Patents by Inventor Rory McGarry

Rory McGarry 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: 20130125326
    Abstract: A personal hygiene device is disclosed. The device includes a toothbrush; and a display for displaying interactive representations, which are controllable from the display by means of a control device. The control device includes a game controller for controlling a video game on the display and an information controller for making information available on the display, such that a switching device operable by a switching key located on at least the toothbrush or the display is provided for switching between the game presentation generated by the game controller and the information presentation generated by the information controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schmid, Rory McGarry, Wolfgang Stegmann, Duy Phong Vu, Benedikt Heil, Martin Stratmann, Norbert Schaefer, Ivo Kunath, Ingo Vetter, Vladimir Fischer
  • Publication number: 20130125327
    Abstract: A body care appliance is disclosed. The body care appliance includes a toothbrush having a first display; a base station for storing and/or charging the toothbrush; and a second display for displaying interactive representations, which are interactively controllable by means of a control unit from the toothbrush. The second display forms a module that is designed separately from the base station and the toothbrush and is separately positionable; the second display having a communication interface for communication with the base station and/or with the toothbrush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schmid, Rory McGarry, Wolfgang Stegmann, Duy Phong Vu, Benedikt Heil, Martin Stratmann, Norbert Schaefer, Ivo Kunath, Ingo Vetter, Vladimir Fischer
  • Publication number: 20110296642
    Abstract: A brush head for an electric toothbrush is disclosed. The brush head includes a plate-shaped bristle support including mounting means for the movable mounting of the bristle support, the bristle support carrying at least two outer bristle tufts and at least two inner bristle tufts, the outer bristle tufts having a greater height than the inner bristle tufts, such that in the working surface defined by the free ends of the tufts there is formed a central depression which has a groove-shaped concave bottom curved in one direction and extending substantially straight in the direction vertical thereto. At least one of the outer bristle tufts has a chamfer on its outer lying edge of its free end close to the circumferential side of the bristle support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Georges Driesen, Michael Schmid, Norbert Schaefer, Hansjoerg Reick, Stefan Schamberg, Eva Susanne Thurnay, Rory McGarry
  • Publication number: 20110247156
    Abstract: A body care appliance for personal use is disclosed. The body care appliance includes a toothbrush; a display device and a sensing device. The display device displays interactive representations that can be controlled interactively from the toothbrush by means of a control device. The sensing device senses at least one operating parameter relating to the toothbrush, wherein the sensing device has position sensing means for sensing the relative position of the toothbrush to the body part of the appliance user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schmid, Rory McGarry, Wolfgang Stegmann, Duy Phong Vu, Benedikt Heil, Martin Stratmann, Nobert Schaefer, Ivo Kunath, Ingo Vetter, Vladimir Fischer
  • Publication number: 20110247154
    Abstract: A brush head for an electric toothbrush is disclosed. The brush head includes a substantially plate-shaped bristle support carrying a bristle field, the bristle field having a main axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the bristle support and including a plurality of bristles defining with their free ends a flat or concave working surface to be put onto the teeth to be cleaned; driving and/or transmitting means for driving the bristle support using a reciprocating poking motion along a poking axis and an oscillatory rotational motion about an axis of rotation; and connecting means for connecting the bristle support with a toothbrush handpiece such that a brush head longitudinal axis extends substantially parallel to a toothbrush handpiece longitudinal axis in connected condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Georges Driesen, Michael Schmid, Norbert Schaefer, Hansjoerg Reick, Stefan Schamberg, Eva Susanne Thurnay, Rory McGarry
  • Publication number: 20110239391
    Abstract: A brush head for an electric toothbrush is disclosed. The brush head includes a bristle support having mounting means for the movable mounting of the bristle support and a plurality of bristle tufts arranged on the bristle support in at least one outer ring and one middle ring, the middle ring being nested within the outer ring and having a central area. The outer ring includes outer bristle tufts having an elongated tuft cross-section, which outer bristle tufts are mounted on opposing sides of the outer ring. The middle ring includes at least two middle bristle tufts that each have a cross-section that is smaller than the cross-section of the outer bristle tufts and a central area including at least one bristled section that consists of two center bristle tufts having a cross-section larger than the cross-section of the middle bristle tufts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Georges Driesen, Michael Schmid, Norbert Schaefer, Hansjoerg Reick, Stefan Schamberg, Eva Susanne Thurnay, Rory McGarry
  • Patent number: D606199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Phong Duy Vu, Rory McGarry, Alex Thalheim-Martin
  • Patent number: D606318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Georges Driesen, Michael Schmid, Rory McGarry, Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay
  • Patent number: D606757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Georges Driesen, Michael Schmid, Rory McGarry, Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay
  • Patent number: D628001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Rory McGarry, Wolfgang Stegmann, Phong Duy Vu
  • Patent number: D642801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Fritsch, Rory McGarry, Ulrich Storkel
  • Patent number: D651041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christine Bachmann, Oliver Grabes, Rory McGarry, Phong Duy Vu, Benjamin John Wilson, Sven Wuttig
  • Patent number: D655041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Rory McGarry, Phong Duy Vu
  • Patent number: D662765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Christine Hielscher, Rory McGarry, Phong Duy Vu, Benjamin John Wilson, Sven Wuttig
  • Patent number: D664295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Rory McGarry, Phong Duy Vu
  • Patent number: D664298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Rory McGarry, Phong Duy Vu
  • Patent number: D668911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Christine Bachmann, Oliver Grabes, Rory McGarry, Phong Duy Vu, Benjamin John Wilson, Sven Wuttig
  • Patent number: D676602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Björn Kling, Rory McGarry, Markus Orthey, Gregor Ptok, Fritz Schubert, Bernhard Sikora, Renke Joris Thye
  • Patent number: D680271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Grabes, Björn Kling, Rory McGarry, Markus Orthey, Gregor Ptok, Fritz Schubert, Bernhard Sikora, Renke Joris Thye, Phong Duy Vu
  • Patent number: D682629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: BRAUN GmbH
    Inventors: Christine Bachmann, Udo Bady, Oliver Grabes, Rory McGarry, Franziska Schmid, Wolfgang Stegmann, Phong Duy Vu, Sven Wuttig