Patents by Inventor Leonard J. Burns
Leonard J. Burns 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).
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Patent number: 6684906Abstract: A quick connect/disconnect faucet water conduit assembly includes at least one valve body and a spout nipple. There is a water tube extending from the valve body and a water tube extending from the spout nipple. A conduit has first and second terminations and there is a quick connect adapter attached to each of the first and second terminations. There are cooperating elements on each of the tubes and the quick connect adapters for locking the tubes to the adapters to thereby attach the valve body to the spout nipple.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Nicholas A. Mascari, Martin Zummersch
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Patent number: 6659124Abstract: A side spray mounting assembly includes a side spray with an attached water hose extending downwardly through a hose guide. A mounting nut attaches the hose guide to a sink deck. There is an escutcheon which is attached to the hose guide above the sink deck with the side spray being supported by the escutcheon. A collapsible insert is inserted within the escutcheon and the hose guide to prevent wobble of the side spray when it is positioned within the escutcheon.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Martin Zummersch
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Publication number: 20030084937Abstract: A side spray mounting assembly includes a side spray with an attached water hose extending downwardly through a hose guide. A mounting nut attaches the hose guide to a sink deck. There is an escutcheon which is attached to the hose guide above the sink deck with the side spray being supported by the escutcheon. A collapsible insert is inserted within the escutcheon and the hose guide to prevent wobble of the side spray when it is positioned within the escutcheon.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2001Publication date: May 8, 2003Inventors: Leonard J. Burns, Martin Zummersch
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Publication number: 20030062087Abstract: A quick connect/disconnect faucet water conduit assembly includes at least one valve body and a spout nipple. There is a water tube extending from the valve body and a water tube extending from the spout nipple. A conduit has first and second terminations and there is a quick connect adapter attached to each of the first and second terminations. There are cooperating elements on each of the tubes and the quick connect adapters for locking the tubes to the adapters to thereby attach the valve body to the spout nipple.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventors: Leonard J. Burns, Nicholas A. Mascari, Martin Zummersch
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Patent number: 6434765Abstract: A plumbing fixture adapted to be installed from the top side of a sink deck through a sink deck opening includes a housing having a body portion which is adapted to extend through the sink deck opening and below the sink deck when mounted. The housing has a shoulder which is adapted to seat on the sink deck when mounted. There is a collar slidably movable on the body portion and of a size to pass through the sink deck opening. A threaded bore is in the collar and an unthreaded bore is in the housing shoulder, and a threaded member extends through these bores, with rotation of the threaded member from above the sink deck moving the collar axially along the housing body portion. Outwardly-biased yielding members are associated with the collar and extend outwardly therefrom such that when so extended the collar will not pass through the sink deck opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2001Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Nicholas A. Mascari, Martin Zummersch
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Patent number: 6385798Abstract: A plumbing fixture adapted to be installed from the top side of a sink deck through a sink deck opening includes a valve body having an exterior threaded portion of a size to pass through the sink deck opening. There is a shoulder on the valve body which is adapted to seat upon the sink deck when the threaded portion extends through the sink deck opening. A threaded collar is mounted on the valve body threaded portion with the collar being of a size to pass through the sink deck opening. A collapsible sleeve is coaxial with the valve body and positioned thereon between the collar and the shoulder, the sleeve having an outer diameter, when collapsed, which will permit the sleeve to pass through the sink deck opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Nicholas A. Mascari, Martin Zummersch
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Patent number: 6370712Abstract: A plumbing fixture adapted to be installed from the top side of a sink deck through a sink deck opening includes a housing having a body portion which is adapted to extend through the sink deck opening and below the sink deck when mounted. The housing has a shoulder which is adapted to seat on the sink deck when mounted. There is a collar slidably movable on the body portion and of a size to pass through the sink deck opening. A threaded bore is in the collar and an unthreaded bore is in the housing shoulder, and a threaded member extends through these bores, with rotation of the threaded member from above the sink deck moving the collar axially along the housing body portion. The housing body portion has a recessed area thereon to accommodate inward movement of a pair of outwardly-biased yielding members, such as button-shaped projections, which are associated with the collar and extend outwardly therefrom such that when so extended the collar will not pass through the sink deck opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2001Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Nicholas A. Mascari, Martin Zummersch
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Patent number: D441050Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2000Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Melissa D. Meredith, Charles T. Molina
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Patent number: D442675Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Lizabeth Dretzka, Thomas A. Frisco, Shannon Thomas
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Patent number: D443036Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Lizabeth Dretzka, Thomas A. Frisco, Shannon Thomas
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Patent number: D443037Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Lizabeth Dretzka, Thomas A. Frisco, Shannon Thomas
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Patent number: D443038Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Lizabeth Dretzka, Thomas A. Frisco, Shannon Thomas
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Patent number: D443039Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Lizabeth Dretzka, Thomas A. Frisco, Shannon Thomas
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Patent number: D443341Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Lizabeth Dretzka, Thomas A. Frisco, Shannon Thomas
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Patent number: D444542Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2000Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Melissa D. Meredith, Charles T. Molina
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Patent number: D445487Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Lizabeth Dretzka, Thomas A. Frisco, Shannon Thomas
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Patent number: D423086Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1998Date of Patent: April 18, 2000Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Melissa D. Meredith, Frank S. Schiavone, Leonard J. Burns
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Patent number: D433489Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Leonard J. Burns, Lizabeth Dretzka, Thomas A. Frisco, Shannon Thomas