Patents by Inventor Billy Tolbert

Billy Tolbert 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: 11826293
    Abstract: A wheel brush for a wheelchair has a brush assembly that is slidably disposed within a main housing and biased therein via a spring. A brush head is held within one end of the brush assembly so that a portion of the bristles of the assembly extend beyond an open end of the main housing. The device is attached to a brake arm of the wheelchair via a mount member that has a channel such that the brake arm is received within the channel. The wheellock assembly pushes the device toward a rear wheel of the wheelchair such that the bristles engage the wheel and brush dirt off the wheel as the wheelchair rolls being biased thereonto by the spring. The mount member acts as the brake arm for the wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Billy Tolbert
  • Patent number: 11357678
    Abstract: A wheel brush for a wheelchair has a brush housing that has a longitudinal channel and an open bottom. A brush head is slidably received within the channel such that bristles located on the brush head extend out through the open bottom of the brush housing. The brush housing is attached to a back of a wheelchair via a connecting arm so as to position the bristles in engaging relationship with a portion of one of the rear wheels of the wheelchair. The connecting arm is either attached directly to the wheelchair or is attached to the wheelchair via a bracket, the bracket attached to the wheelchair and having a slot such that a leg of the connecting arm is received within the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Billy Tolbert
  • Patent number: 11285922
    Abstract: A wheel brush for a wheelchair has an inverted U-shaped brush housing that has a longitudinal channel and an open bottom. A brush head is slidably received within the channel such that bristles located on the brush head extend out through the open bottom of the brush housing. The open bottom is sufficiently narrow as to prevent the brush head from passing therepast. A resilient clip is attached to the brush housing and is clipped to a vertical post of the wheelchair, such as the arm rest post, and is positioned so that the bristles engage a portion of the outer periphery of one of the wheels so as to brush clean the wheels whenever the wheelchair rolls and the rear wheels rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Billy Tolbert
  • Patent number: 9718446
    Abstract: A wheel brush assembly for use of the wheelchair that includes: a housing; a spring within the housing, where the spring extends from a first end of the housing; a brush that abuts one side of the spring at a first end of the brush; a plurality of bristles on a second end of the brush that extends out of an opening of the housing; and a magnet that enables the attachment of the housing onto a wheel brake. The plurality of bristles come in contact with a wheel of the wheelchair during operation, wherein the spring urges the plurality of bristles into contact with the wheel. Preferably, the plurality of bristles disengages with the wheel upon application of the brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Billy Tolbert
  • Publication number: 20170203735
    Abstract: A wheel brush assembly for use of the wheelchair that includes: a housing; a spring within the housing, where the spring extends from a first end of the housing; a brush that abuts one side of the spring at a first end of the brush; a plurality of bristles on a second end of the brush that extends out of an opening of the housing; and a magnet that enables the attachment of the housing onto a wheel brake. The plurality of bristles come in contact with a wheel of the wheelchair during operation, wherein the spring urges the plurality of bristles into contact with the wheel. Preferably, the plurality of bristles disengages with the wheel upon application of the brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Billy Tolbert