Patents by Inventor Donald Edward Coffey

Donald Edward Coffey 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: 6695538
    Abstract: A drainage support/diverter system for use in connection with a perforated pipe drainage system within a drainage trench, comprising a number of drainage support/diverters that create impermeable barriers to moisture flow along the length of the trench outside the perforated pipe, such drainage support/diverters are positioned upon intervals along the drainage trench with their lower ends placed to a depth at least as deep as lowest depth of the drainage trench where each drainage support/diverter is placed, extend laterally at least as wide as the widest point of the drainage trench where each drainage support/diverter is placed and are formed at their upper ends with a recess corresponding to a portion of the diameter of the perforated pipe such that moisture outside the perforated pipe is forced to enter the perforated pipe at the point of each drainage support/diverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Inventor: Donald Edward Coffey
  • Patent number: 6517283
    Abstract: A drainage system for collecting, isolating and relocating moisture incorporating cascading chutes which collect moisture and create an inner channel from which collected moisture cannot escape to re-infiltrate surrounding soil prior to its discharge point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventor: Donald Edward Coffey
  • Publication number: 20020094237
    Abstract: A drainage system for collecting, isolating and relocating moisture incorporating cascading chutes which collect moisture and create an inner channel from which collected moisture cannot escape to re-infiltrate surrounding soil prior to its discharge point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Donald Edward Coffey