Patents by Inventor Ian Fredric Norton

Ian Fredric Norton 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: 5920916
    Abstract: A urine collection funnel has an upper saddle-shaped oval opening with a curled lip for comfortably and securely fitting against the pelvic area of a user and a lower circular opening adapted to be secured to a container. An enclosed symmetrical side wall joins the upper and lower openings and includes opposite sides having convex-shaped contour surfaces. The lower opening is surrounded by a multi-rim arrangement for leak-free attachment to a conventional bottle or container. A lid snap-fits onto the upper opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventor: Ian Fredric Norton
  • Patent number: 3936028
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a valve body contains a flexible valve sleeve between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and an annular chamber around the sleeve connects with the inlet so that fluid pressure in the chamber normally compresses the sleeve to a closed position. A manually operated pilot valve reduces pressure in the chamber so that the sleeve is expanded by fluid pressure from the inlet to open the valve.In another embodiment, a valve body contains a flexible diaphragm which normally closes an inlet valve port and defines a pressure chamber isolated from a fluid outlet. A manually operated pilot valve reduces pressure in the chamber so that the diaphragm is unseated from the inlet port by fluid pressure from the inlet to open the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: Crane Canada Limited
    Inventors: Ian Fredric Norton, James O'Grady