Special Work Patents (Class 15/160)
  • Patent number: 11826791
    Abstract: A credit card cleaning apparatus for quickly and conveniently sanitizing a credit card includes a housing having a housing top side, a housing bottom side, a housing front side, a housing back side, a housing left side, and a housing right side. The housing front side is spaced apart from the housing back side in parallel opposition defining a housing interior. The housing top side has a card slot extending through to the housing interior. The housing receives a credit card through the card slot. A brush is coupled to the housing. The brush is coupled to the housing back side within the housing interior and is saturated with a sanitizing solution. The brush applies the sanitizing solution to the credit card when it is inserted through the card slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11826293
    Abstract: A wheel brush for a wheelchair has a brush assembly that is slidably disposed within a main housing and biased therein via a spring. A brush head is held within one end of the brush assembly so that a portion of the bristles of the assembly extend beyond an open end of the main housing. The device is attached to a brake arm of the wheelchair via a mount member that has a channel such that the brake arm is received within the channel. The wheellock assembly pushes the device toward a rear wheel of the wheelchair such that the bristles engage the wheel and brush dirt off the wheel as the wheelchair rolls being biased thereonto by the spring. The mount member acts as the brake arm for the wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Billy Tolbert
  • Patent number: 11672329
    Abstract: A paint brush incorporating a handle; the paint brush further incorporating a ferrule which is fixedly attached to the handle, the ferrule having an interior space; the paint brush further incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets mounted within the ferrule's interior space; the paint brush further incorporating a body of bristles mounted within the ferrule; wherein the permanent magnets are positioned and arranged within the ferrule so that the paint brush may utilize the lip of an opened paint can as a secure temporary resting place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Mitch Conner, Nikki Conner
  • Patent number: 11547524
    Abstract: A collector used to collect bone includes: a container body defining an interior containment space for receiving and retaining collected bone, and having at least one open end for access and removal of collected bone from the interior containment space; and a cap in covering relation to the open end of the container body such that access to the interior containment space for removal of collected bone is inhibited. The collector includes an intake port defining an opening for receiving therein a distal end of a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone from a cutting area thereof, and the cap includes at least one scraper for engaging and dislodging cut bone from the cutting area of a distal end of a kerrison rongeur when received within the intake port. The collector preferably is used with a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: H & M Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Sean Hensler, Thomas Eric Melin, Ryan Shane Gorman, Raeshon Lamont McNeil, Michael Morgan Starkey, Thomas James Philpott
  • Patent number: 11527859
    Abstract: A splice assembly for engaging a conductor includes a brush configured to engage the conductor. The brush includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion. The housing defines a housing axis extending between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion defines a cavity having an open end. The second portion defines a bore. A diameter of the cavity is larger than a diameter of the bore. The cavity and the bore are configured to receive the conductor therethrough. The brush further includes a brush member secured within the cavity and positioned proximate the open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Seydou Diop, Adrian Beau Candelaria
  • Patent number: 11439884
    Abstract: A system for a golfing device including a glove assembly and a brush assembly is disclosed. The glove assembly includes a glove to be worn on a desired hand of a user. The brush assembly includes a brush removably secured to the glove. The brush helps to clean golfing equipment. Additionally, the brush serves as a training aid and helps the user with proper alignment and hand position on a golf club prior to a golf swing. When the user positions their hands on the golf club, the brush aligns with the golf club ensuring that the user has proper hand position on the golf club for a better golf swing due to proper alignment. The brush reinforces proper hand positioning and alignment as the user is instantly aware when the golf club is misaligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Richard E. Lynn, Verlaine Lynn
  • Patent number: 11391025
    Abstract: A method for removing a sink drain stopper includes providing a sink drain aid including a handle and a suction cup connected to the handle; engaging the sink drain aid suction cup to a sink stopper; and pulling on the handle to remove the sink drain stopper. A device to perform the method includes the sink drain aid described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Jackson C Dooley
  • Patent number: 11285922
    Abstract: A wheel brush for a wheelchair has an inverted U-shaped brush housing that has a longitudinal channel and an open bottom. A brush head is slidably received within the channel such that bristles located on the brush head extend out through the open bottom of the brush housing. The open bottom is sufficiently narrow as to prevent the brush head from passing therepast. A resilient clip is attached to the brush housing and is clipped to a vertical post of the wheelchair, such as the arm rest post, and is positioned so that the bristles engage a portion of the outer periphery of one of the wheels so as to brush clean the wheels whenever the wheelchair rolls and the rear wheels rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Billy Tolbert
  • Patent number: 11272780
    Abstract: An application brush for a cosmetic formula comprising: i) a base having a central axis and including a top surface that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the central axis and a bottom that is spaced apart from the top surface along the central axis; and ii) a bundle of bristles that is mounted on the bottom of the base. Tips of bristles forming the bundle of bristles cooperate to define a virtual plane that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the central axis, and the virtual plane has an oval shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Yuji Asano
  • Patent number: 11241136
    Abstract: A hardened or flexible tool created for cleaning, removing debris, preventing brush debris from being left on a surface, preventing flare ups and fires for all users of grate(s) with particular application to grates being used in grills, can be formed from a hardened material for the added cleaning ability and safety for all users of grill grates, grates, grills or the like. The handle may be of any material, shape, size, color, holes, indentions or composition and may or may not be attached by chemical bond, friction fit, snap fit, bolt on, or the like. The molding/forming, stamping, cutting creation of the device can include but is not limited to laser cutting, water jetting, molding, forming and stamping. The device can be formed from a composition which may include, but is not limited to steel, stainless steel, metal, plastic, wood, rubber, plastic and synthetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventor: Timothy S. Nash
  • Patent number: 11160359
    Abstract: An oral care implement that includes a head having a face with a tuft hole therein. A plurality of bristles are disposed within the tuft hole and arranged in a bristle tuft that extends from the face of the head. The bristle tuft includes a first subset of the bristles and a second subset of the bristles. Each of the bristles has a longitudinal axis and a transverse cross-sectional profile having a major axis and a minor axis, the major axes of the bristles being longer than the minor axes of the bristles. The major axes of the bristles of the first subset may be non-parallel to the major axes of the bristles of the second subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas Mintel, Douglas Hohlbein
  • Patent number: 11090139
    Abstract: A dental tool for resurfacing thread forms of a dental implant is disclosed. The tool includes a main body having a cylindrical member with a slot. A blade having a head is inserted in the slot to orient the head to protrude from the interior surface of the cylindrical member of the main body. The main body may be rotated into traversing a thread form of the implant. A compression sleeve is inserted over the main body. The compression sleeve has an open position and a closed position to hold the blade in the slot. The compression sleeve may be flexed by relative movement of the blades to resurface threads of a tapered dental implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher R. Goodman, Alan Mark Meltzer
  • Patent number: 10986916
    Abstract: A power hairbrush which oscillates in operation with a frequency in the range of 55 Hz-120 Hz and an amplitude in the range of 8-20°, with a brushhead adapted to remove sebum and other material from the scalp and hair of a user, the brushhead including a plurality of lines or rows of filament tufts, wherein each filament in the filament tufts at its distal end is split into several portions. The brushhead further includes a plurality of lines of solid tuft members positioned adjacent to the lines of filament tufts. The filament tufts are approximately 1-3 mm taller than the solid tuft members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Gerald K Brewer, Akiko Kamigori
  • Patent number: 10905103
    Abstract: A device for assisting the application of medicaments to pets includes first and second elongated members. Each elongated member includes a proximal end and a distal end, a handle portion extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and comb teeth extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The proximal end of the second elongated member and the proximal end of the first elongated member are pivotally attached to one another. The comb teeth of the first and second elongated members extend in the same direction perpendicular to a plane in which the first and second members pivot relative to each other. The handle portions extend in the same or parallel plane in which the first and second members pivot relative to one another. The device is used to part the hair of the pet so that the medicament can be applied directly to the pet's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Kyle Edward McKiver
  • Patent number: 10858853
    Abstract: Buoyant, autonomous devices for actively scrubbing upstanding walls of swimming pools and spas at and nearby their waterlines are detailed. The devices may be configured to float on and travel along a surface of water of a pool and include at least one brush or scrubber adapted to contact pool walls. An electric motor may cause the scrubber to rotate about a shaft or axle, with frictional contact between the scrubber and the wall dislodging dirt and debris therefrom. In particular, if a scrubber is conically shaped and angled relative to the vertical direction, its rotating blades may lift water from the pool to hydrate dried debris stuck to the wall, thereby facilitating dislodging of the debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Hendrikus Johannes van der Meijden, Michael Edward Moore
  • Patent number: 10849414
    Abstract: A hair brush apparatus comprises a handle, an outer frame extending from the handle, and an inner frame, each with proximal and distal ends. Each of the outer frame and the inner frame includes a plurality of parallel prongs with ends and channels that are disposed in alternating arrangement, whereby the outer and inner frame prongs are interleaved together. A suspension assembly comprises a base suspension member attaching the outer frame proximal end to the inner frame proximal end. At least one prong suspension member attaches at least one inner frame prong end to at least one outer frame channel. The suspension assembly enables relative movement of the inner frame with respect to the outer frame in at least two axes, selected from a longitudinal, lateral and transverse axis. A control member can be used to manipulate the movable inner frame in any direction as desired by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Kevin Vrtaric
  • Patent number: 10799017
    Abstract: A makeup applicator storage system includes a makeup applicator holder that has a first end and a second end. The makeup applicator holder is shaped to hold a makeup applicator at the first end firmly enough that the makeup applicator holder can be used as a handle during makeup application. The makeup applicator holder includes first ferromagnetic material at the second end of the makeup applicator holder. A storage container has a storage lid that includes second ferromagnetic material at an underside of the storage lid. The second ferromagnetic material is oriented at an underside of the storage lid so that the makeup applicator holder can be magnetically attached to the storage lid allowing the makeup applicator, when held by the makeup applicator holder, to be hung from the storage lid when the storage lid is on the storage container and the storage container is oriented so that the storage lid is on a top of the storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: James Thao Kieu
  • Patent number: 10799015
    Abstract: A heated shaving brush having a housing with an interior space that houses a shaft that acts as a tube to allow shaving cream or similar lubricating agent to pass through to a bristle assembly that a user applies to their body. The shaft is adjacent to a heating element that is powered by alternating or direct current, thereby heating the shaving cream as it passes through the hollowed shaft. A graduated knob can modulate the speed at which the shaving cream passes through the shaft, thereby increasing or decreasing the temperature of the shaving cream before it is applied to a user's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventors: Francisco Velazquez, Hector Roig
  • Patent number: 10791819
    Abstract: A loose strand retainer including: (a) only one base, the only one base including a top surface configured for receiving and retaining loose strands and a bottom surface; and (b) an attachment means disposed on the bottom surface, the attachment means configured for attaching the loose strand retainer to a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Jeana Caccamise
  • Patent number: 10716437
    Abstract: A skin cleanser includes a surface, such as a silicone surface, with at least one textured portion for transmitting vibrational tapping to the skin. The skin cleanser includes at least one oscillating motor for generating the tapping motion to the skin. The textured portion includes touch-points or a wave that transmit the tapping motion to skin in contact with the textured portions. The touch-points may include thicker and thinner formations of the touch-points to provide firmer or softer vibrations to the skin. The touch-points are within about 0.5 to 2.5 mm in diameter. One configuration includes multiple oscillating motors configured to provide different vibration frequencies at around 50-300 Hertz and operable simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: FOREO Inc.
    Inventor: Filip Sedic
  • Patent number: 10631624
    Abstract: A carpet and upholstery cleaning product is configured to store a consumable cleaning solution and dispense the cleaning solution to treat a spot or stain on a surface to be cleaned. The cleaning product can include a bottle defining a reservoir for the cleaning solution, a fluid dispensing outlet provided on an angled neck of the, and a scrubber on the bottle for scrubbing stains on the surface to be cleaned, wherein the scrubber is offset from the fluid outlet such that the cleaning solution is not dispensed through the scrubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz, Victoria J. Royale, Lauren M. Lenkowski, Christopher D. Barr
  • Patent number: 10610006
    Abstract: An angle adjustable paint applicator assembly for painting at different angles includes a head that has an outer end, an inner end and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends between the outer and inner ends. A plurality of bristles is attached to the head and extends outwardly away from the outer end. A handle is included and has a first end and a second end. A coupler is pivotally couples the first end of the handle to the inner end of the head. The coupler includes a securing member to releasably secure the head a selected angle relative to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventor: Willie Snipes
  • Patent number: 10583813
    Abstract: A wheel rim cleaner for cleaning a rim of tire. The wheel rim cleaner includes a housing having a first side and a second side. The first side includes a first fastener disposed at a center thereof. An elongated arm extends radially from the first fastener, wherein the elongated arm includes a brush member on a distal end thereof. The elongated arm is telescopic such that the arm extends outwardly and retracts inwardly relative to the center of the first side. The second side includes a sidewall extending from a perimeter thereof, wherein the sidewall defines an open end. A bearing is disposed within the open end, wherein the bearing rotates the housing independently from a hub of a wheel rim. A second fastener is affixed to the bearing, wherein the second fastener secures the wheel rim cleaner to the hub of the wheel rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Bruce Jarnagin
  • Patent number: 10577785
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of an external hair strainer. The external hair strainer can have a number of components. For example, the external hair strainer can include a rim positioned on a first plane. The external hair strainer can also include a button positioned on a second plane parallel to the first plane. In some instances, the external hair strainer can include a suction cup protruding from the button in the direction of the rim. Moreover, the external hair strainer can have a plurality of spokes connecting an inner diameter of the rim to an outer diameter of the button, each of the plurality of spokes comprising a bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Danco, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Schuster
  • Patent number: 10531727
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacture of a hair brush. The method has the steps, in the sequence of, i) forming a base layer in the form of a mesh by way of a first molding step, the base layer defining an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, made of a first material selected from a group consisting of polypropylene (PP), nylon, polyoxymethylene (POM) and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), and including a plurality of recesses with apertures at the upper surface, ii) forming a substrate layer for supporting bristles of the hair brush by a second molding step of overmoulding a finishing layer over the base layer, the finishing layer made of a second material; iii) installing the bristles to the substrate layer at the recesses through the apertures; and iv) assembling the substrate layer installed with the bristles to a casing of the hair brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Tung Hing Plastic Manufactory Ltd.
    Inventor: Ka Chuen Sze
  • Patent number: 10519638
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for an external hair catcher. The external hair catcher can include a rim positioned on a first plane. In some instances, the external hair catcher can include a button positioned on a second plane parallel to the first plane. In other instances, the external hair catcher can include a suction cup protruding from the button in the direction of the rim. Moreover, the external hair catcher can include a plurality of spokes connecting an inner diameter of the rim to an outer diameter of the button, each of the plurality of spokes comprising a bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Danco, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Schuster
  • Patent number: 10492596
    Abstract: A brush organizer system including a support assembly including a first-elongated-support member, a second-elongated-support member, and a base. The first-elongated-support member and the second-elongated-support member are positioned parallel and adjacent to one another creating a channel for inserting at least one item having a handle. The brush organizer system effectively holds and stores brushes in a neat and sanitary manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventor: Audrey Pegues
  • Patent number: 10328909
    Abstract: A snow removal device for an automobile including a rectangular flexible sheet and each of a front seam and a back seam disposed within the rectangular flexible sheet. Each of a front cord and a back cord of a pair of cords is continuously disposed through an entirety of each of the front seam and the back seam, respectively. Each of a plurality of stitchings permanently affixes one of the pair of cords to the rectangular flexible sheet. Each of a right handle and a left handle of a pair of rigid handles is attached to the pair of cords. One of the pair of handles is configured to be held by one of a pair of users in order to allow the pair of users to brush snow off the automobile using the rectangular flexible sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Dudley, Linda Dudley
  • Patent number: 10307032
    Abstract: Cleansing apparatus and systems are provided. One cleansing apparatus includes a perimeter surface defining an enclosed area, a first surface defining a first side and including a first plane coupled to and adjacent the perimeter surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface and defining a second side including a second plane coupled to and adjacent the perimeter surface. The enclosed area includes a spring connected to the perimeter surface, wherein the spring is engageable on one of the first side and the second side and extends beyond the one of the first plane and the second plane when engaged, the spring is defined and resides within the enclosed area when disengaged, and the spring is retractable within the one of the first plane and the second plane when disengaged. A system includes the above spring and an attachment mechanism for attaching the cleansing apparatus to a foreign surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Shawn R. Alstad
  • Patent number: 10238202
    Abstract: A brush for the application of cosmetic products, including a grip body having at least a housing seat made to measure for a plurality of hairs adapted to take, apply and spread cosmetic products on a user, in which the plurality of hairs is divided into: a first group of hairs adjacent to one another and fitted to measure in the housing seat and defining a convex spreading surface which is adapted to spread the cosmetic products on the user; and a second group of hairs adjacent to one another and inserted in the first group of hairs, defining a taking and application surface which is protruding with respect to the spreading surface and has a substantially pointed shape and is suitable for taking the cosmetic products and for their point-like application on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Pennelli Faro S.r.l.
    Inventor: Gianluca Serposi
  • Patent number: 10232503
    Abstract: A device for treating a target, such as cleaning a window. The device has a handle and head, mounted in pivotal relationship to each other. When the head is placed in sliding, contacting relationship with the target surface the handle can pivot relative to the head for the ergonomic convenience of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, William Michael Cannon, Kevin Michael Rodgers, Kin Wong Pierce Yau, David Keith Dycher, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Bengt Ivar Anders Ivarsson
  • Patent number: 10232204
    Abstract: An explosion isolation device for collecting dust discharged from a hopper into a dust collection drum that eliminates an airlock requirement to isolate the negative pressured dust collector from receiving air via a bottom aperture in the lower portion of the hopper, thereby preventing an explosion in the dust collector that exceeds the pressure rating of the device and dust collection drum. The explosion isolation device includes a spool member detachably secured to a drum cover having an aperture configured and dimensioned substantially similar to an aperture through the spool member. The drum cover is detachably secured to the dust collection drum via a drum cover clamp, which is secured to the spool member or alternatively to the drum cover such that the clamp is suspended beneath the drum cover when the dust collection drum is full and replaced by an empty drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: David Hakes
  • Patent number: 10219878
    Abstract: A dental tool for resurfacing thread forms of a dental implant is disclosed. The tool includes a main body having a cylindrical member with a slot. A blade having a head is inserted in the slot to orient the head to protrude from the interior surface of the cylindrical member of the main body. The main body may be rotated into traversing a thread form of the implant. A compression sleeve is inserted over the main body. The compression sleeve has an open position and a closed position to hold the blade in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher R. Goodman, Alan Mark Meltzer
  • Patent number: 10098433
    Abstract: An adjustable diameter mechanism includes a plurality of cylinder portions, each of the cylinder portions comprising an arcuate portion of a cylinder and extending along an arc of less than or about 120 degrees of a 360 degree circle and having an inner side and an outer side. The inner side of the cylinder portions are coupled to first ends of a scissors mechanism at a pivot point and a slot of the cylinder portions, the scissors mechanism having a first and a second piece pivotally coupled at a pivot coupling, respective second ends of the scissors mechanism coupled to a respective pair of threaded bolts engaged with a screw having opposing threads meeting at a central point thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Masood Habibi
  • Patent number: 10028625
    Abstract: A towel bar/hanging apparatus includes a sleeve extending through a horizontal surface of a sink rim and/or countertop is located adjacent a sink. An elongate arm is slidingly received through the sleeve. The arm is slidable through the sleeve to an extended position over the sink and to a retracted position below the horizontal surface. In its extended position, towels can be draped over the arm for drying and water dripping therefrom falls into the sink. In its extended position, the arm is prevented from unintentionally falling into its retracted position. The arm can comprise a pair of elongate links hingedly secured together, whereby one link is pivotable relative to the other for extending over the sink. The sleeve is preferably secured to a base flange secured atop the horizontal surface. The base flange can include a sprayer head hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventor: Marion J Tarlton
  • Patent number: 9986817
    Abstract: A precision paint brush formed from an arcuate ferrule attached to a handle and carrying a number of filaments oriented into a complementary arch shape for accurate and efficient administration of liquids such as paint is provided. By creating an apex within the application surface as formed by the arched filaments, the brush produces a more focused application surface area, particularly useful in situations such as painting a wall in close proximity to the ceiling, as pressure by the user into the substrate compels the filaments to spread out without exceeding the defined apex area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen D. Wesley
  • Patent number: 9950352
    Abstract: A faucet cleaner. The faucet cleaner includes a supply bottle having a base, a sidewall extending from the base, and a neck. The neck includes a top end having a rim forming an opening into the supply bottle. A delivery cup is secured to the neck of the supply bottle. The delivery cup includes a base and a sidewall extending from the base. A channel runs from inside the supply bottle through the opening formed by the rim of the neck, through the base of the pump mechanism and into delivery cup so that the top end is disposed in the delivery cup. A plurality of bristles are secured to the base of the delivery cup and disposed within the delivery cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Bryan Jay Ahlquist
  • Patent number: 9907440
    Abstract: A back scrubbing assembly includes a reservoir that may be filled with a liquid soap. The reservoir may be coupled to a wall in a shower. A plurality of couplers is provided and each of the couplers is coupled to the reservoir. Each of the couplers may engage the wall in the shower. A plurality of cleaning members is provided. A selected one of the cleaning members is removably coupled to the reservoir. Thus, the selected cleaning member may scrub a back of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Inventor: Judie McClean
  • Patent number: 9894984
    Abstract: A dual-purpose hair styling and retention device including a curved handle having a top surface couplable to a user's head and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, the top surface and the bottom surface forming a hand gripping surface. The dual-purpose hair styling and retention device also includes a base pivotally coupled to the handle, the base having an upper surface and a bottom surface opposite the upper surface, the upper surface including a plurality of bristles coupled thereto. The dual-purpose hair styling and retention device further includes an extended configuration in which the handle extends from the base to expose the hand gripping surface and a hair-retention configuration in which the base is selectively coupled to the bottom surface of the handle to at least partially obstruct the hand gripping surface and expose the plurality of bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Crownstyler, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Accetura, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9743747
    Abstract: A surface cleaning implement for use with an elongated handle is provided. The implement includes a largely rectangular and asymmetric body region with rounded outer edges, largely planar upper and lower surfaces, and upstanding contact material coextensively disposed thereon. The body region is a largely flattened structure having a first and second leading edge corner, the corners comprising where the leading edge of the body region transitions to the side edges. The first corner comprises a large, sweeping radius for cleaning curving and open surfaces. The second corner comprises a sharp corner having a small radius, chamfered, protuberant, or largely square corner wherein overly elongated and stiffened contact material extends therefrom for contacting surfaces within corners or within confined areas. The head region includes a back end having a handle receiving sheath and suitable support therefor, wherein an elongated handle is attached thereto for use away from the user's person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Amparo Del Carmen Perez
  • Patent number: 9718446
    Abstract: A wheel brush assembly for use of the wheelchair that includes: a housing; a spring within the housing, where the spring extends from a first end of the housing; a brush that abuts one side of the spring at a first end of the brush; a plurality of bristles on a second end of the brush that extends out of an opening of the housing; and a magnet that enables the attachment of the housing onto a wheel brake. The plurality of bristles come in contact with a wheel of the wheelchair during operation, wherein the spring urges the plurality of bristles into contact with the wheel. Preferably, the plurality of bristles disengages with the wheel upon application of the brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Billy Tolbert
  • Patent number: 9675167
    Abstract: An applicator, such as a brush or other device, for applying products to a surface, such as the skin of a person. The applicator includes a handle and a bristle tuft connected to the handle. The bristle tuft may include a plurality of contoured bristles that define multiple surfaces for applying products. For example, the bristle tuft may include a first angled surface extending upwards from a first side of the bristle tuft, a second angled surface extending upwards from a second side of the bristle tuft, and a ridge defined at an intersection of the first angled surface and the second angled surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Sigma Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Simone Rodrigues Oliveira Xavier, Rene Xavier Filho
  • Patent number: 9527559
    Abstract: A boat brush tool for cleaning a boat pontoon, the boat brush tool having a generally J-shaped tubular support member with an upper section for manipulating the tool and a lower section carrying a plurality of brush bristles and having a curved shape corresponding to the outer surface of the pontoon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Michael Ford
  • Patent number: 9474667
    Abstract: The disclosed Wheelchair Contamination Shield is a fender for a wheelchair that covers a large portion of the tire, protects the user's fingers from contact with tire. Further, the Wheelchair Contamination Shield prevents fingers from being caught in gap between hand rim and wheel, where contact with the rotating standoffs can be harmful. The mounting system of the Wheelchair Contamination Shield optionally includes removable foam blocks and arcuate mounting slots. The combination of these elements simplifies the process of mounting the device on the wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Jason Gruber
  • Patent number: 9474352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mascara brush for applying a mascara liquid to eyelashes and a manufacturing method thereof, including a first step to fix to a core member many first brush bristles and many second brush bristles having softening point temperatures lower than those of the first brush bristles in a state where the first brush bristles and the second brush bristles are mixed with each other and extend radially, where while bending at least a partial area in a direction encircling the core member of the first brush bristles and the second brush bristles at intermediate positions in extending from the core member, subjecting the first brush bristles and the second brush bristles to an atmosphere of a temperature lower than the softening point temperatures of the first brush bristles and higher than the softening point temperatures of the second brush bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SHINOHARA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Hangai, Yasushi Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 9364136
    Abstract: A pole cleaning apparatus comprises an elongate handle portion engaged with a cleaning head. In certain embodiments, the cleaning head has a width shaped as a partial-tubular member and an opening extending along the longitudinal axis through which a pole is passed to engage the cleaning head with the pole to be cleaned. The cleaning head may include an inner arcuate surface configured to at least partially surround the pole. The apparatus also includes a mounting assembly designed to pivotably engage the cleaning head to the handle portion such that the handle portion is pivotable with respect to the cleaning head in at least one plane containing the longitudinal axis. Optionally, the apparatus may include a cleaning pad selectively engageable with the cleaning head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: Cherie Devir
  • Patent number: 9358959
    Abstract: A bicycle wheel cleaning system is used to clear dirt and debris from one or more of the wheels of a bicycle. The system includes at least one wheel cleaning assembly which is attached to a bicycle. The at least one wheel assembly is used to easily clean the wheel of a bicycle and includes a brush, a pushrod, a housing sleeve, and a spring-loaded control mechanism. The brush may be pressed against the wheel of the bicycle to clear debris. The push rod is used to move the brush towards or away from the wheel depending on if the wheel needs to be cleaned. The spring-loaded control mechanism interacts with the pushrod to either push the brush towards or away from the wheel. The housing sleeve is used to protect the spring-loaded control mechanism and to limit how far the pushrod may be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Craig Majka
  • Patent number: 9326643
    Abstract: A wall-mountable apparatus enables a user to scrub the user's back hands-free. The apparatus includes two primary features, namely, a slider plate and a back-engaging assembly. The slider plate includes laterally opposed plate-to-assembly engaging structures. The back-engaging assembly includes a plate-engaging interface structure, a bezel structure and a liquid material delivery assembly. The plate-engaging interface structure includes laterally-opposed plate-engaging structures. The laterally-opposed plate-engaging structures cooperate with the plate-to-assembly engaging structures for attaching the back-engaging assembly to the slider plate. The bezel structure includes a hemi-ovoidal outer surface, and an assembly-receiving inner surface. The liquid delivery apparatus is received adjacent the assembly-receiving surface and includes a liquid receptacle and liquid delivery elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Tao Xu, Xiaojun Zhang, Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 9265339
    Abstract: A brush and cleaning tool for removing hair accumulating in and between the bristles of the brush in a way that is non-strenuous for the user and non-damaging to the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Inventor: Jasper White
  • Patent number: 9226808
    Abstract: An attachment section suitable for connection to a handle section of an oral hygiene device is disclosed. The attachment section includes an attachment housing having a first coupling structure suitable for establishing a connection with a second coupling structure of the handle section; at least a functional element mounted at the attachment housing for driven movement; a motion transmitter extending in a cavity formed inside of the attachment housing, the motion transmitter being functionally connected on one end with the functional element; and a first magnetic coupling element arranged at another end of the motion transmitter, the first magnetic coupling element including at least a permanent magnet or a magnetizable element suitable for establishing a magnetic connection with a second magnetic coupling element provided in the handle section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: BRAUN GMBH
    Inventors: Joern Utsch, Norbert Schaefer