Special Work Patents (Class 15/160)
  • Patent number: 8191196
    Abstract: A mountable scrubbing device comprises a support element comprising a rear surface and a front surface. Further, the mountable scrubbing device comprises a plurality of suction cups configured on the rear surface of the support element. The plurality of suction cups is adapted for detachably securing the support element on a flat surface. Furthermore, the mountable scrubbing device comprises a scrubbing element removably attached to the front surface of the support element. The scrubbing element is capable of scrubbing a posterior portion of an individual. Additionally, the mountable scrubbing device comprises a reversible hand scrubbing member detachably attached to the support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventors: Sylvia Aguilar, Olivia Camacho
  • Publication number: 20120124764
    Abstract: A scalp washing device includes a base and projections for washing projected from a brush surface of the base. Each of the projections includes a root portion on a side of the base having a circular shape in cross-section, a middle portion including a tip surface having a flattened shape in cross-section, and at least a pair of conical tip projections each having a tip chamfered to have a curved surface and provided on the tip surface. The middle portion has a cross-sectional shape changing from a circular shape to a flattened shape from a side of the root portion to a side of the tip surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Watanabe, Keiji Yoshii
  • Patent number: 8181304
    Abstract: A system and method of configuring the prongs on a hairbrush. A brush head is provided having a face surface and a plurality of prongs. The prongs are arranged in parallel rows that include at least a first row, a second row, and a third row. The prongs are positioned in the first row of prongs so that the first row of prongs engages a first volume of hair from a lock of hair being brushed. The prongs are positioned in the second row of prongs so that the second row of prongs engages a second volume of hair that is greater than the first volume of hair. Likewise, the prongs in the third row of prongs are positioned so that the third row of prongs engages a third volume of hair that is greater than the second volume of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Yashavanth K. Kamath
  • Patent number: 8171594
    Abstract: A paint brush includes a plurality of filaments that form a brush head. A handle, having a brush attachment end, can be coupled to the brush head. The handle can have a grip that extends away from the brush head. A coating can cover the brush attachment end and at least a portion of the grip. The coating can form a seal around the handle to resist absorption of chemicals by the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Proform Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Terry Cox, Jon Paul Cox
  • Publication number: 20120096663
    Abstract: A broom brush for a cleaning vehicle is disclosed, which has an excellent elastic recovery force and an enhances anti-wearing performance while preventing the neighboring brushing members from being entangled for thereby extending a life span of a product and reducing a maintenance cost. The broom brush for a cleaning vehicle comprises a plurality of brushing members which are engaged at a front side of a cleaning vehicle for cleaning a certain area with the aid of a rotation operation, said brushing members comprising cores made of metallic wires each having a certain elastic force; and plastic coated metallic wires formed of plastic coating layers coated on the outer sides of the cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Rae-Kwon KIM
  • Publication number: 20120096662
    Abstract: A device for cleaning debris from a target surface. The device has a sole plate with permanent bristles and a removable/replaceable pad. The device also has a replaceable, on-board supply of cleanser. The pad/cleanser may be replaced when depleted and replaced with a new pad/cleanser or may simply be replaced with a new pad/cleanser when that pad/cleanser is more suitable for a particular cleaning task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Mimi Gizaw Daniel, Glenn Allen Bradbury, David William Schuller, Agnes Elaine Wells, Michelle Lynn Borman, Aaron Fredrick Dubas, Adam Robert-George Shafer
  • Publication number: 20120096661
    Abstract: A groomer for turf surfaces includes a groomer frame that mounts a first style of grooming brush for use on an artificial turf surface and a second style of grooming brush for use on a natural turf surface. The first style of grooming brush comprises a brush formed by spaced brush walls with each brush wall having a substantially single row of brush bristles with no bristles being placed between the brush walls. The second style of grooming brush is that similar to a push broom where the brush bristles are packed across the width of the brush head. When configured for artificial turf surfaces, a front row of scarifying spring tines helps the trailing brushes to level out the infill material and the attitude of the groomer frame can be tilted tail down to put more downpressure on the infill material. A debris remover attached to the rear of the frame can pick up and hold metallic debris that is often found in the turf surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Miguel A. Pizano, Benjamin A. Street, Cal N. Kosieracki, Andrew J. Kjolhaug
  • Publication number: 20120073066
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a tongue-mounted cleaning article for caring for the teeth and gums having an elongated body defining an inner cavity having a contour of the tongue and optionally, apertures therethrough; an open end having an annular elastic member for removably attaching the article to the tongue; and a closed end having pyramidal protuberances disposed over a portion or the entirety of its surface to project outwardly for cleaning the teeth and gums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Adel ELSERI
  • Publication number: 20120073069
    Abstract: A method for making a paint brush includes placing a plurality of bristles inside a sleeve. A resin is applied into the sleeve to contact the plurality of bristles. A handle is inserted into the sleeve to contact the resin. An extension integrally formed in one of the handle or the resin is fitted into a recess formed in the other of the handle and the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Jon Terry Cox, Jon Paul Cox
  • Publication number: 20120042466
    Abstract: A scrubbing cap for sterilizing a tubular medical line port wherein the cap is molded of a pliable plastic and is provided with an open annular cavity therein which is dimensioned and contoured to receive through its mouth a tubular medical line port with a friction fit for scrubbing surfaces of the port with sterilizing liquid contained in the cavity. Flexible scrubber protrusions coaxially extend into the cavity from the floor of the cavity for scrubbing interior portions of the medical line port. The floor is flexibly displaceable whereby the floor will displace or bulge outwardly when the scrubber protrusions engage a valve within the port for thereby scrubbing the exposed surfaces of the valve while preventing inadvertent opening of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Anthony J. Colantonio, Menno D. Jager
  • Patent number: 8117707
    Abstract: A brush device can be releasably attached to a distal end of a pool broom and has a plurality of strategically placed brushes which brushingly engage the surfaces of the beams of a pool cage to clean those surfaces. The brushes are mounted on a head that can be angularly adjusted so the brushes will engage the cage surfaces in a manner which is conducive to thorough cleaning of those surfaces. The brushes are releasably mounted so they can be removed for cleaning or replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventor: Gary Robert Ruh, II
  • Publication number: 20120023691
    Abstract: A device for cleaning and removing particulates located in between and underneath a pair of keyboard keys is provided. The device includes a handle, a bristle retaining portion extending in a direction d1 away from the handle, and a plurality of bristles connected with and extending from the bristle retaining portion at the engagement area. The bristle retaining portion has a first end connected with the handle and an engagement area located on the bristle retaining portion at a point on the bristle retaining portion which is furthest from the handle. The engagement area has a thickness t1 of less than 1 mm and greater than 0.5 mm. The bristles form a brush. The brush has diameter of greater than 3 mm and less than 20 mm. The device also includes a base stand including a generally flattened bottom portion and a screen cleaning device adhered onto the bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: Michael D. Prince
  • Patent number: 8104132
    Abstract: An applicator brush is provided having a base tuft comprised of bristles affixed to a ferrule at a first end, the bristles having a second end terminating to form an edge. The brush includes a protruding tuft comprised of bristles configured to protrude from an interior portion of the base tuft. The interior portion of the base tuft comprises any location within a perimeter of the base tuft. A handle may be provided affixed to the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: FM Brush Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Mink
  • Publication number: 20120011672
    Abstract: A transversely elongated mounting bar curved rearwardly from a centerline and mounting longitudinally projecting bristles on the front side thereof to terminate in free ends deposed in a working plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MONOARC INC.
    Inventors: Everett O. Fuller, Martyn L. Fuller
  • Patent number: 8091172
    Abstract: A paint brush includes a sleeve circumscribing a portion of a handle and a portion of a plurality of bristles. A plug can be coupled to the handle. The plug can extend away from the handle into the plurality of bristles to form a space between the bristles. An extension and a recess can be formed between the handle and the resin with the extension extending from one of the handle or resin and into the recess in the other of the handle or resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Proform Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Terry Cox, Jon Paul Cox
  • Publication number: 20110314619
    Abstract: A cleaner assembly (10) for cleaning a medical device such as a luer connector. The assembly includes a cup-shaped housing (12) having a cavity (18) extending from an open first end (14) to a closed second end (16), and a first scrubber (22) affixed at the bottom and along side surfaces of the cavity (18) and saturated with antimicrobial fluid. The first scrubber (22) includes compressible fingers (26) co-extending toward the open first end (14) engageable by the medical device end portion inserted into the cavity whereupon the fingers (26) scrub the exterior and interior surfaces of the end of the device and applying the antimicrobial fluid thereto by being compressed by the device end. A second scrubber (30,30?) is affixed to cavity side walls (32) adjacent the open first end and has flexible projections (34 or 36) extending radially inwardly to scrub exterior surfaces of the device upon insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Medical Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy M. Schweikert
  • Publication number: 20110298994
    Abstract: An air filter cleaner includes an air filter that captures dust. A brush cleans the air filter. A dust box collects dust from the brush. A rotary shaft rotates the brush. A moving mechanism moves the brush and the dust box using the rotation of the brush. A one-way clutch connects the brush and the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishihata, Fumihiko Hamada, Akira Miyanaga, Yoshiharu Arioka, Hideaki Okaniwa
  • Publication number: 20110296641
    Abstract: A cleaning brush device for a condenser of refrigerator comprising a condenser and a cleaning brush is provided. The condenser comprises a cooling fin grid of rows of horizontal fins and columns of vertical fins. The cleaning brush sweeps horizontally and vertically over the cooling fin grid in a predetermined period of time and brushes off the dust bunny collected in the cooling fin grid. The predetermined period of time is controlled according to amount of the dust bunny on the cooling fin grid. The cleaning brush may sweep the grid horizontally and vertically in a systematical way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Brian S. KIM
  • Patent number: 8069523
    Abstract: The site scrub brush is made of a block of foam material, such as a semi-closed hydrophilic polyurethane medical grade foam, with a thin layer of sealing material, such as any plastic polymer which is non-permeable in nature, about the periphery and bottom. The brush is compressible under finger pressure to enhance the scrubbing action of the brush on the outer surfaces of a luer received by the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Vaillancourt, Marshall Kerr
  • Patent number: 8065773
    Abstract: The microbial scrub brush employs an insert of foam material that is impregnated with an anti-bacterial disinfectant that is housed within a housing of alcohol compatible material and sealed over by a removable lid. The insert is maintained in sterile condition until ready for use. After the removal of the lid, the insert of foam material is moved over the end of a female luer and rotated in order to clean the outer surface of the luer as well as the interior of the luer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Vaillancourt, Marshall Kerr
  • Patent number: 8060971
    Abstract: A powder cosmetics brush is provided. The brush has a handle and bristles and a magnetic element within the ferrule, between the handle into the base of the bristles. A magnetic or an electromagnet element attracts fine particles of iron-based or other cosmetic powders or foundations having magnetic-attractive particles and/or cosmetic particles and facilitates the application, distribution and removal of excess powder. The magnetic element is allowed to move within the ferrule such that sweeping and swirling motion causes it to knock against the inside wall of the ferrule to thereby dislodge some of the particles of cosmetic powder. The bristles preferably are flared from one end to the other and are cross-hatched to provide a first tier of longer bristles and a second tier of shorter bristles. The two or more tiers of bristles serve to distribute the powder more evenly on the face since the bristles will more effectively follow the contours of the face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel Castelluccio
  • Patent number: 8051525
    Abstract: A brush is made up of: a handle an aluminum tubular body which is coated with an artificial plastic material, vinyl fluoride polymer, and holes with polygonal shape, arranged in a herringbone pattern, which end in bevelling and are arranged forming oblique lines in respect of the longitudinal axis of the brush. Nylon fibers are ionized by radiation, and are fixed helicoidally to a supporting center rod, located inside the tubular body. The fibers emerge through the holes of the tubular body, and a front top closes the fore end of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dols Industrial De Peluqueria, S.A.
    Inventor: Josep Maria Bernat Bernat
  • Patent number: 8047213
    Abstract: A cosmetic coating implement which is used to apply a cosmetic material such as mascara or the like as a coating, comprising a coating part in which brush bristles are disposed on a shaft member, and a holding part which is held in order to use the coating implement and which is connected to the shaft member. In this cosmetic coating implement, the brush bristles disposed on the shaft member have two or more protruding parts comprising curved surfaces with respect to the direction of length of the shaft such as parts with a spherical or elliptical shape, and these protruding parts are symmetrically disposed with the shaft member as an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Inventor: Aya Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20110252588
    Abstract: A cleaning disk for an optical pickup head of an optical disk drive has a disk body with a first surface and a second surface. The disk body uses at least one two-step hole portion to mount at least one brush bundle, wherein the two-step hole includes an embedded fine hole and an expansion hole. The brush bundle has a root portion and an end portion, wherein the root portion is fixed in the embedded fine hole, and the end portion protrudes towards the facing direction of the second surface through the expansion hole. When the brush bundle cleans the optical pickup head, the inner edge of the embedded fine hole on the first surface is used as a pivot point to bend the brush bundle into the expansion hole, thus reducing the resistance and wiping damage on the optical pickup head and the planar shifting of the cleaning disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: TAIWAN BOR YING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jin-Sheng WENG
  • Publication number: 20110252589
    Abstract: A tile joint brush structure is provided with grout cleaning nodules, which can be used from a standing position, pivotable about a horizontal axis, through vertical, to two oblique extremes at which positive stops are provided. The scrubber brush structure includes a main brush for cleaning one band of the joint, and a laterally adjustably spaced auxiliary nodules for simultaneously cleaning an adjoining band of the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Rene Casey
  • Patent number: 8032970
    Abstract: A bolt brush includes a housing, a scraper and a ring plate. The housing has a holding space which is provided with an opening at an end and emplaces the scraper, an inner wall of the housing, close to that opening, is surrounded with a ring groove, and a side of the scraper is provided with plural brush hairs. The ring plate is locked in the ring groove, a side of the ring plate is an opening, and more than one pick-up member is formed close to that opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: Sunmatch Industrial Co., Ltd., Toku Pneumatic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lung-Pao Chen
  • Patent number: 8032969
    Abstract: An attachable brush for footwear, particularly suited for an umpire to clean dirt from home plate during a baseball game is herein disclosed. The footwear comprises a bristle portion along one (1) side and sized approximately one (1) inch wide and four (4) inches long, with the bristle portions being approximately one (1) inch. The brush body is attached to the footwear by means of a flap made of leather or similar resilient material. The flap is attached to the top of the brush body and is removably attached to the footwear by use of eyelets that would be interlocked with the shoelaces on the footwear. This enables the umpire to slightly lift his foot, allowing the brush to hang down, and sweep it back and forth over the home plate area. Its positioning would not allow it to interfere with walking or other activities when not being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventor: Dennis E. Connelly
  • Publication number: 20110239390
    Abstract: A hairbrush in which air blown from a hair dryer to the rear face side of the hairbrush is smoothly guided to through-holes in the hairbrush to send the air to the front face side. In the hairbrush (1), divergent projections (4a-4g) are formed on a rear face (2a) of a base section (2) and through-holes (8a-8f) are respectively formed in depressions (3a-3f) located between the projections. A cushion member (5) of a brush section (9) is fixed to the front face (2e) side of the base section (2) of the hairbrush (1), and bristles (6) are embedded in the cushion member (5) through which holes (5a) are formed. Air blown from the hair dryer to the rear face (2a) side of the hair brush (1) is guided by the projections (4a-4g) to the depressions (3a-3f) located between the projections and enters the through-holes (8a-8f). The air passed through the through-holes (8a-8f) passes through the holes (5a) in the cushion member (5) and sent to the front face side of the hairbrush (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Y.S.PARK PROFESSIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Young-soo Park
  • Patent number: 8028366
    Abstract: A tile and grout cleaning tool that can be turned over to place either a first series of bristle bundles projecting from the head of the tool in position to clean tile surfaces or a second series of bristle bundles spaced from the first series in position to clean the grout between tiles, the second series of bristle bundles comprising bristles that can be pressed into the grout channels and have ends of different lengths that form rough cleaning surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventor: Brian Grabowski
  • Patent number: 8024833
    Abstract: A transversely elongated mounting bar curved rearwardly from a centerline and mounting longitudinally projecting bristles on the front side thereof to terminate in free ends deposed in a working plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Monoarch Inc.
    Inventors: Everett O. Fuller, Martyn L. Fuller
  • Publication number: 20110225757
    Abstract: A hair brush and its pin structure thereof, which provide a way of embedding and fixing brush pins onto a brush pin base of the hair comb by a simple insertion without the need of using any other fixing element or adhesive. The hair brush and its pin structure not just facilitate an automated mass production, substantially simplifying the assembling process of the brush pins and a handle of the hair brush, and improving efficiency only, but also add a heat resisting material into the brush pins for improving the heat resisting effect of the brush pins. In addition, the brush pin base of the hair brush can be made of a hard material, and it is no longer limited to be made of a flexible extensible and contractible material anymore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Lio Kuo
  • Patent number: 8015654
    Abstract: An apparatus for washing hands and/or fingernails includes a brush assembly attached to a water faucet. The brush assembly includes a backplane with two opposed brushes attached to the backplane such that the bristles on each brush face outward from the backplane. A clamping mechanism removable attaches the brush assembly to the faucet. The clamping mechanism is pivotable on the faucet so the user can move the brush assembly into the water stream to use the brushes and out of the water stream for rinsing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Syracuse University
    Inventor: Norman Faiola
  • Patent number: 8001645
    Abstract: A scrub brush-sponge includes a base provided with a recessed peripheral lip, which has a plurality of attenuated regions configured to minimize the resistance of the base to external bending forces, and a sponge coupled to the base and made from polymeric material, which may have as low a PPI as 10. The sponge is configured so that it can effectively surround at least a substantial peripheral portion of instruments or portions to be treated with fluid, which is contained within the sponge, without applying substantial external forces to the base. A flexible layer made of woven or non-woven bonded polymeric fibers is on a scrubbing surface of the sponge and provides an enhanced scrubbing feature. An abrasive may be included on the flexible layer to further enhance the scrubbing feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Biomed Packaging Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jack W. Kaufman, Janet Kaufman, legal representative, James Brown
  • Publication number: 20110191970
    Abstract: A basting brush 2, including a head 4 having a handle-receiving portion 6, two generally longitudinal sides 12, 14, a bristle-receiving portion 16, a handle 18 attached to the handle-receiving portion 6, and bristles 20. The bristles 20 have top ends 24 and bottoms ends 26. The top ends 24 are attached to the bristle-receiving portion 16. The bottom ends 26, of the bristles 20 form a curved shape having a central low point 22 and tapering upwardly from the central low point 22 toward the longitudinal sides 12, 14. The bristles 20 are distributed in a straight line between the two longitudinal sides 12, 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Louis F. Genatossio, Kimberly A. Rada
  • Publication number: 20110167578
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curling broom head for improved ice surface heating and curling performance. The curling broom includes an elongate shaft having opposed first and second ends, the first end being graspable by a sweeper and being attached to a broom head attachment plate located at the second end. A curling broom head is attached to the broom head receptacle for sweeping an ice surface. The broom head includes a base section, a reflective constituent selected to reflect infrared radiation which can be a layer secured to a bottom surface of the base section, or the top of the woven fabric or both or a reflective powder incorporated into a foam pad attached to the base section, (or the foam pad being metalized), or an outer surface of an outer fabric layer located below the pad being metalized and secured to the base section. The outer surface of the outer fabric layer contacts the ice during sweeping motion by the user sweeping the ice surface with the broom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas JENKYN, Scott ARNOLD, Jeffrey WOOD
  • Patent number: 7971308
    Abstract: A grip cleaning and rising devices includes a dual tubular body having a closed lower end for holding separately both soapy and rinsing fluid, and an open upper end for receiving the grips or handles to be cleaned longitudinally therein. Cleaning is effected by a single helical brush with multiple turns that is simply threaded into position in the washing body. A splash guard is also provided as an impinging lip that extends into the receiving orifice. A smaller diameter rinsing tube is in fluid isolation from the cleaning solution. A cap may optionally be provided to close the top of the grip washer when not in use or for transportation from one place to another. The simple tubular construction enables the grip washer adapted for use as a mobile unit, with a laterally extending base to allow the user to stabilize the device by placing his or her feet over the base edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Like New, LLC
    Inventor: Mike Lawson
  • Publication number: 20110146013
    Abstract: A sponge type make-up brush is provided that comprises a handle part having a sponge-receiving portion and a sponge part having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion of the sponge part has a plurality of coating blades each having cutting surfaces. The plurality coating blades are arranged one after another. A thickness of the coating blades is reduced in a direction away from the handle part. The second portion of the sponge includes a plurality of edge line portions and a plurality of valley portions. The edge line portions are formed where cutting surfaces of a coating blade meet each other and each of the plurality of valley portions is formed where a cutting surface of one coating blade meets a cutting surface of a neighboring coating blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Jae-Soor Yun
  • Publication number: 20110138557
    Abstract: A device comprising a cleaning device operably attached to a mounting device, wherein the mounting device is configured to engage a footwear, wherein the cleaning device facilitates the cleaning of equipment, such as a golf club. Furthermore, a method of cleaning a golf club comprising providing a cleaning device, wherein the cleaning device has a first end and a second end, coupling the first end of the cleaning device and the attachment device, wherein the attachment device and a mounting plate form a mounting device, and wherein the mounting device is configured to engage a footwear is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Brent Herrmann, Richard J. Herrmann, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110138558
    Abstract: An improved cleaning blade strip element for making rotary brush assemblies for motor vehicle washing systems comprises a plate-like body (2) forming the cleaning element main body, and thereon velvet fabric materials (3), or felt or other materials adapted to provide a washing, drying and polishing action are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Francesco Favaqgrossa
  • Publication number: 20110120193
    Abstract: A bush member for a rotating shaft of a washing machine wherein a manufacturing process of the bush member is simplified and the bush member has a small thickness, a washing machine having the bush member, and a manufacturing method of the bush member and the washing machine. The bush member is formed by pressing a raw material without sintering. The bush member has a thickness of 0.3 mm to 0.7 mm. The bush member has a taper inclined to achieve secure coupling between the bush member and the rotating shaft and a curled part formed at the lower end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jae Kim, Kyu Chai Lee, Hong Yeol Lee
  • Publication number: 20110099736
    Abstract: A method and device for cleaning golf equipment while on the golf course, the device being mounted to, and rotating in conjunction with, a golf cart wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: CRAIG ARLEDGE
  • Publication number: 20110088188
    Abstract: A hair brush is disclosed herein that includes a handle, a base and a plurality of bristles, wherein the base and the plurality of bristles are one single continuous component. A method of producing a sanitary hair brush comprises: a) providing at least one curable material, b) injection molding the at least one material into a mold in order to produce a base, a handle, a plurality of bristles or a combination thereof as one single continuous component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Niloufar Ghodsi
  • Publication number: 20110083293
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides a portable golf club cleaning device, for cleaning the head of a golf club, including: a cleaning portion with one or more outwardly-facing exterior cleaning surfaces disposed about a central axis; a handle portion disposed at a top end of the cleaning portion including a gripping member whereby the portable golf club cleaning device is selectively gripped; and an elongated spike portion disposed at a bottom end of the cleaning portion substantially opposite the top end of the cleaning portion, the elongated spike portion extending from the cleaning portion and wherein central axes of the handle portion and the spike portion are vertically aligned, the elongated spike portion providing a support means for supporting the portable golf club cleaning device in an upright manner when depressed into the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventor: Christopher W. Cieri
  • Publication number: 20110083690
    Abstract: A system of brushes for coloring hair with each brush including an ergonomically shaped handle, recessed valley areas for comfortable and effective finger pressure points, each brush color coded to specific base colors, and each brush provided with a color changing system to alert the user to recent use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Rey Cardenas, Evelina Cardenas
  • Publication number: 20110083292
    Abstract: A handheld device for sculpting hair includes a bristle section and a wave section which effectively sculpt hair in a wave style when used in the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventor: Bruce T. Boyd
  • Patent number: 7917983
    Abstract: A vibrating hair brush for enhanced detangling of hair, comprising a head with a base and a bristle-bearing pad, the pad comprising a motor and a vibrating actuator for generating a vibration movement in the pad, the pad being pivotally attached to the base such that the pad pivots about a pivot axis which is substantially transverse the general longitudinal axis of the hair brush and a method for detangling using said brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Silver Taggart, Jeffrey M Kalman, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jay Tapper, Rachel Marie Nottingham, Carolyn Marie McNeeley, Richard Skinner, Brian Douglas Wall, Stephen Lee Wire
  • Patent number: 7913348
    Abstract: A paint brush includes a sleeve circumscribing a portion of a handle and a portion of a plurality of bristles. A plug can be coupled to the handle. The plug can extend away from the handle into the plurality of bristles to form a space between the bristles. The plug can have a concave end that faces the space between the bristles. The concave end and the space together can form a paint reservoir within the plurality of bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Proform Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Terry Cox, Jon Paul Cox
  • Publication number: 20110067191
    Abstract: A personal hygiene brush which includes a furcated end comprising cleaning heads from which bristles radiate about the outer perimeter and a non-furcated end including an additional cleaning head from which bristles radiate about the outer perimeter. The personal hygiene brush is capable of cleaning of all types of piercings, intra and extra-orally, as well as dental implants and implant supported prosthesis. The personal hygiene brush enables the user to clean around, under and through their individual ornamental body rings and rods without removing them from the body parts to which they are attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventor: Joshua D. Atkin
  • Patent number: 7904986
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides a golf club cleaning device that includes a cleaning portion including an upper and lower or concentrically-arranged cleaning surfaces; a flag portion disposed at a top end of the cleaning portion, the flag portion including a gripping means; and a spike portion disposed at a bottom end of the cleaning portion substantially opposite the top end of the cleaning portion, the spike portion including a support means for supporting the device in an upright manner when depressed into the ground. By grasping the flag portion, the spike portion is selectively disposed in the ground at a predetermined location associated with a golf course, practice range, or the like, thereby allowing a player to clean a golf club by selectively running the front face and/or rear face of the golf club horizontally and/or vertically across the one or more cleaning surfaces/materials of the cleaning portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Exsite Golf, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher W. Cieri
  • Publication number: 20110056505
    Abstract: A multi-functional hair brush comprising an elongate body including a handle segment and a bristle segment. The bristle segment of the multi-functional hair brush includes at least two types or styles of bristles, each performing a separate and different function in styling hair. In one embodiment, the multi-functional hair brush includes a round brush bristled in two different ways to perform two different functions. The two different brislings may include first bristles on a first half of the round brush to start and straighten a difficult hair, and second bristles on a second and opposite half of the round brush to finish styling the hair. In another embodiment, the handle segment of the hair brush includes an off-set handle. The off-set handle provides improved feel and comfort in handling the hair brush while styling hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Anthony J. PARKINSON, Maria V. AGUIRRE