Patents by Inventor Ellen M. Brown

Ellen M. Brown 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: 9402464
    Abstract: Described in this application is a kit for adapting a paint brush having a handle opening. The kit includes a tool for improving the usefulness of the paint brush; a bushing receivable within the handle opening of the paint brush; a screw for passing through the tool and bushing and joining the tool to the paint brush; and a locking nut for securing the screw to the paint brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: NEXT FUTURE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Beermeunder, Ellen M. Brown, James L. Kennedy, Charles R. Patzer
  • Publication number: 20150083886
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hair dryer holder for supporting a hair dryer in a fixed position. The hair dryer includes a handle portion and a blower portion. The hair dryer holder includes a base portion for securing the hair dryer holder to a surface and a retainer portion for holding the hair dryer in a fixed position, the retainer includes an opening for receiving the handle portion of the hair dryer and a ring extending at least partially around the opening for supporting the blower portion of the portable hair dryer. The ring further includes a plurality of recessed sections for supporting the blower portion of the portable hair dryer in a fixed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: NEXT FUTURE LLC
    Inventors: Ellen M. BROWN, James L. KENNEDY, Julia MCDEVITT, Charles R. PATZER
  • Publication number: 20140317863
    Abstract: Described in this application is a kit for adapting a paint brush having a handle opening. The kit includes a tool for improving the usefulness of the paint brush; a bushing receivable within the handle opening of the paint brush; a screw for passing through the tool and bushing and joining the tool to the paint brush; and a locking nut for securing the screw to the paint brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Next Future LLC
    Inventors: Michael BEERMEUNDER, Ellen M. BROWN, James L. KENNEDY, Charles R. PATZER
  • Patent number: 8662006
    Abstract: An after-market dishwasher stats indicator has a housing and an indicator member slidable therein. The housing has left and right end openings and a rear aspect or wall to be held at the dishwasher door front and a top wall extending obliquely therefrom with a viewing window such that indicia on the indicator member is viewable through the viewing window by a user standing astride the dishwasher. The member has first and second different indicia thereon, one indicative of a clean status of the dishwasher and the other indicative of a dirty or ready to be loaded status of the dishwasher. The different indicia are separately viewable through the viewing window depending on the position of the member, such that when the rear aspect is held to the dishwasher door front, the selected indicia is viewable to a user standing astride the dishwasher door front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Next Future, LLC
    Inventors: Charles R. Patzer, James L. Kennedy, Ellen M. Brown
  • Publication number: 20140041573
    Abstract: An after-market dishwasher stats indicator has a housing and an indicator member slidable therein. The housing has left and right end openings and a rear aspect or wall to be held at the dishwasher door front and a top wall extending obliquely therefrom with a viewing window such that indicia on the indicator member is viewable through the viewing window by a user standing astride the dishwasher. The member has first and second different indicia thereon, one indicative of a clean status of the dishwasher and the other indicative of a dirty or ready to be loaded status of the dishwasher. The different indicia are separately viewable through the viewing window depending on the position of the member, such that when the rear aspect is held to the dishwasher door front, the selected indicia is viewable to a user standing astride the dishwasher door front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NEXT FUTURE, LLC
    Inventors: Charles R. Patzer, James L. Kennedy, Ellen M. Brown
  • Patent number: D701914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Next Future, LLC
    Inventors: Charles R. Patzer, James L. Kennedy, Ellen M. Brown