Patents by Inventor Todd Gatzulis

Todd Gatzulis 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).

  • Soap dispenser having a keyed bottle system
    Patent number: 8479956
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a personal care product includes a housing, a first panel disposed inside the housing and including a plurality of receptacles, and a first key that is sized to be interchangeably received in each of the receptacles. The apparatus further includes a container sized and shaped to be secured in a particular orientation within the housing, and having a surface that faces the panel when the container is secured in the particular orientation within the housing. A first depression is formed in the container surface to complement with specificity the first key's exterior shape and positioned to pair with the key when the container is secured in the particular orientation within the housing and the key is received in one of the receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Lewis, II, Todd Gatzulis
  • SOAP DISPENSER HAVING A KEYED BOTTLE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110101029
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a personal care product includes a housing, a first panel disposed inside the housing and including a plurality of receptacles, and a first key that is sized to be interchangeably received in each of the receptacles. The apparatus further includes a container sized and shaped to be secured in a particular orientation within the housing, and having a surface that faces the panel when the container is secured in the particular orientation within the housing. A first depression is formed in the container surface to complement with specificity the first key's exterior shape and positioned to pair with the key when the container is secured in the particular orientation within the housing and the key is received in one of the receptacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Lewis, II, Todd Gatzulis