Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. Heath

Benjamin J. Heath 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: 9629513
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine has a housing and a movable hood that covers over vacuum and liquid hoses of the machine that are visible in prior art floor cleaning machines. The vacuum and liquid hoses are each pivotally connected to a wall of the machine housing and are also pivotally connected to a transparent dome provided on the hood. These connections reduce stresses on the hoses when the hood is moved and allow the dome to pivot relative to the hood. The floor cleaning machine also has a pair of slit orifices that eject fan spray patterns of cleaning liquid that are non-coplanar and do not intersect each other. Furthermore, the floor cleaning machine has an oscillating brush assembly that includes a brush that is replaceable without using tools. The brush height can be adjusted via an adjustment member provided on the oscillating portion of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Rug Doctor, LLC
    Inventors: Jason E. Hill, Timothy J. Wall, Steven A. Wahl, Schubert Pereira, Benjamin J. Heath, David James Gennrich, Randall Scott Koplin, Felix Rodriguez Perfino
  • Patent number: 9622634
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine has a housing and a movable hood that covers over vacuum and liquid hoses of the machine that are visible in prior art floor cleaning machines. The vacuum and liquid hoses are each pivotally connected to a wall of the machine housing and are also pivotally connected to a transparent dome provided on the hood. These connections reduce stresses on the hoses when the hood is moved and allow the dome to pivot relative to the hood. The floor cleaning machine also has a pair of slit orifices that eject fan spray patterns of cleaning liquid that are non-coplanar and do not intersect each other. Furthermore, the floor cleaning machine has an oscillating brush assembly that includes a brush that is replaceable without using tools. The brush height can be adjusted via an adjustment member provided on the oscillating portion of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Rug Doctor, LLC
    Inventors: Jason E. Hill, Timothy J. Wall, Steven A. Wahl, Schubert Pereira, Benjamin J. Heath, David James Gennrich, Randall Scott Koplin, Felix Rodriguez Perfino
  • Patent number: 8997306
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine has a housing and a movable hood that covers over vacuum and liquid hoses of the machine that are visible in prior art floor cleaning machines. The vacuum and liquid hoses are each pivotally connected to a wall of the machine housing and are also pivotally connected to a transparent dome provided on the hood. These connections reduce stresses on the hoses when the hood is moved and allow the dome to pivot relative to the hood. The floor cleaning machine also has a pair of slit orifices that eject fan spray patterns of cleaning liquid that are non-coplanar and do not intersect each other. Furthermore, the floor cleaning machine has an oscillating brush assembly that includes a brush that is replaceable without using tools. The brush height can be adjusted via an adjustment member provided on the oscillating portion of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Rug Doctor, LLC
    Inventors: Jason E. Hill, Timothy J. Wall, Steven A. Wahl, Schubert Pereira, Benjamin J. Heath, David James Gennrich, Randall Scott Koplin, Felix Rodriguez Perfino
  • Publication number: 20140298609
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine has a housing and a movable hood that covers over vacuum and liquid hoses of the machine that are visible in prior art floor cleaning machines. The vacuum and liquid hoses are each pivotally connected to a wall of the machine housing and are also pivotally connected to a transparent dome provided on the hood. These connections reduce stresses on the hoses when the hood is moved and allow the dome to pivot relative to the hood. The floor cleaning machine also has a pair of slit orifices that eject fan spray patterns of cleaning liquid that are non-coplanar and do not intersect each other. Furthermore, the floor cleaning machine has an oscillating brush assembly that includes a brush that is replaceable without using tools. The brush height can be adjusted via an adjustment member provided on the oscillating portion of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jason E. Hill, Timothy J. Wall, Steven A. Wahl, Schubert Pereira, Benjamin J. Heath, David James Gennrich, Randall Scott Koplin, Felix Rodriguez Perfino
  • Publication number: 20140289993
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine has a housing and a movable hood that covers over vacuum and liquid hoses of the machine that are visible in prior art floor cleaning machines. The vacuum and liquid hoses are each pivotally connected to a wall of the machine housing and are also pivotally connected to a transparent dome provided on the hood. These connections reduce stresses on the hoses when the hood is moved and allow the dome to pivot relative to the hood. The floor cleaning machine also has a pair of slit orifices that eject fan spray patterns of cleaning liquid that are non-coplanar and do not intersect each other. Furthermore, the floor cleaning machine has an oscillating brush assembly that includes a brush that is replaceable without using tools. The brush height can be adjusted via an adjustment member provided on the oscillating portion of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jason E. Hill, Timothy J. Wall, Steven A. Wahl, Schubert Pereira, Benjamin J. Heath, David James Gennrich, Randall Scott Koplin, Felix Rodriguez Perfino
  • Publication number: 20140289994
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine has a housing and a movable hood that covers over vacuum and liquid hoses of the machine that are visible in prior art floor cleaning machines. The vacuum and liquid hoses are each pivotally connected to a wall of the machine housing and are also pivotally connected to a transparent dome provided on the hood. These connections reduce stresses on the hoses when the hood is moved and allow the dome to pivot relative to the hood. The floor cleaning machine also has a pair of slit orifices that eject fan spray patterns of cleaning liquid that are non-coplanar and do not intersect each other. Furthermore, the floor cleaning machine has an oscillating brush assembly that includes a brush that is replaceable without using tools. The brush height can be adjusted via an adjustment member provided on the oscillating portion of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jason E. Hill, Timothy J. Wall, Steven A. Wahl, Schubert Pereira, Benjamin J. Heath, David James Gennrich, Randall Scott Koplin, Felix Rodriguez Perfino
  • Publication number: 20120317746
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine has a housing and a movable hood that covers over vacuum and liquid hoses of the machine that are visible in prior art floor cleaning machines. The vacuum and liquid hoses are each pivotally connected to a wall of the machine housing and are also pivotally connected to a transparent dome provided on the hood. These connections reduce stresses on the hoses when the hood is moved and allow the dome to pivot relative to the hood. The floor cleaning machine also has a pair of slit orifices that eject fan spray patterns of cleaning liquid that are non-coplanar and do not intersect each other. Furthermore, the floor cleaning machine has an oscillating brush assembly that includes a brush that is replaceable without using tools. The brush height can be adjusted via an adjustment member provided on the oscillating portion of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: RUG DOCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Jason E. Hill, Timothy J. Wall, Steven A. Wahl, Schubert Pereira, Benjamin J. Heath, David James Gennrich, Randall Scott Koplin, Felix Rodriguez Perfino