Patents by Inventor Rick L. Leer

Rick L. Leer 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: 6565015
    Abstract: A pressure sprayer is pressurized automatically with movement of the sprayer and maintains adequate pressure during non-movement to allow the ejection of an amount of liquid before needing re-pressurization. The pressure sprayer includes wheels that allow the pressure sprayer to be mobile. A cam is attached to the axle of the wheels which rotates with the rotation of the axle/wheels. A pressure pump is associated with the cam such that movement of the cam causes the pressure pump to pump liquid from a holding tank to an accumulator or directly to a spray wand in communication with the pump. The liquid may be sprayed (ejected) from the accumulator during both movement (pumping) and non-movement (no pumping) of the sprayer, while the liquid may be directly sprayed from the holding tank only during movement (pumping) thereof. Thus, as the wheels rotate due to moving the pressure sprayer, the cam causes movement of the pressure pump to fill the accumulator with the liquid under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Gilmour, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick L. Leer, Scott A. Walker
  • Publication number: 20010038041
    Abstract: A pressure sprayer is pressurized automatically with movement of the sprayer and maintains adequate pressure during non-movement to allow the ejection of an amount of liquid before needing re-pressurization. The pressure sprayer includes wheels that allow the pressure sprayer to be mobile. A cam is attached to the axle of the wheels which rotates with the rotation of the axle/wheels. A pressure pump is associated with the cam such that movement of the cam causes the pressure pump to pump liquid from a holding tank to an accumulator or directly to a spray wand in communication with the pump. The liquid may be sprayed (ejected) from the accumulator during both movement (pumping) and non-movement (no pumping) of the sprayer, while the liquid may be directly sprayed from the holding tank only during movement (pumping) thereof. Thus, as the wheels rotate due to moving the pressure sprayer, the cam causes movement of the pressure pump to fill the accumulator with the liquid under pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Rick L. Leer, Scott A. Walker
  • Patent number: 5636791
    Abstract: The present invention is for a backpack sprayer which has a reservoir tank fixedly attached to a support frame, the tank having a fill opening located at the top end and a pressure vessel located therein. The pressure vessel has a pump housing located therein which has a one way check valve leading into the pressure vessel, the pump housing also having a cylinder actuated by a hand crank for compressing the sprayed liquid into the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel expels the compressed liquid through a hand held wand operated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Gilmour, Inc.
    Inventor: Rick L. Leer
  • Patent number: D528187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Gilmour, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick L. Leer, Douglas Burnworth