Patents Assigned to Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
  • DISPENSER WITH DISCHARGE QUANTITY SELECTOR
    Publication number: 20120080452
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus that provides for selectively controlling discharge quantity. The dispensing apparatus may include a pump and a housing. The pump includes a first portion and a second portion linearly movable relative to the first portion, and the housing is for securing the portion of the pump. A distance of movement of the second portion toward the first portion is the pump stroke, and the pump stroke may be selectively varied. A dispensing module may include a pump, a rotatably mounted stroke selector including a plurality of arms that allow movement of a stop member associated with a moveable portion of the pump for predetermined and different distances depending on which arm of the stroke selector, if any, engages the stop member, with the distance of allowed movement of the stop member being variable depending on the angular position of the stroke selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Sylvia Boshuizen, Maria Levina Weststrate
  • AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENER
    Publication number: 20120023824
    Abstract: A door opener for opening a door having an external surface comprises a screw mounted for rotary motion and a carriage mounted on the screw such that rotation of the screw causes motion of the carriage along the screw. A motor rotates the screw. An actuator arm has a first end and a second end, where the actuator arm is operatively connected to the carriage such that movement of the carriage causes the actuator arm to move between a retracted position where the door is closed and an extended position where the door is open. The first end of the actuator arm is in contact with but not connected to the external surface of the door such that the first end of the actuator arm rides over the external surface of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Grant Matthew Mason
  • Changing station
    Patent number: 8099810
    Abstract: The disclosed changing station may support a small person, such as a baby. The station may comprise a platform, a support structure, and a mounting structure. The platform may be rotatable from a vertical storage position to a horizontal use position along a rotational axis. The support structure may have a rotatable support member that rotates along the rotational axis. The mounting structure may be used for mounting the support structure to a vertical wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Donald C. Presnell, Kevin Fitzpatrick
  • Mop bucket and wringer
    Patent number: 8082620
    Abstract: A mop bucket includes a fluid reservoir portion and a wringing portion. The fluid reservoir portion can hold fluid. The wringing portion includes a first wringing member and a second wringing member, which is moveable toward the first wringing member to wring fluid from a mop. The wringing portion further includes a linkage configured to move the second wringing member in response to actuation of a wringer handle. The linkage includes a first link extending from and pivotable relative to the second wringing member and a second link connected to the first link and having an axis that is fixed at an angle relative to an axis of the wringer handle. The second wringing member can include an integrally formed shaft about which the second wringing member rotates. A first retaining surface of the first wringing member can engage the shaft to hold the shaft at a pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Hoyle, Stephen M. Batsa, Brian Michael Yarcich, Ashley Perry Zang Wentz Pho
  • Convertible cart
    Patent number: 8070181
    Abstract: The convertible cart comprises a first platform and a platform assembly. The platform assembly comprises a second platform and a third platform and is pivotably connected to the first platform. The platform assembly moves between a first position where the second platform is disposed above the first platform and a second position where the third platform forms a continuous platform with the first platform. In another embodiment the cart comprises a first platform and a second platform movable between a first position where said second platform is disposed above the first platform and a second position where the third platform is coplanar with the first platform. Methods of converting a cart between a utility cart and a platform truck are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Bradley Forrest, Grant M. Mason, Thomas Perelli
  • MOP HANDLE GRIP AND THUMB TRIGGER MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20110064513
    Abstract: A mop comprises a mop head and a handle connected to the mop head at a pivot. The mop head and handle have a front and a back. A fluid reservoir for spraying a fluid at the front of the mop head. A trigger is disposed on the handle remote from the mop head, where the trigger controls the spraying of the fluid from the reservoir. The trigger is movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position where the trigger moves toward the back as it moves from the non-actuated position to the actuated position. A method of using the mop is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, JR., Robert Lauer, Mark Allen Hoyle
  • Smoking waste receptacle
    Patent number: 7866323
    Abstract: A receptacle for receiving smoking waste includes a canister and a cap disposed on the canister. The cap includes a flow-inhibiting surface for affecting gas flow into the canister and a container member forming a containing area disposed horizontally inward of the flow-inhibiting surface for receiving smoke rising from the collection area. The cap can have at least one snuffing area for snuffing smoking material and at least one depositing area for depositing smoking waste into the canister. The opening for depositing smoking waste can allow for 360 degrees access to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Catron, Bartholomew James Wellisley, Steven Robert Jones
  • SERVICE CART
    Publication number: 20100283227
    Abstract: A cart comprising a first support structure supported on wheels. A second support structure is connected to the first support structure. The second support structure is movable relative to the first support structure between a first extended position and a second retracted position. A collapsible container is supported by the second support structure. The container occupyies a first extended position when the second support structure is in the first position and a second collapsed position when the second support structure is in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Matthew S. Kepner, Grant Mason
  • Adjustable cart
    Patent number: 7806426
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention relates to an adjustable cart including a upper platform with a front portion and a back portion, a lower platform with a front portion and a back portion, rolling members for movably supporting the lower platform, a first supporting member connected to the back portion of the lower platform, and a first rotational pivot structure connecting the first supporting member to the back portion of the upper platform to permit pivoting about a first pivot location. The upper platform is configured to rotate about the first rotational pivot structure from a first position substantially parallel to the lower platform to a second position substantially perpendicular to the lower platform during which the first pivot location moves away from the lower platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: A. Reneau Van Landingham, Jr., Robert J. Tokash, Ken Carper, Scott Zieker, Tom Remm, Kevin Montgomery, Volker Werwick
  • Changing station
    Patent number: D624329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventor: Donald C. Presnell
  • Liquid dispenser
    Patent number: D629236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Levina Weststrate, Sylvia Boshuizen
  • Liquid dispenser
    Patent number: D629237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventors: Sylvia Boshuizen, Maria Levina Weststrate, Don Presnell
  • Mop pad
    Patent number: D636136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Hoyle, Rebecca Diaz
  • Air freshener
    Patent number: D640360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Sylvia Boshuizen, Donald C. Presnell
  • Toilet bowl dispenser
    Patent number: D640361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Sylvia Boshuizen, Donald C. Presnell
  • Aerosol dispenser
    Patent number: D640362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Sylvia Boshuizen, Donald C. Presnell
  • A-frame cart
    Patent number: D640436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Mark Allen Catron, Grant Matthew Mason
  • Air freshener
    Patent number: D646772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC.
    Inventors: Sylvia Boshuizen, Donald C. Presnell
  • Mop
    Patent number: D650540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventor: John Fiumefreddo
  • Mop
    Patent number: D655875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventor: John Fiumefreddo