Patents by Inventor Michael J. Quinn
Michael J. Quinn 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: 11951500Abstract: A showerhead assembly including a handheld showerhead and a mounting bracket configured to be fluidly coupled to a water source. One of the handheld showerhead and the mounting bracket includes a magnet or a magnetically attractable material, and the other of the handheld showerhead and the mounting bracket includes a magnet or a magnetically attractable material. The magnet of the one of the handheld showerhead or the mounting bracket, or the magnet or the magnetically attractable material of the other of the handheld showerhead or the mounting bracket, is moveable relative to the handheld showerhead or the mounting bracket to which it is included by attraction of the magnet of the one of the handheld showerhead and the mounting bracket to the magnet or the magnetically attractable material of the other of the handheld showerhead and the mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. Quinn
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Patent number: 11919013Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a showerhead that outputs a pulsating or massaging spray. The showerhead may include an engine including a flow directing housing, a turbine, and a shutter to create the pulsating or intermittent spray. The flow directing housing may have a plurality of flow directing apertures defined around its perimeter, allowing for water to tangentially flow into the engine, rotating the turbine. As the turbine rotates, the shutter moves back and forth creating the pulsating spray.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Preston Peterson
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Patent number: 11759801Abstract: A showerhead including a head portion including a plurality of nozzles, a handle extending from the head portion and including an inlet, and a pause assembly positioned within the handle to control water flow from the inlet to the plurality of nozzles is disclosed. The pause assembly includes a control extending outwardly from the handle for manipulation by a user to change a state of the pause assembly and an actuator that translates motion of the control to change the state of the pause assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.Inventors: Craig P. Rogers, Michael J. Quinn
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Publication number: 20230241632Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a massage mode assembly for a showerhead including a jet plate, a massage chamber, a turbine, and a shutter. The massage chamber defines outlets for a first nozzle bank and a second nozzle bank opposite the first nozzle bank. The turbine is received in the massage chamber and includes a plurality of blades. The shutter is received in the massage chamber and is pivotably coupled to the jet plate such that rotation of the plurality of blades of the turbine cause movement of the shutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Joseph W. CACKA, Leland C. LEBER, Michael J. QUINN
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Patent number: 11648573Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a showerhead including a housing, a turbine, and a shutter. The housing defines a fluid inlet and a chamber in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The chamber includes a plurality of engagement teeth and defines outlets for a first nozzle bank and a second nozzle bank. The turbine is received in the chamber. The shutter is received in the chamber and rotatably coupled to the turbine such that rotation of the turbine causes movement of the shutter. The shutter includes a plurality of shutter teeth positioned around a perimeter of the shutter. Engagement of the shutter teeth and the engagement teeth act to restrict the shutter from rotating while allowing the shutter to move across the chamber in a sliding motion.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
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Publication number: 20230101877Abstract: A showerhead is disclosed including a first nozzle, a second nozzle, and a massage mode assembly in fluid communication with a fluid inlet, the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The massage mode assembly includes a turbine, a cam coupled to the turbine defining a dwell edge that extends between a leading corner and a follower corner, and a shutter movably coupled to the cam, where movement of the turbine causes the cam to drive shutter between a first position covering the first nozzle and opening the second nozzle and a second position opening the first nozzle and covering the second nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: WATER PIK, INC.Inventor: Michael J. Quinn
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Publication number: 20230085999Abstract: A showerhead assembly including a handheld showerhead and a mounting bracket configured to be fluidly coupled to a water source. One of the handheld showerhead and the mounting bracket includes a magnet or a magnetically attractable material, and the other of the handheld showerhead and the mounting bracket includes a magnet or a magnetically attractable material. The magnet of the one of the handheld showerhead or the mounting bracket, or the magnet or the magnetically attractable material of the other of the handheld showerhead or the mounting bracket, is moveable relative to the handheld showerhead or the mounting bracket to which it is included by attraction of the magnet of the one of the handheld showerhead and the mounting bracket to the magnet or the magnetically attractable material of the other of the handheld showerhead and the mounting bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventor: Michael J. Quinn
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Publication number: 20220410187Abstract: A showerhead including a head portion including a plurality of nozzles, a handle extending from the head portion and including an inlet, and a pause assembly positioned within the handle to control water flow from the inlet to the plurality of nozzles is disclosed. The pause assembly includes a control extending outwardly from the handle for manipulation by a user to change a state of the pause assembly and an actuator that translates motion of the control to change the state of the pause assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Craig P. Rogers, Michael J. Quinn
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Patent number: 11458488Abstract: A showerhead including a housing defining a plurality of nozzles and an inlet and having a water control assembly is disclosed. The water control assembly may be positioned at least partially within the housing between the plurality of nozzles and the inlet to control water flow from the inlet to the plurality of nozzles. The water control assembly including an actuator linearly movable along a length of the housing, a valve operably coupled to the actuator that rotates from a first position allowing fluid flow from the inlet to reach the nozzles to a second position reducing fluid flow from the inlet to the nozzles, and a valve driver coupled between the actuator and the valve, where the valve driver converts the linear motion of the actuator into a rotational movement of the valve.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Craig P. Rogers, Michael J. Quinn
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Publication number: 20220168758Abstract: A method of reducing water flow through a showerhead. The method may include dividing a water stream into two separate water groups and alternating the flow of water through the two separate water groups to reduce water flow through the showerhead.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Michael J. QUINN, Preston PETERSON, Craig ROGERS
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Patent number: 11278919Abstract: A showerhead may include a first plenum in fluid communication with a first group of nozzles, a second plenum in fluid communication with a second group of nozzles, and a water direction assembly in fluid communication with the first plenum, the second plenum, and a fluid inlet, and alternatingly fluidly connecting the first plenum and the second plenum with the fluid inlet. The water direction assembly may include a turbine and a shutter arranged to oscillate between positions, oscillation of the shutter alternatingly fluidly connecting the first and second plenums with the fluid inlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Preston Peterson, Craig Rogers
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Publication number: 20220032326Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a showerhead including a housing, a turbine, and a shutter. The housing defines a fluid inlet and a chamber in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The chamber includes a plurality of engagement teeth and defines outlets for a first nozzle bank and a second nozzle bank. The turbine is received in the chamber. The shutter is received in the chamber and rotatably coupled to the turbine such that rotation of the turbine causes movement of the shutter. The shutter includes a plurality of shutter teeth positioned around a perimeter of the shutter. Engagement of the shutter teeth and the engagement teeth act to restrict the shutter from rotating while allowing the shutter to move across the chamber in a sliding motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
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Patent number: 11213834Abstract: A showerhead bracket including a bracket body, a spool rotatable relative to the bracket body, and a flow control knob non-rotatably connected to the spool such that the flow control knob and the spool rotate together relative to the bracket body. The flow control knob non-slidably connected to the spool to inhibit axial disengagement of the flow control knob from the spool.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Leland C. Leber, Harold A. Luettgen, Ryan Saunders
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Patent number: 11173502Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a showerhead with a plurality of modes. The showerhead includes an engine defining a plurality of fluid channels or pathways. Two modes or mode apertures are in fluid communication with a first fluid channel, and another mode or mode aperture is in fluid communication with a second fluid channel. Additionally, the present disclosure is related to a method of producing a massaging spray mode for a showerhead. The method includes fluidly connecting a plurality of nozzles to a fluid source wherein each of the first plurality of nozzles are opened substantially simultaneously, and fluidly disconnecting the first plurality of nozzles from the fluid source wherein each of the nozzles within the first plurality of nozzles are closed substantially simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
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Publication number: 20210129162Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a showerhead that outputs a pulsating or massaging spray. The showerhead may include an engine including a flow directing housing, a turbine, and a shutter to create the pulsating or intermittent spray. The flow directing housing may have a plurality of flow directing apertures defined around its perimeter, allowing for water to tangentially flow into the engine, rotating the turbine. As the turbine rotates, the shutter moves back and forth creating the pulsating spray.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Preston Peterson
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Patent number: 10994289Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a showerhead. The showerhead includes a housing defining a fluid inlet and a chamber in fluid communication with the fluid inlet, a rotatable turbine received in the chamber and including an eccentric cam positioned on a downstream side of the turbine, and a shutter positioned on the downstream side of the turbine. The shutter includes a shutter body defining an oval-shaped aperture in which the eccentric cam is received such that the shutter oscillates along a rectilinear path as the turbine rotates.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
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Patent number: D898374Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: MIchael J. Quinn, Craig Rogers, Preston Peterson
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Patent number: D902348Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Jeffrey Ladwig, Adam Weisgerber
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Patent number: D960294Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
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Patent number: D1014697Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.Inventor: Michael J. Quinn