Patents by Inventor Shari L. Wright

Shari L. Wright 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).

  • Method of removing lint from clothes dryers using a magnetically mountable hand held vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: 5904160
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner and method for facilitating the removal of lint from the lint screen of a clothes dryer without requiring that the lint screen be removed from the dryer. The vacuum cleaner includes an elongate housing, a nose attached to the housing and shaped and dimensioned to extend into the lint gathering recess to remove lint therefrom; an air permeable collecting apparatus for capturing lint in the housing; a vent; a fan for directing air through the nose into and through the air permeable collecting apparatus and for directing exhaust air out through the vent; and a magnet on said elongate housing for removably attaching the vacuum cleaner to a metal housing of the clothes dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Inventor: Shari L. Wright