George Lewis Hamilton

US Patent:

6457893, Oct 1, 2002

Filed:

Aug 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/929795

Inventors:

George Wesley Hamilton - Dallas TX 75238

International Classification:

B43K 812

US Classification:

401207, 401148, 401196, 401206, 401127, 401130, 222192

Abstract:

A personal hygiene device for moistening tissue (in particular toilet tissue) utilizes a fluid container having a fluid dispensing attachment to apply fluid onto tissue. The hygiene device is held in an inverted position by a bracket, with the bracket typically mounted on a wall or fixture adjacent to a tissue holder. The hygiene device consists of a fluid container, a cap, a sponge pad, and a dispensing cover. The fluid container acts as a refillable reservoir for the fluid and the cap has holes in the end to allow fluid discharge to the sponge pad from the fluid container. The dispensing cover encloses the cap and sponge, securing them to the fluid container. The dispensing cover has multiple orifices in the end and when activated by depressing with tissue, the dispensing cover slides on the cap thereby compressing the sponge pad. The sponge pad, being saturated with fluid from the fluid container, when depressed, causes fluid to be pumped through multiple orifices in the end of the dispensing cover onto the tissue. The traverse of the dispensing cover, relative to the cap, limits the compression of the sponge pad and the amount of fluid that is expelled with the orifice pattern of the dispensing cover determining the area of tissue to be moistened.

US Patent:

62990322, Oct 9, 2001

Filed:

Nov 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/723118

Inventors:

George W. Hamilton - Dallas TX

International Classification:

B65D 8316

US Classification:

22240215

Abstract:

An actuator for aerosol spray cans utilizing a toe, as a pivot point, to engage the inside recess on the cup rim bead of the can (the bead which surrounds the spray nozzle) and a heel portion that extends against the valve stem mount. The body and handle of the actuator extend from the toe and heel upward and over the spray nozzle of the can with the handle being positioned approximately perpendicular to the direction of the spray exhaust of the can. Spray action is initiated by depressing the handle of the actuator with forefinger or thumb, causing the toe of the actuator to act as a pivot in the inside recess of the cup rim bead and the heel to slide against the valve stem mount. A protrusion on the body of the actuator depresses the aerosol spray nozzle creating a spray exhaust. The end of the actuator handle is formed to insert into the spray can cap and is used as a pry for removing the cap from the can.