Patents by Inventor Benjamin Shrader
Benjamin Shrader has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11627856Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a handle, and a base. The handle is pivotally coupled to the base, the handle pivotable between an upright storage position and an inclined operating position, the base movable over a surface to be cleaned. The base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber including a rear wall, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis, and a brushroll cover releaseably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll, and the brushroll chamber rear wall is attached to and removable with the brushroll cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Jerald Bradley, Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Bradley Hooley, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Patent number: 11484175Abstract: A floor cleaner including a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base including a front side, a back side opposite the front side, and a brushroll chamber. A supply tank is configured to store a cleaning fluid and a distribution nozzle is in fluid communication with the supply tank, the distribution nozzle operable to dispense the cleaning fluid onto the surface to be cleaned. A brushroll cover is removable from the base to access the brushroll chamber. A brushroll is within the brushroll chamber. The distribution nozzle is disposed adjacent the front side of the base and carried on an upper exterior portion of the base and configured to spray forwardly of the base in a direction from the back side toward the front side.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Rafael Davila, Jerald Bradley, Michael Paul Dawson, Nicholas DeBlasio, Don Lydic, Benjamin Shrader
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Publication number: 20220313049Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source and a base movable over a surface to be cleaned. The base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis, a brushroll cover releaseably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll. The base further includes a first actuator movable in a first direction from a latched position and to an unlatched position and a second actuator movable in a second direction, opposite the first direction, from a latched position and an unlatched position. The brushroll cover is secured to the base when the first and second actuators are in the latched positions and the brushroll cover is removable from the base when the first and second actuators are in the unlatched positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Jerald Bradley, Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Bradley Hooley, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Patent number: 11406240Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a supply tank configured to store a cleaning fluid, and a distribution nozzle in fluid communication with the supply tank. The distribution nozzle is configured to dispense the cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned. The floor cleaner further includes a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis. The base further includes a brushroll cover releasably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll, the brushroll cover having a squeegee that contacts the brushroll. The brushroll axis is between a lower end of the base and the squeegee.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Publication number: 20220225853Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a supply tank configured to store a cleaning fluid, and a distribution nozzle in fluid communication with the supply tank. The distribution nozzle is configured to dispense the cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned. The floor cleaner further includes a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis. The base further includes a brushroll cover releasably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll, the brushroll cover having a squeegee that contacts the brushroll. The brushroll axis is between a lower end of the base and the squeegee.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Patent number: 11291345Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source and a base movable over a surface to be cleaned. The base includes a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a lower end configured to be adjacent the surface to be cleaned, a suction inlet adjacent the front side and adjacent the lower end of the base and in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis, a first squeegee that extends from the lower end between the suction inlet and the back side of the base, the first squeegee configured to contact the surface to be cleaned. The base further includes a second squeegee that contacts the brushroll and the brushroll axis is between the lower end of the base and the second squeegee.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Publication number: 20210219806Abstract: A floor cleaner including a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base including a front side, a back side opposite the front side, and a brushroll chamber. A supply tank is configured to store a cleaning fluid and a distribution nozzle is in fluid communication with the supply tank, the distribution nozzle operable to dispense the cleaning fluid onto the surface to be cleaned. A brushroll cover is removable from the base to access the brushroll chamber. A brushroll is within the brushroll chamber. The distribution nozzle is disposed adjacent the front side of the base and carried on an upper exterior portion of the base and configured to spray forwardly of the base in a direction from the back side toward the front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Rafael Davila, Jerald Bradley, Michael Paul Dawson, Nicholas DeBlasio, Don Lydic, Benjamin Shrader
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Publication number: 20200329939Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a base having a suction inlet, a body pivotally coupled to the base, a handle that extends from the body. The floor cleaner further includes an upper end, the handle adjacent the upper end, a lower end opposite the upper end, the base adjacent the lower end, a front side, the suction inlet adjacent the front side, a back side opposite the front side, a battery that powers the vacuum source, the battery adjacent the back side, a supply tank configured to store a cleaning fluid, the supply tank adjacent the back side, and a recovery tank configured to store the cleaning fluid drawn through the suction inlet from the surface by the vacuum source, the recovery tank adjacent the front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Benjamin Shrader, Michael Paul Dawson, Bradley Hooley, Don Lydic, Rafael Davila
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Patent number: 10716447Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a base having a suction inlet, a body pivotally coupled to the base, a handle that extends from the body. The floor cleaner further includes an upper end, the handle adjacent the upper end, a lower end opposite the upper end, the base adjacent the lower end, a front side, the suction inlet adjacent the front side, a back side opposite the front side, a battery that powers the vacuum source, the battery adjacent the back side, a supply tank configured to store a cleaning fluid, the supply tank adjacent the back side, and a recovery tank configured to store the cleaning fluid drawn through the suction inlet from the surface by the vacuum source, the recovery tank adjacent the front side.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: TTI (Macao Commercial Offshore) LimitedInventors: Benjamin Shrader, Michael Paul Dawson, Bradley Hooley, Don Lydic, Rafael Davila
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Patent number: 10582823Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a surface cleaning head, a pivot assembly pivotally coupled to the surface cleaning head such that the pivot assembly is pivotable relative to the surface cleaning head, and a canister assembly coupled to the pivot assembly such that the canister assembly is supported above the surface cleaning head. The pivot assembly pivotally couples to the surface cleaning head such that the pivot assembly is pivotable relative to the surface cleaning head. The canister assembly includes an electrical source connector configured to connect to a power source. The electrical source connector is electrically connected to a plurality of electrical components via a pivot assembly electrical connection. The surface cleaning head further includes an appliance board having an appliance controller, a display board having a display, and a floor-type sensor, each of which being one of the plurality of electrical components.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: TTI (Macao Commercial Offshore) LimitedInventors: Bradley Hooley, Benjamin Shrader, Doug Rukavina
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Patent number: D877430Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: TTI (Macao Commercial Offshore) LimitedInventors: Bradley Hooley, Joseph Sexton, Somnanritha Chan, Benjamin Shrader
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Patent number: D882893Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TTI (Macao Commercial Offshore) LimitedInventors: Bradley Hooley, Joseph Sexton, Somnanritha Chan, Benjamin Shrader, Robert McRorie, Katherine M. Morgan, Michael D. Young
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Patent number: D908612Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GPInventors: Joseph Sexton, Shuang Lin, Somnanritha Chan, Benjamin Shrader, Bradley Hooley
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Patent number: D909435Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Luis Fernando Zeni Filho, Gabriel Lied, Charles David Baker, Brent Aaron Curtis, Benjamin Shrader, Josh Hanson, Cristhian Camacho, Swaminathan Iyer, Ola Lantz, Eunice Cheng
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Patent number: D922938Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Joseph Sexton, Somnanritha Chan, Benjamin Shrader, Bradley Hooley
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Patent number: D930580Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Joseph Sexton, Somnanritha Chan, Benjamin Shrader, Bradley Hooley
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Patent number: D937513Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GPInventors: Somnanritha Chan, Joseph Sexton, Benjamin Shrader, Roderick Burgess, Steven P. Martise
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Patent number: D946220Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GPInventors: Benjamin Shrader, Joseph Sexton, Shuang Lin, Steven Martise, Matthew Barnum
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Patent number: D962568Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Somnanritha Chan, Joseph Sexton, Benjamin Shrader
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Patent number: D973017Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Joseph Sexton, Somnanritha Chan, Benjamin Shrader, Bradley Hooley