Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Huerth

Wayne A. Huerth 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: 11653738
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to an improved plastic lice treatment comb as well as methods of manufacture and use of the comb. The lice plastic comb may have a front surface, a back surface, a grip portion, and a plurality of rigid plastic tines extending from the grip portion. The front surface of the grip portion includes an elongated plastic flow ridge which is adjacent to the base ends of the tines. The back surface of the grip portion includes a plastic flow restriction channel, which is spaced slightly back from the base ends of the tines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: William V. MacGill & Co.
    Inventors: Justin Robert Smith, Wayne A. Huerth
  • Publication number: 20210378380
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to an improved plastic lice treatment comb as well as methods of manufacture and use of the comb. The lice plastic comb may have a front surface, a back surface, a grip portion, and a plurality of rigid plastic tines extending from the grip portion. The front surface of the grip portion includes an elongated plastic flow ridge which is adjacent to the base ends of the tines. The back surface of the grip portion includes a plastic flow restriction channel, which is spaced slightly back from the base ends of the tines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Justin Robert Smith, Wayne A. Huerth
  • Patent number: 9585460
    Abstract: A screw-based dispenser for the application of cosmetic products and other applicable gels, liquids, and solids. The screw-based dispenser may have one or more of the following features: a cylindrical outer casing having at least two diametrically opposed feedback struts, a threaded screw connected to a base that is rotatable relative to the cylindrical outer casing, an elevator retention mechanism, a movable elevator operably engaged with the threaded screw within the cylindrical outer casing, and an elevator locking mechanism providing resistance to spontaneous axial movement of the elevator toward an end of the threaded screw opposite the rotatable base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: TUF-TITE, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon D. Wade, Greg McMurray, Wayne A. Huerth
  • Patent number: 9376240
    Abstract: A cap for a bottle having a safety seal over its mouth, the cap provided with one or more integral seal-cutting fins to facilitate removal of the safety seal. The cap further includes mouth alignment ribs and may include one or more depressor fins. The cap may have an inner stage and an outer stage. When inverted, the cap may be positioned on the lip of the mouth of a heat induction sealed bottle. Upon application of downward force and rotation of the cap, the seal-cutting fins score or cut the safety seal to facilitate removal of the seal. The depressor fin(s) prevents the entire circumference of the seal from being scored or cut, and therefore reduces the risk that the seal will fall into the bottle during removal of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: TUF-TITE, INC.
    Inventors: Greg McMurray, Wayne A. Huerth, Gordon D. Wade
  • Publication number: 20150003885
    Abstract: A screw-based dispenser for the application of cosmetic products and other applicable gels, liquids, and solids. The screw-based dispenser may have one or more of the following features: a cylindrical outer casing having at least two diametrically opposed feedback struts, a threaded screw connected to a base that is rotatable relative to the cylindrical outer casing, an elevator retention mechanism, a movable elevator operably engaged with the threaded screw within the cylindrical outer casing, and an elevator locking mechanism providing resistance to spontaneous axial movement of the elevator toward an end of the threaded screw opposite the rotatable base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Gordon D. Wade, Greg McMurray, Wayne A. Huerth