Patents by Inventor Henry Buermann

Henry Buermann 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).

  • Publication number: 20240209953
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventor: Henry BUERMANN
  • Patent number: 11746921
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HYPERKINETICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Publication number: 20220364655
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Publication number: 20210324963
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: 10900584
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hyperkinetics Corporation
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Publication number: 20190078699
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: 10145484
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hyperkinetics Corporation
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: 9677325
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes a bracket that can be mounted to a surface, and that can protect openings and other water sensitive areas on the surface from water damage. Embodied brackets can comprise a mount that can be mounted to a surface, an extension that protrudes outwardly from the mount, and an attachment portion to which a water resistant material can be attached. In some embodiments the bracket is mounted to a wall above and/or near an opening or other water sensitive area, and the bracket and/or water sensitive material protect the opening or water sensitive area from water damage. In some implementations two or more brackets are attached to form a continuous bracket structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventors: Henry Buermann, Wade Holt, Tony Ziter
  • Publication number: 20160123496
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Publication number: 20150376937
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes a bracket that can be mounted to a surface, and that can protect openings and other water sensitive areas on the surface from water damage. Embodied brackets can comprise a mount that can be mounted to a surface, an extension that protrudes outwardly from the mount, and an attachment portion to which a water resistant material can be attached. In some embodiments the bracket is mounted to a wall above and/or near an opening or other water sensitive area, and the bracket and/or water sensitive material protect the opening or water sensitive area from water damage. In some implementations two or more brackets are attached to form a continuous bracket structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Henry Buermann, Wade Holt, Tony Ziter
  • Publication number: 20140196800
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes protective covers for post valves. The protective covers can comprise a tubular member, one or more shelves extending from the exterior surface of the tubular member, and one or more support members extending between the exterior surface of the tubular member and the one or more shelves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Progressive Plastics, Inc
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Publication number: 20080007011
    Abstract: A compressed gas cylinder valve seal comprising a non-metallic seal substrate having a top surface, and a bottom surface connected to one another along a circumferential skirt, an elastomeric material overmold retention channel passing completely through the seal substrate, an elastomeric material overmolded onto the top surface and the bottom surface and filling the elastomeric material overmold retention channel, and a gas passageway passing axially, completely through the non-metallic seal substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Publication number: 20070080504
    Abstract: A compressed gas cylinder valve seal comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and a circumferential skirt, a first concentric ridge on the top surface, a second concentric ridge on the top surface, a third concentric ridge on the bottom surface, a fourth concentric ridge on the bottom surface, a cylindrical center section extending upwardly and away from the top surface, the cylindrical center section having a cylindrical center section ridge, and a gas passageway extending completely through the seal for permitting the passage of liquid through the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Publication number: 20060253965
    Abstract: An emesis basin for containing fluids comprising a front wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall a bottom and an open top, each of the walls having height, and the rear wall height being greater than the front wall height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: 6286702
    Abstract: A pressure release safety cap comprising a pressure release safety cap body having an open end and a closed end, the closed end having located thereupon a frangible groove and a hinge groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: D557413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: D572547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: D612012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: D612013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Henry Buermann
  • Patent number: D739500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: HYPERKINETICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Henry Buermann