Patents by Inventor Adam C. Wade

Adam C. Wade 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: 12178363
    Abstract: A device may include an enclosure configured to receive, store, and dispense a cleaning fluid. A device may include a support base, wherein the enclosure and support base can be configured to support a roll of cleaning wipes in a manner that permits the roll to rotate when one or more cleaning wipes are removed from the roll, wherein the enclosure is configured to be securely attached to the support base by pushing the enclosure downward onto an attachment region of the support base; and wherein the enclosure is configured to be released from the support base by pushing the enclosure downward. A liquid dispenser can have an elongate interior reservoir, a protruding carry loop, and an engagement zone with contours that engage with a latch in a paper-towel holder. The dispenser can have a spray trigger underneath the carry loop and a protruding roll stop. It can be sized to fit within a cylindrical cardboard tube configured to hold paper towels. A paper-towel holder can support and engage a liquid dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Publication number: 20240374089
    Abstract: A device may include an enclosure configured to receive, store, and dispense a cleaning fluid. A device may include a support base, wherein the enclosure and support base can be configured to support a roll of cleaning wipes in a manner that permits the roll to rotate when one or more cleaning wipes are removed from the roll, wherein the enclosure is configured to be securely attached to the support base by pushing the enclosure downward onto an attachment region of the support base; and wherein the enclosure is configured to be released from the support base by pushing the enclosure downward. A liquid dispenser can have an elongate interior reservoir, a protruding carry loop, and an engagement zone with contours that engage with a latch in a paper-towel holder. The dispenser can have a spray trigger underneath the carry loop and a protruding roll stop. It can be sized to fit within a cylindrical cardboard tube configured to hold paper towels. A paper-towel holder can support and engage a liquid dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Publication number: 20240188762
    Abstract: Accessibly positioned sanitizing materials can include paper towels and sanitizing sprays. A paper towel holder with a central support to hold a roll of paper towels can allow spinning dispensing of paper towels. The central support can also function separately as a removable disinfectant sprayer, enabling a user to carry and store paper towels and disinfecting solution in the same location, and providing a disinfecting sprayer nearby when paper towels are used to clean a surface. The structure described can also house other fluids for spraying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: 11910969
    Abstract: Accessibly positioned sanitizing materials can include paper towels and sanitizing sprays. A paper towel holder with a central support to hold a roll of paper towels can allow spinning dispensing of paper towels. The central support can also function separately as a removable disinfectant sprayer, enabling a user to carry and store paper towels and disinfecting solution in the same location, and providing a disinfecting sprayer nearby when paper towels are used to clean a surface. The structure described can also house other fluids for spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Publication number: 20220183509
    Abstract: Accessibly positioned sanitizing materials can include paper towels and sanitizing sprays. A paper towel holder with a central support to hold a roll of paper towels can allow spinning dispensing of paper towels. The central support can also function separately as a removable disinfectant sprayer, enabling a user to carry and store paper towels and disinfecting solution in the same location, and providing a disinfecting sprayer nearby when paper towels are used to clean a surface. The structure described can also house other fluids for spraying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Publication number: 20150251849
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly including a body portion having a front wall, a rear wall, and lateral sidewalls. The receptacle assembly can also include a bag liner dispenser disposed on an exterior surface of the rear wall, such that an interior surface of the rear wall remains generally planar. The bag liner dispenser can extend around a periphery of an opening that can provide access from the bag liner dispenser to an interior space of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Di-Fong Chang, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade, Helen Miller
  • Patent number: 8763821
    Abstract: A shelving system can include can include an elongated support member and a plurality of shelves, each of which can be supported by a clamping mechanism. The support member can have a telescoping configuration so that upper and lower ends of the support member can be pressed against upper and lower stationary objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: 8408405
    Abstract: A shelving system including an elongated support member and a plurality of shelves, each of which can be supported by a clamping mechanism. The support member has a telescoping configuration so that upper and lower ends of the support member can be pressed against upper and lower stationary objects. The clamping mechanism allows the plurality of shelves to be adjusted both vertically and laterally along a length of the elongated support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Publication number: 20110271438
    Abstract: A shelving system can include can include an elongated support member and a plurality of shelves, each of which can be supported by a clamping mechanism. The support member can have a telescoping configuration so that upper and lower ends of the support member can be pressed against upper and lower stationary objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: SIMPLEHUMAN, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: 7815077
    Abstract: A soap dispensing assembly has a container housing having an interior that retains soap. The container housing has an opening which communicates with the interior. A pump unit secured to the top of the container housing at a location separate from the opening. The pump unit includes a dispensing assembly through which soap from the interior is dispensed. A lid that is removably coupled to the opening to allow for a quick replenishment of the soap without having to remove the pump unit. The pump unit can also include an actuator that has a soap outlet, with the actuator is pivoted to draw soap from the interior of the container housing to the soap outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Simplehuman LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Adam C. Wade, Joseph Sandor
  • Patent number: 7748543
    Abstract: A dish rack assembly has a dish rack, and a base having a bottom wall on which the dish rack is positioned. The base includes a first edge having a first water outlet provided adjacent the first edge, and a second edge having a second water outlet provided adjacent the second edge. The second edge is adjacent to the first edge. A removable water stopper can be secured to either the first water outlet or the second water outlet. In addition, a first leg can be positioned adjacent a third edge that is opposite to the first edge, and a second leg can be positioned adjacent a fourth edge that is opposite to the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Simplehuman LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: D609216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: QSC Audio Products, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Davies, Bernie Hawkins, Gerald Wayne Tschetter, Lorenzo Rene Barrios, Jr., Myk W. Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: D619316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Simplehuman LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Adam C. Wade, Won Song
  • Patent number: D725861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: D804133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Di-Fong Chang, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade, Tzu-Hao Wei
  • Patent number: D829400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Di-Fong Chang, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade, Tzu-Hao Wei
  • Patent number: D855919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Di-Fong Chang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: D1022523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: D1061076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: D1061258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: simplehuman LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade