Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Caruso

Thomas J. Caruso 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: 10918257
    Abstract: An insert for a mop includes a rail and a cleaning element at least partially disposed in an internal channel of the rail. Two protrusions are disposed on the body, each forming a leg connected to the body and a cylindrical wall defining an actuation bore connected to the leg. Each actuation bore is adapted to overlap a substantial portion of a tine, the tine being associated with a sponge mop having a hand lever that operates to pull the tine, the tine being disposed in the actuation bore and configured to impart a force onto the body through the actuation bore to pull the rail and the cleaning element through a set of rollers to wring out fluids that may be present in the cleaning element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Leo Gubenko, Omar Betouni, Thomas J. Caruso
  • Publication number: 20200315422
    Abstract: An insert for a mop includes a rail and a cleaning element at least partially disposed in an internal channel of the rail. Two protrusions are disposed on the body, each forming a leg connected to the body and a cylindrical wall defining an actuation bore connected to the leg. Each actuation bore is adapted to overlap a substantial portion of a tine, the tine being associated with a sponge mop having a hand lever that operates to pull the tine, the tine being disposed in the actuation bore and configured to impart a force onto the body through the actuation bore to pull the rail and the cleaning element through a set of rollers to wring out fluids that may be present in the cleaning element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Leo Gubenko, Omar Betouni, Thomas J. Caruso