Patents by Inventor Daniel E. Julian

Daniel E. Julian 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: 6821119
    Abstract: An oral hygiene device (2) is disclosed having at least two motors (30, 36) to simultaneously vibrate and impart motion upon the head portion of the oral hygiene device (2), most beneficially at the tip (12). A first motor (30) is positioned in the handle housing (3) of the device (2) to impart a first frequency of movement to the tip (12). A second motor (36) is located in a head portion, generally in a shaft (8) of or an oral hygiene attachment to the device (2), to impart at least a second frequency of movement onto the tip (12). When both the first and second motors (30, 36) are activated, the resulting movement of the tip (12) of the device (2) may include complex, substantially random movements, depending in part on the frequencies at which the motors (30, 36) are operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Shortt, Kenneth A. Hair, Kurt M. Taylor, Daniel E. Julian, Edmund D. D'Silva
  • Patent number: 6041449
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating objectionable odors from a toilet bowl, where the toilet bowl includes a seat positioned above the toilet bowl, comprises a main body having an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a scent delivery chamber; an apparatus for mounting the main body proximal to the toilet bowl with the inlet opening positioned substantially between the bowl and the seat; a drawer removabley securable to the main body; a fan for drawing gas in the inlet opening, through the scent delivery chamber and out the outlet opening; a power source; a switch for electrically connecting the power source to the fan; a scent delivery device positioned within the scent delivery chamber for releasing a scent at least when the fan is drawing gas through the scent delivery chamber; a tree sized and shaped to hold the scent delivery device within the scent delivery chamber; and, wherein the drawer includes a closed condition securing the scent delivery device within the scent delivery chamber, and an open condition exposi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventors: Christopher L. Brown, Daniel E. Julian, Nancy J. Rasche, Gary Lee Brown, Sydney Wayne Floyd