Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Reitsma

Gregory A. Reitsma 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: 7387134
    Abstract: A fire safety fluid flow device for engagement with a Schrader valve including a sliding valve a housing having a fluid path therethrough and a pressing member. The pressing member presses against the sliding valve of the Schrader valve when engaged therewith to allow fluid flow through the Schrader valve. The pressing member continues to maintain the sliding valve in an open position when the device is below a predetermined temperature and connected to the Schrader valve. The pressing member is configured to no longer press against the sliding valve of the Schrader valve at and above the predetermined temperature to allow the sliding valve of the Schrader valve to thereby stop fluid flow through the Schrader valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: S.H. Leggitt Company
    Inventors: Joel Reese Moore, Gregory A. Reitsma, Robert Clifton Jones, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20050217725
    Abstract: A fire safety fluid flow device for engagement with a Schrader valve including a sliding valve a housing having a fluid path therethrough and a pressing member. The pressing member presses against the sliding valve of the Schrader valve when engaged therewith to allow fluid flow through the Schrader valve. The pressing member continues to maintain the sliding valve in an open position when the device is below a predetermined temperature and connected to the Schrader valve. The pressing member is configured to no longer press against the sliding valve of the Schrader valve at and above the predetermined temperature to allow the sliding valve of the Schrader valve to thereby stop fluid flow through the Schrader valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Joel Moore, Gregory Reitsma, Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20030146620
    Abstract: A swivel drop ear elbow fitting includes a threaded nut, a retaining ring, and a hollow elbow adapter. The threaded nut includes a plurality of integrated attachment ears located along an external periphery of the threaded nut. An outer surface of the first portion of the elbow adapter is shaped to receive the retaining ring, which retains the threaded nut on the first portion of the elbow adapter, while allowing the hollow elbow adapter to rotate with respect to the threaded nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Scott C. Young, Richard R. Allman, Thomas O. Mumaw, Gregory A. Reitsma