Patents by Inventor Brian Robert Dexter

Brian Robert Dexter 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).

  • Publication number: 20240032757
    Abstract: An extraction cleaner system includes a housing with a fluid delivery pathway and a fluid recovery pathway. A suction source is disposed within the housing and is fluidly connected to the fluid recovery pathway. The suction source is configured to create a fluid pressure vacuum. A liquid source is carried by the housing and is fluidly connected to the fluid delivery pathway. The liquid source is configured to contain and dispense a liquid. A suction nozzle is fluidly connected to the fluid recovery pathway upstream from the suction source. The suction nozzle is configured to draw therethrough the liquid dispensed from the liquid source. The suction nozzle defines a pad compartment located within the fluid recovery pathway and an absorbent pad is removably stored inside the pad compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jason W. Pruiett, Brian Robert Dexter
  • Publication number: 20230190063
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a base assembly with a suction nozzle and at least one wheel. A hand-held portion has a hand grip, a recovery container, and a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and the recovery container and configured for generating a working airstream. A wand is operably coupled between the base assembly and the hand-held portion and defines at least a portion of a working air path extending from the suction nozzle to an air outlet in the hand-held portion and including the suction source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mackenzie Leigh Knapp, Brian Robert Dexter, Tyler Newkirk, Churu Yun, Connor Canavan, Nicholas Harvey Jobbitt
  • Publication number: 20230120701
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning system and various related apparatus for grooming a pet. The cleaning system can comprise components dedicated to pet grooming or can adapt a surface cleaning apparatus or tools normally used for cleaning floors and upholstery to instead groom a pet. The cleaning system can include two supply tanks, and a supply valve controlling the flow of cleaning solution out of one of the tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy W. Hoffmann, Brian Robert Dexter
  • Patent number: 11559039
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pet grooming system and various related apparatus for grooming a pet. The pet grooming system can comprise components dedicated to pet grooming or can adapt a surface cleaning apparatus or tools normally used for cleaning floors and upholstery to instead groom a pet. The pet grooming system can include a hand tool coupled with a portable module via a conduit assembly, at least a portion of which may be in the form of a flexible hose. A plurality of pet grooming attachments are provided, and the hand tool can concurrently mount a grooming comb and a sprayer attachment to groom a pet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy W. Hoffmann, Brian Robert Dexter
  • Publication number: 20210051921
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pet grooming system and various related apparatus for grooming a pet. The pet grooming system can comprise components dedicated to pet grooming or can adapt a surface cleaning apparatus or tools normally used for cleaning floors and upholstery to instead groom a pet. The pet grooming system can include a hand tool coupled with a portable module via a conduit assembly, at least a portion of which may be in the form of a flexible hose. A plurality of pet grooming attachments are provided, and the hand tool can concurrently mount a grooming comb and a sprayer attachment to groom a pet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy W. Hoffmann, Brian Robert Dexter
  • Patent number: D902503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Robert Dexter
  • Patent number: D948813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Robert Dexter