Patents by Inventor Christopher Douglas Dodd

Christopher Douglas Dodd 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: 20260139750
    Abstract: Provided herein are air admittance valve (AAV) assemblies that can include a cap, a body portion that includes a tailpiece and a flange with air intake openings, a flexible washer that can serve as a seal against fluid flow, and push seal for insertion into a pipe or fitting of a drain waste vent (DWV) system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Kai ZHANG, Angel O. CABAN, Christopher Douglas DODD
  • Patent number: 12605724
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shower system that enables a shower device to be easily removed from a dock. The shower system comprises a dock, a shower device, and a locking mechanism. The dock includes a water supply connector, a dock housing, and a dock connector. The dock connector includes a dock fluidic connector. The dock fluidic connector includes a dock fluid passageway. The shower device includes a shower device housing and a shower device connector. The shower device connector includes a shower device fluidic connector. The shower device fluidic connector includes a shower device fluid passageway. The water supply connector is operable to sealingly engage a water supply pipe. The shower device fluidic connector is operable to sealingly engage the dock fluidic connector and enable fluid to flow from the dock fluid passageway to the shower device fluid passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Fortune Brands Water Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Charles J. Tromm, Christopher Douglas Dodd, Thomas Joseph Manion, Adam John Valco
  • Publication number: 20240189838
    Abstract: A wand with variable flow and a flow lock is provided. The wand comprises a shell, a waterway, a flow module, a flow actuator module, and a flow lock module. The waterway includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage. The flow module is operable to be disposed between the first flow passage and the second flow passage. The flow module includes a flow control mechanism that is operable to move between a first position and a second position. The flow actuator module includes a flow actuation mechanism that is operable to move between a first position and a second position. The flow lock module includes a lock mechanism that is operable to move between a first position and a second position. When the lock mechanism is in the first position, the flow control mechanism is operable to move between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher John Webber, Christopher Douglas Dodd
  • Patent number: 11198995
    Abstract: The present invention provides a waste system including a disposal with multiple inlets that can receive water and waste materials from multiple basins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FB Global Plumbing Group LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Dodd, Matthew J. Lance
  • Publication number: 20200087907
    Abstract: The present invention provides a waste system including a disposal with multiple inlets that can receive water and waste materials from multiple basins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Dodd, Matthew J. Lance