Patents by Inventor Gary Wayne Hadley

Gary Wayne Hadley 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).

  • Break-away traffic flange for a hydrant
    Patent number: 10865918
    Abstract: A traffic flange for a hydrant includes: a body portion defining an arcuate shape and including an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner radial surface, and an outer radial surface, the body portion defining a body portion width in a radial direction relative to a main axis of the traffic flange, the body portion further defining a plurality of holes extending in an axial direction of the traffic flange relative to the main axis from the upper surface to the lower surface; and a break-away portion including a plurality of tabs extending radially inward in the radial direction from the inner radial surface of the body portion, a total width of the traffic flange in the radial direction of the traffic flange at each of the plurality of tabs greater than the body portion width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Channell, Christopher Joseph Duckett, Paul S. Gifford, Gary Wayne Hadley, Nelson Sanders McClure, Jr., Walter Pierce Wojick
  • BREAK-AWAY TRAFFIC FLANGE FOR A HYDRANT
    Publication number: 20190128452
    Abstract: A traffic flange for a hydrant includes: a body portion defining an arcuate shape and including an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner radial surface, and an outer radial surface, the body portion defining a body portion width in a radial direction relative to a main axis of the traffic flange, the body portion further defining a plurality of holes extending in an axial direction of the traffic flange relative to the main axis from the upper surface to the lower surface; and a break-away portion including a plurality of tabs extending radially inward in the radial direction from the inner radial surface of the body portion, a total width of the traffic flange in the radial direction of the traffic flange at each of the plurality of tabs greater than the body portion width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Channell, Christopher Joseph Duckett, Paul S. Gifford, Gary Wayne Hadley, Nelson Sanders McClure, JR., Walter Pierce Wojick
  • Fire hydrant fluting
    Patent number: D762282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: James Mark Guest, Justin Childress, Christopher Joseph Duckett, Gary Wayne Hadley, Zack Snyder
  • Set of fire hydrant contours
    Patent number: D762283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: James Mark Guest, Justin Childress, Christopher Joseph Duckett, Gary Wayne Hadley, Zack Snyder
  • Fire hydrant
    Patent number: D769416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: James Mark Guest, Justin Childress, Christopher Joseph Duckett, Gary Wayne Hadley, Zack Snyder