Patents by Inventor Anna Fountain

Anna Fountain 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).

  • Patent number: 11739531
    Abstract: In some aspects, deicer systems to distribute a deicing fluid along a roof of a building to limit ice dam formation can include: a pre-pressurized water source that provides pressurized water; a deicer solution source containing a deicer solution; a passive mixing system in fluid communication with the pre-pressurized water source and the deicer solution source, the passive mixing system being configured to combine the pressurized water and the deicer solution to form a deicer fluid; and one or more emitters configured to be disposed along the roof, the emitters being in fluid communication with the passive mixing system to receive the deicer fluid and dispense the deicer fluid along the roof. In addition, certain systems described herein can be run with an electric pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Floe, Inc.
    Inventors: David Dellal, Anna Fountain, Joanna Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230003029
    Abstract: In some aspects, deicer systems to distribute a deicing fluid along a roof of a building to limit ice dam formation can include: a pre-pressurized water source that provides pressurized water; a deicer solution source containing a deicer solution; a passive mixing system in fluid communication with the pre-pressurized water source and the deicer solution source, the passive mixing system being configured to combine the pressurized water and the deicer solution to form a deicer fluid; and one or more emitters configured to be disposed along the roof, the emitters being in fluid communication with the passive mixing system to receive the deicer fluid and dispense the deicer fluid along the roof. In addition, certain systems described herein can be run with an electric pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Floe, Inc.
    Inventors: David Dellal, Anna Fountain, Joanna Zhu
  • Patent number: 11414871
    Abstract: In some aspects, deicer systems to distribute a deicing fluid along a roof of a building to limit ice dam formation can include: a pre-pressurized water source that provides pressurized water; a deicer solution source containing a deicer solution; a passive mixing system in fluid communication with the pre-pressurized water source and the deicer solution source, the passive mixing system being configured to combine the pressurized water and the deicer solution to form a deicer fluid; and one or more emitters configured to be disposed along the roof, the emitters being in fluid communication with the passive mixing system to receive the deicer fluid and dispense the deicer fluid along the roof. In addition, certain systems described herein can be run with an electric pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FLOE INC.
    Inventors: David Dellal, Anna Fountain, Joanna Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190112815
    Abstract: In some aspects, deicer systems to distribute a deicing fluid along a roof of a building to limit ice dam formation can include: a pre-pressurized water source that provides pressurized water; a deicer solution source containing a deicer solution; a passive mixing system in fluid communication with the pre-pressurized water source and the deicer solution source, the passive mixing system being configured to combine the pressurized water and the deicer solution to form a deicer fluid; and one or more emitters configured to be disposed along the roof, the emitters being in fluid communication with the passive mixing system to receive the deicer fluid and dispense the deicer fluid along the roof. In addition, certain systems described herein can be run with an electric pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph Babcock, Ali Booeshaghi, Alicia Cabrera-Mino, Cyndia Cao, David Dellal, Allison Edwards, Patrick Everett, Anna Fountain, Alejandro Garcia, Nolan Kruse, Junsheng Ma, Colleen McCoy, Stacy Mo, Khanh Nguyen, Grant Sellers, Jennifer Yu, Joanna Zhu