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: 20170363308
    Abstract: A convertible humidifier that includes a base portion that produces mist, a control panel that controls the production of the mist by the base portion, a reservoir, detachably connectable to the base portion, which holds water to be used by the base portion to produce the mist, and a nozzle configured to direct the mist. The reservoir includes a pass-through connection that allows the mist produced by the base portion to be directed to an opening on a top surface of the reservoir. The nozzle is detachably connected to the opening on the top surface in a first operation mode, and the nozzle is detachably connected to an extending portion, which is detachably connected to the opening on the top surface, in a second operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 9752790
    Abstract: A convertible humidifier that includes a base portion that produces mist, a control panel that controls the production of the mist by the base portion, a reservoir, detachably connectable to the base portion, which holds water to be used by the base portion to produce the mist, and a nozzle configured to direct the mist. The reservoir includes a pass-through connection that allows the mist produced by the base portion to be directed to an opening on a top surface of the reservoir. The nozzle is detachably connected to the opening on the top surface in a first operation mode, and the nozzle is detachably connected to an extending portion, which is detachably connected to the opening on the top surface, in a second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: GREAT INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20170165689
    Abstract: The sprayer includes a 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 housing, the cylinder being selectively rotatable within the chamber. More than one suction tube extends from a lower portion of the 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph A. MCDONNELL
  • Publication number: 20160363256
    Abstract: The stand may be manually assembled without requiring tools. Two-points of contact are made between a horizontal support bar and respective upper and lower vertical posts in order to help resist vibration of the stand and the fan. Side clips are used to hold the fan. The side clips are slideable along a longitudinal length of the upper vertical posts. The side clips selectively grip the upper vertical posts at positions along a longitudinal length of the posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph MCDONNELL
  • Patent number: 9381535
    Abstract: A portable humidifier that comprises a base unit that produces mist and a connecting member (bottle adaptor) that detachably connects one or more types of reservoirs (disposable water bottles) to the base unit. The connecting member (bottle adaptor) includes a first connecting portion that detachably connects the one or more types of reservoirs (disposable water bottles) to the connecting member, a second connecting portion that detachably connects the connecting member to the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: For Life Products, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20160153672
    Abstract: A convertible humidifier that includes a base portion that produces mist, a control panel that controls the production of the mist by the base portion, at least one reservoir detachably connectable to the base portion for holding water used to produce mist, and a nozzle configured to direct the mist. At least one reservoir includes a pass-through connection that provides a flow path for mist from the base portion to exit the humidifier through an opening on the reservoir. The nozzle is detachably connectable directly to the opening in a first operation mode, and the nozzle is connected to an extending portion which is detachably connected to the opening in a second operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20160146490
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph McDonnell, Dung Tran
  • Publication number: 20150354596
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a fan grill, and a fan utilizing the fan grill, that produces a multi-directional air current. The fan grill includes a frame, and a first subset of one or more louvers with major surfaces that are angled to be about perpendicular to a horizontal plane of the fan grill frame. The fan grill also includes a second subset of one or more louvers with major surfaces that are angled to deviate from the first subset of louvers at an offset angle. The fan grill, and the fan utilizing the grill, is capable of producing an air current in a cone or vortex-shape in order to significantly increase air flow in a room. The fan may rotate the fan grill on an axis that is collinear with an axis of rotation of the propellers of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph MCDONNELL
  • Patent number: 9167904
    Abstract: A portable arm rest with a container holder and, more particularly, a portable arm rest having an flexible counterweight such an internal bladder that contains a material, such as a fluid, that both stabilizes the arm rest and readily conforms the arm rest to different uniform or undulating supporting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 8696607
    Abstract: A portable massage bed having a plurality of pressure point pads that protrude from a surface of the massage bed and contact one or more key pressure points of a user to relieve pain in muscles and tendons in pain afflicted areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Great Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph A. McDonnell, Nicholas John Ruggiero, Joel A. Tunon
  • Publication number: 20140084495
    Abstract: A convertible humidifier that includes a base portion that produces mist, a control panel that controls the production of the mist by the base portion, a reservoir, detachably connectable to the base portion, which holds water to be used by the base portion to produce the mist, and a nozzle configured to direct the mist. The reservoir includes a pass-through connection that allows the mist produced by the base portion to be directed to an opening on a top surface of the reservoir. The nozzle is detachably connected to the opening on the top surface in a first operation mode, and the nozzle is detachably connected to an extending portion, which is detachably connected to the opening on the top surface, in a second operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Great Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20130313379
    Abstract: A portable armrest having a first foam layer made of memory foam positioned near an arm supporting upper surface of a cover for supporting a user's arm. A second foam layer is disposed in the lower portion of the chamber for stabilizing the armrest where the foam density of the second foam layer is less than the first foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph McDonnell
  • Patent number: D669810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: For Life Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. McDonnell, Sr., Joseph A. McDonnell, Jr., Julie McDonnell
  • Patent number: D677953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: For Life Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: D707337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Great Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: D712661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Great Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Julie McDonnell, Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: D771784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Great Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: D796224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: D797270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Great Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: D799670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell