Patents by Inventor Thomas Wills

Thomas Wills 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: 10589075
    Abstract: An oral disposable apparatus to deliver a fluid, e.g., pharmacological agent to a patient in a one handed easy to use and sanitary manner. The apparatus includes a container capable of holding the fluid. The container is hermetically sealed with a specified quantity of fluid. A nozzle is coupled to the container. The nozzle is configured to permit comfortable insertion into a patient's mouth. An integral valve is coupled to the container and the nozzle. The valve is configured to be activated via rotation of the nozzle, thereby releasing the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Wills, John Addison, Roger Cohen
  • Publication number: 20070102662
    Abstract: The valve consists of a number of functional features, including: a housing, a piston, and a piston control mechanism configured to enable a user to operate the valve to enable flow of a product through the valve. The housing is shown as having a substantially streamlined shape, with the thickness of the housing being smaller than the length and width dimensions, thereby providing a major surface that enables a user to grasp the housing between the thumb and the index finger of the hand. The housing contains a channel formed therein extending from a first end of the housing to a second end of the housing forming a fluid conduit that enables passage of the product through the fluid conduit. The flow of product is regulated by a piston located in the channel and movable from a first position in the channel where the piston blocks the fluid conduit to a second position in the channel where the piston fails to block the fluid conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Gliders, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Wills
  • Patent number: 5957605
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a device and the method of making same, which device functions both as a containment system for a product having either liquid, semi-liquid, solid or semi-solid characteristics, and as an applicator that can be used to deliver and apply the product to a surface in a convenient, economical and simple manner. The device includes an applicator pad that has a front surface that comes in contact with the desired surface to thereby apply the product thereto. A product impermeable backing layer is bonded to a rear surface of the applicator pad and a packet can be placed in position to release the product into the applicator pad through an aperture formed in the backing layer. A multi-purpose label is used to seal the packet in place, protects the user's hands, provides printed information to the user, provides the user with a device gripping surface and can also function to seal and/or reseal the applicator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Gliders, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Blair Cohen, Thomas Wills