Patents by Inventor Dwayne Van Kooten

Dwayne Van Kooten 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: 9145989
    Abstract: An extendible coupling for replacing damaged sections of tubing used in underground sprinkler systems is disclosed. The disclosed coupler includes a pair of telescoping sections and a threaded connection between the two sections. The threaded connection is used to cause the telescoping sections to move relative to one another, causing the coupler to extend and causing nipples used at ends of the coupler to extend into the sections of tubing being joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventor: Dwayne Van Kooten
  • Patent number: 5624139
    Abstract: A coupling device especially adapted for the joining of polyethylene underground irrigation hoses, having a female portion, a male portion and a lock cap, the female portion having a threaded nipple for insertion into a hose end, the male portion likewise having a threaded nipple for insertion into a second hose end and several lugs that fit into grooves in the lock cap, enabling the male portion to be pulled out of the assembly for a limited distance, for ease of fitting into difficult hose coupling situations. The presence of the lugs prevents rotation of the male portion with respect to the cap until the male portion is pulled out of the assembly far enough that the lugs are pulled past the end of the locking cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Dwayne Van Kooten
    Inventor: Dwayne Van Kooten