Patents by Inventor Lloyd S. Vasilakes

Lloyd S. Vasilakes 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: 20220000333
    Abstract: Lint removal tool including a handle, an inner assembly rotatably attached to the handle, and an outer cover translationally attached to the handle. The handle has a free end and a connecting end. The inner assembly rotates around an axis of the handle when the handle is longitudinally activated between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the outer cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Mark W. Baldwin, Kevin R. Wruble
  • Patent number: 11096551
    Abstract: The present invention is a cleaning tool for dispensing foam. The cleaning tool includes a handle having a working end and a holding end, a cleaning head attached to the working end of the handle, a foaming mechanism, and an actuator to displace volume within the foaming mechanism. The foaming mechanism includes a chamber, an air pocket, an air tube having an air inlet, a fluid inlet, a fluid reservoir, and a foaming pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Matthew D. Chaffee, Megan E. Renner, Lloyd S. Vasilakes
  • Publication number: 20210186301
    Abstract: The present invention is a cleaning tool for dispensing foam. The cleaning tool includes a handle having a working end and a holding end, a cleaning head attached to the working end of the handle, a foaming mechanism, and an actuator to displace volume within the foaming mechanism. The foaming mechanism includes a chamber, an air pocket, an air tube having an air inlet, a fluid inlet, a fluid reservoir, and a foaming pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew D. Chaffee, Megan E. Renner, Lloyd S. Vasilakes
  • Publication number: 20200196831
    Abstract: The present invention is a cleaning tool (10) including a cleaning head (18) and a containment system (12) connected to the cleaning head (18). The containment system (12) includes a chamber (24) and a containment (13) including a cleaning mixture (14). The containment (13) is positionable within the chamber (24) and the cleaning mixture (14) is dispensable from the chamber (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Megan E. Renner, Matthew D. Chaffee, Mark W. Baldwin, Michael C. Leighton, Heidi A. Sandell, Lloyd S. Vasilakes
  • Patent number: 9161673
    Abstract: The disclosed wringer for a bucket includes flexible wall members for squeezing around a strip mop. Each wall member has an outer portion, an inner portion, and a transition zone between the outer portion and inner portion and each wall member having an upper face and an under face that is facing the container. On at least one of the wall members at the under face is a least one outwardly projecting rib extending through the transition zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Valentina Tronconi, Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Edgardo Angelini, Rosario D. De Salvo, Sandro F. U. Pizzi
  • Publication number: 20150289637
    Abstract: A broom comprising bristles of multiple lengths. The broom can include a head having a bottom major surface and a longitudinal axis. The head can define a sweeping direction in which the broom is configured to be swept. The broom can further include a plurality of tufts of bristles coupled to the bottom major surface of the head and protruding downwardly therefrom. The plurality of tufts of bristles can include a first tuft type having a first length, and a second tuft type having a second length that is longer than the first length. The plurality of tufts of bristles can further include a diagonal row comprising at least two adjacent tufts of either the first tuft type or the second tuft type arranged at a non-zero and non-right angle with respect to the longitudinal axis and/or the sweeping direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Monica Jerez
  • Patent number: D733436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Lloyd S. Vasilakes
  • Patent number: D737056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Lloyd S. Vasilakes
  • Patent number: D743137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Mark W. Baldwin
  • Patent number: D760982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Lloyd S. Vasilakes
  • Patent number: D779757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Mark W. Baldwin
  • Patent number: D784722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas C. Meier, Mark W. Baldwin, David J. Prince, Lloyd S. Vasilakes
  • Patent number: D831287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Mark W. Baldwin
  • Patent number: D841917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Megan E. Renner, Matthew D. Chaffee, Mark W. Baldwin, Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Heidi A. Sandell, Michael C. Mooney
  • Patent number: D844919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Megan E. Renner, Matthew D. Chaffee, Mark W. Baldwin, Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Heidi A. Sandell, Michael C. Mooney
  • Patent number: D844920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Megan E. Renner, Matthew D. Chaffee, Mark W. Baldwin, Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Heidi A. Sandell, Michael C. Mooney
  • Patent number: D853797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Megan E. Renner, Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Mark W. Baldwin, Michael C. Mooney
  • Patent number: D862899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Mark W. Baldwin
  • Patent number: D922705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Kevin R. Wruble, Lloyd S. Vasilakes
  • Patent number: D952137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Sailaja Chandrapati, Berenice Francoise Anne Marie Plessis, Elliott J. Zell, Adam J. Stanenas, Rocio Foncea, Samuel E. Beseres, Lloyd S. Vasilakes