Patents by Inventor Robert C. Shorthill

Robert C. Shorthill 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).

  • Patent number: 5511278
    Abstract: A hard bag portion of a vacuum cleaner is provided with a scent dispensing arrangement where suction airflow is valved at the hard bag portion before the downstream disposed scent tablet. It includes a manually actuated loosely mounted, slide member having a pocket for containing a scent tablet. This slide and its pocket move sidewardly to be centered on or offset from a slot in the hard bag through which vacuum cleaner discharge air flows. This air flow impinges directly or indirectly of the scent tablet to provide a flow of lesser or greater scented air which escapes around the loosely mounted slide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventor: Robert C. Shorthill
  • Patent number: 5247719
    Abstract: A tool storage arrangement is provided for a hard bag upright cleaner by forming a covered compartment in the hard bag portion and tool mounting means in the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Wareham, Robert C. Shorthill, Edgar A. Maurer
  • Patent number: 4934019
    Abstract: The invention comprehends a pair of latching arrangements for a vacuum cleaner bag door. The latching arrangements each consist of an operator button and an urging spring, with the urging spring including the latching hook. These two elements are assembled in the bag door lid in a captivating condition with each other and maintained therein by one way locking barbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Shorthill, Gerald L. Melegari
  • Patent number: D292336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventors: Milton G. Kieft, Robert C. Shorthill, A. Ronald Keebler