Patents by Inventor Tony C. Banks

Tony C. Banks 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: 6039490
    Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning drinking straws and the like that includes a flexible, tubular brush structure having a tubular cavity formed therein between a closed insertion end and an open ended, threaded squeeze bulb reservoir connecting end, a number of cleaning solution dispensing orifices provided along the length of the flexible tubular brush structure and a number of multi-length bristles extending radially outward from the flexible tubular brush structure; a resilient, spherical squeeze bulb reservoir having an internal cleaning solution reservoir cavity in connection with a threaded fitting companionately threaded to engage and connect with the threaded squeeze bulb reservoir connecting end of the flexible tubular brush structure; and a straw end sealing cap securable over an open end of a drinking straw for maintaining cleaning solution within a straw passageway formed through the drinking straw during a period of brushing with the flexible tubular brush structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventors: Beverly L. Banks, Tony C. Banks