Patents by Inventor Henry Joseph Fingleton

Henry Joseph Fingleton 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).

  • Vacuum apparatus
    Patent number: 9770146
    Abstract: A self-contained vacuum apparatus having a housing with an air inlet aperture for receiving debris, a dustbag in the housing communicable with the air inlet for storing received debris, a suction motor communicable with the air inlet aperture for generating suction at the aperture to draw the debris into the dustbag, an air outlet aperture communicable with the suction motor to exhaust air from the vacuum apparatus, and an on/off switch for activating the vacuum apparatus, the vacuum apparatus being mountable in a cavity to locate the air inlet aperture adjacent a floor surface so that debris urged towards the air inlet aperture is drawn into the dustbag upon activation of the on/off switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Sweepovac Limited
    Inventors: Henry Joseph Fingleton, Dermot Thomas Costello
  • VACUUM APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130291899
    Abstract: A self-contained vacuum apparatus having a housing with an air inlet aperture for receiving debris, a dustbag in the housing communicable with the air inlet for storing received debris, a suction motor communicable with the air inlet aperture for generating suction at the aperture to draw the debris into the dustbag, an air outlet aperture communicable with the suction motor to exhaust air from the vacuum apparatus, and an on/off switch for activating the vacuum apparatus, the vacuum apparatus being mountable in a cavity to locate the air inlet aperture adjacent a floor surface so that debris urged towards the air inlet aperture is drawn into the dustbag upon activation of the on/off switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Sweepovac Limited
    Inventors: Henry Joseph Fingleton, Dermot Thomas Costello