Patents Assigned to Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
  • Patent number: 11897532
    Abstract: Cart bumpers and carts including cart bumpers are described. In aspects, a cart bumper includes an outer contact wall, an inner rim, and a plurality of spokes extending from the inner rim to the outer contact wall, each spoke of the plurality of spokes defining a respective path. The outer contact wall and the plurality of spokes are configured to collapse in response to a mechanical force applied on the outer contact wall above a predetermined threshold force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Hillary A Pullen, Ryan M. Baker, Jeffrey S. Bertucci, Earle Cramer
  • Patent number: 11873161
    Abstract: A waste receptacle includes a housing, and a wheel assembly coupled to the housing. The wheel assembly includes an axle, a wheel secured to the axle and slidable along the axle between an outer position and an inner position, and a spacer. The spacer is removably securable to the axle adjacent the wheel in (i) a first position inward of the wheel to operably retain the wheel in the outer position, and (ii) in a second position outward of the wheel to operably retain the wheel in the inner position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Vadim Voznyuk, Timothy Pierzynski
  • Patent number: 11771790
    Abstract: A pre-saturated disposable disinfecting wipe may include a microfiber cloth. The microfiber cloth may include a low weight substrate having a first face and an opposed second face, and microfiber yarn attached to the low weight substrate in a plurality of parallel rows of stitches. The pre-saturated disposable disinfecting wipe further includes a disinfecting formulation saturated in the microfiber cloth. The pre-saturated disposable disinfecting wipe may have a single-touch two-minute wetness coverage of more than 100 in2. A method of manufacturing a pre-saturated disposable disinfecting wipe may include saturating, with a disinfecting formulation, a microfiber cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Weidong Wu, Brian Smallwood, Dimple Bhesania, Dan Troutman
  • Patent number: 11767045
    Abstract: A collapsible cart may include a collapsible frame, a foldable shelf, and an interior support column. The collapsible frame includes a first frame portion and a second frame portion. The frame is configured to move between an open configuration and a collapsed configuration by relative translation between the first frame portion and the second frame portion. The foldable shelf extends between the first frame portion and the second frame portion. The foldable shelf is configured to fold to allow the frame to move from the open configuration to the collapsed configuration. The column transversely extends through a column slot defined by the foldable shelf. The cart further includes at least one column brace slidably coupling the frame to the column. The cart further includes at least one shelf brace slidably coupling the foldable shelf to the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Zesch, Tyler Stanley Switzer, Ryan M. Baker, Jeffrey S. Bertucci, Juan Carlos Perez
  • Patent number: 11745941
    Abstract: A waste receptacle includes a cinch tab and a cinch defined by the cinch tab. The cinch includes an opening configured to admit a liner portion of a waste liner. The cinch also includes a notch continuous with and extending away from the opening. At least a portion of the opening narrows in width in a direction extending away from the notch. The opening and the notch are configured to retain the liner portion to at least partially secure the waste liner to the waste receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Perez, Ryan Baker, Christopher Parke, Wesley Alan Steen
  • Patent number: 11674302
    Abstract: Modular enclosures, structures, and components thereof are provided herein. A modular enclosure may include a plurality of enclosure panels and a dormer. A modular assembly may include first and second panels, an elongated structural reinforcing member, and a connector pin connecting the first and second panels. Another modular assembly may include a molded panel including an elongated channel, an elongated reinforcing member positioned in the channel, and at least one fastener configured to retain the elongated reinforcing member within the channel. The elongated reinforcing member may include pins to be retained within blind bores of the elongated channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: Erik Lee Skov
  • Patent number: 11134823
    Abstract: Mop buckets and methods of using the same are provided. A mop bucket includes a liquid-retaining portion that permits retained liquid to move in a liquid-movement direction extending from the first sidewall portion toward the second sidewall portion within a higher-momentum region and an energy-dissipation device disposed within the liquid-retaining portion and extending into the higher-momentum region, the energy-dissipation device being configured to inhibit buildup of momentum of liquid in the higher-momentum region along at least a portion of the liquid-movement direction by breaking surface tension of the liquid. The energy-dissipation device includes at least three baffles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Adam Luedke, Russell Arthur Banks
  • Patent number: 10966589
    Abstract: Debris pans and debris pan assemblies are provided. A debris pan includes a bin with an open end for receiving debris and a closed interior for containing debris. A plurality of baffles protrude from a floor of the closed interior, and the plurality of baffles may be configured to slow debris flow inside the closed interior. A debris pan assembly includes a bin, a yoke attached to the bin, and an elongated shaft attached to the yoke. The debris pan assembly also includes a latch on the bin that is selectively pivotable between a first position and a second position. The first position of the latch is configured to engage the yoke such that the bin and the yoke are rigidly positioned relative to one another. The second position of the latch is configured to disengage the yoke from the bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Mike Gregory, Marcel Arantes Souza, Josh Hansen, Allen Wong, Hillary Pullen
  • Patent number: 10932646
    Abstract: A multi-purpose cleaning device is provided that can be used with multiple different types of cleaning attachments. The cleaning device includes a handle that is attachable to a socket device that includes several claw members. The claw members have interior portions that are contoured so that the space between the claw members forms a sphere-shaped socket. The cleaning attachments preferably include a ball portion that can be securely mated within the sphere-shaped socket. When the user prefers three degrees of freedom for the attachment, the ball has impeded rotation within the socket. When the user prefers one degree of freedom for the attachment, the ball also includes a rod or post that can releasably lock the ball to the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Jace Weaver, David Wilusz
  • Patent number: 10729304
    Abstract: A squeegee includes a foam blade assembly and a rubber blade secured in and/or to a main body. The foam blade assembly includes a plurality of posts which project through sets of coaxial openings in the main body and rubber blade and a plurality of fastening structures (e.g., nuts) engage the posts to secure the foam blade assembly and rubber blade to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Jace Weaver, Ryan Sheckels, David Wilusz
  • Patent number: D878871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Zarkis, Brian Smallwood
  • Patent number: D891019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Pierre-Thomas Courteille, Emily R. Gasta
  • Patent number: D903215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Pierre-Thomas Courteille, Emily R. Gasta
  • Patent number: D919221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Perez, Ryan Baker, Christopher Parke, Wesley Alan Steen
  • Patent number: D925857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Brian Wortham Downing, Juan Carlos Perez, Dylan Arthur Terry, Ryan Michael Baker, Christopher John Parke
  • Patent number: D925858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Hillary A. Pullen, Ryan M. Baker, Jeffrey S. Bertucci, Earle Cramer
  • Patent number: D941120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventor: Tyler Stanley Switzer
  • Patent number: D952981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Vadim Voznyuk, Timothy Pierzynski
  • Patent number: D974690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Zesch, Tyler Stanley Switzer, Ryan M. Baker, Jeffrey S. Bertucci, Juan Carlos Perez
  • Patent number: D1023339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Perez, Christopher Parke, Erik Lee Skov