Patents Examined by Shay Karls
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Patent number: 12102219Abstract: A brush has a brush head having a main body and bristles extending therefrom, with the main body having a cylindrical shaft with a rounded cylindrical circumference. Semispherical bodies having bristles extending therefrom are adapted to be removably secured to axially opposite ends of the main body. These bristles radially extend 360° around both the cylindrical circumference of the main body and each semispherical body. A handle for the brush and an adapter for coupling the brush to a handle, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Asia Connection LLCInventors: Mitch Saccoccio, Jonathan Bonelli, Daniel Schonfeld
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Patent number: 12096845Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a skin treatment device and an interface for, preferably detachably, attaching a brush to a skin treatment device, wherein the skin treatment device comprises a drive unit, a component part driven by the drive unit to perform a rotatory and/or oscillating movement and a hood at least partially encasing said driven component part. One of said brush and said driven component part comprises at least two protrusions which both extend through openings in the hood when the brush is attached to the skin treatment device. At least one of said protrusions engages the other of said brush and said driven component part by snap fit when the brush is attached to the skin treatment device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Thorsten Piesker, Xinwu Lai, Tiandong Guo
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Patent number: 12096900Abstract: A mop bucket for cleaning and squeezing a flat mop, including a bucket body and a squeezing device disposed inside the bucket body; the bucket body has a squeezing water section and a cleaning section, which are respectively at two different positions when used; when the mop head of the flat mop is removably inserted into the squeezing device, the squeezing device presses against the wiper on the mop head and scrapes the wiper on the mop head. The embodiments also include a cleaning tool set. The mop bucket can clean and squeeze a wiper on the flat mop by integrating both functions of cleaning and squeezing together, provide better cleaning and squeezing effects, and realize a convenient and labor-saving squeezing operation and pleasurable user experience.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: CIXI BOSHENG PLASTIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhiyong Huang
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Patent number: 12096899Abstract: A mop bucket for cleaning and squeezing a flat mop, includes a bucket body and a squeezing device disposed inside the bucket body; the bucket body has a squeezing water section and a cleaning section, which are respectively at two different positions when used; when the mop head of the flat mop is removably inserted into the squeezing device, the squeezing device presses against the wiper on the mop head and scrapes the wiper on the mop head. The embodiments also include a cleaning tool set. The mop bucket can clean and squeeze a wiper on the flat mop by integrating both functions of cleaning and squeezing together, provide better cleaning and squeezing effects, and realize a convenient and labor-saving squeezing operation and pleasurable user experience.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: CIXI BOSHENG PLASTIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhiyong Huang
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Patent number: 12090015Abstract: An electric toothbrush replacement head device includes: a toothbrush replacement head. The toothbrush replacement head includes: a toothbrush handle and a toothbrush head, a bottom of the toothbrush handle defines a bottom hole, the toothbrush head includes: a brush component, and the brush component includes: bristles. The toothbrush handle is provided with a hollow fixing column therein, which is located at a lower end of the toothbrush handle, a middle part of the fixing column is provided with an elastic sheet, and a bottom of the fixing column defines a mounting hole. A new type of the electric toothbrush replacement head device with a simpler structure, more flexible assembly and disassembly, more convenient use, better teeth cleaning effect, and stronger stability is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Inventor: Mingfeng Li
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Patent number: 12089567Abstract: Disclosed herein is an egg washing brush apparatus to clean an individual egg, the apparatus comprising a deformable half egg-shaped shell comprising a plurality of bristle bands, a plurality of protrusions extending inward from the bristle bands and configured to contact an egg.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2024Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Inventors: Timothy Rowberry, Bryce Van Leuven
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Patent number: 12082688Abstract: A pad cleaner is in the shape of a “stone” or an ellipsoid. The pad cleaner has a first surface bowed in the center which curves down from the center radially outward to the edges of the first surface. The pad cleaner has a second surface bowed in the center, which curves up from the center radially outward to the edges of the second surface. The first surface is joined to the second surface at the edges of both surfaces forming a hollow center. There are ridges or spikes extending normal to the second surface that are arranged in a pattern to produce a cleaning effect. The first surface has a cutout extending through a material thickness of the first surface to expose the hollow center. The hollow center can be used to store pads.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Gloriana Redondo, William Robert Bickford, Andrea Saverino, Jason Fyfe
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Patent number: 12075907Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toothbrush that enables an appropriate brushing pressure to be more reliably recognized. A head portion (10) provided on a tip end side in a long axis direction and having a bristle tufting surface (11), a grip portion (30) disposed on a rear end side from the head portion, and a neck portion (20) disposed between the bristle tufting surface and the grip portion are provided. A sound generation portion (70) that generates a click sound due to deformation when an external force in a first direction orthogonal to the bristle tufting surface exceeds a threshold value is provided on a rear end side from the bristle tufting surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Lion CorporationInventor: Yuya Kimoto
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Patent number: 12077926Abstract: A curb sweeping apparatus for releasable engagement with a blade of a blade-carrying machine such as a motor grader, for example, the blade being arcuate in cross-section and having a top edge and a bottom cutting edge, the sweeping apparatus being comprised of a height and depth adjustable mounting assembly, a carrier frame fixedly connected to the mounting assembly, and a motor-driven rotary sweeper comprised of a sweeper brush assembly rotatably mounted to the carrier frame and a sweeper motor mounted to the carrier frame and operably coupled to the sweeper brush assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2024Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Inventor: Richard Kennedy
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Patent number: 12076758Abstract: Devices are methods are disclosed for a ladder cleaning device. The ladder cleaning device comprises a number of rings. The rings are adapted to be arranged around rungs of a ladder. A cord passes through a hole in each of said rings. The device further comprises at least one attachment device adapted for attaching said cord to the ladder. The ladder cleaning device may be in the form of a kit of parts to allow retrofitting on the ladder.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Ørsted Wind Power A/SInventors: Lucas Glaeser, Kurt Gilmour, Klaus Baggesen Hilger
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Patent number: 12070122Abstract: Powered toothbrush systems that provide improved bristle positioning and bristle contact with tooth surfaces that reduce the time and effort required for effective brushing. Some embodiments use alternating or oscillating pneumatic pressure and suction to move a toothbrush head. Various configuration of the brush head provide different areas of coverage ranging from individual tooth to quarter mouth (U-cross section), to half (U-cross section or H-cross section) or whole mouth (U-cross section or H-cross section) coverage. Some embodiments include flexible fingers and/or bladders to keep the bristle tips properly engaged with the teeth and gums, providing bristle contact over a wide variety of malocclusion. The shape of the brush heads adapts to conform closely to the shape of the user's dental tray and to any malocclusion that may be present. The powered toothbrush automatically generates motion of the brush head that simulates the Modified Bass Method of brushing.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: RYCA INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Gerald K. Brewer, Caleb Vainikka, Chris Redinger, Aaron Poole, Joe Skidmore
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Patent number: 12070121Abstract: An interdental cleaning tool that is easily insertable in an interdental space by a user and has a high cleaning capability includes a base portion including a shaft portion having a shape insertable in an interdental space, and a cleaning portion that covers at least a portion of the shaft portion and is capable of cleaning an interdental space. The shaft portion has a triangular cross section on an orthogonal plane perpendicularly intersecting an axial direction of the shaft portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Tasuku Kikkawa
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Patent number: 12064306Abstract: A dental implant locator cleaning assembly includes a cleaning head that is attachable to a periodontal tool which employs oscillation and pressurized water for cleaning dental implants. The cleaning head has a plurality of tabs oriented to surround a dental implant locator for scrubbing an outer surface of the dental implant locator when the periodontal tool is turned on. The cleaning head has a fluid nozzle that is centrally positioned therein and is surrounded by the plurality of tabs. The fluid nozzle extends into a well in the dental implant locator and the fluid nozzle is in fluid communication with the periodontal tool when the cleaning head is attached to the periodontal tool. In this way the fluid nozzle can spray a fluid into the well in the dental implant locator for cleaning debris from the well in the dental implant locator.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Inventor: Mahnaz Zandi Hanjari
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Patent number: 12048370Abstract: A manual toothbrush, having a front side and a back side, includes a disposable head comprising a head material and a reusable handle comprising a handle material that is different from the head material. The head is to be repeatedly attached to and detached from the handle by being moved relative to the handle in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis. The head includes a head material having a head-material density, and the handle includes a handle material having a handle-material density, wherein the handle-material density is greater than the head-material density. The toothbrush is structured and configured so that when the toothbrush is placed on its back side on a substantially planar surface, the toothbrush remains on its back side in a balanced position—and when the toothbrush is thereafter moved out of said balanced position, the toothbrush automatically returns to the balanced position.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventor: Uwe Jungnickel
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Patent number: 12042347Abstract: The present disclosure provides a different-axis bidirectional brush head structure and an electric toothbrush, wherein head structure includes a brush head body, a transmission shaft, a first bristle component and a second bristle component, wherein the transmission shaft is located in the brush head body and rotates in the same direction or reciprocates in different directions with its own axis as the axis; the transmission shaft is in transmission connection with the first bristle component for driving the first bristle component to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise; the first bristle component is in transmission connection with the second bristle component, rotation directions of the first bristle component and the second bristle component are opposite, a distance between the first bristle component and the second bristle component gradually increases along the direction away from the transmission shaft, and the first bristle component and the second bristle component are in a V-shaped structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Inventor: Qixiang Yang
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Patent number: 12035802Abstract: A paintbrush cleaning device is described. The paintbrush cleaning device comprises a concave soap tray having a cleaning brush at one end within the soap tray wherein the soap tray is configured to hold a soap for cleaning a paintbrush and wherein the cleaning brush is configured to scrape paint from bristles of the paintbrush. An optional cleaning comb is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Inventor: Deborah Fela
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Patent number: 12029360Abstract: The shower and bath scrubbing accessory that can be used with a disposable scrubber having an attached string. The accessory includes an elongated body with a handle portion and a head portion. The head portion has a scrubber holder and a string channel adjacent to it, which guides the string from one side of the head portion to the opposite side. Additionally, there is a string securing feature on the elongated body, which holds the scrubber tightly at the scrubber holder. The elongated body may be a single piece or a multi-piece elongated body. The scrubber holder may be a cup defined by a raised wall or raised protrusions on the first side of the head portion, and the string channel may be positioned within the cup. The string securing feature may be positioned on the handle or head portion of the elongated body, and it may include a plurality of string holders positioned at various distances from the string channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventor: Kevin James Milcheck
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Patent number: 12030599Abstract: A device for the cleaning of a submerged section of the hull of a vessel that is treated with a non-toxic layer of paint based on a surface-treated coating. The device comprises a platform with a first cleaning module and with a device to place and move the cleaning module against the side of the hull of the vessel and that the device is further provided with a launch platform with a second cleaning module which can place the second cleaning module against the bottom of the hull. The second cleaning module is connected via a first cable to the launch platform for the movement and control thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventor: Boudewijn Gabriël Van Rompay
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Patent number: 12029312Abstract: A gutter broom is provided. The gutter broom can include a mandrel, one or more carriers, each carrier removably coupled to the mandrel, and one or more bristle strips, each bristle strip removably coupled to one of the carriers. The gutter broom components can be recyclable and modular, requiring no tools for assembly or servicing.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Old Dominion Brush CompanyInventors: Britt R. Calloway, Josh Coker, Robert Mayes, Tim Stumph, Chris Turner
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Patent number: 12016451Abstract: A toothbrush includes a head portion (10) having a bristle tufting surface; a grip portion (30) disposed on a rear end side from the head portion; a neck portion (20) disposed between the bristle tufting surface (11) and the grip portion; and a sensing portion (70) for sensing that an external force in a first direction orthogonal to the bristle tufting surface exceeds a threshold value. A reversal portion (80) connects a first region and a second region, and snaps, buckles, and reverses as the head portion is displaced on a rear surface side due to the external force exceeding the threshold value. An elastic deformation portion (90) connects the first region and the second region, and elastically deforms at least up to the external force at which the reversal portion snaps, buckles, and reverses.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Lion CorporationInventors: Ryosuke Hachisuka, Masashi Yanagida