Patents by Inventor Donald Elwyn Priester

Donald Elwyn Priester 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: 11131069
    Abstract: A trench drain section for connecting to a mating trench drain section and forming a trench drain system. The trench drain section includes a trough having sidewalls connected by a bottom wall and cooperating to define a channel. The trough further includes an open top, an open end and is connectable to another trench drain section. A pair of rails extend along the sidewalls and are secured by fasteners. Extending over the open top, a grate is supported on the rails. The drain section also includes an alignment bracket having first and second portions that are individually connectable with one of the fasteners. When one of first and second portions is connected with one of the fasteners, the other the portions of the alignment bracket extends from the trough through the open end thereof and is available for connecting to another trench drain section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co., assumed name of Smith Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Elwyn Priester
  • Publication number: 20210102348
    Abstract: A trench drain section for connecting to a mating trench drain section and forming a trench drain system. The trench drain section includes a trough having sidewalls connected by a bottom wall and cooperating to define a channel. The trough further includes an open top, an open end and is connectable to another trench drain section. A pair of rails extend along the sidewalls and are secured by fasteners. Extending over the open top, a grate is supported on the rails. The drain section also includes an alignment bracket having first and second portions that are individually connectable with one of the fasteners. When one of first and second portions is connected with one of the fasteners, the other the portions of the alignment bracket extends from the trough through the open end thereof and is available for connecting to another trench drain section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: Donald Elwyn Priester
  • Patent number: 10167621
    Abstract: A threshold drain for connecting to a drain system and collecting an incoming flow of water from a predetermined direction across a threshold at the installation site. The drain includes a catch pan with portions defining a pan outlet. A flange pipe is coupled to the pan outlet for the purpose of connecting the threshold drain to the drain system. A grate is received within the catch pan and includes transverse webs and longitudinal webs. The transverse webs extend parallel to one another along the width of the catch pan and are spaced above the pan bottom wall. The longitudinal webs extend parallel to one another along the length of the catch pan and are supported by the transverse webs above the pan bottom wall in a fixed orientation. The fixed orientation is inclined toward the pan side walls adjacent to the incoming flow of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: Donald Elwyn Priester
  • Publication number: 20180087260
    Abstract: A threshold drain for connecting to a drain system and collecting an incoming flow of water from a predetermined direction across a threshold at the installation site. The drain includes a catch pan with portions defining a pan outlet. A flange pipe is coupled to the pan outlet for the purpose of connecting the threshold drain to the drain system. A grate is received within the catch pan and includes transverse webs and longitudinal webs. The transverse webs extend parallel to one another along the width of the catch pan and are spaced above the pan bottom wall. The longitudinal webs extend parallel to one another along the length of the catch pan and are supported by the transverse webs above the pan bottom wall in a fixed orientation. The fixed orientation is inclined toward the pan side walls adjacent to the incoming flow of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Donald Elwyn PRIESTER
  • Patent number: 9834920
    Abstract: Embodiments include plastic floor drains or sinks. Embodiments also include plastic floor drain which comprises an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides. Each side has a shoulder located along the width of each side at approximately ? the distance from the top to the bottom of the body. Embodiments also include a plastic floor drain which comprises an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides. Each side has a shoulder having a bottom side and located along the width of each side at approximately ? the distance from the top to the bottom of the receptor. There are a multiplicity of seepage holes in the receptor arrayed along the top sides of the shoulders. A four-sided anchor flange is adhesively connected to the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Jay R. Smith Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Donald Elwyn Priester
  • Publication number: 20170138036
    Abstract: Embodiments include plastic floor drains or sinks. Embodiments also include plastic floor drain which comprises an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides. Each side has a shoulder located along the width of each side at approximately ? the distance from the top to the bottom of the body. Embodiments also include a plastic floor drain which comprises an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides. Each side has a shoulder having a bottom side and located along the width of each side at approximately ? the distance from the top to the bottom of the receptor. There are a multiplicity of seepage holes in the receptor arrayed along the top sides of the shoulders. A four-sided anchor flange is adhesively connected to the shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Donald Elwyn Priester
  • Patent number: D893682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Smith Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Jerald McDanal, Theodore William Kenny, Jr., Donald Elwyn Priester
  • Patent number: D912219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Stephen Jerald McDanal, Theodore William Kenny, Jr., Donald Elwyn Priester