Michael Jo Kubes

US Patent:

D491404, Jun 15, 2004

Filed:

Jul 29, 2002

Appl. No.:

29/164672

Inventors:

Perry S. Dotterman - Maplewood MN
Michael J. Kubes - Oakdale MN

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

0604

US Classification:

D 6551, D6524

US Patent:

D493962, Aug 10, 2004

Filed:

May 14, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/181670

Inventors:

Perry S. Dotterman - Maplewood MN
Michael J. Kubes - Oakdale MN

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

0401

US Classification:

D 4138, D32 45, D32 51

US Patent:

6902056, Jun 7, 2005

Filed:

Jul 29, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/207590

Inventors:

Perry S. Dotterman - Maplewood MN, US
Michael J. Kubes - Oakdale MN, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

B65D083/10

US Classification:

206361, 2063623

Abstract:

A caddy having a socket shaped to receive the scrubbing end portion of a cleaning implement such as a brush when the implement is being stored, particularly including the type of cleaning implement having a long handle that is used for cleaning toilet bowls or the like that is commonly used and stored in bathrooms. The cooperating shapes of the cleaning and a socket in the caddy allow storage of the cleaning implement or brush either with the long handle of the cleaning implement projecting upwardly in the conventional manner, or with its long handle extending generally horizontally, thereby facilitating storage of the caddy containing the cleaning implement in cabinets of the types typically found in bathrooms.

US Patent:

D509033, Aug 30, 2005

Filed:

Sep 16, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/190152

Inventors:

Perry S. Dotterman - Maplewood MN, US
Michael J. Kubes - Oakdale MN, US
Arthur V. Lang - Maplewood MN, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

0401

US Classification:

D32 51, D4138, 152441

US Patent:

D518260, Mar 28, 2006

Filed:

Sep 16, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/190153

Inventors:

Delphine E. Aubourg - Minneapolis MN, US
Perry S. Dotterman - Maplewood MN, US
Thomas J. Herbrand - Eagan MN, US
Kristine K. Krumhus - River Falls WI, US
Michael J. Kubes - Oakdale MN, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

0401

US Classification:

D32 40

US Patent:

7146676, Dec 12, 2006

Filed:

Sep 16, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/663535

Inventors:

Michael J. Kubes - Oakdale MN, US
Perry S. Dotterman - Maplewood MN, US
Mark D. Sorlien - White Bear Lake MN, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

A47K 7/02

US Classification:

152441, 152101, 152201

Abstract:

A handle assembly for use with a fibrous cleaning pad. The handle assembly includes a generally rigid first member including a first insertable portion, and a handle portion with a first end of the handle portion fixed to a second end of the first insertable portion and a manually engageable part adjacent a second opposite end of the handle portion. The handle assembly also includes a second member including a second insertable portion, and an actuation portion having a first end fixed to a second end of the second insertable portion. A first end of the second insertable portion opposite the actuation portion is pivotally mounted on a first end of the first insertable portion opposite the handle portion for relative movement of the insertable portions by manual manipulation of the actuation portion between a diverging position with outer surfaces of the insertable portions diverging from their first ends, and an adjacent position with the outer surfaces of the insertable portions generally parallel. At least one of the insertable portions (and preferably both) has at least one barb projecting from its inner surface, and the other of the insertable portions has an opening aligned with that barb. The barb projects above the outer surface of the other of the insertable portions in the adjacent position of the insertable portions so that with the insertable portions in a slit in the cleaning pad the barb will engage the cleaning pad.

US Patent:

D544667, Jun 12, 2007

Filed:

Jan 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

29/222359

Inventors:

Mark W. Nelson - Lino Lakes MN, US
Michael J. Kubes - Oakdale MN, US
Perry S. Dotterman - Maplewood MN, US
Byron E. Trotter - St. Paul MN, US
Arthur V. Lang - Maplewood MN, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

0401

US Classification:

D32 50

US Patent:

D552812, Oct 9, 2007

Filed:

Jan 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

29/222358

Inventors:

Perry S. Dotterman - Maplewood MN, US
Michael J. Kubes - Oakdale MN, US
Diane R. Wolk - Woodbury MN, US
Arthur V. Lang - Maplewood MN, US
Byron E. Trotter - St. Paul MN, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

0401

US Classification:

D32 40