Patents by Inventor Brian R. Watts

Brian R. Watts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sound damping wallboard and method of forming a sound damping wallboard
    Patent number: 11939765
    Abstract: A sound damping wallboard and methods of forming a sound damping wallboard are disclosed. The sound damping wallboard comprises a gypsum layer with a gypsum surface having an encasing layer. The encasing layer is partially removed to expose the gypsum surface and form a gypsum surface portion and a first encasing layer portion on the gypsum layer. A sound damping layer is applied to the gypsum layer to cover at least part of the gypsum surface portion and the encasing layer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Gold Bond Building Products, LLC
    Inventors: Michael N. Blades, John M. Watt, John E. Yakowenko, Todd D. Broud, Keith R. O'Leary, Stephen A. Cusa, Mauricio Quiros, Brian G. Randall, Richard P. Weir
  • Protective drain
    Patent number: 4594739
    Abstract: A floor drain for hazardous environments comprises a grating, a housing, and an elastic one-way valve clamped by a flange between the grating and the housing. The valve has a tubular body with contacting parallel wall portions which open when a liquid enters the valve. The valve closes when there is no pressure at the inlet. The valve closes more tightly in the event of elevated down stream pressure, positively preventing the escape of gas. An existing, unprotected drain can be retrofitted with the one-way valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Inventors: Brian R. Watts, Robert E. Carlton