Patents by Inventor Joseph A. McDonnell
Joseph A. McDonnell 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).
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Patent number: 12369768Abstract: The spray mop includes a handle having a mop head at its lower end and a grip at its upper end. The mop includes a receiver adapted to hold an inverted bottle of cleaning solution, as sold at retail with an attached sprayer. The mop includes an adapter that is screwed onto the bottle of cleaning solution after the original sprayer is removed, whereby the bottle of cleaning solution can be inverted and inserted into the receiver. A spring-loaded retainer securely holds the bottle of cleaning solution in the receiver so that if the mop is dropped, inverted, or bumped there will be no leakage, while a trigger on a handgrip at the upper portion of the mop handle activates a valve in the adapter whereby cleaning solution is dispensed through a spray nozzle at the lower portion of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: For Life Products, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Publication number: 20240065512Abstract: The spray mop includes a handle having a mop head at its lower end and a grip at its upper end. The mop includes a receiver adapted to hold an inverted bottle of cleaning solution, as sold at retail with an attached sprayer. The mop includes an adapter that is screwed onto the bottle of cleaning solution after the original sprayer is removed, whereby the bottle of cleaning solution can be inverted and inserted into the receiver. A spring-loaded retainer securely holds the bottle of cleaning solution in the receiver so that if the mop is dropped, inverted, or bumped there will be no leakage, while a trigger on a handgrip at the upper portion of the mop handle activates a valve in the adapter whereby cleaning solution is dispensed through a spray nozzle at the lower portion of the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: 11844478Abstract: The spray mop includes a handle having a mop head at its lower end and a grip at its upper end. The mop includes a receiver adapted to hold an inverted bottle of cleaning solution, as sold at retail with an attached sprayer. The mop includes an adapter that is screwed onto the bottle of cleaning solution after the original sprayer is removed, whereby the bottle of cleaning solution can be inverted and inserted into the receiver. A spring-loaded retainer securely holds the bottle of cleaning solution in the receiver so that if the mop is dropped, inverted, or bumped there will be no leakage, while a trigger on a handgrip at the upper portion of the mop handle activates a valve in the adapter whereby cleaning solution is dispensed through a spray nozzle at the lower portion of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: For Life Products, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: 11846302Abstract: The fan includes a fan frame, blades positioned inside the fan frame, a grill frame on a side of the fan frame, a centerline of the grill frame traversing through a midpoint of the grill frame, a first motor configured to rotate the blades to produce an air flow in a first direction through the grill frame, the first direction being parallel to a centerline of the grill frame, a second motor configured to rotate the grill frame within the fan frame, a plurality of louvers affixed within the grill frame, the plurality of louvers including a first subset of louvers and a second subset of louvers, the first subset of louvers possessing no offset angle relative an angle of the centerline, each one of the second subset of louvers being angled toward a first side of the grill frame due to the at least one first offset angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: 11548134Abstract: A multi-piece detachable mop body is disclosed herein. Among other features, the multi-piece detachable mop body comprises a plurality of pole sections configured to couple with one another to form an integral elongated body during use and disengage with one another into the plurality of pole sections for transportation, packaging and storage purposes.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: For Life Products, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: 11426049Abstract: A multi-surface spray mop system having a spray mop and mop stand. The mop having an elongated segmented body with at least an upper pole section and a lower pole section releasably coupled. The mop stand supports and maintains the spray mop in an upright position above a floor surface by maintaining the center of gravity of the spray mop within a base of a support area defined by the mop supporting stand.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: For Life Products, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Publication number: 20220079410Abstract: The spray mop includes a handle having a mop head at its lower end and a grip at its upper end. The mop includes a receiver adapted to hold an inverted bottle of cleaning solution, as sold at retail with an attached sprayer. The mop includes an adapter that is screwed onto the bottle of cleaning solution after the original sprayer is removed, whereby the bottle of cleaning solution can be inverted and inserted into the receiver. A spring-loaded retainer securely holds the bottle of cleaning solution in the receiver so that if the mop is dropped, inverted, or bumped there will be no leakage, while a trigger on a handgrip at the upper portion of the mop handle activates a valve in the adapter whereby cleaning solution is dispensed through a spray nozzle at the lower portion of the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: 11147429Abstract: The spray mop includes a handle having a mop head at its lower end and a grip at its upper end. The mop includes a receiver adapted to hold an inverted bottle of cleaning solution, as sold at retail with an attached sprayer. The mop includes an adapter that is screwed onto the bottle of cleaning solution after the original sprayer is removed, whereby the bottle of cleaning solution can be inverted and inserted into the receiver. A spring-loaded retainer securely holds the bottle of cleaning solution in the receiver so that if the mop is dropped, inverted, or bumped there will be no leakage, while a trigger on a handgrip at the upper portion of the mop handle activates a valve in the adapter whereby cleaning solution is dispensed through a spray nozzle at the lower portion of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: For Life Products, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Publication number: 20210274992Abstract: A multi-surface spray mop system having a spray mop and mop stand. The mop having an elongated segmented body with at least an upper pole section and a lower pole section releasably coupled. The mop stand supports and maintains the spray mop in an upright position above a floor surface by maintaining the center of gravity of the spray mop within a base of a support area defined by the mop supporting stand.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: For Life Products, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: 11013392Abstract: A multi-surface spray mop system having a spray mop and mop stand. The mop having an elongated segmented body with at least an upper pole section and a lower pole section releasably coupled. The mop stand supports and maintains the spray mop in an upright position above a floor surface by maintaining the center of gravity of the spray mop within a base of a support area defined by the mop supporting stand.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: FOR LIFE PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: 10926276Abstract: The sprayer includes a sprayer housing defining a chamber, and a cylinder within the chamber. The cylinder defines more than one discharge tube positioned in a longitudinal direction within the sprayer housing, the cylinder being selectively rotatable within the chamber. More than one suction tube extends from a lower portion of the sprayer housing. The more than one suction tube is in selective fluid communication with the more than one discharge tube of the cylinder, as the cylinder is rotated within the chamber. The foam sprayer attachment includes a major body defining a discharge channel and a screen traversing the discharge channel. The major body includes a base with a connecting structure that is a raised lip or a cut-out area that conforms the base to a raised ridge on a discharge connection of the sprayer. The connecting structure includes a pair of non-raised lips bracketing each connecting structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Inventors: Joseph A. McDonnell, Christopher Deherrera
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Publication number: 20200129035Abstract: A disposable nozzle is disclosed herein. Among other features, the disposable nozzle comprises a hollow cylindrical body having an inlet upstream end configured to receive a flow of liquid and an outlet downstream end for distributing the flow of liquid in a desired spray pattern; and attachment means configured to removably couple the disposable nozzle to an spraying system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Joseph A. McDonnell, Dung T. Tran, Juan Jose Alvira Fernandez
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Publication number: 20200122312Abstract: A multi-piece detachable mop body is disclosed herein. Among other features, the multi-piece detachable mop body comprises a plurality of pole sections configured to couple with one another to form an integral elongated body during use and disengage with one another into the plurality of pole sections for transportation, packaging and storage purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: 10578325Abstract: The humidifier has an upper tank and a lower reservoir. A liquid level switch in the lower reservoir works in conjunction with a valve in a water passage between the upper tank and the lower reservoir in order to provide an automated flow of water to the lower reservoir during operation of the humidifier. The upper tank is unsealed, such that air in the upper tank may equalize with an ambient air pressure. The humidifier can be top-filled allowing that the upper tank to be permanently affixed to the base of the humidifier.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Great Innovations, LLCInventors: Joseph A. McDonnell, Dung Tran
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Publication number: 20190365190Abstract: The spray mop includes a handle having a mop head at its lower end and a grip at its upper end. The mop includes a receiver adapted to hold an inverted bottle of cleaning solution, as sold at retail with an attached sprayer. The mop includes an adapter that is screwed onto the bottle of cleaning solution after the original sprayer is removed, whereby the bottle of cleaning solution can be inverted and inserted into the receiver. A spring-loaded retainer securely holds the bottle of cleaning solution in the receiver so that if the mop is dropped, inverted, or bumped there will be no leakage, while a trigger on a handgrip at the upper portion of the mop handle activates a valve in the adapter whereby cleaning solution is dispensed through a spray nozzle at the lower portion of the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: D866895Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: D870871Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Great Innovations, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: D888197Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: FOR LIFE PRODUCTS. LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: D902516Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: FOR LIFE PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
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Patent number: D944924Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: For Life Products, LLCInventors: Joseph A. McDonnell, Christopher Deherrera