Brush, Broom, Or Mop Patents (Class 401/268)
  • Publication number: 20100284727
    Abstract: A brush including a handle and a head attached to the handle. The head has an upper surface and at least one protuberance positioned on the upper surface of the head. A plurality of bristle elements extend from the upper surface of the head and are positioned around the protuberance such that bristle elements positioned closest to the protuberance define a cup-shaped clearance space around the protuberance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Berg Gary, Eugene Vaynberg, Elkhan Gueseynov, Victoria Vaynberg
  • Patent number: 7815383
    Abstract: The compact toothbrush (10) has a handle that is designed so that the toothbrush (10) can be held within a user's open palm. The toothbrush's lower portion (12) has a substantially triangular contour. The toothbrush has a bristled head (14) and an oppositely disposed support rib (26). The support rib extends along the longitudinal axis of the toothbrush from an upper edge of the toothbrush's head (14), to a central region of the toothbrush's lower portion. The lower portion of the toothbrush handle has first and second opposed, outwardly flared side edges (30, 32) that are joined together at the lower edge (34) so that the lower portion has a substantially V-shaped cross-sectional contour. The user cups the toothbrush (10) in the palm of his hand and extends two fingers adjacent to the support rib to stabilize the toothbrush (10) while brushing his teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: William Thomas Hall
  • Publication number: 20100239358
    Abstract: A brush for providing a composition to a surface comprising: a base; a plurality of bristles, said plurality of bristles having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein said distal end is functionally attached to the base; wherein the distal end has a greater bristle density than the proximal end wherein said plurality of bristles forms at least one flow path from said distal end towards said proximal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Sturgis, Ali Abdelaziz Alwattari, David Matthew Groh, Theresa Louise Johnson, Edward John Popiel
  • Publication number: 20100215422
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved toggling dispenser for dispensing substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Craig Carroll, Steve Armstrong
  • Patent number: 7775736
    Abstract: A portable conversion washing device includes a pole, a brush support having a soap container, a brush, and a soap dispensing device that has a soap plug that plugs a dispensing opening, an actuator that moves the soap plug away from the dispensing opening whereby soap is dispensed out of the soap container, and a return device that moves the soap plug back to the dispensing opening. The washing device also includes a running water supply device having a first pipe connected to a running water supply hose, a second pipe that is in fluid communication with the first pipe, an angle adjusting device that adjust the angle between the first pipe and the second pipe. The second pipe has a tapered water conduit, a water flow plug that is moved along the conduit, and a water flow shaft that moves the water flow plug within the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventor: James In Song
  • Publication number: 20100150640
    Abstract: An indoor/outdoor cleaning system includes a portable pressurized housing for containing cleaning fluids (water, chemicals, and mixtures thereof). Multiple hoses connect the interior of the housing with a cleaning wand. The wand includes a handle, a hollow trunk portion and a cleaning head. The multiple hoses have outlets adjacent the cleaning head for feeding water, cleaning chemicals, or surface treating fluids thereto. The outlets open adjacent a cleaning pad, which pad, which pad is attached to the cleaning head via a mechanism that allows the pad to move either in a linear or sinusoidal (rocking) motion or the combination of both motions thereof. A variety of cleaning pad accessories (brush, sponge, sanding pad, buffing pad, etc.) can be optionally attached to the cleaning pad based on the type of surface to be cleaned or treated. A suction conduit, disposed in the cleaning head, functions to draw used fluids away from the surface for safe disposal thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Albert Tetteh
  • Patent number: 7722273
    Abstract: A cleaning implement includes a cleaning head having on a bottom a cleaning operation surface, a holding portion arranged on the side opposite the cleaning head, a pipe for coupling the cleaning head and the holding portion, and a valve opening and closing device provided to the pipe so as to be able to hold a first container for receiving a first fluid or a second container for receiving a second fluid. The holding portion includes a lever coupled to the valve opening and closing device so as to open and close a first valve of the first container or a second valve of the second container. A spout of a second ejection nozzle for ejecting the second fluid containing an allergen inactivator is located, for example, at a height of about 30 cm or more from the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Tomokazu Suda, Masatoshi Fujiwara, Akemi Tsuchiya, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Hoss Vong
  • Publication number: 20100116289
    Abstract: A paint preparation tool (10) having a distal brush head (18) with a mode valve to switch between continuous spraying under low pressure and pulsed spraying under higher pressure' connected by a hollow tube to a proximal remote control element (14) capable of switching off liquid to the brush head (18), or supplying liquid cleaner solution to the brush head (18) at low pressure or supplying liquid under the higher pressure to the brush head (18) using a rotary spool valve in the control element to actuate the mode valve in the brush head (18). The brush head (18) has bristles for cleaning and a pair of rotating rotors to provide the pulsed spraying under higher pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Sandahl
  • Patent number: 7708484
    Abstract: A cleaning implement includes a cleaning head having on the bottom a cleaning operation surface and a valve opening and closing device that is connected to the cleaning head and can hold a first container for receiving a first fluid or a second container for receiving a second fluid. The cleaning implement further includes a first circulation path through which the first fluid is ejectable from the cleaning head and a second circulation path through which the second fluid is ejectable by interrupting the first circulation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Tomokazu Suda, Masatoshi Fujiwara, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Hoss Vong
  • Patent number: 7708485
    Abstract: A cleaning implement includes a cleaning head having a cleaning operation surface on a bottom, a holding portion arranged on the side opposite the cleaning head, a pipe for coupling the cleaning head and the holding portion, and a valve opening and closing device provided to the pipe so as to be able to hold a first container for receiving a first fluid or a second container for receiving a second fluid. The holding portion includes a lever coupled to the valve opening and closing device so as to open and close a first valve of the first container or a second valve of the second container. A first ejection nozzle can eject the first fluid forward of the cleaning head, and a second ejection nozzle can eject the second fluid rearward of the cleaning head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Tomokazu Suda, Masatoshi Fujiwara, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Hoss Vong
  • Publication number: 20100104352
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tooth- and gingiva-cleaning construction which functions by the use of carbon dioxide; the construction consists of a tooth- and gingival-cleaning tool as well as of a container tool ordered to the cleaning tool at least before the application and fitting to the cleaning tool. Typical character of the construction is that the headpiece is divided into two elastic chambers (2) which are separated from each other with a water- and gas-impermeable separating wall (1), and the individual chambers (2) each has filling opening through which the different tooth-paste ingredients can be filled from the two container compartments of the container tool, and on both chambers (2) each a slit (4) can be found firstly near to the separating wall, through the slits the dentifrice content of the two chambers can flow out by the help of pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: István Piller
  • Publication number: 20100092232
    Abstract: The paint trimmer includes a rigid base and a handle removably attachable to the base. The handle includes a bladder for storing paint. A paint applicator is associated with the base and fluidly coupled to the bladder via a manifold. Accordingly, a user may selectively dispense paint from the bladder to the paint applicator via the manifold for application to a surface to be painted. A paint mask associated with the base and offset from the paint applicator prevents paint from dispensing to undesired locations of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Jose Antonio Gallardo
  • Publication number: 20100092231
    Abstract: A shower nozzle having a brush for bathing includes a shower nozzle body and a brush head which is driven by a power member disposed in the shower nozzle body. The power member is supplied power by an internal battery or an external power supply. Thereby, when the user takes a bath, the combination of the shower nozzle and the brush is able to supply water for cleaning and has a brushing function, enhancing the cleaning effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Shen-Mu KAO
  • Publication number: 20100014909
    Abstract: This model belongs to the technical field of products for buccal hygiene, more particularly to a device applied in the toothbrush with disposable bristles and toothpaste injector reservoir, which is designed to combine the toothbrush with the toothpaste in one single product, as well as the gradual dispensing of toothpaste in the bristles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Maurilio Sampaio
  • Publication number: 20100014910
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus, in particular to a portable hand-held cleaner, to which a working fluid can be supplied and which has a plurality of cleaning members, in particular brush-type cleaning members, which can be driven to make a cleaning movement, wherein the cleaning members are adjustable relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Anton Jaeger
  • Publication number: 20100000039
    Abstract: I claim that my Portable Toothbrush Dispenser will contain both toothbrush and clear through dispenser. The toothbrush section will contain 3 small holes for use of disbursement of equal toothpaste or gel. The Dispenser will have a mechanism lever which will help with the dispensing of product. Portable Toothbrush Dispenser will have colorful caps and will be sized in a portable way. It will fit in shirt pockets or pants just like carrying a pen. The material to make this product can be recycled plastic being that its good for the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Beatriz Vega-Cortes
  • Publication number: 20090304431
    Abstract: A cosmetic-containing applicator. The applicator is mounted, at its tip end, with an applicator body in which a flange-shaped engagement part is formed at an outer periphery at a rear end of a fiber bundle, comprising an accommodating part accommodating liquid cosmetics, a tip casing mounted on a tip end side of the accommodating part and formed with an insertion hole in which the applicator body (30) is mountable, a guiding part for guiding the cosmetics from the accommodating part to the applicator body, and a reduced-diameter part formed as an inwardly facing flange and reducing in diameter between the insertion hole and the guiding part. The reduced-diameter part is divided into claw-shaped holding pieces by slits, and its smallest-diameter part has a diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the engagement part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Sakurai, Mitsuru Endou, Tetsuaki Akaishi, Hiroaki Koyama, Masaaki Morita
  • Publication number: 20090285622
    Abstract: An applicator unit for use in applying a substance to a surface, the applicator unit comprising: a body unit to which a container is movably disposed; an outlet unit which includes an applicator element to which substance is dispensed; and a pump unit which is operative to dispense substance to the applicator element on applying an actuation force to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Robert Frederick Veasey, John David Cross, Robert Perkins
  • Patent number: 7618206
    Abstract: A cleaning device includes a support shaft; a retaining plate connected to a distal end of the support shaft by pivot elements; a cleaning pad detachably secured to a lower surface of the retaining plate; a fluid reservoir attached to the support shaft; and a flat jet spray assembly secured upon the upper surface of the retaining plate within its perimeter. The flat jet spray assembly includes a spray head having a securing flange with an inclined base at the rear portion; and a front portion having a slot-shaped spray jet outlet being open at side edges and a channel around a center of, and in perpendicular to, the slot-shaped spray jet outlet; a spray nozzle disposed within the channel, which has a horizontal emission slit; and a fluid feed tubing connected between the fluid reservoir and the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventor: Roland Sacks
  • Publication number: 20090279938
    Abstract: A universal connector for connecting a mop frame to a fluid source is provided. The universal connector includes an upper connector piece with a proximal end for connection to a mop housing and a distal end with a pair of pivot arms. A fluid distributor having a hollow nipple portion connects to the fluid source and has a pair of pivot plates for pivotal connection to the of upper connection piece for side to side pivot. Fluid distributor also has a pair of opposed elongated hollow arms for coupling to a mop frame. The end of the distributor arms is adapted to slip into a key slot in the mop frame and provide an axis to pivot the joint in an up and down direction. A fluid conduit passing through the upper connector piece from the fluid source and connected to the nipple portion of the distributor for distribution of fluid to the mop frame through the hollow distributor arms. Fabric mop pockets with opening to permit rotation of the mop frame about the distributor are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Maximilian Rosenzweig, Ognjen Vrdoljak
  • Publication number: 20090269124
    Abstract: The fluid dispenser for application of solutions applied to floors, includes a frame for supporting a container, the frame includes at least three legs supported by wheels mounted on a bottom end of each leg such that the frame can roll along the surface of a floor. The container is for holding solutions. A mop assembly is for fluidly communicating by gravity feed, the solution from the container to the mop head and bristles and for manually manipulating the mop head. The dispenser further includes a harness attached to the frame for securely attaching the fluid dispenser to the back side of a person such that the frame is always positioned behind the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: MARK RADDICK
  • Publication number: 20090269125
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system for a cleaning tool. In one embodiment, the fluid delivery system includes a reservoir, a first conduit and a second conduit coupled to the reservoir and adapted to selectively dispense fluid from the reservoir, wherein an end of the second conduit is moveable relative to the first conduit to dispense fluid in a plurality of directions. In another embodiment, the fluid delivery system includes a reservoir adapted to contain at least one fluid, a first conduit coupled to the reservoir adapted to selectively dispense fluid from the reservoir, and a second conduit coupled to the reservoir adapted to selectively dispense fluid from the reservoir independent of the first conduit. In another embodiment, the fluid delivery system has a reservoir with a first and second outlet wherein the second outlet selectively dispenses fluid from the reservoir independent of the first outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.
    Inventors: Fredi D. Widmer, Axel Schmitz
  • Patent number: 7607851
    Abstract: A toothbrush body includes a handle connected to a head and bristles projecting from the top of the head. A channel runs longitudinally through the body between a first opening and a second opening such that the first opening is in communication with the second opening through the channel. The channel and the first and second openings are arranged so that a substantially downward running stream of water directed into one of the first opening and the second opening is redirected through the channel and out of the other of the first opening and the second opening to form a fountain. A direction of a flow of the fountain at the other of the first opening and the second opening has an upward component so that a user, i.e., holder of the toothbrush, can easily reach the fountain for oral rinsing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Inventor: Scott L. Amron
  • Publication number: 20090226241
    Abstract: A toothbrush apparatus comprises a toothbrush head having a bristle portion at its one end portion comprising bristles and at its other end portion a handle. Fluid supply means provides pressurized fluid to the bristle portion and has an inlet connectable to a source of fluid, for example a faucet, and an outlet formed in the bristle portion. Suction means having an inlet associated with the bristle portion evacuates waste from the oral cavity of a user for disposal. An ultrasonic transducer imparts ultrasonic vibrations to the bristle portion and power supply means supplies electrical power to the ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Mendal Keith McEwen, William Maynard
  • Patent number: 7575387
    Abstract: A toothbrush has one or two part-spherical pockets formed in the brush surface. Balls or pellets of matching shape of dehydrated toothpaste are placed in the depressions, the brush is wetted and the pellets turn to a gel, ready for brushing. The pellets may be of various colors and flavors to entice children to brush their teeth and may be dispensed from a storage chamber carried in the tooth brush handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventor: Joshua D. Atkin
  • Publication number: 20090183328
    Abstract: An embodiment of a cosmetic brush or other applicator comprises a head, a handle, and a resiliently flexible section connecting the head to the handle. The resiliently flexible section may be a coil spring the ends of which are held in two ferrules attached to the head and to the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: ANISA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Shana Alexandrea King
  • Patent number: 7549816
    Abstract: A liquid metered dispensing squeeze bottle includes: (a.) a squeezable container having an opening for dispensing liquid therefrom at one end and a bottom at the other end; (b.) a non-flexible trap chamber of a predetermined volume, connected to the opening of the container; (c.) a dip tube; (d.) a one way valve at the bottom of the dip tube; and (e.) a brush connected to the dispensing end of said trap chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Glynntech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Stuart W. DeJonge
  • Publication number: 20090116895
    Abstract: In the cosmetic storage type applicator having a structure for supplying a cosmetic to an applying part 14 from the interior of a barrel cylinder 10, a cap 12 removably attached to the front part 10a of the barrel cylinder for covering the applying part 14 and plastic mouthpiece 16 is provided; an inner sleeve 20 having a tapered inside diameter toward the front end 20a is arranged inside the body 18 of cap 12 and integrally formed with the cap body 18; and the inner peripheral surfaces 20b and 18b from the inner sleeve 20 to the cap body 18 are formed with a smooth surface without any step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya Uehara, Nobuyuki Nakajima, Masaaki Morita
  • Publication number: 20090092435
    Abstract: A liquid soap or lotion applicator for hard to reach areas of the body which includes in combination a substantially rigid elongated tubular handle with a low pressure squeeze bulb secured to one end of the tubular handle for forcing air under low pressure through the tube handle, and a hollow head connected to the opposite end of the tubular handle. The head is provided with a reservoir that communicates with the hollow interior of the tubular handle and is further provided with a removable access for pouring liquid soap or lotion into the reservoir. A porous applicator is removably secured to head with the interior surface of the applicator exposed to the reservoir whereby liquid in the reservoir will be forced through the porous applicator for application to the body when the bulb is squeezed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: James H. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20090071499
    Abstract: An applicator includes a handle and an applicator head coupled to the handle. The applicator head includes at least one helical applicator surface, the at least one helical applicator surface disposed about a hollow space, and a plurality of projections attached only to a section of the at least one helical applicator surface facing the hollow space. The plurality of projections depend into the hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Jonathan Wyatt, Ronald Alan Sanford, David Edward Wilson, Thomas Elliot Rabe
  • Publication number: 20090044322
    Abstract: The present invention generally comprises of a main body having a frame that attaches to a rim of a toilet bowl; a container coupled to the main body capable of holding a cleaning solution; a dispenser coupled to the container to spray the cleaning solution; an electric motor coupled to the main body; at least one brushing arm attached to the main body, a power source for powering the electric motor; and at least one moving wheel driven by a motor such that when the main body is attached to the rim, the wheel is in engaging contact with a surface of the rim. The dispenser is positioned and angled in a manner to spray the cleaning solution onto an inside wall of the toilet bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Bolivar Nunez, Isabel Chavez
  • Publication number: 20090041530
    Abstract: A hand-held cosmetic powder applicator brush apparatus for applying cosmetic powders such as facial powders and other powders to a user. The brush apparatus comprises a housing having a chamber for holding a powder to be dispensed and a valve mechanism for selectively opening and closing the chamber to a brush mounted on the housing so that powder in the housing may be dispensed to the bristles of the brush. The valve is operable by rotating an upper housing section such as a sleeve on the housing in a first direction to cause such opening. When the brush is not used, the upper housing section is rotated in the opposite direction to cause the valve mechanism to close. There is also a shield which extends around a portion of the brush to engage and protect the bristles when an outer cap is placed over the brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: David M. Deans, Jacky L. Gunter, Jacquelyn I. Medina
  • Patent number: 7481594
    Abstract: A weighted scrub brush has a brush head defining a leading end, a trailing end, a pair of laterally opposing ends, a downwardly facing bristle support surface, and an upwardly opening weight recess. A weight having first and second opposing ends is removably positioned within the weight recess. Mating support members support the first end of the weight, while a cantilevered support latch partially overlaps the second end of the weight to secure the weight within the weight recess. A conduit extends from a liquid intake port, through the handle, and to the brush head to dispense liquid from the conduit to the plurality of bristles. A roller is secured to a central body portion of the brush head forward of the handle, such that the brush head may be pivoted to a forward, inverted position to roll the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: MB Manufacturing
    Inventor: Michael B. Martin
  • Publication number: 20080286034
    Abstract: A liquid cosmetics container has a brushing device, which includes an applying component joined to a container body, and a clipping component around the applying component; the applying component is positioned over an opening of the container body, and has a passage therein for liquid cosmetics to flow through; the applying component has an applying portion at a tail, which is around a tail end of the passage; the clipping element has an opening end, and two gaps extending through the opening end, therefore the opening end is compressible; the clipping component has two opposing clipping portions on an inner side of the opening end; a cap is used to cover the opening of the container body; the cap has a squeezing portion on an inner side to compress the opening end of the clipping component so as to block the passage of the applying component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Ming-Chih Chu, Cheng-Yi Wang
  • Publication number: 20080286030
    Abstract: An applicator (100) for dipping into a cosmetic preparation and for application thereof to the skin, semi-mucous membrane, mucous membrane, tiny hairs or hairs comprising a holding portion (116) and an applicator portion (120, 200) which is injection molded on to the holding portion (116), wherein both the holding portion (116) and also the applicator portion (120, 200) at least partially comprise plastic material and the plastic material of the holding portion (116) is harder than the plastic material of the applicator portion (120, 200) and wherein on its outside surface the applicator portion (120, 200) has at least one passage (200) which extends substantially over the entire length of the applicator portion (120, 200) and which is adapted to distribute the cosmetic substance in the direction of lengthwise extent of the applicator portion (120, 200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Georg Roder
  • Patent number: 7438490
    Abstract: A container and applicator unit, in particular test unit, comprises a container for a cosmetic. An applicator top is placed thereon, having an applicator that stands out from the top in a principal sense of extension. The applicator, at least by sections, is rotationally symmetrical or plurally symmetrical in relation to an axis of symmetry that is parallel to the principal sense of extension. At least one passage, which, at least by sections, is decentralized from the axis of symmetry of the applicator, leads from the container to the applicator. The result is a container and applicator unit by which to enable a cosmetic to be spread uniformly on the surface of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20080253826
    Abstract: An edgeless mop utilizing a relatively narrow diameter, knit tubular material to form the strands of a mop head wherein the tubular material incorporates an arrangement of elongate depressed channels and raised profile segments extending along its surface in the length direction. This construction increases the overall fluid retaining or sorbency capacity of the mop even while lowering the overall mass of the mop head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Contec, Inc
    Inventor: Walter Monroe Hutchins
  • Patent number: 7427170
    Abstract: A device for applying a thickened cleaning composition to a selected surface area that minimizes or eliminates any unintentional or excess application of the composition and/or minimizes or eliminates any spreading or wicking of the composition beyond the selected surface area after application. A dispensing device featuring the combination of a thickened cleaning composition having a specified rheology and a dispenser with one or more orifices of preferred cross-sectional area that enable convenient application of a cleaning composition to the selected region of a soft or hard surface. Additionally, the dispensing device features cleaning compositions having preferred wicking rates with respect to the treated surfaces so that only the selected stained or soiled region of the surface is effectively treated, as the cleaning compositions will not spread or wick into adjacent regions of the surface where damage may occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Gregory Van Buskirk, Martha Adair, Susana M. Nazario, legal representative, Mel Salwasser, Cristina Gancedo
  • Patent number: 7406739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved grout tool generally employed with a multi-functional surface cleaning machine having a fluid tank, a pump, and at least one receptacle for holding concentrated cleaning chemicals. In one embodiment, the grout tool employs fluid jets, adjustably connected via brackets, such that the jets are positioned at an angle relative to the grout tool body to allow fluid to hit a surface of an angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Karcher Floor Care, Inc
    Inventors: Michael Guest, Roger Pedlar, Brian J. Doll
  • Patent number: 7399133
    Abstract: A self contained disposable toothbrush comprising a reservoir having a threaded end adapted to receive a cap in one of two positions. A brushing assembly is pivoted on the cap so that in a pre-use position the brushing element is positioned along side the reservoir. The brushing element contains bristles and an elongated connecting passage. When the brushing element is pivoted and snapped to the use position where it extends from the reservoir, the passage to the bristles is connected to liquid in the reservoir for moistening a dehydrated dentifrice. When the brushing operation is completed, the cap is unscrewed, the contents of the reservoir used for rinsing and the cap reconnected to the reservoir by a second set of threads such that the brushing element, after use, is contained within the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Inventor: Robert K. Eversole
  • Patent number: 7331731
    Abstract: An oral care toothbrush includes a head mounted to one end of the handle containing a plurality of oral care elements. An oral care accessory is mounted to the opposite end of the handle. An oral care material dispenser is mounted in the head within the cleaning field defined by the oral care elements. The toothbrush is preferably made of small size and of lightweight so as to be readily portable for use away from the home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hohlbein, James Kemp, Alan V. Sorrentino, Thomas Mintel
  • Publication number: 20070177928
    Abstract: A boat deck scrub brush includes a brush portion, a bucket and a handle. The brush portion includes a base having a first side and a second opposing side, the first side having bristles extending away from the base. The bucket is coupled to the second side of the base with the bucket extending away from the base. The opening of the bucket is open in a direction opposite the direction the bristles. The bucket may be integral with the base. The user of the scrub brush is able to retrieve water from a body of water being traveled by extending the brush into the water while holding onto the handle, filling the bucket and performing routine cleaning during use of the boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Chad Aarhaus
  • Patent number: 7241066
    Abstract: A compartmentalized container for holding and dispensing flowable material and method for making such a compartmentalized container includes opposite sheet portions selectively sealed together to define a plurality of single use dispensers and a header portion that is integral with the dispensers. Each of the dispensers includes a closed cavity defined by an area of the sheet portions that is not sealed together. Each of the dispensers is separable from the container and openable to dispense the flowable material from a respective one of the cavities. The dispensers may be separable from the container via cutting or tearing the dispensers from one another or from the header portion. The header portion may include product information and may include a means for hanging the container. Each of the dispensers may include an applicator brush formed or defined at an edge portion of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: American Grease Stick Company
    Inventors: Ian K Rosen, Logan D Pitts
  • Patent number: 7237974
    Abstract: A toothbrush has a toothbrush body, and a handle part wherein a toothpaste container can be removably inserted therein. The toothpaste container has a handle shell part which, with the toothpaste container inserted into the handle part, forms part of the outer surface of a handle. The toothpaste container essentially maintains its form during teeth cleaning and transmits loading which occurs, irrespective of the filling level of the toothpaste container of the toothbrush. The mounting of the toothpaste container on the toothbrush body allows very straightforward and quick removal and opening or insertion and closure of the toothpaste container. The container holder is provided with a closure pin, wherein when the toothpaste container is inserted into the handle part, a sealed closure of the toothpaste container is ensured. With the toothpaste container removed from the handle part, it is possible for toothpaste to be squeezed out of the toothpaste container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Trisa Holding AG
    Inventors: Adrian Pfenniger, Martin Zwimpfer, Franz Fischer
  • Patent number: 7213998
    Abstract: A water-supplying cleaning head has a block (4) carrying a cleaning means such as bristles or an abrasive surface on the underside thereof, a threaded coupling (6) for connecting a water-supplying handle thereto and with an internal water-supplying bore defined from the coupling (6) to the underside of the block (4), a resilient connecting neck portion (10) provided between the block (4) and coupling (61) allowing limited relative movement therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Hayco Manufacturing Limited
    Inventor: Christopher James Mccaughan Hay
  • Patent number: 7182542
    Abstract: A waterless, disposable toothbrush is disclosed and includes a handle having a toothpick connected thereto to enable cleaning between teeth, and a rupturable dispenser containing a dentifrice and being connected in a bristle portion of the toothbrush head for dispensing the dentifrice to the teeth to provide teeth cleaning and breath freshening, all of which deliver a cleaning, polishing, whitening, between teeth cleaning, and breath freshening action. The disposable toothbrush of the present invention combines three benefits into one disposable toothbrush: (1) tooth surface cleaning with the toothbrush bristles and the dentifrice in the rupturable dispenser; (2) between teeth cleaning with the toothpick; and (3) breath freshening with the dentifrice in the rupturable dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Douglas Hohlbein
  • Patent number: 7168878
    Abstract: To prevent leakage, excessive delivery and stagnation of a liquid material applied by an applicator, the applicator comprises a core member 2 having a hole part 2a, a projection part 2f and a communication hole 2j, an application member 3 made of an elastic material having a delivery hole 3f, and an inside space 4 between the front end side of the core member 2 and the application member 3, and structured such that the liquid material flows to the delivery hole 3f through a roundabout way via the hole part 2a, the communication hole 2j and the inside space 4 to cause fluid resistance and that the front face of the projection part 2f is close to or in contact with the delivery hole 3f to control delivery of the liquid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 7163349
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions, pads, wipes, and implements provide effective cleaning of hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicola John Policicchio, Preston James Rhamy, Michael William Dusing, Kenneth William Willman, Rhonda Jean Jackson
  • Patent number: 7150063
    Abstract: A vehicle washing mitt for covering vehicle washing brushes, such as those at self-service car washes. The mitt is shaped to effectively cover the vehicle washing brush while it is in use. The material used to form the mitt has a soft fibrous external outside and is secured on to the brush with a fastener. Methods of washing a vehicle by using the mitt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Inventor: Scott Graham
  • Patent number: 7080953
    Abstract: A device for sweeping a substantially horizontal surface is provided which includes a broom having a handle and a head, a valve disposed on the device, and a spray bar movably disposed on the head for directionally spraying a liquid that is supplied to the valve, wherein the valve regulates the pressure of liquid sprayed by the spray bar. The valve can be spring-loaded and/or hand-controlled. The device may include tubing between the valve and the spray bar, which tubing may be positioned internal to the handle or external to the handle. The handle may be used to convey liquid, such as that from a garden hose, from the valve to the spray bar. In an embodiment, the head may include water channels and the spray bar may be made integral to the head. The spray bar may oscillate and may take a variety of shapes, including elliptical, u-shaped and straight shapes. The device may further include a reservoir for holding an agent for treating the horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventor: Phillip M. DeLaine, Jr.