Patents by Inventor Guy Andrew Cotterill Dixon

Guy Andrew Cotterill Dixon 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: 9016976
    Abstract: This invention provides a modular ducting section and a networked utilities ducting system and rain and road water management system formed from two or more modular ducting sections laying end-to-end. Each modular ducting section comprises open-topped utility channels for carrying utility service supply lines such as electricity, gas, water, or communications, an open-topped catchment channel for carrying rain water captured from a building structure or garden, and a supply channel for supplying an end user with utility services via a supply line, while also allowing the end user to feed an end-user generated utility supply back into the corresponding utility service supply line via a return line. Each modular ducting section further comprises a road water runoff flange and a main channel cover, which when combined, form a curb-side structure that functions to keep any contaminated road water from the reusable rain water collected in the catchment channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Guy Andrew Cotterill Dixon
  • Publication number: 20130121761
    Abstract: The invention integrates the functionality of: kerbs, gutters, pathways, into a surface accessible networked utility ducting system and a a rain and run-off water management system. It is comprised of a base section formed a combination of one or more open topped utility access channels, an open topped water catchment channel, a slopped flange and one or more open sided access and or open topped feeder line distribution channels. The invention includes features for the isolation of electric power channels from contact with other utilities such as gas, water, or communications. The invention includes features for, integration with existing stormwater systems such as overflow points. The invention provides utilities access pathway all the way to an end users premises with minimal need for digging or disturbance of footpaths or paved surfaces this is a major improvement upon the prior art which tranforms the economics of surface accessible utility ducting systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Guy Andrew Cotterill Dixon