Patents by Inventor ANDREA WAGNER WATTS

ANDREA WAGNER WATTS 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).

  • Publication number: 20230383536
    Abstract: Process for making a wall panel module comprising a wall panel and at least one dual gasket assembly, the process including steps of a) forming a first dual gasket assembly comprising a compressible interior gasket, a support coupling, and a compressible weather gasket, b) providing a first wall panel, having major faces that form parallel planes, c) positioning the first dual gasket assembly adjacent to the first edge face of the first panel, the lengths of the compressible interior gasket and the compressible weather gasket being parallel to the edge face length, with both gaskets further bounded by the parallel planes, d) attaching the support coupling of the first dual gasket assembly to the first edge face of the first wall panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY D. WILSON, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JEFFREY HUTCHINS
  • Publication number: 20230383528
    Abstract: A water drainage duct for draining water from a dual gasket assembly, wherein the dual gasket assembly is suitable for sealing an abutment joint between two wall panels, the dual gasket assembly comprising a support coupling, a compressible interior gasket, and a compressible weather gasket, with the support coupling comprising a base having at least one gutter channel for directing water, the water drainage duct comprising a body having an attachment accessory for attachment to the support coupling of a dual gasket assembly, the body further having a water collection area, a water drainage channel, and a compressible gasket having an exterior port, wherein the water collection area is in fluid communication with the exterior port in the compressible gasket via the water drainage channel to allow water to move by gravity from the water collection area to and through the exterior port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY D. WILSON, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JEFFREY HUTCHINS
  • Publication number: 20230383527
    Abstract: Gaps between adjacent members in a building construction are sealed by applying a self-adhering barrier sheet to the adjacent members to span the gap. The self-adhering barrier sheet includes a flexible sheet of a barrier material. The flexible sheet has opposing edges, of which at least one is tapered. A pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to at least a portion of at least one major surface of the flexible sheet. The edges of the self-adhering barrier sheet are adhered to the adjacent structural elements by means of the pressure sensitive adhesive. The pressure sensitive adhesive has a thickness equal to or less than the maximum thickness of the flexible sheet. Where two self adhering barrier sheets overlap at an angle on a substrate, the tapered edge of the underlying sheet allows a smooth transition for the overlapping sheet, preventing the formation of an open gap between the barrier sheets and the substrate where air and moisture can penetrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: GERALD F BILLOVITS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JAMES KATSAROS, TIMOTHY FOURNIER
  • Publication number: 20230358040
    Abstract: Processes for making a tilt wall comprising a sealed abutment joint between two concrete wall panels comprising a first wall panel, a dual gasket assembly, and a second wall panel, wherein the dual gasket assembly comprises an interior gasket, a support coupling, and a weather gasket, with the support coupling attached to a first edge face of the first wall panel by the metallic channel, wherein the first and second wall panels are aligned adjacent to one another in the same plane, with the support coupling positioned between the first edge face of the first wall panel and a second edge face of the second wall panel, the second edge face of the second wall panel positioned relative to the first wall panel a desired distance proximate the first edge face to form a desired breadth of the abutment joint between the edge faces; and the interior gasket and the outer weather gasket in contact with and compressed against both the first and second edge faces to seal the abutment joint between the edge faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY D. WILSON, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JEFFREY HUTCHINS
  • Publication number: 20230358038
    Abstract: A paneled wall having sealed abutment joints, the wall comprising a first wall panel, a dual gasket assembly, a second wall panel, and a sealed abutment joint between the first wall panel and the second wall panel, wherein the dual gasket assembly comprises a compressible interior gasket, a support coupling, and a compressible outer weather gasket, and wherein the dual gasket assembly is attached to a first edge face of the first wall panel by the support coupling, and wherein both the compressible interior gasket and the compressible outer weather gasket of the dual gasket assembly are in contact with and compressed between both the first edge face of the first wall panel and a first edge face of the second wall panel to seal the abutment joint between said edge faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY D. WILSON, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JEFFREY HUTCHINS
  • Publication number: 20230358039
    Abstract: A wall panel module comprising a first wall panel and one or more dual gasket assembly, the dual gasket assembly being suitable for sealing an abutment joint between edge faces of two wall panels and comprising a support coupling, a compressible interior gasket, and a compressible weather gasket, the support coupling comprising a base having a top surface having an interior gasket support and an exterior gasket support on opposing ends of the support coupling, the compressible interior gasket attached to the interior gasket support and the compressible outer weather gasket attached to the exterior gasket support, the compressible interior gasket and the compressible outer weather gasket mounted on the support coupling with the lengths of the compressible interior gasket and the compressible outer weather gasket parallel to one another and also being parallel to the dual gasket assembly length, the bottom surface of the support coupling base further having an attachment area with the dual gasket assembly attac
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY D. WILSON, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JEFFREY HUTCHINS
  • Publication number: 20230358035
    Abstract: A tilt wall comprising a sealed abutment joint between two concrete wall panels comprising a first wall panel, a dual gasket assembly, and a second wall panel, wherein the dual gasket assembly comprises an interior gasket, a support coupling, and a weather gasket, with the support coupling attached to a first edge face of the first wall panel by the metallic channel, wherein the first and second wall panels are aligned adjacent to one another in the same plane, with the support coupling positioned between the first edge face of the first wall panel and a second edge face of the second wall panel, the second edge face of the second wall panel positioned relative to the first wall panel a desired distance proximate the first edge face to form a desired breadth of the abutment joint between the edge faces; and the interior gasket and the outer weather gasket in contact with and compressed against both the first and second edge faces to seal the abutment joint between the edge faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY D. WILSON, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JEFFREY HUTCHINS
  • Publication number: 20230358037
    Abstract: Process for making a paneled wall comprising a first wall panel module comprising a first wall panel and a dual gasket assembly, a second wall panel, and a sealed abutment joint between the first wall panel and the second wall panel, wherein the dual gasket assembly comprises a compressible interior gasket, a support coupling, and a compressible weather gasket, the process including the steps of attaching the dual gasket assembly to an edge face of the first wall panel to form a first wall panel module, aligning the second wall panel relative to the first wall panel module, and compressing the gaskets of the dual gasket assembly between edge face of the first wall panel and the edge face of the second wall panel to seal the abutment joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY D. WILSON, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JEFFREY HUTCHINS
  • Publication number: 20230358055
    Abstract: A dual gasket assembly suitable for sealing an abutment joint between two wall panels, the dual gasket assembly comprising a support coupling, a compressible interior gasket, and a compressible outer weather gasket, the support coupling comprising a base, the top surface of the base having at least one gutter channel for directing water, the top surface further having an interior gasket support and an exterior gasket support, the interior gasket support and the exterior gasket support separated by the at least one gutter channel, the compressible interior gasket attached to the interior gasket support and the compressible outer weather gasket attached to the exterior gasket support; and the bottom surface of the base having a contact area for stabilizing the support coupling on an edge face of one of the two wall panels, the bottom surface further having an attachment area for attaching the support coupling to said edge face, the attachment area being at least one surface, projection, or cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY D. WILSON, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, ANDREA WAGNER WATTS, JEFFREY HUTCHINS