Patents by Inventor Daniel C. Masterson

Daniel C. Masterson 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: 11661733
    Abstract: A float tree for suspending floats within a basin system includes a rod portion, a cap section, movably affixed to the rod portion, and a spring provided between the cap section and the rod section. The spring provides force against the rod portion and the cap section. A first and second cap can be included to seat the spring between the cap section and the rod portion within the float tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Zoeller Pump Company, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel C. Masterson, Charles P. Carroll
  • Patent number: 11441578
    Abstract: A water-powered sump pump including a chamber with a water supply inlet, wastewater inlet and a discharge outlet, wherein a venturi is secured within the chamber, and an elbow joint, including a wastewater exit portion and a wastewater entrance portions. This elbow joint is rotationally securable to the wastewater inlet of the chamber to permit securing of the water-powered sump pump in any desired orientation in relation to the sump. In one embodiment the wastewater inlet includes a cylindrical ingress portion with an upwardly facing ridge around a circumference thereof. The securing system of the elbow joint includes tabs on an inner surface of the exit portion of the elbow, each tab containing an inwardly extending rib which rib extends beyond the upwardly facing ridge on the ingress portion of the wastewater inlet when the elbow joint is secured onto the wastewater inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ZOELLER PUMP COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Charles P. Carroll, Daniel C. Masterson, David R. Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20220178132
    Abstract: A float tree for suspending floats within a basin system includes a rod portion, a cap section, movably affixed to the rod portion, and a spring provided between the cap section and the rod section. The spring provides force against the rod portion and the cap section. A first and second cap can be included to seat the spring between the cap section and the rod portion within the float tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel C. Masterson, Charles P. Carroll