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).

  • Publication number: 20240082891
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to dispense a cleaner composition includes an apparatus outlet in fluid communication with an exterior of the apparatus, a dispenser device configured to be operated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition through the apparatus outlet, and a controller configured to operate the dispenser device to cause the amount of the cleaning composition to be dispensed through the apparatus outlet without manual intervention. The apparatus is configured to be electrically connected with a float switch concurrently with dispensing the cleaning composition, and the apparatus is configured to cause at least a portion of an air conditioning system to shut down in response to receiving a signal generated by the float switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph MCDONNELL
  • Publication number: 20240065512
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11844478
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: For Life Products, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11846302
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11826799
    Abstract: A drain cleaner apparatus for dispensing a cleaning composition into a condensate drain line of an air handler of an air conditioning system includes an apparatus outlet in fluid communication with an exterior of the drain cleaner apparatus, a dispenser device configured to be actuated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition through the apparatus outlet, a connector interface, a dispenser device, and a controller. The connector interface detachably couples with a complementary connector interface of a cartridge having a cartridge reservoir configured to hold the cleaning composition, to establish flow communication from the cartridge reservoir to the dispenser device. The dispenser device is between the connector interface and the apparatus outlet. The dispenser device may be actuated to selectively dispense the amount of the cleaning composition from the cartridge reservoir and through the apparatus outlet. The controller may actuate the dispenser device without manual intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20230366587
    Abstract: A drain cleaner apparatus for dispensing a cleaning composition into a condensate drain line of an air handler of an air conditioning system. The drain cleaner apparatus includes an apparatus reservoir configured to hold the cleaning composition, a connector interface configured to couple with the condensate drain line to cause an apparatus outlet of the drain cleaner apparatus to be in fluid communication with an opening of the condensate drain line, a dispenser device that is configured to be actuated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition from the apparatus reservoir and through the apparatus outlet, and a controller configured to actuate the dispenser device to cause the amount of the cleaning composition to be dispensed through the apparatus outlet without manual intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11761675
    Abstract: A control system includes a cleaner dispensing system and a computing device. The cleaner dispensing system includes a cleaner dispensing apparatus having a dispenser device configured to operate to dispense a cleaning composition. The cleaner dispensing system includes a cartridge configured to detachably couple with the cleaner dispensing apparatus to provide a cleaning composition held in a cartridge reservoir to the dispenser device. The cartridge includes a cartridge indicator configured to indicate a particular cartridge identifier code associated with the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11719464
    Abstract: A drain cleaner apparatus for dispensing a cleaning composition into a condensate drain line of an air handler of an air conditioning system. The drain cleaner apparatus includes an apparatus reservoir configured to hold the cleaning composition, a connector interface configured to couple with the condensate drain line to cause an apparatus outlet of the drain cleaner apparatus to be in fluid communication with an opening of the condensate drain line, a dispenser device that is configured to be actuated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition from the apparatus reservoir and through the apparatus outlet, and a controller configured to actuate the dispenser device to cause the amount of the cleaning composition to be dispensed through the apparatus outlet without manual intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11654462
    Abstract: A heat exchanger cleaner apparatus for spraying a cleaning composition into an air handler of an air conditioning system to contact an outer surface of a heat exchanger of the air handler includes a spray outlet assembly, a pump device, a connector interface, and a controller. The spray outlet assembly is inserted into an interior of the air handler to be exposed to the heat exchanger outer surface. The connector interface detachably couples with a complementary connector interface of a cartridge having a cartridge reservoir holding the cleaning composition, to establish flow communication between the cartridge reservoir and the pump device. The controller operates the pump device to pump cleaning composition from the cartridge reservoir and through the spray outlet assembly such that the spray outlet assembly sprays a fluid stream of the cleaning composition at least partially contacting the outer surface of the heat exchanger, without manual intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20230144945
    Abstract: A drain cleaner apparatus for dispensing a cleaning composition into a condensate drain line of an air handler of an air conditioning system includes an apparatus outlet in fluid communication with an exterior of the drain cleaner apparatus, a dispenser device configured to be actuated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition through the apparatus outlet, a connector interface, a dispenser device, and a controller. The connector interface detachably couples with a complementary connector interface of a cartridge having a cartridge reservoir configured to hold the cleaning composition, to establish flow communication from the cartridge reservoir to the dispenser device. The dispenser device is between the connector interface and the apparatus outlet. The dispenser device may be actuated to selectively dispense the amount of the cleaning composition from the cartridge reservoir and through the apparatus outlet. The controller may actuate the dispenser device without manual intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph MCDONNELL
  • Publication number: 20230141086
    Abstract: A drain cleaner apparatus for dispensing a cleaning composition into a condensate drain line of an air handler of an air conditioning system. The drain cleaner apparatus includes an apparatus reservoir configured to hold the cleaning composition, a connector interface configured to couple with the condensate drain line to cause an apparatus outlet of the drain cleaner apparatus to be in fluid communication with an opening of the condensate drain line, a dispenser device that is configured to be actuated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition from the apparatus reservoir and through the apparatus outlet, and a controller configured to actuate the dispenser device to cause the amount of the cleaning composition to be dispensed through the apparatus outlet without manual intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph MCDONNELL
  • Patent number: 11548134
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: For Life Products, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11426049
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: For Life Products, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20220079410
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20220003244
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph MCDONNELL
  • Patent number: 11147429
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: For Life Products, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20210274992
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: For Life Products, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11013392
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FOR LIFE PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 10926276
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph A. McDonnell, Christopher Deherrera
  • Patent number: D944924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: For Life Products, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph A. McDonnell, Christopher Deherrera