Patents by Inventor Sean Michael Cole

Sean Michael Cole 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: 10359642
    Abstract: Eyewear can be provided that comprises at least one lens, at least one earstem, and a frame with components that interconnect two or more components of the eyewear. The components can include an engagement structure of the lens and a coupling mechanism attached to the frame. The coupling mechanism can include a housing configured to receive the engagement protrusion and a lever mechanism being operative to move between open and closed positions for disengaging or engaging with the engagement protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Oakley, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Anthony Calilung, Sean Michael Cole
  • Publication number: 20170307903
    Abstract: Eyewear can be provided that comprises at least one lens, at least one earstem, and a frame with components that interconnect two or more components of the eyewear. The components can include an engagement structure of the lens and a coupling mechanism attached to the frame. The coupling mechanism can include a housing configured to receive the engagement protrusion and a lever mechanism being operative to move between open and closed positions for disengaging or engaging with the engagement protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Anthony Calilung, Sean Michael Cole
  • Patent number: 9427293
    Abstract: A toothbrush that includes a brushing attachment and a handle is described. The brushing attachment includes a main body portion that includes a hollow neck and a head. The neck includes a skirt portion with an attachment opening and the head includes a cleaning member opening. The handle includes a main body portion that houses a motor, and a male attachment member extending upwardly from the main body portion that is at least partially received in the attachment opening in the brushing attachment. The male attachment member includes at least a first retention rib that is received in a first retention recess defined in the inner surface of the neck of the brushing attachment, and the inner surface of the neck includes a first retention lug extending outwardly therefrom that is positioned below the first retention rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Den-Mat Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Wayne Haynes, Ian Thorne, Jered Harvey Dean, Emanuel Guzman, Sean Michael Cole, John R. Gardner, Scott Douglas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20150190218
    Abstract: A toothbrush that includes a brushing attachment and a handle. The brushing attachment includes a main body portion with a hollow neck having an attachment opening and a head with a cleaning member opening, a drive shaft positioned in the neck, a cleaning member drive mechanism matingly engaged with gearing on the drive shaft, and a cleaning member extending through the cleaning member opening in the head and operatively associated with the cleaning member drive mechanism. The drive shaft includes a spline drive on one end and gearing on the opposite end. The handle includes a main body portion with a brushing attachment connection receiver that is at least partially received in the attachment opening. The brushing attachment connection receiver includes a recess defined therein that receives a drive hub with a grooved recess defined therein that receives the spline drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: DEN-MAT HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Wayne Haynes, Ian Thorne, Jered Harvey Dean, Emanuel Guzman, Sean Michael Cole, John R. Gardner, Scott Douglas Nelson
  • Patent number: 9038225
    Abstract: A toothbrush that includes a brushing attachment and a handle. The brushing attachment includes a main body portion with a hollow neck having an attachment opening and a head with a cleaning member opening, a drive shaft positioned in the neck, a cleaning member drive mechanism matingly engaged with gearing on the drive shaft, and a cleaning member extending through the cleaning member opening in the head and operatively associated with the cleaning member drive mechanism. The drive shaft includes a spline drive on one end and gearing on the opposite end. The handle includes a main body portion with a brushing attachment connection receiver that is at least partially received in the attachment opening. The brushing attachment connection receiver includes a recess defined therein that receives a drive hub with a grooved recess defined therein that receives the spline drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Den-Mat Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Wayne Haynes, Ian Thorne, Jered Harvey Dean, Emanuel Guzman, Sean Michael Cole, John R. Gardner, Scott Douglas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20140115801
    Abstract: A toothbrush that includes a brushing attachment and a handle is described. The brushing attachment includes a main body portion that includes a hollow neck and a head. The neck includes a skirt portion with an attachment opening and the head includes a cleaning member opening. The handle includes a main body portion that houses a motor, and a male attachment member extending upwardly from the main body portion that is at least partially received in the attachment opening in the brushing attachment. The male attachment member includes at least a first retention rib that is received in a first retention recess defined in the inner surface of the neck of the brushing attachment, and the inner surface of the neck includes a first retention lug extending outwardly therefrom that is positioned below the first retention rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Ronald Wayne Haynes, Ian Thorne, Jered Harvey Dean, Emanuel Guzman, Sean Michael Cole, John R. Gardner, Scott Douglas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20140115800
    Abstract: A toothbrush that includes a brushing attachment and a handle. The brushing attachment includes a main body portion with a hollow neck having an attachment opening and a head with a cleaning member opening, a drive shaft positioned in the neck, a cleaning member drive mechanism matingly engaged with gearing on the drive shaft, and a cleaning member extending through the cleaning member opening in the head and operatively associated with the cleaning member drive mechanism. The drive shaft includes a spline drive on one end and gearing on the opposite end. The handle includes a main body portion with a brushing attachment connection receiver that is at least partially received in the attachment opening. The brushing attachment connection receiver includes a recess defined therein that receives a drive hub with a grooved recess defined therein that receives the spline drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Ronald Wayne Haynes, Ian Thorne, Jered Harvey Dean, Emanuel Guzman, Sean Michael Cole, John R. Gardner, Scott Douglas Nelson
  • Patent number: D651106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jolene Ann Bradford, Gregory Kaduchak, Michael Wayne Olszowy, Michael Dennis Ward, William Lunt Godfrey, Jan Zwierstra, Sean Michael Cole, Cody Collier Henderson, James Kolozs, Ian Bradley Thorne, Phillip Nolan Tyler, Robin Carlton Swain, David Anton Van Gogh