Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Wanhainen

Daniel J. Wanhainen 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: 20100212058
    Abstract: A protective helmet comprising having a protective shell, and a headgear mounted to the protective shell, wherein the headgear includes a tilt mechanism, the tilt mechanism comprising a tilt arm having a spring secured to the tilt arm, the spring having free portion disposed between a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and second portion being secured to the tilt arm and the free portion being free from the tilt arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Wanhainen
  • Patent number: 7318539
    Abstract: A battery operated, handheld fluid dispenser comprises a supply container having a body portion and a narrow neck extending upwardly therefrom. A pump and discharge unit is mounted on the upper end of the neck and comprises a pump diaphragm and pump chamber for pumping liquid from the container to a discharge nozzle. A battery powered pump drive unit is mounted on the container and comprises an electric motor having an output shaft coupled with the pump diaphragm through a cam and cam follower arrangement to displace the diaphragm through a pump stroke when the motor is energized. The cam is rotatably driven by the motor, and the cam follower is attached to the diaphragm, whereby rotation of said cam axially displaces the diaphragm, and the cam and cam follower have interengaging dual cam faces for balancing lateral forces therebetween during rotation of said cam relative to said cam follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Power Sprayer LLC
    Inventors: Marc L. Vitantonio, Craig M. Saunders, Donald C. Fuchs, Jr., Daniel J. Wanhainen
  • Patent number: 7032270
    Abstract: A toilet cleaning apparatus and caddy is provided which includes a tool which may be held in a user's hand. A swab, which is flushable down the toilet after the cleaning process is complete, is provided which is easily attached and detached from the tool. The tool is movable to a number of operative positions which assist in the loading, holding, or removal of the swab. A caddy is also provided which can hold the tool as well as unused swabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Novalabs, LLC
    Inventors: Marc. L. Vitantonio, Renard J. Passerell, Robert Soreo, Daniel J. Wanhainen, John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk
  • Publication number: 20040211792
    Abstract: A battery operated, handheld fluid dispenser comprises a supply container having a body portion and a narrow neck extending upwardly therefrom. A pump and discharge unit is mounted on the upper end of the neck and comprises a pump diaphragm and pump chamber for pumping liquid from the container to a discharge nozzle. A battery powered pump drive unit is mounted on the container and comprises an electric motor having an output shaft coupled with the pump diaphragm through a cam and cam follower arrangement to displace the diaphragm through a pump stroke when the motor is energized. The cam is rotatably driven by the motor, and the cam follower is attached to the diaphragm, whereby rotation of said cam axially displaces the diaphragm, and the cam and cam follower have interengaging dual cam faces for balancing lateral forces therebetween during rotation of said cam relative to said cam follower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates, Inc., an Ohio corporation
    Inventors: Marc L. Vitantonio, Craig M. Saunders, Donald C. Fuchs, Daniel J. Wanhainen
  • Publication number: 20040088808
    Abstract: A toilet cleaning apparatus and caddy is provided which includes a tool which may be held in a user's hand. A swab, which is flushable down the toilet after the cleaning process is complete, is provided which is easily attached and detached from the tool. The tool is movable to a number of operative positions which assist in the loading, holding, or removal of the swab. A caddy is also provided which can hold the tool as well as unused swabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Marc. L. Vitantonio, Renard J. Passerell, Robert Soreo, Daniel J. Wanhainen, John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk
  • Patent number: 5623864
    Abstract: A single chamber brewing device for brewing beverage has a single brewing chamber for receiving water and a brewing material such as tea, a thermally controlled heating element, and a thermally controlled valve for releasing brewed beverage from the brewing chamber into a container positionable underneath the brewing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Healthometer, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Moore, Mark S. Kopaskie, Mark E. Cook, Daniel J. Wanhainen, Craig C. Weidman
  • Patent number: 5560284
    Abstract: An automatic drip beverage brewing apparatus in the form an urn includes a liquid reservoir, a brewed beverage reservoir, a brewing basket for holding coffee or tea over an opening to the beverage reservoir, a spigot in the brewed beverage reservoir for draining brewed beverage from the brewed beverage reservoir, and a cover which covers both the liquid reservoir and the brewed beverage reservoir. The brewed beverage reservoir includes a liner which provides an insulative air gap between the liner and the housing which defines the brewed beverage reservoir. A warming element is attached to the brewed beverage reservoir liner. A swing arm shower head is positionable over an opening to the brewing basket. A conduit provides a liquid passageway from the liquid reservoir to a liquid heating element to the shower head. The liquid and beverage reservoirs may be integrally formed by a common housing mountable upon a base which houses the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Ohio Mattress Licensing and Components Group
    Inventors: Craig C. Weidman, John E. Bertrand, Joseph F. Moore, Daniel J. Wanhainen
  • Patent number: 5420376
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly for installation in a poured concrete building partition, such as a ceiling, comprises a base ring member including a ring body having a central through opening and radially extending mounting tabs for permitting the base ring member to be joined to a form over which concrete is to be poured during forming of the building partition. The base ring member further includes an upper edge surrounding the through opening with connection portions lying radially outwardly of the upper edge. A box cover member is provided for connection to the base ring and terminates in a lower edge with a laterally extending shoulder receiving the upper edge of the base ring member. The box cover member further includes releasable connectors joined with the connecting portions on the base ring member for maintaining the box cover member in engagement with the base ring member. Selectively removable knockout portions are provided in the cover member for allowing connecting of the conduit therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: The Lamson & Sessions Co.
    Inventors: James A. Rajecki, Daniel J. Wanhainen
  • Patent number: D511872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Novalabs, LLC
    Inventors: Marc L. Vitantonio, Renard J. Passerell, Robert Soreo, Daniel J. Wanhainen, John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk
  • Patent number: D511873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Novalabs, LLC
    Inventors: Marc L. Vitantonio, Renard J. Passerell, Robert Soreo, Daniel J. Wanhainen, John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk
  • Patent number: D513444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Novalabs, LLC
    Inventors: Marc L. Vitantonio, Renard J. Passerell, Robert Soreo, Daniel J. Wanhainen, John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk
  • Patent number: D495182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Novalabs L.L.C.
    Inventors: Marc L. Vitantonio, Renard J. Passerell, Robert Soreo, Daniel J. Wanhainen, John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk
  • Patent number: D675789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lincoln Global Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Wanhainen