Patents by Inventor Stephen Lorne Shulman

Stephen Lorne Shulman 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).

  • Hand held cleaning device for automated pool cleaner
    Patent number: 8413281
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hand held cleaning unit for use with an automated pool cleaning unit. The pool cleaning unit includes a housing, a pump mechanism for creating a vacuum pressure, intake vents in communication with the pump. The pool cleaning unit includes the housing having an external port and the pump in fluid communication with the external port. The hand held cleaning unit includes a body. The body has a port and the conduit connects the body port with the housing external port. The intake vents opening and closing in response to activation of the hand held cleaning unit. As desired, the hand held unit is activated closing the intake vents and directing the vacuum pressure through the hand held unit instead of the automated cleaning unit. The hand held unit in fluid communication with the pump mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Smartpool LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Robert Mikuski, Stephen Lorne Shulman, Jayson Eduard Vajda
  • HAND HELD CLEANING DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED POOL CLEANER
    Publication number: 20120036669
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hand held cleaning unit for use with an automated pool cleaning unit. The pool cleaning unit includes a housing, a pump mechanism for creating a vacuum pressure, intake vents in communication with the pump. The pool cleaning unit includes the housing having an external port and the pump in fluid communication with the external port. The hand held cleaning unit includes a body. The body has a port and the conduit connects the body port with the housing external port. The intake vents opening and closing in response to activation of the hand held cleaning unit. As desired, the hand held unit is activated closing the intake vents and directing the vacuum pressure through the hand held unit instead of the automated cleaning unit. The hand held unit in fluid communication with the pump mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Shawn Robert Mikuski, Stephen Lorne Shulman, Jayson Eduard Vajda