Patents by Inventor William Kater LaSala

William Kater LaSala 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: 9731862
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a nestable containing for storing and dispensing wipes. The nestable container includes a container body comprising a bottom wall, side walls, and a corner region including an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface. The nestable container includes a first ledge and a second ledge. The first and second ledges each have a proximal end region and a distal end region. The proximal end region of the first ledge is connected with the exterior surface of the corner region. The proximal end region of the first ledge comprises a groove and the distal end region of the first ledge comprises a ridge. The proximal end region of the second ledge is connected with the interior surface of the corner region. The proximal end region of the second ledge comprises a groove and the distal end region of the second ledge comprises a ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Shane Mays, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Lucio Frias, William Kater LaSala, James Matthew Owen
  • Patent number: 9580292
    Abstract: A tap dispenser having a main body, said main body having a main body interior portion and an opposing main body exterior portion; a liquid flow pathway passing through the main body; a vent pathway passing through the main body, wherein air transport through the vent pathway is separated from liquid transport through said liquid flow pathway and wherein the vent pathway has a vent pathway inlet and an opposing vent pathway outlet; a vent valve operably engaged with the vent pathway outlet; and a liquid flow valve operably engaged with the liquid flow pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, William Kater Lasala
  • Publication number: 20150259188
    Abstract: A tap dispenser having a main body, said main body having a main body interior portion and an opposing main body exterior portion; a liquid flow pathway passing through the main body; a vent pathway passing through the main body, wherein air transport through the vent pathway is separated from liquid transport through said liquid flow pathway and wherein the vent pathway has a vent pathway inlet and an opposing vent pathway outlet; a vent valve operably engaged with the vent pathway outlet; and a liquid flow valve operably engaged with the liquid flow pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, William Kater Lasala
  • Publication number: 20150158631
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a nestable containing for storing and dispensing wipes. The nestable container includes a container body comprising a bottom wall, side walls, and a corner region including an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface. The nestable container includes a first ledge and a second ledge. The first and second ledges each have a proximal end region and a distal end region. The proximal end region of the first ledge is connected with the exterior surface of the corner region. The proximal end region of the first ledge comprises a groove and the distal end region of the first ledge comprises a ridge. The proximal end region of the second ledge is connected with the interior surface of the corner region. The proximal end region of the second ledge comprises a groove and the distal end region of the second ledge comprises a ridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Shane Mays, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Lucio Frias, William Kater LaSala, James Matthew Owen
  • Patent number: 8985334
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a nestable containing for storing and dispensing wipes. The nestable container includes a container body comprising a bottom wall, side walls, and a corner region including an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface. The nestable container includes a first ledge and a second ledge. The first and second ledges each have a proximal end region and a distal end region. The proximal end region of the first ledge is connected with the exterior surface of the corner region. The proximal end region of the first ledge comprises a groove and the distal end region of the first ledge comprises a ridge. The proximal end region of the second ledge is connected with the interior surface of the corner region. The proximal end region of the second ledge comprises a groove and the distal end region of the second ledge comprises a ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Shane Mays, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Lucio Frias, William Kater LaSala, James Matthew Owen
  • Publication number: 20140209500
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a nestable containing for storing and dispensing wipes. The nestable container includes a container body comprising a bottom wall, side walls, and a corner region including an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface. The nestable container includes a first ledge and a second ledge. The first and second ledges each have a proximal end region and a distal end region. The proximal end region of the first ledge is connected with the exterior surface of the corner region. The proximal end region of the first ledge comprises a groove and the distal end region of the first ledge comprises a ridge. The proximal end region of the second ledge is connected with the interior surface of the corner region. The proximal end region of the second ledge comprises a groove and the distal end region of the second ledge comprises a ridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Shane Mays, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Lucio Frias, William Kater LaSala, James Matthew Owen
  • Publication number: 20070175899
    Abstract: The present invention is a product package having a first package within a second package wherein the product is accessible with removing the second package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Marc Christopher Hatcher, William Kater Lasala, Rachel Wiley, Stephen Paul MacKowiak, Robert Vincent Sheehy
  • Publication number: 20020197228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin care kit comprising a skin care composition contained within a dispenser, capable of consistently delivering a predetermined amount of the skin care composition by actuation of a dispensing package pump wherein said composition is delivered through the dispenser's dispensing surface. The skin care compositions of the present invention are water-in-oil emulsions comprising an oil continuous phase and an aqueous discontinuous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: William Kater LaSala, Ty Eric Martin, Nancy Coultrip Dawes, Robert Bao Kim Ha, Debra Gay Gehring
  • Patent number: D476230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lia Marie Braaten, Jason Craig Campbell, Chow-chi Huang, William Kater LaSala, Stacy Alycia Thomas
  • Patent number: D662817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian David Andres, William Kater Lasala, Michael Donald Webb, Francisco Miguel de Tavares Duarte Nogueira
  • Patent number: D662818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian David Andres, William Kater Lasala, Michael Donald Webb, Francisco Miguel de Tavares Duarte Nogueira
  • Patent number: D694062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian David Andres, William Kater Lasala, Michael Donald Webb, Francisco Miguel de Tavares Duarte Nogueira
  • Patent number: D694063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian David Andres, William Kater Lasala, Michael Donald Webb, Francisco Miguel de Tavares Duarte Nogueira
  • Patent number: D694575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian David Andres, William Kater Lasala, Michael Donald Webb, Francisco Miguel de Tavares Duarte Nogueira