Patents by Inventor Jay CASTRO

Jay CASTRO 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: 20260069100
    Abstract: Various illustrative surface cleaning devices and methods of using surface cleaning devices are provided. In an exemplary implementation, a surface cleaning device includes a light source configured to illuminate a surface being cleaned by the surface cleaning device to help show debris on the surface for cleaning. The light source is configured to emit blue light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Bartholomew de Banzie Lampard, Jay Castro, Fariha Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20260069101
    Abstract: Various illustrative surface cleaning devices and methods of using surface cleaning devices are provided. In an exemplary implementation, a surface cleaning device includes a light source configured to illuminate a surface being cleaned by the surface cleaning device to help show debris on the surface for cleaning. The light source is configured to emit blue light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Bartholomew de Banzie Lampard, Jay Castro, Fariha Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20260033692
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a debris container for a surface cleaning device, where the surface cleaning device includes an upright section, a surface cleaning head, a fluid distributor configured to distribute a cleaning fluid, and an agitator configured to absorb at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid and to agitate debris on a surface to be cleaned, the debris container comprising a solid debris chamber configured to collect at least a portion of the debris agitated from the surface to be cleaned; and a fluid debris chamber configured to collect at least a portion of fluid removed from the agitator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Oliver HOLMES, Jay CASTRO, Jordan RIDGLEY, Simon WELLS, Kevin O'MALLEY, Simon Lewis BILTON, Ryan Lindley Percy WORTHINGTON, Jack Gerald MARTIN, Bartholomew LAMPARD, Lois JONES, Joshua KINGSBURY, Fariha AHMED, Jennifer ANDREWS, Jemima L.C. MEIL
  • Publication number: 20260034567
    Abstract: Fibrous cleaning material and roller compositions for floor cleaners are provided. The fibrous cleaning material can include a plurality of unit fiber sections. Each unit fiber section in the plurality of unit fiber sections can include a first fine fiber material having a fineness of less than about 1 denier, a second fine fiber material having a fineness of between about 1 and 10 denier, a first bristle material having a fineness of between about 10 and 50 denier, and a second bristle material having a fineness of greater than about 100 denier. A bristle lay of the unit fiber section and a small fiber lay of the unit fiber section can be skew relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Michael F. Kalmon, Jennifer Andrews, Fariha Ahmed, Jay Castro, Daniel R. Der Marderosian
  • Publication number: 20250213090
    Abstract: A surface cleaning head may include a fluid distributor configured to distribute a cleaning fluid, an agitator configured to absorb at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid and to agitate debris on the surface to be cleaned, a fluid stripper configured to remove, from the agitator, at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid absorbed by the agitator, a debris container, and a removable cover. The debris container may include a solid debris chamber and a fluid debris chamber. The removable cover may include a fluid catch plate configured to transfer at least a portion of the cleaning fluid removed from the agitator by the fluid stripper to the fluid debris chamber, the fluid catch plate being configured to selectively transition between an in-use position and a cleaning position when the removable cover is removed from the surface cleaning head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Bartholomew LAMPARD, Jennifer ANDREWS, Fariha AHMED, Jay CASTRO, Oliver G. HOLMES, Joe BAXTER, Wil MCARDLE, Ognjen VRDOLJAK, Lois JONES, Joshua KINGSBURY, David T. BARKER, Jemima L.C. MEIL, Shiqi MU, Heliang CHEN, Dawei LIU, Xiang ZHOU, Cong SU, Mingliang QIN
  • Patent number: 12290220
    Abstract: A surface cleaning head may include a fluid distributor configured to distribute a cleaning fluid, an agitator configured to absorb at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid and to agitate debris on the surface to be cleaned, a fluid stripper configured to remove, from the agitator, at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid absorbed by the agitator, a debris container, and a removable cover. The debris container may include a solid debris chamber and a fluid debris chamber. The removable cover may include a fluid catch plate configured to transfer at least a portion of the cleaning fluid removed from the agitator by the fluid stripper to the fluid debris chamber, the fluid catch plate being configured to selectively transition between an in-use position and a cleaning position when the removable cover is removed from the surface cleaning head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Bartholomew Lampard, Jennifer Andrews, Fariha Ahmed, Jay Castro, Oliver G. Holmes, Joe Baxter, Wil McArdle, Ognjen Vrdoljak, Lois Jones, Joshua Kingsbury, David T. Barker, Jemima L. C. Meil, Shiqi Mu, Heliang Chen, Dawei Liu, Xiang Zhou, Cong Su, Mingliang Qin
  • Publication number: 20250017434
    Abstract: A surface cleaning head may include a fluid distributor configured to distribute a cleaning fluid, an agitator configured to absorb at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid and to agitate debris on the surface to be cleaned, a fluid stripper configured to remove, from the agitator, at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid absorbed by the agitator, a debris container, and a removable cover. The debris container may include a solid debris chamber and a fluid debris chamber. The removable cover may include a fluid catch plate configured to transfer at least a portion of the cleaning fluid removed from the agitator by the fluid stripper to the fluid debris chamber, the fluid catch plate being configured to selectively transition between an in-use position and a cleaning position when the removable cover is removed from the surface cleaning head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Fariha AHMED, Jay CASTRO, Oliver G. HOLMES, Joe BAXTER, Jordan RIDGLEY, Simon WELLS, Kevin O'MALLEY, Leon FRIDRIKH, Simon Lewis BILTON, James David Spenser BOZEAT, Ryan Lindley Percy WORTHINGTON
  • Publication number: 20240389818
    Abstract: A surface cleaning head may include a fluid distributor configured to distribute a cleaning fluid, an agitator configured to absorb at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid and to agitate debris on the surface to be cleaned, a fluid stripper configured to remove, from the agitator, at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid absorbed by the agitator, a debris container, and a removable cover. The debris container may include a solid debris chamber and a fluid debris chamber. The removable cover may include a fluid catch plate configured to transfer at least a portion of the cleaning fluid removed from the agitator by the fluid stripper to the fluid debris chamber, the fluid catch plate being configured to selectively transition between an in-use position and a cleaning position when the removable cover is removed from the surface cleaning head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Bartholomew Lampard, Jennifer ANDREWS, Fariha AHMED, Jay CASTRO, Oliver G. HOLMES, Joe BAXTER, Wil MCARDLE, Ognjen VRDOLJAK, Lois JONES, Joshua KINGSBURY, David T. BARKER, Jemima L.C. MEIL, Shiqi MU, Heliang CHEN, Dawei LIU, Xiang ZHOU, Cong SU, Mingliang QIN