Patents by Inventor Tomas Pribanic

Tomas Pribanic 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).

  • Convertible blower and vacuum
    Patent number: 6640384
    Abstract: A portable blower-vacuum includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A motor is disposed within the housing for rotatably driving an impeller to transfer an airflow from the inlet to the outlet. The blower-vacuum also includes an elongated air outlet structure over which an elongated blower tube may be slid for attachment in a blower mode and removed in a vacuum mode. The outlet structure possesses a configuration that improves the ease with which the blower tube may be fitted to the air outlet. The blower-vacuum also includes a cover disposed over the inlet in a blower mode and a skirt adapted to cooperate with the cover and the inlet to substantially reduce or eliminate lateral airflow from entering the inlet from between the cover and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Sanders, Sieglinde J. Verges, Terry Jewell, Tomas Pribanic, David Wiseman
  • Convertible blower and vacuum
    Publication number: 20030066159
    Abstract: A portable blower-vacuum includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A motor is disposed within the housing for rotatably driving an impeller to transfer an airflow from the inlet to the outlet. The blower-vacuum also includes an elongated air outlet structure over which an elongated blower tube may be slid for attachment in a blower mode and removed in a vacuum mode. The outlet structure possesses a configuration that improves the ease with which the blower tube may be fitted to the air outlet. The blower-vacuum also includes a cover disposed over the inlet in a blower mode and a skirt adapted to cooperate with the cover and the inlet to substantially reduce or eliminate lateral airflow from entering the inlet from between the cover and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel Sanders, Sieglinde J. Verges, Terry Jewell, Tomas Pribanic, David Wiseman