Patents Examined by Shay Karls
  • Patent number: 11607031
    Abstract: A reconfigurable modular brush has a brush head including brush-head upper and lower surfaces extending longitudinally along a brush-head axis between brush-head first and second ends. Laterally opposed brush-head first and second sides extend between the brush-head upper and lower surfaces and longitudinally between the brush-head first and second ends. A bristle array is defined by a plurality of bristles protruding from the brush-head lower surface. A brush handle includes a grip portion and a brush-head mount, the brush handle having a lengthwise extent disposed generally along a handle axis between handle proximate and distal ends. The brush head and brush-head mount are cooperatively configured such that the handle can selectively capture and retain the brush head. Moreover, the longitudinal orientation in which the brush head is captured and retained by the brush handle is selectively reversible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CREATIVE HAT, INC.
    Inventors: Mario E. Magnani, Richard L. Miller, Ryan J. Waters, Brian H. Yoo
  • Patent number: 11607298
    Abstract: The present application discloses an electric toothbrush, which relates to the technical field of toiletries, and specifically comprises a body and a toothbrush head, wherein two through holes are integrally formed at an end of an end cover at the front of the body, and two groups of lamp beads are installed on the inner side of the end cover near the top through the lamp control circuit board. The toothbrush head is composed of a sleeve, a central main rod and a vibrator docking unit as a whole, wherein the central main rod and the vibrator docking unit are all made of PMMA high light-transmitting plastic by integral injection molding. The present application improves the design on the basic structure of the existing split-type electric toothbrush, so that it can realize the disinfection and sterilization of each dead corner of the toothbrush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Sheng Dong Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11607032
    Abstract: The present invention provides a holder and support structure or carrier structure for a mouthpiece of a teeth cleaning device which enables cleaning of a plurality of teeth, preferably all of the user's teeth at the same time, wherein the carrier structure comprises a mouth insert for the user's upper jaw and a mouth insert for the user's lower jaw; and a coupling section including two arms and a connecting section for the drive device, wherein the mouth inserts are each connected to an arm of the coupling section and the connecting section for the drive device is adapted so that it can be connected to a drive device via a fastener thereof, wherein the arms of the coupling section that are connected to the mouth inserts each include at least one spring section. The spring sections assure an even transfer of vibration transfer along the entire length of the mouth inserts. In one embodiment, the horizontal spring sections of the carrier structure allow it to be adjusted more precisely to the user's dentition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: BLBR GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Keiner, Norbert Sörgel
  • Patent number: 11596508
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush is disclosed herein. The electric toothbrush may include an elongated body portion with opposed first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; a brush head section arrangeable toward the first end and including: a first bristle support member rotatable in a first direction, and a second bristle support member coupled to the first bristle support member and rotatable in a second direction about a centrally defined axis, the second direction being opposite the first direction; and a drive rod coupled to at least the first bristle support member and having an axis oriented so as to extend coincident with, or substantially parallel to, the longitudinal axis of the electric toothbrush, the drive rod being arranged to linearly move along the axis so as to rotate the first bristle support member in the first direction and rotate the second bristle support member in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Gerhart P. Huy
  • Patent number: 11589724
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a robot body, a drive supporting the robot body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface, a pad holder attached to an underside of the robot body and configured to receive a removable cleaning pad, and a pad sensor configured to sense a pad type identifier on a central region of the cleaning pad. The pad type identifier includes a marker on the central region of the cleaning pad. The cleaning pad has a mounting card affixed thereto, and the pad type identifier includes an array of apertures that expose selected portions of the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: John Reimels, Marcus R. Williams, Adam Goss, Isaac Fowler, Lucile Driscoll
  • Patent number: 11583061
    Abstract: A replacement toothbrush head includes a tubular sleeve having a brush at one end and a drive shaft receptacle at the opposite end. The receptacle extends into the sleeve from a mouth at a tube end to a shoulder spaced from the mouth within the tube. A coupling member is inserted into the receptacle, and a spring clip is positioned between the receptacle and the coupling member, the spring clip having a base positioned between the shoulder and the distal end of the coupling member and a pair of spring arms overlying the sidewall of the coupling member. At least one of the spring arms engages a flexible region of the coupling member such that the flexible region flexes to engage a drive shaft inserted into the coupling member and retain the replacement head on the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ranir, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan J. Dishon
  • Patent number: 11583063
    Abstract: A hair sculpting device that creates a wave-like pattern of hair by utilizing a plurality of long and short bristles in a repeating pattern, while penetrating the user's scalp to release oils that cultivate hair follicles in a wave like pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Mario Edward Holman
  • Patent number: 11571717
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus includes: a brush, configured to wash a surface to be cleaned of a wafer; a base for carrying the brush, the base having at least one conductive disk, a disk surface of the conductive disk being parallel to the surface to be cleaned, and the base being able to rotate around an axis of the base; and a magnetic field generation structure configured to emit, to the conductive disk, a magnetic field perpendicular to the disk surface of the conductive disk, so that an induced electric field is generated in the conductive disk during the rotation of the base. The quality of wafer cleaning and the yield of wafer products can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Peng Dong
  • Patent number: 11559133
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a portable, daily-use cleaning product. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus, device, or structural system that is adapted to clean or disinfect a restraining member, such as a seatbelt in a car or a restraining belt of an airplane seat or train, or a supporting member, such as a support bar in a subway car or metro bus, and other suitable examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: April Armstrong Carter
  • Patent number: 11553781
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel toothbrush design and associated carrying case. In one embodiment the toothbrush may have a handle cylindrical in shape, and may break down into three separable sections, each joinable at threaded joints. One element may be configured to receive a removable bristle assembly. In one embodiment, the toothbrush elements may each be stored in separate compartments in the carrying case. The carrying case may also include a slidably extendible drawer configured to dispense floss. The carrying case may also include separate compartments for storing consumables such as toothpaste tablets and mouthwash tablets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Salman Choudhry
  • Patent number: 11553784
    Abstract: A head for an oral care implement has a longitudinal length extension extending between a proximal end and a distal end, an outer rim and an inner portion. The head comprises at least two tooth cleaning elements of a first type and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements of a second type, the tooth cleaning elements of the first type being arranged at the inner portion of the head, and the plurality of tooth cleaning elements of the second type being arranged at the outer rim of the head, thereby surrounding the tooth cleaning elements of the first type. The tooth cleaning elements of the first type are tufts of a first type comprising a plurality of filaments. The tufts of the first type are arranged substantially parallel to each other. Each tuft has a substantially rectangular or oval cross-sectional shape with a longer length extension from about 4 mm to about 8 mm and a shorter width extension from about 1.5 mm to about 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Uwe Jungnickel
  • Patent number: 11536037
    Abstract: A versatile compound tool for forming wall board compounds comprises a handle assembly having a handle along a first end and an extension along the second end. The extension along the second end of the handle assembly further includes a connection feature for selectively securing a first implement thereto, the first implement configured for performing a first function of forming wall board compounds. The versatile compound tool further comprises one or more subsequent implements selectively securable to the second end of the handle assembly for performing second and additional functions of forming wall board compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Allway Tools Inc
    Inventor: Yuan Fang Cheng
  • Patent number: 11528989
    Abstract: A dust wand cleaner for dust wands that have radially-arrayed fibers that protrude to a define a generally cylindrical fiber head. The cleaner includes two open end sections and a midsection. Each end section has an internal passageway that preferably narrows from a first width that easily receives an inserted end of a generally cylindrical fiber head of a dust wand to a second width that compresses the fibers of the dust wand. The midsection has an internal passageway that is aligned with the internal passageways of the end sections, that is wider than the second width and that has inwardly extending bristles. When a dust wand is passed through the aligned passageways of the two open end sections and the midsection, debris adhering to the dust wand fibers is removed from the dust wand by being combed by the bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert B. Jordan, IV, Eddie Alexander Meeks
  • Patent number: 11523676
    Abstract: A gutter broom is provided. The gutter broom can include a mandrel, one or more carriers, each carrier removably coupled to the mandrel, and one or more bristle strips, each bristle strip removably coupled to one of the carriers. The gutter broom components can be recyclable and modular, requiring no tools for assembly or servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Old Dominion Brush Company
    Inventors: Britt R. Calloway, Josh Coker, Robert Mayes, Tim Stumph, Chris Turner
  • Patent number: 11523718
    Abstract: A toilet brush with a quick replaceable cleaning head is disclosed herein. It comprises a rod body having a first end and a second end; a handle disposed at the first end of the rod body; a feeding unit for connecting the handle; an action rod accommodated in the rod body for connecting the feeding unit and having a clamping head; and a cleaning head having a sleeve and an aperture into which the clamping head is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sunyee Brush Land Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsung-Han Yang
  • Patent number: 11503902
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method related to the field of dentistry, specifically dental appliances such as retainers, dentures, grills and athletic mouth-wear and is proposed to provide advanced assembly in providing assistance in cleaning the appliances through improved measures. Currently, there are cleaning methods for retainers and dentures, however they only include liquid solution methods without automatic moving bristles. As per the present art, users soak their retainers or dentures in the solution and then are required to use a toothbrush to scrub off excess liquid solution or built-up plaque that was not dissolved by the solution, making the process too repetitive and time consuming. Additionally, the toothbrush does not provide automatic circular motion, which is preferred in order to produce retainers or dentures that are plaque-free and completely transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Brison Burris
  • Patent number: 11503964
    Abstract: A customizable cleaning brush, including a main body, a plurality of head members removably connected to at least a portion of the main body to brush, scrub, and massage a body of a user, a plurality of operation controls disposed on at least a portion of a first side of the main body to perform at least one of a rotation, oscillation, and vibration of the plurality of head members, and a plurality of pressure controls disposed on at least a portion of a second side of the main body to perform at least one of a speed control and a pressure control of the plurality of head members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Reginald Roden, II
  • Patent number: 11503977
    Abstract: Pre-moistened cleaning pads, for example floor cleaning pads, that are suitable for attachment to an implement, such as a cleaning pad holder and handle, wherein the pre-moistened cleaning pads have an attachment portion comprising pulp fibers and a liquid composition, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company LLC
    Inventors: Cunming Song, Hailing Bao, Antonius Lambertus DeBeer
  • Patent number: 11504824
    Abstract: A rotary wire brush, such as a wheel brush, e.g., double-stringer or dually brush, cup brush, bevel brush, or knotted end brush, composed of knotted brush wire tufts of multistrand construction each having at least a plurality of brush wire strands, preferably at least a plurality of pairs of, i.e., at least three, strands each formed of at least a plurality, preferably at least a plurality of pairs of, i.e., at least three, wires. The wires forming strands are twisted, braided, or twisted and braided, and the strands that form tufts are twisted, braided, or twisted and braided. A preferred brush employs a center disc, e.g., hub, with radially offset tuft anchor holes, which can have different sizes, from which twist knot tufts, which also can have different sizes, can outwardly extend from the disc different distances by being configured with an offset trim preferably having different trim lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: OSBORN, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Keiser, Brad Vanwinkle, Zachary Baumgardner, Zachary Small, Shane Clifford
  • Patent number: 11503900
    Abstract: A mist spraying hair brush with retractable bristles includes a brush body, an actuating shaft, a mist spraying assembly, and a housing containing these components. The actuating shaft has a bended portion. When the actuating shaft is rotated and the bended portion pushes the brush body, multiple bristles of the brush body extend out of the housing. The mist spraying assembly has an electric oscillation assembly and an injection portion. The injection portion communicates with the oscillation assembly, such that liquid flows to the oscillation assembly via the injection portion and is atomized into spray. Then the spray flows out of the housing. The mist spraying hair brush with retractable bristles is small in size and is convenient in storage. Moreover, the multiple bristles can retract into the housing, so the multiple bristles will not be bended when carried in a bag full of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Zhongshan Yingliang Health Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi-Tzu Chen