Patents by Inventor Mark Louis Vitantonio

Mark Louis Vitantonio 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).

  • Electric toothbrushes
    Patent number: 7421753
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has an elongated body including a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. A first bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles and a second bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles are disposed on the head and each of the first and second bristle carriers have an opening. An electric motor is operatively connected to a shaft, wherein operation of the electric motor moves the shaft in an orbital motion and wherein the shaft is operatively connected to the first and second bristle carriers to move the first and second bristle carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Geoffrey Chan, Patrick William Brown, Donald Clarence Fuchs, Jr., Douglas Alan Gall, Trevor Leslie Jackson, Jeffrey Michael Kalman, Mark Louis Vitantonio
  • Electric toothbrushes
    Publication number: 20040177458
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has an elongated body including a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. A first bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles and a second bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles are disposed on the head and each of the first and second bristle carriers have an opening. An electric motor is operatively connected to a shaft, wherein operation of the electric motor moves the shaft in an orbital motion and wherein the shaft is operatively connected to the first and second bristle carriers to move the first and second bristle carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Geoffrey Chan, Patrick William Brown, Donald Clarence Fuchs, Douglas Alan Gall, Trevor Leslie Jackson, Jeffrey Michael Kalman, Mark Louis Vitantonio