Patents Examined by Shay Karls
  • Customizable cleaning brush
    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
  • Mist spraying hair brush with retractable bristles
    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
  • Vibration structure of electrical toothbrush
    Patent number: 11497591
    Abstract: A vibration structure of electrical toothbrush includes an eccentric rod. Two ends of the eccentric rod are respectively formed with a transmission section and a weight section. The transmission section is drivable by a driving force to rotate so as to drive the weight section to eccentrically vibrate. The weight section has an opening and a receiving space inward recessed from the opening. A cover member is correspondingly mated with the opening to cover the same. A weight block is disposed in the receiving space to partially or totally increase the weight of the weight section, whereby due to the increased weight, the weight section is unbalanced in weight to deflect from a central axis of the eccentric rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: JIASHAN D-MAX ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Chuan Wang, Qiang Wei
  • Brush and head
    Patent number: 11490998
    Abstract: A brush includes a head with bristles, an actuator that expands and contracts in accordance with an electric signal, a connection member that transmits vibration of the actuator to the head, and a body including a housing that houses the actuator. The direction of reciprocal vibration of the head is at a predetermined angle relative to the direction of extension of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyoshi Ikeda
  • Electric toothbrush, system, brushing site detection method, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 11484113
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush includes a gyro sensor inside a main body. The gyro sensor detects an angular velocity of the main body and the main body includes a head portion, a neck portion, and a grip portion in a longitudinal axis direction. An angle formed by a longitudinal axis of the main body in a state that brush bristles of the head portion contact with a brushing site in a dentition with respect to the longitudinal axis of the main body in a state that the brush bristles of the head portion contact with a reference position in the dentition is obtained, based on an output from the gyro sensor. A corresponding point corresponding to the brushing site on an approximate curve that curves corresponding to the dentition is obtained based on the angle, and coordinates of the corresponding point are used as a translational position of the brushing site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshida, Motofumi Nakanishi, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Takahide Tanaka
  • Roller brush, in particular for a cleaning and/or maintenance device and a cleaning and/or maintenance device
    Patent number: 11484173
    Abstract: Roller brushes for a cleaning and/or care devices, for example, for cleaning and/or care of floor coverings in the form of tiles, natural, artificial, blocks of concrete or wood, with a rotationally symmetrical cylinder which comprises a cylinder surface. At least one first plurality of a first bundle of bristles with a first brush and a second plurality of a second bundle of bristles with a second brush may be arranged on the cylinder surface. The first bundle of bristles may be different from the second bundle of bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Markus Kress
  • Disposable dusting cloth and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 11484185
    Abstract: A disposable cleaning wipe that can used by hand or by attachment to a sweeper is provided wherein the cleaning wipe has tacky pick-up material concentrated at its working surfaces as opposed to within its intermediate region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Americo Manufacturing Co., LLC
    Inventor: Tonny Xie
  • Interdental cleaner
    Patent number: 11484110
    Abstract: An interdental cleaner (10) has a rod-shaped support (11) made of plastic, a handle part (12) connected to the support (11), and a cleaning part (13) which has a sleeve-shaped cover (14) arranged on the support (11). The cover carries radially outwardly protruding cleaning elements (15). Provision is made that the cover consists of a plurality of cover parts, wherein a first cover part (16) consists of a first soft-elastic plastic, and wherein a second cover part (17) consists of a second soft-elastic plastic or of a thermoplastic, wherein the plastics material of the first cover part (16) is different than the plastics material of the second cover part (17). Preferably, the plastics material of the first cover part (16) has a lower Shore hardness than the plastics material of the second cover part (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sunstar Suisse SA
    Inventors: Jürgen Butz, Gerhard Pötsch
  • Hairbrush cleaner
    Patent number: 11478069
    Abstract: A hairbrush cleaner including a motor compartment, a cleaning compartment receptacle, a cleaning compartment, a motor, and a first cleaning brush. The cleaning compartment receptacle may be secured to a lower portion of the motor compartment. The cleaning compartment may have a lower portion carried by the cleaning compartment receptacle. The motor may have an axle carried within the motor compartment. The first cleaning brush may be suspended within the cleaning compartment receptacle and connected to the motor whereby rotation of the axle of the motor causes rotation of the first cleaning brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TNC Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Courtney Kilbourne, Anthony Hayes
  • Applicator for cosmetic product, in particular mascara, associated applicator unit and method for manufacturing such an applicator
    Patent number: 11478067
    Abstract: An applicator for cosmetic product includes a core extending along a longitudinal extension direction, also called a main direction, and one or more protrusions integral with the core. The protrusions extend from a proximal end connected to the core to a distal free end along a elongation direction, so as to define a length. At least some of the protrusions have at least one helicoidal winding on at least a portion of the length thereof, called helicoidal winding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventor: Yann Crapet
  • Electric toothbrush
    Patent number: 11478342
    Abstract: A brush head is provided on the front surface at a distal-end-side part of a neck of a replaceable brush. A fitting shaft portion is provided on a planting base of the brush head so as to protrude rearward and penetrate through a support wall portion of the neck. A shaft hole is formed at a rotation center of a brush head body of the brush head so as to extend frontward from a rear surface of the brush head body. The neck has ahead support shaft mounted to the shaft hole so as to rotatably support the brush head. A front end of the head support shaft is located frontward of a rear surface of the planting base, and power from the driving portion is transmitted to a rear part of the fitting shaft portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SUNSTAR INC.
    Inventor: Yukinori Wada
  • Oral care system
    Patent number: 11470954
    Abstract: An oral care implement including a handle and an oral care refill head. The handle has a gripping portion, an engagement component coupled to a distal end of the gripping portion, and a stem. The engagement component includes a plate portion and a first engagement feature. The stem extends through an opening in the engagement component and protrudes from the plate portion. The oral care refill head includes an oral care treatment portion and a sleeve portion. The sleeve portion has an inner surface that defines a sleeve cavity having a cavity axis and a second engagement feature. When the oral care refill head is detachably coupled to the handle, the first and second engagement features mate with one another to at least one of: (1) position the oral care refill head and the handle in an operational alignment; and (2) lock the oral care refill head to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kimberly Curtis, John Gatzemeyer, Ebru Hocaoglu, Rachel Van Pelt, Helen Wolf, Daniel Roman, Oliver William Henderson, Scott Vincent Pancioli, Norio Fujikawa
  • Blade cleaning and storage system
    Patent number: 11458510
    Abstract: A device for cleaning and organizing sheetrock knives is disclosed. The device includes a panel having an orifice covered on at least one side with brush bristles. The panel has at least one slot for holding sheetrock knives and may contain additional compartments for holding utility knives and pencils. When a user places the device in a five gallon bucket, she may rinse and brush sheet rock knives using the orifice and cleaning liquid in the bucket or she may store the knives and other tools in the slots and other compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Dariel Perez, Dariel Perez, Jr.
  • Cleaning sheet
    Patent number: 11452427
    Abstract: This cleaning sheet is provided with an embossed part in which the sheet is compressed in the thickness direction. The cleaning sheet is provided with outer layers, forming the surfaces of the sheet; and an inner layer sandwiched between the outer layers. In the boundary areas between the outer layers, and the inner layer, the fibers of the layers are entangled. This allows for a sheet that better retains the raised and sunken shapes embossed therethrough and exhibits excellent collecting performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Izumi, Naoki Shintani, Asako Fushimi
  • Cleaning pad handles and systems
    Patent number: 11452428
    Abstract: A pole handle of adjustable length with two sliding members is lockable with a clamp and a compact handle both have a ball joint or ball socket. The ball joint or ball socket have an aperture for an ejection rod. The pole handle and compact handle are used with cleaning pad with a ball socket or ball joint and the cleaning pad may be contained in a sealed housing with a lid penetrable with the ball joint or ball socket on the pole handle or compact handle. The cleaning pad is ejected by the pole handle or the compact handle with the ejection rod extending past the ball joint or ball socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Garner Meszaros, Vaughan Payne, Deborah Humphries
  • Extensible squeezee with reversible blade
    Patent number: 11439282
    Abstract: An adjustable hand-held squeegee device with reverse angle head adjustment. An elongated handle can include either a single elongated member or any plurality of members configured in telescoping fashion. A head includes a rotatable base portion supported at a forward end of the handle. A spring biased locking mechanism is integrated into the handle in proximity to the rotatable base and includes a forward projection engaging a first recess of the rotatable base in a first position. Upon retracting the mechanism via a projecting trigger portion, the rotatable base is rotated to align a second circumferentially offset recess so that, and upon releasing the trigger, the squeegee head is oriented in a reverse angular fashion relative to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Bussell
  • Brushhead for power toothbrush
    Patent number: 11439488
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a brushhead for a power toothbrush, and the power toothbrush. The brushhead configured for an electric toothbrush, the brushhead being detachably installed on a handle of the electric toothbrush, the brushhead comprising: a brushhead element; and an engaging assembly arranged in the brushhead element and connecting the brushhead element with a driving shaft, wherein the engaging assembly comprises a main body, an accommodating cavity is defined in a first end of the main body along a first direction, the accommodating cavity is configured to accommodate the driving shaft, a material of the brushhead element is different from a material of the main body, and the first direction is a direction from an end of the brushhead element connected with the handle toward an end of the brushhead element away from the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Juan-Yun Kuang
  • Powered oral care implement
    Patent number: 11425995
    Abstract: An oral care implement including a handle and an oral care refill head. The handle has a gripping portion, an engagement component coupled to a distal end of the gripping portion, and a stem. The engagement component includes a plate portion and a first engagement feature. The stem extends through an opening in the engagement component and protrudes from the plate portion. The oral care refill head includes an oral care treatment portion and a sleeve portion. The sleeve portion has an inner surface that defines a sleeve cavity having a cavity axis and a second engagement feature. When the oral care refill head is detachably coupled to the handle, the first and second engagement features mate with one another to at least one of: (1) position the oral care refill head and the handle in an operational alignment; and (2) lock the oral care refill head to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kimberly Curtis, John Gatzemeyer, Rachel Van Pelt, Ebru Hocaoglu, Helen Wolf, Daniel Roman
  • Cleaner dispensing toilet bowl brush and holder
    Patent number: 11425993
    Abstract: A toilet bowl brush assembly, a toilet bowl brush, and a method of manufacturing the same. The brush includes a handle assembly that has a proximal end and a distal end and a brush head that includes a plurality of tufts of bristles disposed on an outer surface of the brush head, a cavity defined by an inner surface of the brush head, and a fastener portion. The toilet bowl brush assembly includes a base that forms a cup for receiving the brush head. The brush head selectively couples to the handle assembly distal end at the fastener portion of the brush head at a handle assembly-brush head connection. At least one of the base and the brush head define an interference feature for preventing the brush head from moving relative to the base as the handle assembly is selectively separated from the brush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Spitaletta
  • Toothbrush with removable smart device
    Patent number: 11419502
    Abstract: An oral care system includes an oral care implement and a smart device removably retained in a cavity of the oral care implement. The smart device may have a plurality of sensors for sensing conditions of the oral cavity and/or for sensing various parameters associated with the movement of the oral care implement within the oral cavity during use. The smart device may also include a transmitter for transmitting data/information obtained by the sensors to an electronic device, such as a smart phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Guang Sheng Guo