Patents by Inventor Björn Kling

Björn Kling 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: 8739351
    Abstract: A toothbrush having a handle, a head with oral care elements and a neck connecting the head with the handle is described. The toothbrush has a base structure of the handle, and the neck and the head are formed by a hard plastic component. Said basic structure of the handle is covered, at least in part, by a first soft plastic component. Said head including a second soft plastic component and said neck including a through-opening, wherein at least one section of a boundary wall of the opening is provided with an elastic muscle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Bjoern Kling, Andreas Birk
  • Patent number: 8663240
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a hybrid hair removal device that comprises an electrical hair removal device having a body that is intended for being gripped by a user's hand and a head that is intended for contact with a user's skin during regular operation, and an attachment that comprises a handle structure that detachably envelopes at least a part of the outer surface of the body and a skin treatment unit mounted at the handle structure. Such a hybrid hair removal device allows easily detaching the attachment from the hair removal device. The invention is also concerned with such an attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Bernhard Sikora, Bernd Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20120036662
    Abstract: A toothbrush having a handle, a head with oral care elements and a neck connecting the head with the handle is described. The toothbrush has a base structure of the handle, and the neck and the head are formed by a hard plastic component. Said basic structure of the handle is covered, at least in part, by a first soft plastic component. Said head including a second soft plastic component and said neck including a through-opening, wherein at least one section of a boundary wall of the opening is provided with an elastic muscle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Bjoern Kling, Andreas Birk
  • Publication number: 20110162207
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a combined hair removal device that comprises a electrical hair removal device having at least a first coupling structure, a wet shaving device having at least a second coupling structure, the first and second coupling structures being configured to mate with each other to detachably couple the electrical hair removal device and the wet shaving device in at least a first coupling position, the electrical hair removal device having an elongated handle provided for individual operation of the electrical hair removal device in a detached state, and the wet shaving device having an elongated handle provided for individual operation of the wet shaving device in a detached state, wherein the wet shaving device comprises a wet shaving head that has at least a blade having a sharp, elongated edge arranged for contacting the skin during a shaving operation so as to cut off hairs growing on the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Maichel, Markus Schuessler, Ralf Klug, Xavier Perez-Lopez, Andreas Larscheid, Bjoern Kling, Bernhard Sikora, Bernd Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20110094106
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a hybrid hair removal device that comprises an electrical hair removal device having a body that is intended for being gripped by a user's hand and a head that is intended for contact with a user's skin during regular operation, and an attachment that comprises a handle structure that detachably envelopes at least a part of the outer surface of the body and a skin treatment unit mounted at the handle structure. Such a hybrid hair removal device allows easily detaching the attachment from the hair removal device. The invention is also concerned with such an attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Bernhard Sikora, Bernd Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: D637401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michaela Pusch, Bjoern Kling, Andreas Birk, Lucy Abigail Zimmermann, Casey Joseph Gustafson, Todd Christopher Borgerson
  • Patent number: D650526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventor: Björn Kling
  • Patent number: D652168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Fritz T Schubert
  • Patent number: D664296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Fritz T Schubert
  • Patent number: D665128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Fritz T Schubert
  • Patent number: D668387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Björn Kling, Markus Orthey, Gregor Ptok, Fritz Schubert, Bernhard Sikora, Renke Joris Thye, Phong Duy Vu
  • Patent number: D676602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Björn Kling, Rory McGarry, Markus Orthey, Gregor Ptok, Fritz Schubert, Bernhard Sikora, Renke Joris Thye
  • Patent number: D677836
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Björn Kling, Markus Orthey, Gregor Ptok, Fritz Schubert, Bernhard Sikora, Renke Joris Thye, Phong Duy Vu
  • Patent number: D680271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Björn Kling, Rory McGarry, Markus Orthey, Gregor Ptok, Fritz Schubert, Bernhard Sikora, Renke Joris Thye, Phong Duy Vu
  • Patent number: D698156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Braum GmbH
    Inventor: Bjoern Kling
  • Patent number: D698157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Siegfried Bauernfeind, Andreas Birk, Björn Kling, Siegfried Kurt Martin Hustedt
  • Patent number: D764706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Braun GmBH
    Inventor: Björn Kling
  • Patent number: D768391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Britta Stockinger
  • Patent number: D776874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Braun GmBh
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Christoph Ptok
  • Patent number: D802841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Christoph Ptok