Patents by Inventor Leon Paul Kass

Leon Paul Kass 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).

  • Wireless irrigation control device and related method
    Patent number: 6782310
    Abstract: An irrigation control device (12) with a controller (14), antenna (16), power supply (70) and battery charging device (72), such as a solar array, all contained within a housing, such as a rotor body (90). The controller (14) receives signals through the antenna (16). The controller (14) updates one or more watering schedules stored in a memory module (32), based on the received signals, and generates control signals to execute a watering schedule. The battery charging device (72) recharges the power supply (70) and the irrigation control device requires no external electrical connections for power or control. Control signals are generated in a central controller (18) remote from the rotor (12), and are preferably transmitted to the rotor antenna (16) through a commercial paging or other type of public broadcast network (20, 22, 24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: David Franklin Bailey, Ronald Willard Mickels, Mark Murphy Ensworth, Leon Paul Kass
  • Wireless irrigation control device and related method
    Publication number: 20030120393
    Abstract: An irrigation control device (12) with a controller (14), antenna (16), power supply (70) and battery charging device (72), such as a solar array, all contained within a housing, such as a rotor body (90). The controller (14) receives signals through the antenna (16). The controller (14) updates one or more watering schedules stored in a memory module (32), based on the received signals, and generates control signals to execute a watering schedule. The battery charging device (72) recharges the power supply (70) and the irrigation control device requires no external electrical connections for power or control. Control signals are generated in a central controller (18) remote from the rotor (12), and are preferably transmitted to the rotor antenna (16) through a commercial paging or other type of public broadcast network (20, 22, 24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: David Franklin Bailey, Ronald Willard Mickels, Mark Murphy Ensworth, Leon Paul Kass