David E Dalton

US Patent:

D464879, Oct 29, 2002

Filed:

Aug 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/146662

Inventors:

Shane Edwin Meeker - Maineville OH
David Andrew Dalton - Loveland OH
Javier Verdura - Milford CT
James Edward McCay - Fairfield CT
Peter Brian Clarke - Fairfield CT

Assignee:

The Procter Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

0903

US Classification:

D 9424, D9418

US Patent:

D465153, Nov 5, 2002

Filed:

Aug 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/146679

Inventors:

Shane Edwin Meeker - Maineville OH
David Andrew Dalton - Loveland OH
Javier Verdura - Milford CT
James Edward McCay - Fairfield CT
Peter Brian Clarke - Fairfield CT

Assignee:

The Procter Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

0903

US Classification:

D 9424, D9418

US Patent:

D514949, Feb 14, 2006

Filed:

Dec 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/194862

Inventors:

David Andrew Dalton - Loveland OH, US
Kerry Lloyd Weaver - Florence KY, US

Assignee:

Procter & Gamble - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

0991

US Classification:

D 9556, D9559

US Patent:

D515934, Feb 28, 2006

Filed:

Dec 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/194859

Inventors:

David Andrew Dalton - Loveland OH, US
Kerry Lloyd Weaver - Florence KY, US

Assignee:

Procter & Gamble - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

0991

US Classification:

D 9556, D9559

US Patent:

7169418, Jan 30, 2007

Filed:

May 24, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/155338

Inventors:

David Andrew Dalton - Loveland OH, US
James David Smith - Loveland OH, US
James Lee Bono - Cincinnati OH, US
Sameer Mungur - Cincinnati OH, US
Douglas Bruce Zeik - Middletown OH, US
Aisha Barry - Mason OH, US
Jennifer Ruth Ralston Floyd - West Chester OH, US

Assignee:

The Procter and Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B65D 83/00
B65D 85/00

US Classification:

426110, 2203661, 22049503, 426118, 426127

Abstract:

A fresh packaging system for roast and ground coffee having a top load capacity of at least about 16 pounds (7. 3 Kg) comprising a container with a closed bottom, an open top, and a body enclosing a perimeter between the bottom and the top. A protuberance is continuously disposed around the perimeter of the body proximate to the top and forms a ridge external to the body. A flexible closure is removeably attached and sealed to the protuberance so that the closure seals the interior volume of the container. The container bottom and container body are constructed from a material having a tensile modulus number ranging from at least about 35,000 to at least about 650,000 pounds per square inch (at least about 2,381 to at least about 44,230 atm).

US Patent:

7169419, Jan 30, 2007

Filed:

Dec 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/726309

Inventors:

David Andrew Dalton - Loveland OH, US
Kerry Lloyd Weaver - Florence KY, US

Assignee:

The Procter and Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B65D 83/00
B65D 85/00

US Classification:

426110, 426118, 426127

Abstract:

A packaging system useful for roast and ground coffee, having a container with a closed bottom, an open top, and a body enclosing a perimeter between the bottom and the top. An annular protuberance is disposed upon the body and is continuously disposed around the perimeter of the body proximate to the top. The protuberance forms a surface external to the body. The surface is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container. A flexible closure is removeably attached and sealed to the protuberance so that the closure seals the interior volume of the container.

US Patent:

7779750, Aug 24, 2010

Filed:

Aug 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/502990

Inventors:

Arne Benjamin Colman - Notts, GB
Terence Graham Curtis - Bucks, GB
David Andrew Dalton - Loveland OH, US
Daniel Scott - Berkshire, GB

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A47J 31/00

US Classification:

99295, 99302 R

Abstract:

A closure mechanism particularly useful in a brewing device includes a cover member rotatably disposed above the brewing device. A slider member is slidably disposed within an interior cavity of the cover member and has one or more tabs which may extend outside of the interior cavity. The brewing device has one or more receptacles for receiving the tabs when the cover member is closed. A lid member on top of the cover member may push the tabs into the receptacles through a link member. A release arm is disposed within the brewing device and has at least one blocker which releasably holds a tab of the slider member within a receptacle when the cover member is closed.

US Patent:

7950522, May 31, 2011

Filed:

Mar 31, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/414875

Inventors:

Nancy Deters Slayton - Springfield OH, US
Jeanne Marie Hughes - Loveland OH, US
Virginia Anne Lenahan - Cincinnati OH, US
David Andrew Dalton - Loveland OH, US

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B65D 71/00

US Classification:

206229, 206570, 206440, 3123301, 312259

Abstract:

A package for feminine hygiene articles. The package includes a refillable cabinet having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, and a frame, the frame forming at least one feminine hygiene storage cavity having a frontward facing opening, and a plurality of replaceable drawers each containing a plurality of feminine hygiene articles and being slidingly installed within the feminine hygiene storage cavity.