Patents by Inventor Craig R. Akin

Craig R. Akin 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).

  • Closet carrier system and method of assembly
    Patent number: 6928669
    Abstract: A closet carrier assembly has a carrier body assembly having at least one inlet for receiving waste and at least one outlet for communicating waste to a waste plumbing. The at least one inlet has internal threads and an outward facing surface substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the inlet. A tubular coupling is adapted to extend between the carrier body and the water closet. The tubular coupling has external threads thereon that threadingly engage the internal threads of the carrier body assembly and a flange member thereon that extends orthogonally to a longitudinal axis of the tubular coupling and resides adjacent the outward facing surface of the carrier body assembly. A deformable seal is compressed between the outward facing surface of the carrier body assembly and the flange member of the tubular coupling to form a water tight seal between the carrier body assembly and the tubular coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Tyler Pipe Company
    Inventor: Craig R. Akin
  • Closet carrier system and method of assembly
    Publication number: 20040133969
    Abstract: A closet carrier assembly has a carrier body assembly having at least one inlet for receiving waste and at least one outlet for communicating waste to a waste plumbing. The at least one inlet has internal threads and an outward facing surface substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the inlet. A tubular coupling is adapted to extend between the carrier body and the water closet. The tubular coupling has external threads thereon that threadingly engage the internal threads of the carrier body assembly and a flange member thereon that extends orthogonally to a longitudinal axis of the tubular coupling and resides adjacent the outward facing surface of the carrier body assembly. A deformable seal is compressed between the outward facing surface of the carrier body assembly and the flange member of the tubular coupling to form a water tight seal between the carrier body assembly and the tubular coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Tyler Pipe Company, a division of Ransom Industries, LP
    Inventor: Craig R. Akin