Patents by Inventor Joseph Vallis

Joseph Vallis 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).

  • Patent number: 4813404
    Abstract: An applicator implement for massaging the body and for spreading lotion or cream over portions of the body is disclosed. The applicator has at least one axle, usually four, and on the one or each axle there are mounted a plurality of wheel components that are rotatable independently one of another. Each wheel component is formed of a soft and pliable material so as to be resilient when pressed against the body, and comprises at least five major faces around its periphery--usually six--where each major face is gently concavely curved and the transition between adjacent major faces is more prominently convexly curved. Each of the wheel components is of substantially constant thickness from side to side, at least at the periphery thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Inventor: Joseph Vallis
  • Patent number: 3949765
    Abstract: A brush has a support member which is provided with a plurality of apertures and which has at one side hook-shaped connectors for releasably fastening it across an opening of a hairdryer through which heated air is expelled. At the other side the carrier has tufts of bristles each of which tufts is composed of a number of shorter and softer bristles and at least one longer and harder bristle which projects beyond the shorter bristles.A combination of a hairdryer and the brush described above is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Inventor: Joseph Vallis