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).

  • Patent number: 11951500
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Quinn
  • Patent number: 11919013
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Preston Peterson
  • Patent number: 11759801
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig P. Rogers, Michael J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20230241632
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph W. CACKA, Leland C. LEBER, Michael J. QUINN
  • Patent number: 11648573
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20230101877
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventor: Michael J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20230085999
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Michael J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20220410187
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Craig P. Rogers, Michael J. Quinn
  • Patent number: 11458488
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Craig P. Rogers, Michael J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20220168758
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Michael J. QUINN, Preston PETERSON, Craig ROGERS
  • Patent number: 11278919
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Preston Peterson, Craig Rogers
  • Publication number: 20220032326
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Patent number: 11213834
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Leland C. Leber, Harold A. Luettgen, Ryan Saunders
  • Patent number: 11173502
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20210129162
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Preston Peterson
  • Patent number: 10994289
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Patent number: D898374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: MIchael J. Quinn, Craig Rogers, Preston Peterson
  • Patent number: D902348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Quinn, Jeffrey Ladwig, Adam Weisgerber
  • Patent number: D960294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Patent number: D1014697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventor: Michael J. Quinn