Patents by Inventor Vincent A. Macri

Vincent A. Macri 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).

  • Cleaning device with universal motion quick disconnect head
    Patent number: 6889917
    Abstract: A trigger actuated aerosol spray cleaning device having a cleaning head mounted by a quick disconnect coupler to be independently pivotal about at least two axes. In one form, the coupler has a body with a socket receiving a plug end of the cleaning device which is retained by a button actuated, spring biased latching ring preventing axial separation from the coupler until the button is depressed. In another form, spring biased opposing jaws releasably clamp the head to the device. A swivel member pivotally mounts to either the coupler body or opposing jaws along one axis and to the cleaning head at a second axis. The swivel action in either case can be temporarily disabled by a sliding locking feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Cathal L. Fahy, Dale Aberegg, Vincent A. Macri, Brian K. Linstedt
  • Cleaning device with universal motion quick disconnect head
    Publication number: 20040178284
    Abstract: A trigger actuated aerosol spray cleaning device having a cleaning head mounted by a quick disconnect coupler to be independently pivotal about at least two axes. In one form, the coupler has a body with a socket receiving a plug end of the cleaning device which is retained by a button actuated, spring biased latching ring preventing axial separation from the coupler until the button is depressed. In another form, spring biased opposing jaws releasably clamp the head to the device. A swivel member pivotally mounts to either the coupler body or opposing jaws along one axis and to the cleaning head at a second axis. The swivel action in either case can be temporarily disabled by a sliding locking feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Cathal L. Fahy, Dale Aberegg, Vincent A. Macri, Brian K. Linstedt