonic waves onto stains on textiles. The sonic or ultrasonic wave source is, for example, a hand-held, pen-shaped device with a directed point to focus the sonic or ultrasonic waves at the stain to be removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Charles Hortel, Nagabhusan Senapati
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Patent number: 6233771Abstract: A cleaning device for spot-cleaning fabrics without causing fiber damage is provided. A hand-held device with a convex face comprises treatment means, such as fibers. In use, the stained fabric is moistened with a cleaning composition and the device is rolled or rocked on the stained area. The fibers mechanically dislodge the stain. The device is especially useful as a pre-spotter in a dry cleaning operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1997Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Charles Hortel, Aram Jesse Irwin, Michael Peter Siklosi, Bruce Albert Yeazell
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Patent number: D452353Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2000Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rodney Mahlon Wise, Thomas Charles Hortel, George Carl Kinstedt