公开(公告)号：US20250143433A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US19018584

申请日：2025-01-13

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Colby Jackson Higgins ,  Adam Udy ,  Stephen Murphy ,  Stephan James Godden ,  Richard Mathias ,  Nicholas James Sardar ,  Joshua Thomas Richards

IPC: A45D20/12 ,  A45D1/04 ,  A46B5/00 ,  A46B9/02 ,  A46B15/00

Abstract: A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.

公开(公告)号：US20250025009A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18239851

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Xavier CULLERE ,  Fariha AHMED ,  Linqiang FENG ,  Ryan SHIMIZU ,  Jennifer ANDREWS ,  Ethan AMES ,  Adam Udy

IPC: A47L11/30 ,  A47L11/40

Abstract: An extraction cleaner may include an upright body, a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the upright body, a supply tank coupled to the upright body and fluidly coupled to the cleaning head, a recovery tank coupled to the upright body and fluidly coupled to the cleaning head, and an agitator rotatably coupled to the cleaning head. The agitator may include a main body and a bristle strip extending helically around the main body and forming an acute attack angle with the main body that opens in a direction of rotation of the agitator during a cleaning operation of the extraction cleaner.

公开(公告)号：US12070177B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US16921350

申请日：2020-07-06

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Adam Udy ,  Andre David Brown ,  John Freese ,  Patrick Cleary ,  Daniel Meyer ,  Daniel John Innes ,  Jason Thorne ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Gordon Howes ,  Wenxiu Gao ,  Daniel R. Der Marderosian ,  Thomas Ford ,  Owen R. Johnson

IPC: A47L5/30 ,  A47L5/34 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A47L5/30 ,  A47L5/34 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0444 ,  A47L9/0461 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488

Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) and a removable cover for covering a top of the agitators and allowing access to the agitators from a top of the surface cleaning head. The dual agitators may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The brush roll may be located in a brush roll chamber and at least partially in an opening to the suction conduit. The leading roller may be positioned adjacent to and in advance of the suction conduit opening such that the leading roller engages debris and moves the debris toward the brush roll and the opening. The leading roller may be removable from the housing and held in place by the removable cover. The cover may be coupled using isolated latching mechanisms.

公开(公告)号：US20240090721A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18519793

申请日：2023-11-27

Applicant: Sharkninja Operating LLC

Inventor： Steven Paul CARTER ,  Adam Udy ,  Catriona A. Sutter ,  Christopher Pinches ,  David S. Clare ,  Andre David Brown ,  John Freese ,  Patrick Cleary ,  Alexander J. Calvino ,  Lee Cottrell ,  Daniel Meyer ,  Daniel John Innes ,  David Jalbert ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Gordon Howes ,  Wenxiu Gao ,  David Wu ,  David W. Poirier ,  Daniel R. Der Marderosian

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A47L9/0613 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L7/0066 ,  A47L2201/00

Abstract: A robotic cleaner includes a housing, a suction conduit with an opening, and a leading roller mounted in front of a brush roll. An inter-roller air passageway may be defined between the leading roller and the brush roll wherein the lower portion of the leading roller is exposed to a flow path to the suction conduit and an upper portion of the leading roller is outside of the flow path. Optionally, a combing unit includes a plurality of combing protrusions extending into the leading roller and having leading edges not aligned with a center of the leading roller. Optionally, a sealing strip is located along a rear side of the opening and along a portion of left and right sides of the opening. The underside may define side edge vacuum passageways extending from the sides of the housing partially between the leading roller and the sealing strip towards the opening.

公开(公告)号：US11864714B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17224090

申请日：2021-04-06

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Daniel Tonderys ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Bastin Antonisami ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Kai Xu ,  Heliang Chen ,  Adam Udy

IPC: A47L5/24 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L5/26

CPC classification number: A47L5/24 ,  A47L5/225 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/0018 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/0466 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/165 ,  A47L9/1691 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L9/322 ,  A47L9/325 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L9/102 ,  A47L9/1683 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/02 ,  A47L2201/022

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

公开(公告)号：US11839346B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17556992

申请日：2021-12-20

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Steven Paul Carter ,  Adam Udy ,  Catriona A Sutter ,  Christopher Pinches ,  David S. Clare ,  Andre David Brown ,  John Freese ,  Patrick Cleary ,  Alexander J. Calvino ,  Lee Cottrell ,  Daniel Meyer ,  Daniel John Innes ,  David Jalbert ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Gordon Howes ,  Wenxiu Gao ,  David Wu ,  David W. Poirier ,  Daniel R. Der Marderosian

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L7/00

CPC classification number: A47L9/0613 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L7/0066 ,  A47L2201/00

Abstract: A robotic cleaner includes a housing, a suction conduit with an opening, and a leading roller mounted in front of a brush roll. An inter-roller air passageway may be defined between the leading roller and the brush roll wherein the lower portion of the leading roller is exposed to a flow path to the suction conduit and an upper portion of the leading roller is outside of the flow path. Optionally, a combing unit includes a plurality of combing protrusions extending into the leading roller and having leading edges not aligned with a center of the leading roller. Optionally, a sealing strip is located along a rear side of the opening and along a portion of left and right sides of the opening. The underside may define side edge vacuum passageways extending from the sides of the housing partially between the leading roller and the sealing strip towards the opening.

公开(公告)号：US11832778B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17388883

申请日：2021-07-29

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Daniel R. Der Marderosian ,  Nathan Herrmann ,  Max P. Lacoma ,  Devan Schappler ,  Adam Udy ,  Donald Williams ,  Steven Gacin ,  Patrick Cleary ,  Xavier Cullere

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/06

CPC classification number: A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L9/0613

Abstract: An agitator including an elongated main body configured to rotate about a pivot axis, one or more soft cleaning features coupled to and extending over a substantial portion of a surface of the elongated main body, the one or more soft cleaning features defining at least one channel, and at least one deformable flap disposed at least partially within the at least one channel and extending from the elongated main body. The deformable flap may extend beyond an outer surface of the soft cleaning features. The channel may have a generally U shape and/or V shape. The channel may be configured to allow the resiliently deformable flap to move front to back as the agitator rotates about the pivot axis.

公开(公告)号：US11759069B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US16656930

申请日：2019-10-18

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Steven Gacin ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Adam Udy ,  Charles S. Brunner ,  Xavier F. Cullere ,  Nicholas Sardar ,  Ognjen Vrdoljak ,  Daniel R. Der Marderosian ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel J. Innes

IPC: A47L9/06

CPC classification number: A47L9/0613

Abstract: An example of an agitator for a vacuum cleaner may include a body and at least one deformable flap extending from the body. The deformable flap may include at least one taper. The at least one taper causes a cleaning edge of the deformable flap to approach the body.

公开(公告)号：US20230180907A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US18168324

申请日：2023-02-13

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Nicholas James Sardar ,  Richard Mathias ,  Joshua Thomas Richards ,  Colby Jackson Higgins ,  Adam Udy ,  Stephen Murphy

IPC: A45D20/12 ,  A45D1/04

CPC classification number: A45D20/12 ,  A45D20/122 ,  A45D1/04 ,  A46B2200/104 ,  A46B15/003

Abstract: A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.

公开(公告)号：US10986970B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16053260

申请日：2018-08-02

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Lee M. Cottrell ,  Adam Udy ,  Daniel Tonderys ,  David Clare ,  Kai Xu

IPC: A47L9/24 ,  A47L5/28

Abstract: A flexible hose for use with surface cleaning devices is disclosed that includes a support structure that allows a user to collapse and lock the same into a storage configuration, and then easily unlock the same using a relatively minor amount of force, e.g., a user-applied pulling force or mechanical force. Thus, in a general sense, a hose consistent with the present disclosure may include two relatively stable/steady-state configurations, namely a storage configuration and an in-use configuration. Thus, the hose allows a user to collapse and lock the hose when not in use, and to transition the hose to an in-use configuration to target various types of surfaces to clean including, for instance, floors, walls and ceilings which may be many feet (e.g., up to 5 feet or more) from the surface cleaning apparatus.