Patents by Inventor Alvin Rains

Alvin Rains 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).

  • Fire extinguishing foam, methods and systems
    Patent number: 8783374
    Abstract: An improved fire extinguishing, suppressing, and preventing mixture, method, and system for various classifications of fires which exhibits superior characteristics to knock down the fire, helps to prevent flash and re-ignition, and contains only a trace amount of fluorochemicals. When the mixture is spread on burning surfaces, including fuel and other liquid surfaces, the agent suppresses vaporization, extinguishes flames and helps to suppress re-ignition and reflash of the fire. The mixture is friendly to the environment. It causes no harmful reaction to a burn victim and aids in cooling the victim to slow the burning of skin. The mixture can be washed off a bum victim with soap and water. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventors: Alvin Rains, Shan L. Rains
  • Fire extinguishing foam, methods and systems
    Publication number: 20120103639
    Abstract: An improved fire extinguishing, suppressing, and preventing mixture, method, and system for various classifications of fires which exhibits superior characteristics to knock down the fire, helps to prevent flash and re-ignition, and contains only a trace amount of fluorochemicals. When the mixture is spread on burning surfaces, including fuel and other liquid surfaces, the agent suppresses vaporization, extinguishes flames and helps to suppress re-ignition and reflash of the fire. The mixture is friendly to the environment. It causes no harmful reaction to a burn victim and aids in cooling the victim to slow the burning of skin. The mixture can be washed off a bum victim with soap and water. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Alvin Rains, Shan L. Rains