Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Benet

Stephen E. Benet 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).

  • Manway lid gasket
    Patent number: 9944459
    Abstract: A manway lid gasket is an annular gasket that has top and bottom surfaces between the inside diameter and outside diameter of the gasket. Each of the top and bottom surfaces includes a concave, circumferential groove therein. Additionally, the gasket has a radial cut out that extends from the outside diameter face partway through the radial width of the gasket and has an annular corrugated metal insert positioned therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Virginia Sealing Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Benet, James E. B. Frew, Thomas P. Lokey, Daniel F. Reid, Alfred Fitzgerald Waterland, III
  • MANWAY LID GASKET
    Publication number: 20150329284
    Abstract: A manway lid gasket is an annular gasket that has top and bottom surfaces between the inside diameter and outside diameter of the gasket. Each of the top and bottom surfaces includes a concave, circumferential groove therein. Additionally, the gasket has a radial cut out that extends from the outside diameter face partway through the radial width of the gasket and has an annular corrugated metal insert positioned therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: VIRGINIA SEALING PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Benet, James E. B. Frew, Thomas P. Lokey, Daniel F. Reid, Alfred Fitzgerald Waterland, III
  • Flood control system
    Patent number: 6012872
    Abstract: A flood control system, in one aspect involving providing a plurality of substantially rigid containers, at least some of the containers having a top portion, a bottom portion and substantially rigid sidewalls operably connecting the top and bottom portions, the sidewalls being configured to withstand compressive forces between the top portion and the bottom portion; and positioning the plurality of substantially rigid containers at a selected location proximate a body of water, at least some of the substantially rigid containers being positioned at the selected location in a substantially abutting relationship to form a barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Tobor & Goldstein, L.L.P.
    Inventors: James D. Perry, Stephen E. Benet