Patents Examined by Mary Spisich
  • Patent number: 6745428
    Abstract: This invention relates a cleaning brush of the type used for cleaning cooking grills. The cleaning brush comprises a handle member with a brush portion mountable to and dismountable from the handle member. The brush portion has a mountable frame member and brush bristles extending from the mountable frame member wherein the mountable frame member has an upper contact surface, outer side contact surfaces, and a locating securement member. The handle member has a head portion with a lower contact surface for contact with the upper contact surface of the mountable frame member when the brush portion is mounted to the handle member. The head portion has an opening to receive the locating securement member for locking movement of the brush portion in the forward, rearward or lateral directions when the brush portion is mounted to the handle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Kevin MacLean
  • Patent number: 5940919
    Abstract: A street sweeping vehicle has a generally centrally disposed longitudinal axis, a sweeping brush disposed laterally across the longitudinal axis for sweeping debris forwardly into an elevator disposed forwardly of the sweeping brush and laterally across the generally centrally disposed longitudinal axis, and opposed left and right drag shoes disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis and laterally bordering the sweeping brush and elevator. The elevator lifts debris received from the sweeping brush into a hopper for subsequent controlled dumping therefrom. Each drag shoe comprises a main body member having a front end and a back end. A mounting assembly permits mounting of each drag shoe on the street sweeping vehicle in road tracking relation. A bottom surface is shaped for substantially sealed contact with a road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventor: Roger P. Vanderlinden