Patents by Inventor Roland Jeannet

Roland Jeannet 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: 6161244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toothbrush (20) with a brush head which can be secured on a brush handle (24) by a bayonet catch (26). The bayonet catch comprises a locking pin (28) which is mounted in the front end of the brush handle (24) in such a way that it can be displaced axially to a limited extent but is non-rotatable and which is subject to the action of a prestressing device (50). The brush head (22) is provided with a recess (102) which has a locking groove pursuant to which the brush head (22) is mounted on the locking pin (28) by engagement of a bayonet stud (32) in the locking groove (106), the locking pin (28) being pulled out of the brush handle (24) counter to the prestressing device (50) until the bayonet stud (32) locks into a lock-in portion (114) of the locking groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: 5707166
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toothbrush (10), the brushneck (12) of which, connected to an exchangeable brushhead, is deflectably held, in a reversible, resilient manner, on a hollow handle (14) by a swivel joint (18) surrounded by a sealing element (16). The brushneck (12) is provided at its coupling end (20) facing the handle (14) with an articulated head (22). The handle exhibits at its coupling end (24) facing the brushneck (12) an articulated fork (26), between whose fork legs (28, 30) an articulated head (22) of the brushneck (12) is fitted-in and connected by a swivel axle (32). The sealing element (16) consists of a pressure-elastic material. The articulated fork (26) is itself of tension-elastic configuration, so that the sealing element (16) is held by the articulated fork (26) under elastic pre-tension between the mutually opposite coupling ends (20, 24) of the handle (14) and of the brushneck (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: 5564152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toothbrush (20), the brush head (22) of which can be removed from a brush handle (24). A threaded pin (26) can be moved to a limited extent out of the brush handle (24), counter to the action of a prestressing spring (32), when the brush head (22) is screwed onto the pin, until a stop catch (36) of the brush head (22) engages in a recess (38) of the brush handle (24) and locks the brush head in the rotational direction, while the prestressing spring (32) holds the brush head (22) under prestress against the brush handle (24). A firm connection can thus be established simply and rapidly between the brush handle and the brush head, irrespective of the shape of these parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: 5377830
    Abstract: Brushhead magazine for receiving a number of brushheads (22), comprising a plurality of containers, which lie parallel alongside one another in mutual separation, in each case fully enclose a brushhead (22) and the height of which is dimensioned to correspond approximately to the width of a brush base (26) of each brushhead (22), a coupling end of the brushheads (22) in each case facing towards the container opening (30). A wall exhibits, in the area of each container opening (30), a closing flap (32) made from dimensionally stable material, which closing flap is defined by a target rupture line (36) and a hinge (40), formed by an attenuation line (38). The closing flap (32), as its target rupture line (36) is destroyed, can be pivoted by means of the coupling end of a brush handle about the hinge (40) into an open position in the interior of the assigned container. In each container there is disposed a locking device, by means of which the closing flap (32) can be locked in its open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: 5301821
    Abstract: In the case of a holder for a toothbrush, which holder comprises a plate (1) to be attached to a wall and a holding element (7) extending, in the usage position, perpendicular to the plate, the plate (1) and the holding element (7) are pivotably connected to each other and there is provided, moreover, on the plate (1), a suspension device (3), in which a magazine (10) containing accessories for the toothbrush can be suspended. When the holding element (7) is pivoted out of the open position into the usage position, the holding element (7) grips over the suspension device (3) in such a way that the magazine (10) is protected against unintended detachment from the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: D396349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: D402470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: D414340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: D414609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler
  • Patent number: D421339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Jeannet, Robert Leutwyler, Werner Leutwyler