Patents by Inventor Bryan R. Benson

Bryan R. Benson 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).

  • Patent number: 5353841
    Abstract: A pneumatic test plug for clean-out tees having an elastomeric inflatable body, a closed top, an inwardly tapered side wall and an open bottom end with a peripheral shoulder having a downwardly extending peripheral ridge. A molded end cap with a cylindrical wall having exteriorly disposed threads and an inwardly disposed circular retention channel or area receives a retention collar for placement within the molded end cap and between the cylindrical wall and the inflatable body bottom end. The retention collar fixes the peripheral shoulder and downwardly extending peripheral ridge in the circular retention channel or area of the end cap and compressingly holds the peripheral shoulder of the inflatable body into the end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Cherne Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Allen D. Mathison, Marc P. Bevacco, Bryan R. Benson
  • Patent number: 5348085
    Abstract: A well monitor plug device for sealing a subwell casing. The plug device has an adjustable and tamper resistant sealing structure which includes a turning member and a cooperating locking member which permits access to a sampling aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Cherne Industries Incorporated
    Inventor: Bryan R. Benson
  • Patent number: 5035266
    Abstract: A mechanical plug device for sealing pipeline access ports having a small threaded inner surface. The mechanical plug device has opposing inner and outer circular plate members. The rigid plate members each have interiorly tapered circumferential shoulders of generally the same predetermined slope. The inner plate member has an inner surface, an outer surface, a central aperture and a central cavity extending inward from the tapered circumferential shoulder. The outer circular plate member has an inner surface, an outer surface, a central aperture and an outwardly extending structure from the tapered circumferential shoulder for movement into the central cavity of the inner plate member. The device further has an elastomeric radially expandable pre-threaded O-ring structure which has an outer circumferential threaded surface configuration. The O-ring structure has a V-shaped bottom cross-section defining inclined surfaces of a predetermined slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Cherne Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan R. Benson, Marc P. Bevacco
  • Patent number: D329686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Cherne Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Allen D. Mathison, Bryan R. Benson
  • Patent number: D329687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Cherne Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan R. Benson, Allen D. Mathison
  • Patent number: D347880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Cherne Industries Incorporated
    Inventor: Bryan R. Benson
  • Patent number: D350704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Cherne Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Allen D. Mathison, Marc P. Bevacco, Bryan R. Benson
  • Patent number: D351013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Cherne Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Allen D. Mathison, Bryan R. Benson