Patents by Inventor Anthony Oropallo

Anthony Oropallo 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: 10132066
    Abstract: A tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on the upper end of the wall, a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall sized for reception by the tubular strainer, and a second flange carried by the insert wall, an elastomeric seal having a tubular body fittingly sealingly carried by the insert cylindrical wall, the seal body configured for progressive compressive radial sealing engagement with the strainer wall interior surface when endwise inserted by the insert within said tubular strainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: IPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo
  • Publication number: 20160258147
    Abstract: A tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on the upper end of the wall, a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall sized for reception by the tubular strainer, and a second flange carried by the insert wall, an elastomeric seal having a tubular body fittingly sealingly carried by the insert cylindrical wall, the seal body configured for progressive compressive radial sealing engagement with the strainer wall interior surface when endwise inserted by the insert within said tubular strainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo
  • Patent number: 9371635
    Abstract: In combination a tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on the upper end of the wall, a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall sized for reception by the tubular strainer, and a second flange carried by the insert wall, an elastomeric seal having a tubular body fittingly sealingly carried by the insert cylindrical wall, the seal body configured for progressive compressive radial sealing engagement with the strainer wall interior surface when endwise inserted by the insert within said tubular strainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: IPS Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo
  • Publication number: 20150211219
    Abstract: In combination a tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on the upper end of the wall, a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall sized for reception by the tubular strainer, and a second flange carried by the insert wall, an elastomeric seal having a tubular body fittingly sealingly carried by the insert cylindrical wall, the seal body configured for progressive compressive radial sealing engagement with the strainer wall interior surface when endwise inserted by the insert within said tubular strainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo
  • Patent number: 9091046
    Abstract: In combination a tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on the upper end of the wall, a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall sized for reception by the tubular strainer, and a second flange carried by the insert wall, an elastomeric seal having a tubular body fittingly sealingly carried by the insert cylindrical wall, the seal body configured for progressive compressive radial sealing engagement with the strainer wall interior surface when endwise inserted by the insert within said tubular strainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: IPS Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo
  • Publication number: 20110289667
    Abstract: In combination a tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on the upper end of the wall, a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall sized for reception by the tubular strainer, and a second flange carried by the insert wall, an elastomeric seal having a tubular body fittingly sealingly carried by the insert cylindrical wall, the seal body configured for progressive compressive radial sealing engagement with the strainer wall interior surface when endwise inserted by the insert within said tubular strainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo
  • Patent number: 7017199
    Abstract: A plumbing fitting attachable to a wall that defines an opening, comprising a tubular part sized to project through an opening, there being grooving associated with the part; a cover extending in registration with the grooving; and a retainer caused by the cover and projecting to locally engage the grooving, thereby to position the cover in relation to the grooving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030192115
    Abstract: A plumbing fitting attachable to a wall that defines an opening, comprising a tubular part sized to project through an opening, there being grooving associated with the part; a cover extending in registration with the grooving; and a retainer caused by the cover and projecting to locally engage the grooving, thereby to position the cover in relation to the grooving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo
  • Patent number: 6622317
    Abstract: A retention system for holding and mounting a cover cap to a plumbing fitting having a tubular terminal that projects at an opening through a bath or shower wall, comprising a retainer ring fitting on said tubular terminal and tightenable toward said wall, a series of retention cams on said ring and space about a longitudinal axis defined by the ring, there being gaps between successive cams, and there being retention shoulders on the cams, the retention shoulders facing in directions toward said wall, for retaining holders on the cover cap, after said holders have been passed longitudinally through said gaps and after the cap has then rotated to cause said holders to slidably engage the cams and became wedged against said retention shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6618875
    Abstract: A retention system for holding and mounting a cover cap to a plumbing fitting having a tubular terminal that projects at an opening through a bath or shower wall, comprising a retainer ring fitting on said tubular terminal and tightenable toward said wall, a series of retention cams on said ring and space about a longitudinal axis defined by the ring, there being gaps between successive cams, and there being retention shoulders on the cams, the retention shoulders facing in directions toward said wall, for retaining holders on the cover cap, after said holders have been passed longitudinally through said gaps and after the cap has then rotated to cause said holders to slidably engage the cams and became wedged against said retention shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventors: Robert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo, Jr.
  • Patent number: D749673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PEEL BACK N SEE LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Oropallo, Dana Rickard
  • Patent number: D774131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: PEEL BACK N SEE LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Oropallo, Dana Rickard