Patents by Inventor Donald Whitehouse

Donald Whitehouse 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).

  • Method and apparatus for use in installing a fire in a fireplace in connection with a flue liner
    Patent number: 5377666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for use in installing a gas fire in a fireplace. The apparatus comprises an adaptor member in the form of a planar plate from which a flue spigot projects upwardly, the flue spigot in use, being connected with a flue liner. The planar plate has a rearward end section which is interengageable with a rearward part of the fire whereby the planar plate can subsequently be pivoted to a position wherein a front section of the planar plate can be secured to the fire. Said rearward end section and said front section of the planar plate are thus secured to the fire, holding the planar adaptor member flat against the upper surface of the fire with the flue spigot aligned with a flue passage in the fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Valor Limited
    Inventor: Donald Whitehouse
  • Method and apparatus for use in installing a firebox in a fireplace in connection with a flue liner
    Patent number: 5263470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for use in installing a gas fire in a fireplace. The apparatus comprises an adaptor member in the form of a planar plate from which a flue spigot projects upwardly, the flue spigot in use, being connected with a flue liner. The planar plate has a rearward end section which is interengageable with a rearward part of the fire whereby the planar plate can subsequently be pivoted to a position wherein a front section of the planar plate can be secured to the fire. Said rearward end section and said front section of the planar plate are thus secured to the fire, holding the planar adaptor member flat against the upper surface of the fire with the flue spigot aligned with a flue passage in the fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Valor Limited
    Inventor: Donald Whitehouse
  • Gas fire
    Patent number: D290742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Valor Heating Limited
    Inventors: Roger Tucker, Paul A. Gillam, Peter Wright, Donald Whitehouse, Michael C. Broadbent, Charles Moran
  • Gas fire
    Patent number: D291913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: Valor Heating Limited
    Inventors: Roger Tucker, Paul A. Gillam, Peter Wright, Donald Whitehouse, Michael C. Broadbent, Charles Moran