Patents by Inventor John D. Bryson, Jr.

John D. Bryson, Jr. 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: 6249919
    Abstract: The present invention provides a passive deodorization device suitable for use in a portable toilet enclosure having a vent tube for venting odors from a holding tank. The deodorization device has a housing having an engagement surface for engaging a vent tube outer surface, and an aperture. Two fingers extend from the aperture into the vent tube. A retention member mounted on the fingers engage a vent tube inner surface and clamp the vent tube wall between the housing and retention member. A deodorizing element slipped into the aperture between the fingers deodorizes the malodorous vapors associated with the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Vaportex, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Bryson, Jr., George P. Roberts, Wolfgang Clemens, Stephan Dupont, Joseph J. Hennessey, David L. Vergara
  • Patent number: 5378254
    Abstract: An air treatment system has a removable and replaceable filter, the filter having a plastic frame, and having a multi-layer filtering medium. A filter seat has a switch located along one side in contact with a flexible tab. When the filter is located in the seat and faces the desired direction, one of two projections on the top and bottom of the filter frame moves the flexible tab to activate the switch, which signals proper installation of the filter. When a filter element is installed, it starts a timer which times the service life of the filter element and an air treatment cartridge. When the timer times out, it signals a user through an LED or audible alarm to replace the replaceable components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward C. Maly, Alireza Bemanian, John D. Bryson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5328646
    Abstract: An air treatment system has a removable and replaceable cartridge, the cartridge having a cylindrical plastic canister, and having a liquid-permeable vaporizing element disposed in the canister. The canister is located on one side in a cradle inside a housing where air flow is controlled between inlet and outlet ports by a pivoting frame member. A slider is moved up and down outside the housing to simultaneously move a pair of arms inside the housing into closed, partially open or fully open positions relative to the inlet and outlet ports. The canister has ports of special configuration and a baffle is placed in the canister to assist radial air flow and assure that air flows over the coiled air vaporizing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Bryson, John D. Bryson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5148984
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a vaporizable material including a base adapted to support thereon an air freshener element and adapted to be supported on a pivotable door, a cover supported on the base and cooperating with the base to define an air passage communicating with the air freshener element, guide rails for affording selective movement of the cover relative to the base between a closed position wherein the air passage is substantially obstructed by a baffle and an open position wherein the device promotes passage of a flow of air through the passage during pivotal movement of the door, and detents on the base and cover which cooperate to retain the relative position of the cover and base during pivotal movement of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Bryson, Jr., Robert G. Kopp
  • Patent number: D363772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kopp, John D. Bryson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D403758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Bryson, Jr., George P. Roberts