Patents by Inventor Yvon Crozet

Yvon Crozet 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: 6971589
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for the delivery of products, preferably cleaning products which comprise an active ingredient and more preferably cleaning products which comprise a surfactant. The device includes at least one liquid reservoir for containing at least one product and a dispensing appliance for delivering the product. The dispensing appliance comprises at least one piercing means or at least one pierceable means, and the reservoir respectively comprises at least one corresponding pierceable means or at least one piercing means, such that the pierceable means recloses when the reservoir is removed from the dispensing appliance. Preferably, the piercing means is achieved by at least one needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Silvia Deborah Incardona, Yvon Crozet, John Russell Lawson, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
  • Patent number: 6685056
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device comprising an appliance, and a reservoir suitable for being removably connected to said appliance, said appliance comprising at least one piercing means and said reservoir comprising one pierceable means, said appliance comprising a releasable protecting means for preventing access to said piercing means when said reservoir is not connected to said appliance. The present invention is further directed to said appliance, and also to said reservoir. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the appliance comprises an actuation trigger to release said protecting means and give access to said piercing means, and said reservoir comprises a releasing means to cooperate with said actuation trigger in releasing said protecting means. Also preferably, said appliance and said reservoir are provided with cooperating securing means, so as to ensure that said reservoir is secured into said appliance, ones connected thereinto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrea Argentieri, Yvon Crozet, John Russell Lawson, Patrizio Ricci, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
  • Publication number: 20020179635
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for the delivery of products, preferably cleaning products comprising an active ingredient, more preferably cleaning products comprising a surfactant, the device comprising at least one liquid reservoir for containing at least one product and a dispensing appliance for delivering the product, characterized in that the dispensing appliance comprises at least one piercing means or at least one pierceable means, and the reservoir respectively comprises at least one corresponding pierceable means or at least one piercing means, such that said at least one pierceable means recloses when said reservoir is removed from said dispensing appliance. Preferably, said piercing means is achieved by at least one needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Silvia Deborah Incardona, Yvon Crozet, John Russell Lawson, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
  • Publication number: 20020130138
    Abstract: A multiple compartment flexible pouch which, when comprising compositions, is designed to be used to refill a multiple compartment container. The multiple compartment pouch comprises at least a first and at least a second compartment, at least a first dispensing channel sealed into an opening in the first compartment and at least a second dispensing channel sealed into an opening in the second compartment. In a preferred embodiment the first and second dispensing channels form part of a dispensing channel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yvon Crozet, Christophe Nicolas Degoix, Patrick Jean-Francois Etesse
  • Patent number: D448450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Russell Lawson, Yvon Crozet