Patents by Inventor Mario E. Magnani

Mario E. Magnani 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: 20240074569
    Abstract: A grill cleaning tool includes a tool handle extending between handle rear and forward ends. A forwardly-extending rigid plate depends from the tool handle to a distal scraping edge disposed forwardly of the handle forward end and configured for scraping surfaces to be cleaned. The tool further includes a readily removable brush element having a brush head defined by a plurality of bristles. The brush element and rigid plate are dimensioned and configured relative to one another such that, when the brush element is attached to the tool handle with the rigid plate, at least some of the bristles of the brush head extend longitudinally forward of the distal scraping edge. Adherence to these dimensional parameters facilitates use of the scraping edge without interference from the brush head and, conversely, use of the brush head without interference from the scraping edge with the brush element, respectively, removed and attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Mario E. Magnani
  • Publication number: 20230148740
    Abstract: A reconfigurable brush includes an elongated brush head extending between brush-head first and second ends and a brush handle extending between handle proximate and distal ends. The brush-head first end is mounted to the handle distal end for rotation about a brush-head rotation axis between opposed first and second angular orientations and axial displacement along the brush-head rotation axis between opposed axial first and second positions. The first and second angular orientations are defined such that the brush-head second end is disposed, respectively, (i) rearwardly of the brush-head first end and the handle distal end and (ii) forwardly of the brush-head first end and the handle distal end. The axial first and second positions correspond to the handle being, respectively, (a) locked in one of the first and second angular orientations and (b) unlocked to allow rotation between the opposed first and second angular orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Mario E. Magnani
  • Patent number: 11607031
    Abstract: A reconfigurable modular brush has a brush head including brush-head upper and lower surfaces extending longitudinally along a brush-head axis between brush-head first and second ends. Laterally opposed brush-head first and second sides extend between the brush-head upper and lower surfaces and longitudinally between the brush-head first and second ends. A bristle array is defined by a plurality of bristles protruding from the brush-head lower surface. A brush handle includes a grip portion and a brush-head mount, the brush handle having a lengthwise extent disposed generally along a handle axis between handle proximate and distal ends. The brush head and brush-head mount are cooperatively configured such that the handle can selectively capture and retain the brush head. Moreover, the longitudinal orientation in which the brush head is captured and retained by the brush handle is selectively reversible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CREATIVE HAT, INC.
    Inventors: Mario E. Magnani, Richard L. Miller, Ryan J. Waters, Brian H. Yoo
  • Publication number: 20220218096
    Abstract: A grill brush includes a brush head with brush-head upper and lower surfaces, the brush-head lower surface having a plurality of bristles protruding therefrom. An elongated handle extends between handle proximate and distal ends. The handle distal end is defined in part by a brush-head mount including a mounting surface configured to retain the brush-head upper surface. A grill-cleaning implement plate is situated at least partially between the brush-head upper surface and the brush-head mount and extends longitudinally between plate back and front ends. At least one of the plate back and front ends has depending therefrom a grate-cleaning implement. The implement plate is rotatably retained between the brush-head upper surface and the brush-head mount such that, with the brush head stationary relative to the brush handle, the implement plate can be rotated with respect to the brush handle and brush head between mutually opposed first and second angular orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Mario E. Magnani, Andrew Jones, Richard L. Miller, David Walsh, Ryan J. Waters, Brian Yoo
  • Publication number: 20200170394
    Abstract: A reconfigurable modular brush has a brush head including brush-head upper and lower surfaces extending longitudinally along a brush-head axis between brush-head first and second ends. Laterally opposed brush-head first and second sides extend between the brush-head upper and lower surfaces and longitudinally between the brush-head first and second ends. A bristle array is defined by a plurality of bristles protruding from the brush-head lower surface. A brush handle includes a grip portion and a brush-head mount, the brush handle having a lengthwise extent disposed generally along a handle axis between handle proximate and distal ends. The brush head and brush-head mount are cooperatively configured such that the handle can selectively capture and retain the brush head. Moreover, the longitudinal orientation in which the brush head is captured and retained by the brush handle is selectively reversible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Mario E. Magnani
  • Publication number: 20200085271
    Abstract: A dual-bladed scraper includes a handle extending between a proximal end including a grip portion and a distal end extending forwardly of the proximal end. A blade-retaining head is rotatably mounted to the distal end for pivotal movement about a head-rotation axis. The head has opposed first and second ends configured for retaining, respectively, first and second scraping blades on mutually opposite sides of the head-rotation axis about which the head is pivotable between first and second angular positions. The first angular position is such that the first blade is in a deployed attitude and the second blade is shrouded in a non-deployed attitude beneath the handle. Conversely, the second angular position is such that the second blade is in a deployed attitude and the first blade is shrouded in a non-deployed attitude beneath the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Mario E. Magnani, Richard M. Farland, Corey Talbot
  • Patent number: 10383500
    Abstract: A dual-bladed scraper includes a handle extending between a proximal end including a grip portion and a distal end extending forwardly of the proximal end. A blade-retaining head is rotatably mounted to the distal end for pivotal movement about a head-rotation axis. The head has opposed first and second ends configured for retaining, respectively, first and second scraping blades on mutually opposite sides of the head-rotation axis about which the head is pivotable between first and second angular positions. The first angular position is such that the first blade is in a deployed attitude and the second blade is shrouded in a non-deployed attitude beneath the handle. Conversely, the second angular position is such that the second blade is in a deployed attitude and the first blade is shrouded in a non-deployed attitude beneath the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventors: Mario E. Magnani, Richard M. Farland, Corey Talbot
  • Publication number: 20160066761
    Abstract: A dual-bladed scraper includes a handle extending between a proximal end including a grip portion and a distal end extending forwardly of the proximal end. A blade-retaining head is rotatably mounted to the distal end for pivotal movement about a head-rotation axis. The head has opposed first and second ends configured for retaining, respectively, first and second scraping blades on mutually opposite sides of the head-rotation axis about which the head is pivotable between first and second angular positions. The first angular position is such that the first blade is in a deployed attitude and the second blade is shrouded in a non-deployed attitude beneath the handle. Conversely, the second angular position is such that the second blade is in a deployed attitude and the first blade is shrouded in a non-deployed attitude beneath the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: HYDE TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Mario E. Magnani, Richard M. Farland, Corey Talbot