Pounders Patents (Class 68/215)
  • Publication number: 20090049873
    Abstract: My small utility invention the machine-less washer is for washing clothing when no washing machine is available and can wash more than a washing machine capacity load at a time. It is not over exerting to use and easy to use portable to carry easy to storage all new as the abstract of disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: John Ira Strickland
  • Patent number: 7162897
    Abstract: A manual clothes-washing device made up of a handle, which is fastened to a washing body, a sheath and a splash cone. The washing body is a generally concave disc with a plurality of apertures connected to a generally cylindrical tube that extends from a central portion of the disc to a tube end threaded for connection with the handle. The sheath is placed over the washing body and connected to the handle. A splash cone attachment fits over the second end of the sheath. Clothes are washed by alternatively plunging and lifting a portion of the device in a mixture of clothes and liquid to suspend the soil from the clothes within the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Inventor: Jonathan Ball
  • Publication number: 20040031296
    Abstract: A manual clothes-washing device made up of a handle, which is connected to a washing body by a threaded means, a sheath and a splash cone. The washing body is a generally concave disc with a plurality of apertures connected to a generally cylindrical tube that extends from a central portion of the disc to a tube end threaded for connection with the handle. The sheath is placed over the washing body and connected to the handle. A splash cone attachment fits over the second end of the sheath. Clothes are washed by alternatively plunging and lifting a portion of the device in a mixture of clothes and liquid to suspend the soil from the clothes within the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: Jonathan Ball
  • Patent number: 6341508
    Abstract: The invention is a manually operated device for washing clothes and the like. In detail, the invention includes a rod shaped handle having first and second ends. A first hollow cone shaped member has a truncated top end attached to the first end of the rod and an open bottom end. This first cone shaped member includes a plurality of holes about its periphery in proximity to the top end thereof, with the plurality of holes having a first total cross-sectional area. An inverted cup shaped member is provided having a closed top end and an open bottom end, the inverted cup shaped member is mounted within the first cone shaped member such that the top end of the inverted cup shaped member is in contact with the interior wall of the first cone shaped member forming a first interior chamber. The closed top end includes a hole therethrough with a total second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area of the plurality of holes in the first cone shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Inventor: Shane Minassian
  • Patent number: 5125751
    Abstract: An organization is provided with an elongate handle formed with a mounting cap at a forward end thereof, with a "Y" shaped support bracket mounted to the mounting cap mounted to a serpentine stirring member thereon, wherein the serpentine member is oriented orthogonally relative to an axis defined by the cylindrical mounting cap. The organization is utilized for the stirring of elastomeric garments and the like in a washing procedure. A modification of the invention includes an elongate flexible handle permitting agitation of the stirring member, with a selectively insertable stiffening rod to provide selective stiffening of the handle when desired. Further, the organization may include agitating tubes securable to the stirring member for enhanced agitation and dispensing of a soap mixture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Inventor: Joseph H. Coigley