Patents by Inventor Lawrence Butts

Lawrence Butts 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).

  • Connection verifier
    Patent number: 11994475
    Abstract: A connection verifier, including a housing including, a handle, and a head arranged to engage a fluid connection and having a cutout, and at least one camera arranged in the housing and directed toward the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Oetiker NY, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Edwin Hall, Lawrence Butts
  • Connection verifier
    Patent number: 11608920
    Abstract: A connection verifier, including a collar, a circuit board non-rotatably connected to the collar, the circuit board including at least one terminal, a switch rotatably connected to the collar and arranged to contact the at least one terminal, the switch including at least one finger extending in a first axial direction, and an indication device arranged to activate when the switch contacts the at least one terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Oetiker NY, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Edwin Hall, II, Lawrence Butts
  • CONNECTION VERIFIER
    Publication number: 20210262943
    Abstract: A connection verifier, including a housing including, a handle, and a head arranged to engage a fluid connection and having a cutout, and at least one camera arranged in the housing and directed toward the cutout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Edwin Hall, Lawrence Butts
  • CONNECTION VERIFIER
    Publication number: 20200370695
    Abstract: A connection verifier, including a collar, a circuit board non-rotatably connected to the collar, the circuit board including at least one terminal, a switch rotatably connected to the collar and arranged to contact the at least one terminal, the switch including at least one finger extending in a first axial direction, and an indication device arranged to activate when the switch contacts the at least one terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Edwin Hall, II, Lawrence Butts
  • Percolator and improved brewing assembly
    Publication number: 20060042471
    Abstract: An improved brewing assembly for a coffee percolator and a coffee percolator using the same. The brewing assembly includes a filter basket, a pump tube and a cover. The filter basket has an open top, a perforated bottom, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The pump tube is attached to the filter basket and engages the filter basket such that the pump tube is removed when the filter basket is removed. The cover has a top, a handle, and an open bottom defined by a sidewall. The sidewall of the cover includes both a means for engaging the container such that the cover remains attached to the container when the container is tipped to pour coffee through the pouring spout, and means for engaging the filter basket such that the brewing assembly remains attached to the cover when the cover is removed from the container after coffee is brewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventor: Lawrence Butt