Patents by Inventor Michael Kenna

Michael Kenna 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: 6643857
    Abstract: Pop-up cleaning heads of the type used in intermittently operated water delivery systems for cleaning pools and the like are provided with a decorative cover, removably attached to the upper surface of the pop-up cleaning head and extending beyond the edge of the cleaning head to overlie the top of the sleeve in which the cleaning head reciprocates. The decorative cover bears indicia and coloring on its upper surface selected to match the appearance of the pool floor surrounding the water delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Caretaker Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kenna, Matthew Terrell
  • Patent number: 6345645
    Abstract: A water distribution valve, ideally suited for distributing water from a recirculating pump of a swimming pool to selective outlet lines, is designed with a main housing in the form of an outer cylindrical section. This main housing has outlet ports located through the peripheral surface thereof at equal angular spaced intervals. These outlet openings are located in a plane which is perpendicular to the central axis of the main housing. A fluid distribution member, in the form of a T-shaped body, is rotatably mounted inside the main housing member. The base or stem of the T is connected with a water inlet; and one arm of the T has a fluid delivery opening in it for delivering water from the inlet through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignees: Caretaker Systems, Inc., S.A.I.C.
    Inventors: Michael Kenna, Jon Ward, Michael Farrier, Steven Wallace