Patents Examined by Shay Karls
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11413126
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a brushhead for an power toothbrush detachably attached to a handle of the power toothbrush, the handle including a vibrating drive shaft, the brushhead comprising: a main body defining a receiving cavity which is configured to receive at least a portion of the vibrating driving shaft, the main body including a cavity wall substantially surrounding the receiving cavity and an end connected to the handle, with an opening which is defined in the end of the main body in air communication with the receiving cavity, so that the vibrating driving shaft is capable of being inserted into the receiving cavity through the opening; and an engaging assembly mounted in a side wall of the main body, the engaging assembly comprising an elastic member, which is made by metal material; wherein, a recess is defined in the outer surface of the side wall, the elastic member is deformably received in the recess, the elastic member is elastically deformed by force provided from the vibrating drive s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Juan-Yun Kuang
  • Patent number: 11406175
    Abstract: [Problem] This invention provides a makeup brush that not only enables easy application of cosmetics such as blushers and eyeshadows while creating gradations, but also achieves a beautiful finish, without requiring special makeup techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushi Matsuura, Motoki Takata, Miyako Okamoto, Ai Nieda, Mika Itou
  • Patent number: 11399622
    Abstract: An oral care implement has a front side and a back side opposite the front side and an overall length extension between mutually opposite proximal and distal ends. A head of the implement, disposed at the proximal end, has at least one cleaning element extending from the front side. A handle is at least partially made from a material having a density higher than that of the head's material. The handle's cross-sectional area, extending substantially perpendicular to the overall length extension, has a height extension between the front and back sides. The implement has a center of gravity situated below an axis of rotation when the oral care implement is placed with its back side on a surface. The center of gravity is closer to the back side than to the front side of the implement when measured along the height extension of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Uwe Jungnickel
  • Patent number: 11399623
    Abstract: A gutter broom is provided. The gutter broom can include one or more block segments, each block segment having openings in which bristles are positioned. The bristles can have a first stiffness or a second stiffness different than the first stiffness. Bristles having the second stiffness can be positioned radially outward of bristles having the first stiffness on a block segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Old Dominion Brush Company
    Inventors: Britt R. Calloway, Robert Mayes, Tim Stumph, Chris Turner
  • Patent number: 11399925
    Abstract: An oral irrigator including a base and a handle. The base includes a fluid reservoir, a pump in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, and a base wireless communication component in electrical communication with the pump. The handle is in fluid communication with the pump. The handle includes a handle wireless communication component and one or more control buttons in communication with the handle wireless communication component. The handle wireless communication component transmits control signals from the one or more control buttons to the base wireless communication component to adjust an operating parameter of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Gary L. Sokol, Harold A. Luettgen
  • Patent number: 11399626
    Abstract: Example aspects of a cosmetics brush cleaning device and a method for using a cosmetics brush cleaning device are disclosed. The cosmetics brush cleaning device can comprise a frame comprising a body and a hand engagement mechanism coupled with the body; and a cleaning pad coupled with the frame, the cleaning pad comprising at least one projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Anisa International, Inc.
    Inventor: Shuai Chen
  • Patent number: 11388984
    Abstract: An oral care implement comprises a head and a handle, the head being repeatedly attachable to and detachable from the handle. The head is at least partially made from a material having a density from about 0.5 g/cm3 to about 1.2 g/cm3, while the handle is at least partially made from a material having a density from about 2.1 g/cm3 to about 3.1 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Uwe Jungnickel
  • Patent number: 11382408
    Abstract: An improvement of hair brush structure includes a brush head, a handle, and an adjustment device interconnected to the brush head and the handle. A repeated rotation of the adjustment device causes changing an appearance of the hair brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Peng-Fei Chu
  • Patent number: 11382482
    Abstract: A cleaning sheet that is replaceably attached to a flat head section of a cleaning tool; forms a cleaning surface covering the bottom surface of the head section; is bent along a longitudinal edge of the head section and locked to the upper surface of the head section; and has an embossed section having a sheet compressed in the thickness direction and an uncompressed non-embossed section that are arranged alternately along a bent section bent along the longitudinal edge. As a result, a cleaning sheet can be provided that maintains sheet strength and has excellent collection properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Shintani, Asako Fushimi
  • Patent number: 11382411
    Abstract: A multi-functional hand-held apparatus comprising a housing and a brush to be used jointly for bathing a person, wherein the housing comprising a chamber or a container capable of holding and squirting water or a fluid through tubes or one or more pores toward a person's hair with a directional orientation toward a back of a person's head and away from a person's face. The multi-functional hand-held apparatus comprising a series of combs or the one or more bristles for rinsing hair and pulling water or the fluid and shampoo or bubbles through the person's hair. Further provided are methods for squirting fluid, such as water, with a directional orientation onto a person's head and removing soap, foam, bubbles or excess water with a brush including one or more bristles that may be curved to conform with a person's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Giavana Behnamian, Shahriar Behnamian
  • Patent number: 11383353
    Abstract: A rotary brush configured to isolate vibration during use reducing vibration at a hand-held power tool to which the brush is coupled. The brush has wires arrangeable in tufts extending from a hub sandwiched between two plates assembled to a tool coupling having an isolator therebetween. The isolator and coupling are part of a vibration-isolating assembly having a radial isolator carried by a coupling shaft located between the (i) shaft, and (ii) hub and plates preventing brush vibration from being transmitted to the tool through a coupling end of the shaft mounting the brush to the tool. The isolating assembly preferably includes an axial isolator between (i) each flange and (ii) the hubs and plates. Isolators are made of vibration dampening material and can be formed into a single isolator of one-piece unitary construction. A preferred brush is a cup brush having plates contoured to define wire supporting cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: OSBORN, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Clifford, Zachary Small, Brian Keiser
  • Patent number: 11376107
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric toothbrush provided with longitudinal, also called axial, oscillating movement that occurs at the active end of the bristle plumes, or nylon filaments, without the end or tip of the brush causing potentially traumatic blows, which represent an undesired risk, as still occurs according to the existing prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Carlos Javier Gacitùa Cavagnaro
  • Patent number: 11375802
    Abstract: An oral care implement has an overall length extension extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being opposite the proximal end. The oral care implement comprises a head at the proximal end and a handle, the handle being at least partially made from a material having a density being higher than the density of the material of the head. The oral care implement has a center of gravity located at a distance measured from the distal end, and the ratio of said distance to the overall length extension of the oral care implement is from about 0.30 to about 0.45, preferably from about 0.35 to about 0.42, further preferably from about 0.38 to about 0.41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Uwe Jungnickel
  • Patent number: 11363879
    Abstract: A washing machine seal cleaning tool specifically configured for use in cleaning the seal or gasket of a washing machine. The tool includes a handle portion having a length between a first end and a second end. The first end is bifurcated defining a space for the coupling of the rotating brush member between the bifurcations. The rotating brush member having a plurality of cleaning members configured to clean the seal. The first end including at least one brush member extending perpendicular to the handle length and having a conical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Kinley Nicole Maxwell
  • Patent number: 11351018
    Abstract: A toothbrush or oral cleaning implement including a handle defining a first fluid conduit and a handle inlet port, a brush tip extending from a first end of the handle and defining a second fluid conduit, the second fluid conduit in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit, a brush head supported on an end of the brush tip including a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the second fluid conduit, a handle valve positioned between the handle inlet port and the first fluid conduit, and a base removably connected to the second end of the handle. The base including a base fluid inlet port that connects with an external fluid source, a base fluid outlet port in fluid communication with the base fluid inlet port, and a base valve that selectively opens and closes the base fluid outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Gary L. Sokol, Harold A. Luettgen
  • Patent number: 11344109
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a makeup brush. The makeup brush may include a brush portion secured to a forward end of a ferrule. The brush portion may include a plurality of tuft groups, where each tuft group is formed by a plurality of bristles. The tuft groups may form a concave profile at a working end of the makeup brush, and the concave profile may be configured to match a profile of human eyelashes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Royal Brush Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Dovellos, Susan L. Kelly
  • Patent number: 11344110
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hair cleaning brush enabled to clean human hair and/or animal fur. The hair cleaning brush comprises a brush body and a handle. The brush body having a top side and a bottom wall extending from a periphery of the top side. A plurality of bristles extending from a periphery of the bottom wall of the brush body. A hole is present in the middle of the brush body. A threaded adjusting rod passes through the hole of the brush body to engage with a pusher plate to hold the pusher plate and one or more replaceable sponge pads inside the brush body. The threaded adjusting rod is configured to displace the pusher plate and one or more replaceable sponge pads from a first position to a second position inside the brush body, in response to rotation of a rotary knob by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventor: Charles J. Kron
  • Patent number: 11337577
    Abstract: Provided is a mopping unit including: a mop base, a head unit and a coupling element; wherein the coupling element having two parallel elongated reinforcing end segments integral with and flanking a central, coupling segment; the base, being a single-piece molded article having a bottom face and a top face; two elongated bores are formed in elongated abutments on the top face, each accommodating one of the two reinforcing end segments; the base being configured for attaching a mopping substrate on the bottom face; and wherein the head unit being pivotally coupled to said central segment to permit it to pivot about a first axis essentially parallel to said central segment and including a receptacle for an end of a mopping handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Tyroler Ltd.
    Inventor: Dan Tyroler
  • Patent number: 11337511
    Abstract: The new paintbrush (19) includes a brush handle (1), a bristle carrier (11) and a ferrule (15). The brush handle (1) has a first end (3) including a brush handle snap element (4). The bristle carrier (11) has a first front side (36) including a bristle carrier snap element (12), the bristle carrier snap element (12) engaging the brush handle snap element (4) such that the bristle carrier (11) is fixedly connected to the brush handle (1). The bristle carrier (11) includes a plurality of recesses (23) and a plurality of bristles (20), the bristles (20) being arranged to form a plurality of bristle bundles (24), the bristle bundles (24) each being arranged to be gluelessly fixed in one of the recesses (23). The ferrule (15) is designed as one piece with the bristle carrier (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Arndt-Wilhelm Stollberg
    Inventor: Arndt-Wilhelm Stollberg