Patents Assigned to The Patent Store LLC
  • Patent number: 10541478
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a blind connection between a first wire and a second wire where each of the wires are inserted into a sleeve with the first wire laterally inserted into the sleeve for positioning along the first wire and the second wire axially inserted through the sleeve and into engagement with a stop located outside the sleeve to ensure that the second wire is properly positioned in the sleeve before an unseen electrical connection is formed between the first wire and the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Patent Store, LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keevan, William Hiner
  • Patent number: 10517239
    Abstract: An upright open face flexible irrigation bag having a first edge with a first set of zipper teeth and a second edge with a second set of zipper teeth and a slider for in situ securing the first set of zipper teeth to the second set of zipper teeth around a sapling and an emitter wherein the emitter includes flow control through either a restrictive nozzle or an emitter valve or both with both the emitter valve and the restrictive nozzle located external to the irrigation bag and proximate a ground edge of the upright irrigation bag with the irrigation bag including an emitter valve for compensating in a water pressure head in the irrigation bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Patent Store, LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, James Lancaster, William Hiner, Aaron Eaton, Sandra Wiseman
  • Patent number: 10317052
    Abstract: A portable LED self-powered set up stand for temporary field placement, powering and repositioning an LED light without having to wire or rewire the LED light if a field placement of a LED light is changed with the set up stand having a first extension for temporary on-the-go connection to one of a set of support bases and a second extension for temporary on-the-go connection to a second extension supporting an LED light in a viewable condition with the LED set up stand including an internal replaceable dc power source for temporarily powering an LED light during a field installation, creation and light evaluation of an LED light display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: The Patent Store, LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, William Hiner
  • Patent number: 9917393
    Abstract: A two sealant two-phase wire connector having sequential sealant interfaces for preventing an electrical failure through interactive sealant sharing between a twist-on electrical wire connector having a spiral cavity containing a first waterproof sealant which is immersed in a tube that contains a second water proof sealant, wherein the first water proof sealant and the second water proof sealant each form an interface that shields an electrical connection from the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., Paul James
  • Patent number: 9887469
    Abstract: A wire connector for connecting and maintaining a branch wire connected to a main uncut wire during handling of the wire connector and without cutting the main wire by laterally inserting the main uncut wire into a laterally open wire port in a piston sleeve and extending a cut end of a branch wire through an offset wire guide on the exterior of the wire connector and then reversing the branch wire direction to form a slack loop in the branch wire before inserting the end of the branch wire into a further wire port in the piston sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, William Hiner
  • Patent number: 9751201
    Abstract: A landscape lighting pocket tool having a set of foldable retractable tool bits for working on an article to enable on the go and on the spot adjusting or repairing an article or a system as well as one or more tool bits that may an angle adjustable level for determining a level condition of an article, a drywall saw blade that allows the handle of the foldable pocket tool to be used as a handle of the drywall saw blade and a set of bevel cutting edges in the jaws of the foldable pocket tool to allow a person to both cut and strip insulation from a variety of different wire sizes wire without damaging the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
  • Patent number: 9698518
    Abstract: A wire connector kit and a method of protecting an electrical connection comprising a wire connector and a source of expandable sealant wherein the expandable sealant is injected into a wire connector after the electrical connection has been formed with the expandable sealant undergoing an in situ internal expansion from a site proximate the electrical connection to encapsulate and protect the electrical junction from the environment or through forming a sealant plug in a housing through an in situ expansion of the sealant plug to protect an electrical connection cocooned within the housing by the sealant plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James C Keeven
  • Patent number: 9660406
    Abstract: A wire connector having a collar surrounding a set of wire ports in a wire connector with the collar providing a collective shield between an environment external to the collar the collar but not between the set of wires within the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James C Keeven, William Hiner, Frank Vlasaty
  • Patent number: 9496626
    Abstract: A two-gang insulation displacement connector with enhanced electrically connectivity and a method of making the two-gang insulation displacement connector with the insulation displacement connector having a first gang of wire engaging blades having at least two sets of wire engaging blades, which are laterally spaced from each other, and a second gang of wire engaging blades with at least two sets of wire engaging blades with a base of each set of the wire engaging blades in the first gang having a link connecting to a base of each of a set of wire engaging blades in the second gang so that insertion of an insulation covered wire into wire engaging blades of each of gangs forms multiple electrical connections between the wire engaging blades of each gang of the wire engaging blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven
  • Patent number: 9468165
    Abstract: An irrigation device having a flexible container for holding water while delivering the water directly into the soil with the irrigation device having a filler neck to facilitate filling and inhibit backflow therethrough with a cap that can quickly seal the filler neck after the irrigation device is filled and a handhold useable to hold the filler neck in an elevated condition during the filling and closing of the flexible container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: Christine Lancaster, Tammy Donnelly, William Hiner, John Cain, Katherine Hintze, Allison Rezabek
  • Patent number: 9472869
    Abstract: A field friendly wire connector for on-the-go connecting insulation coated electrical wires to each other without having to remove the wire insulation coating from either of the wires and without having to cut the wires with the wire connector including a flexible electrical conductor mounted in a connector base and a pair of slotted pivot arms sandwiching the flexible electrical conductor therein as the slotted pivot arms push the electrical wires into electrical contact with the electrical connector and a dual mode housing that forms a hand grip when attached to a first side of the connector base to provide a hand grip or support to the wire connector during formation of electrical connections and when the dual mode housing is attached to an opposite side of the connector base the dual mode housing forms a protective covering over the electrical connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Willaim Hiner
  • Patent number: 9391388
    Abstract: A two sealant two-phase wire connector having sequential sealant interfaces for preventing an electrical failure through interactive sealant sharing between a twist-on electrical wire connector having a spiral cavity containing a first waterproof sealant which is immersed in a tube that contains a second water proof sealant, wherein the first water proof sealant and the second water proof sealant each form an interface that shields an electrical connection from the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., Paul James
  • Patent number: 9358676
    Abstract: A foldable pocket field tool having a foldable pliers and a set of specialty field tool bits to enable the foldable pocket tool to be carried on a person and used on-the-go with the field tool having a set of tool bits tool bits extendable or retractable into a handle and with each of the tool bits operable for efficiently performing a unique service tasks that may occur when installing or servicing a field system such as an irrigation system. The tool bits may be arranged to provide a two-part handle for use in manipulating an adjacent tool bit about a central axis as the tool bit is supported by the foldable pocket tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Patent Store LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
  • Patent number: 9231313
    Abstract: A finger friendly twist-on wire connector having a spiral coil and an open end rigid shell secured to the spiral coil with the rigid shell having an outer surface with a circumferential band and a closed end supporting a finger cushion material integral to at least a portion of the outer surface of the rigid shell with the finger cushion material including a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated ribs resiliently deformable in response to radially and tangential finger forces thereon as rotational finger forces are transmitted to the rigid shell through the finger cushion material to thereby inhibit finger fatigue and finger injury while allowing the user to maintain a feel of the wire engagement within the wire connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
  • Patent number: 9221202
    Abstract: A method of making a twist-on wire connector including a method of making a sealant containing twist-on wire connector by in situ formation of a shell around the coil wherein a sealant may be injected into a cavity in the coil prior to removing the shell from the mold to form a ready-to-use sealant containing twist on wire connector without further steps outside the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., James C. Keeven, William Hiner
  • Patent number: 9147961
    Abstract: A push-in wire connector having a sealant therein to enable formation of a waterproof electrical connection by axial insertion of a wire into a chamber contained an electrical conductor protected by the sealant with the electrical conductor displaceable into a waterproof electrical contact with the wire while both the conductor and the wire remain in the presence of the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE, LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., William Hiner
  • Patent number: 8997347
    Abstract: An improved method of making sealant containing twist-on wire connectors from a batch of components, wherein some of the components may be preassembled through automated equipment and at least one or more of the steps performed in the making of a sealant containing twist-on wire connector is performed manually at a station where an operator can simultaneously perform one or more steps to enhance the formation of a twist-on wire connector containing a sealant while at the same time eliminating upfront investments costs for a work station as well as costs for maintenance of a work station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Patent Store LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., James C. Keeven
  • Patent number: 8980154
    Abstract: A method of making a twist-on wire connector including a method of making a sealant containing twist-on wire connector by in situ formation of a shell around the coil wherein a sealant may be injected into a cavity in the coil prior to removing the shell from the mold to form a ready-to-use sealant containing twist on wire connector without further steps outside the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Patent Store LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Herber King, Jr., William Hiner, James C. Keeven
  • Patent number: D731270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: The Patent Store LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, James Keeven, Steven Rhea
  • Patent number: D742714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: THE PATENT STORE, LLC
    Inventors: L Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Steven Rhea