Patents Represented by Law Firm Jacobson and Johnson
  • Strain relieved wire connector
    Patent number: 7420122
    Abstract: A twist-on wire connector having a housing with a spiral tread for engaging and holding electrical wires in an electrical connection and a chamber for carrying a member having a wire passageway so that the electrical wires can be retained within the connector by a wire holder to inhibit strain therein and a method of making an electrical connection that inhibits strain of the wire by inserting a plurality of wires into a spiral thread of a twist-on wire connector, rotating the plurality of wires to bring the electrical wires into electrical connection with each other and squeezing a member around the plurality of wires to bring the member into frictional contact along a portion of the plurality of wires to axially restrain the plurality of wires and thereby inhibit strain on the plurality of wires held in the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., Michael Belgeri, James Keevan
  • Membrane-based reservoir dryer
    Patent number: 7396383
    Abstract: A device and method for preventing ingression of contaminants and moisture and for removing moisture from a fluid reservoir, the device comprising a fluid reservoir for supporting a fluid therein, a fluid reservoir opening for allowing an exchanging of air between an interior of the fluid reservoir and the ambient surrounding, and a membrane-based reservoir dryer located in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, the membrane-based reservoir dryer comprising a source of compressed gas and a membrane dryer for drying the compressed gas to increase the capacity of the compressed gas for absorbing moisture from the fluid in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Inventors: John H. Burban, Michael R. Spearman, David S. Kolstad, Craig J. Cuta
  • Wire connector
    Patent number: 7384297
    Abstract: An open-face electrical connector comprising a first housing having a chamber therein, a second housing mateable to the first housing to form an enclosure for supporting an electrical wire therein and a latchable wire retainer secured to one of the housings, the latchable wire retainer having a first jaw with a wire support surface and a second jaw with a wire support surface with the latchable wire retainer having an open condition for laterally inserting a wire between the first jaw and the second jaw and then bringing the first jaw and the second jaw into clamping engagement around a peripheral wire surface by bringing the first jaw toward the second jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., William Hiner, James C. Keeven
  • Playground apparatus
    Patent number: 7377856
    Abstract: A playground apparatus comprising at least three separate elongated plank extending in a generally horizontally spaced end-to-end relationship, at least one pivotal support member for pivotally supporting each of the elongated plank in vertically spaced relationship above a support surface for vertical pivotal movement of opposite ends of the elongated planks, and at least two resiliently flexible living hinges each providing a void-free connection between adjacent ends of the elongated planks to eliminate a pinch point while providing for simultaneous vertical movement of said elongated planks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Xccent Corporation
    Inventor: David Nickelson
  • Drain valve
    Patent number: 7377286
    Abstract: A drain valve having a temperature responsive member that holds the drain valve in a water conserving mode when water is above freezing yet allows the drain valve to drain when the water is near freezing to prevent freeze damage to the irrigation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., Michael Belgeri, James Keeven
  • Molded twist-on wire connector
    Patent number: 7351369
    Abstract: A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wire connector with a molded housing and a molded wire engaging core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: King Technology
    Inventor: L. Herbert King, Jr.
  • Combination inline dispenser and non-fitted cartridge
    Patent number: 7347935
    Abstract: An inline dispenser and purification device combination comprising an inline dispenser having fluid ports directly mateable to the ports of a fitted cartridge and a universal cartridge having no ports for connection with the fluid ports of the inline dispenser and a method of replacing a fitted cartridge located within a inline dispenser with a universal cartridge having no ports for connection with the fluid ports of the inline dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: King Technology, Inc
    Inventor: Joseph A. King
  • Tortoise bathing facility
    Patent number: 7347165
    Abstract: A pet bathing unit comprising a container for supporting a pet therein, the container having a base and at least one sidewall extending therefrom, a fluid conduit having at least one fluid jet nozzle extending therefrom and located proximal the base to provide for a steady fluid stream along the base of the container to clean the underside of the pet, a drain unit located on the base of the container to provide a path from the container to a sanitation outlet for the movement of fluids and particles therethrough, at least one pet supporting surface extending from the base, and a set of channels extending along the base of the container between the at least one fluid jet nozzle and the drain unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Inventor: William G. Yoerg
  • Biocide
    Patent number: 7347934
    Abstract: A two part biocide composition containing metal ions and bromine donor for killing microorganisms in a body of water and a method of killing microorganisms in a body of water by placing both metal ions and a bromine in the body of water to allow use of lower concentrations of bromine than if bromine were used alone as a biocide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: King Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Marlin Frank
  • Furniture frame bracket
    Patent number: 7341228
    Abstract: A furniture frame and a furniture frame bracket wherein the furniture frame bracket comprises a bracket base, a first side member extending from the bracket base and a second side member extending from the bracket base in which the side members each include an extension located thereon wherein the side members and the extensions of the side members coact with the bracket base to wrap the bracket around a portion of a furniture frame, and a leg extending from the base for supporting a linkage between a first section and a second section of a furniture frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Inventors: Joel Grosaman, Howard Porter
  • Dual filter
    Patent number: 7335299
    Abstract: A dual filter apparatus and a process of making a dual filter apparatus that minimizes disruption to the normal flow pattern through the filter apparatus by forming a porous medium suitable to carry a fluid activator and placing an activator proximate the porous filter medium for in situ fluid treatment and removal of debris from the fluid by screening action of the porous filter medium that entraps debris thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: King Technology, Inc
    Inventor: Joseph A. King
  • Oxygen humidifier
    Patent number: 7331342
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for separating breathable oxygen gas from a source of gas and then humidifying the oxygen gas while preventing over humidification of the oxygen gas, the apparatus comprising a gas pathway located on a first side of a water transfer member, an oxygen gas pathway located on a second side of the water transfer member and a separator for separating the breathable oxygen gas from a gas located on the first side of the water transfer member and directing the breathable oxygen gas past the second side of the water transfer member while maintaining the pressure of the gas substantially equal to the pressure of the breathable oxygen gas to thereby humidify the breathable oxygen gas while preventing a moisture condensation in the breathable oxygen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Spearman, John H. Burban, Robert O. Crowder, Carl M. Geisz
  • Dual dispenser
    Patent number: 7329345
    Abstract: A cartridge holder and a floating dispenser system for dispensing materials into a fluid with the floating dispenser system including a cartridge holder with receptacles for removably attaching or detaching at least two cartridge dispensers therein to allow one to simultaneously dispense materials into a fluid system by placing the floating dispensing system in a body of fluids and to replenish the system by merely removing and replacing a cartridge in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: KWG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Jeffery Johnson, Michael Pontius
  • Optical coupling
    Patent number: 7325977
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling and decoupling optical leads while preventing twists or kinks in the optical leas as well as back reflections with the apparatus including an a rotatable optical coupler and a non-rotatable optical coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Rick C. Stevens
  • Blender
    Patent number: 7267475
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus and method wherein the mixing apparatus includes a hopper having a port piston for periodically retracting to open a fluid port to allow a slug of gas to be quickly injected into the bottom of a hopper, which produces a mixing and blending of the materials in the hopper as the slug of gas flows upward through the materials in the hopper. The port piston periodically closes to seal the fluid port without allowing the material in the hopper to backflow, which would prevent between the port piston and a hopper sealing member from being brought into sealing engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Dynamic Air Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Steele
  • Dendrimer fluid purification method
    Patent number: 7264739
    Abstract: A dendrimer complex comprising a dendrimer and an antimicrobial agent with the dendrimer complex placeable directly into a fluid to inhibit growth of microbes or rid the fluid of microbes. In a further embodiment of the invention the dendrimer complex is secured to a carrier, which is placed in a body of fluid and allowed to dispense the antimicrobial agent into the fluid. Once the antimicrobial agent is dispensed, the dendrimer complex can be removed and recycled to add functional groups to the dendrimer so that the dendrimer can be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, John E. Hill
  • Dispenser cover
    Patent number: D551971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: King Technology
    Inventor: Leonard P. Hardwick
  • Combo drain
    Patent number: D568450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., James C. Keeven, William Hiner
  • Dispenser holder
    Patent number: D571432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: King Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard P. Hardwick
  • Roof gutter rainwater collector
    Patent number: D575853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Inventor: William Adamson