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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7641793 | Aqueous liquid treatment A plurality of magnets can be positioned around a container through the use of a plurality of holders that can be releaseably positioned around the container. Each holder has an area compatible in shape to the magnet to hold a magnet. The base of the holder which co... | 01/05/2010 |
| D545505 | Fish tank | 06/26/2007 |
| 6880251 | Powered trimmer A powered trimmer unit has been developed for single arm/hand use and without the need to bend over during use. The powered trimmer unit for grass and brush in attached to both a persons upper arm and forearm whereby the trimmer unit becomes an extension of the oper... | 04/19/2005 |
| D499641 | Dispenser | 12/14/2004 |
| D499650 | Container | 12/14/2004 |
| D499333 | Container and pump | 12/07/2004 |
| D498670 | Dispenser | 11/23/2004 |
| D497686 | Dentifrice | 10/26/2004 |
| D497685 | Dentifrice | 10/26/2004 |
| D494059 | Dispenser | 08/10/2004 |
| D492202 | Container | 06/29/2004 |
| D491813 | Container | 06/22/2004 |
| D491815 | Container | 06/22/2004 |
| D491067 | Bottle | 06/08/2004 |
| D490320 | Bottle | 05/25/2004 |
| D489994 | Container | 05/18/2004 |
| D489270 | Bottle | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729475 | Shipper and display carton The carton can be used both as a shipper carton and a display carton. The carton comprises two or more channels for containing products. The channels can be opened to maintain the integrity of the carton for use as a display carton by maintaining the integrity of th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726011 | Toothbrush display tray The present toothbrush display tray provides a way to display toothbrushes in a horizontal orientation in a stacked vertical array. The display tray comprises a plastic layer with a plurality of recesses. A toothbrush is held in each recess and a sheet of material o... | 04/27/2004 |
| D488382 | Container | 04/13/2004 |
| D488064 | Container and cap | 04/06/2004 |
| 6673303 | Bottle and closure There are various ways to latch a closure onto a container. It has been found that for blowmolded containers that the support flange for the bottle preform can later be used as a part of the latch mechanism to secure a closure onto the container. Preforms... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6662530 | Method of making dual chamber sachet A dual chamber sachet with a dispensing outlet can be made in a form/fill sequence by attaching the dispensing outlet to the film that is to form the chamber divider wall followed by attaching films that are to form the outer walls of the sachet to the di... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6589925 | Automatic dishwashing detergent tablets A detergent tablet in order to be readily dispensed from the detergent dispenser of an automatic dishwasher should be of a generally elliptical shape to a modified generally elliptical shape. This is a shape where a cylinder having a rectangular cross-sec... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6557728 | Musical toothpaste tube closure A dentifrice closure on a dentifrice tube can emit a signal upon the opening of the closure to dispense some of the dentifrice. The closure is comprised of a base portion to attach the closure to the dentifrice tube and a lid portion that closes the dispe... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6510982 | Shipper and display carton There is described a shipper/display carton that has high structural integrity as a shipper carton, is easy opening, and is functional as a display carton. The carton comprises a front panel with a weakened area near a bottom edge, two side panels, each h... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6471120 | Easy opening handled carton The present bag-in-a-box package is of a three unit structure, having a top unit, a body unit and a bottom unit. The box has a pair of handles for ease in handling the box and a tear strip structure for opening the box. In a preferred mode the tear strip ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6461043 | Reclosable bag The reclosable bag has a gusset side structure so that the bag can be self-supporting on its bottom surface. The reclosable structure can be an internal structure or an external structure. As an external structure the front and rear walls extend above the... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460739 | Dispenser The dispenser is for dispensing viscous products, has an ergonomic shape, and an automatic closure. The closure opens promptly upon initiation of an actuator and before the flow of viscous product from the dispenser. Further, the closure closes the dispen... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6454130 | Multichannel dispensing closure A closure for a multi-chamber container can have a flow director device that will assist in the dispensing of the products from the multi-chamber tube in a number of product streams that are greater than the number of chambers in the container. This provi... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6386369 | Shipper and display carton The carton comprises two or more channels for containing products. The channels can be opened to maintain the integrity of the carton for use as a display carton by maintaining the integrity of the base wall, but with the removal of substantially all of t... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6357945 | Cosmetic dispenser The dispenser is of an ergonomic shape, provides for single hand use in the actuation of the dispenser and the application of substances to the skin, and can accommodate different application surfaces. The dispenser has a barrel closed at one end and an a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357631 | Container with formed memory valve The container has a varied sized substance body chamber with a channel at an exit end. This channel is sealed by a breakaway tab at an end distant form the chamber. Within the channel is a positive seal valve that can reseal the container after it has ini... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6352365 | Bag with spout A bag suitable for relatively small amounts of products has a front wall and a rear wall, the front wall and rear wall attached through a pair of gusset sidewalls. The bottom of the bag is sealed to provide a base that will support the bag. The top of the... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6336763 | Applicator for flowable substances The dispenser has a mesh fabric applicator surface which provides for a uniform flow of the semisolid substance to be dispensed, but does not have the problem of post-extrusion flow. That is, there is not required such an overpressure to start the flow of... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6336553 | Soap wrappers Soap bars can be effectively packaged in substantially transparent materials so that the soap bar can be seen through the packaging material. This is particularly useful with decorative colored translucent soap bars. The soap bars first are at least parti... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6331331 | Decorated polyester tube package for aqueous compositions Injection stretch blowmolded polyester tubes have been developed for use in packaging water-containing products. Polyester resins have good barrier properties for organic materials but poor moisture barrier properties. It has been found that the moisture ... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6289904 | Dental floss The nylon fiber strand is coated with a coating to produce a coated surface on the nylon that mimics the surface characteristics of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The coating is comprised of a base prime coat and a top finish coat. These coatings are app... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6276566 | Enhanced three-dimensional container display The three-dimensional design of a container is enhanced by the suspension of a three-dimensional design within the container. This is accomplished by a depending member which is a part of a container closure or which is supported by the upper edge of a co... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6269962 | Enhanced strength container The container of this invention has an increased strength in compression. When filled and with a closure the containers can withstand greater compressive force without a resulting deflection. This permits the use of a lighter weight and less costly shippe... | 08/07/2001 |