Patents by Inventor Neal Zook

Neal Zook 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: 20120132295
    Abstract: A septic system can include an improved and more reliable apparatus for distributing effluent uniformly to a plurality of portions or fingers of a drain field. In such apparatus, an effluent container, or collection tank, is connected with the outlet of a septic tank, and an effluent-operated valve controls effluent flow from an outlet of the effluent container, or collection tank, to an effluent distribution tank which is connected to a plurality of portions, or fingers, of a sewage drain field to uniformly distribute the effluent from the septic tank to the drain field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventor: Neal Zook
  • Patent number: 8137541
    Abstract: A septic system can include an improved and more reliable apparatus for distributing effluent uniformly to a plurality of portions or fingers of a drain field. In such apparatus, an effluent container, or collection tank, is connected with the outlet of a septic tank, and an effluent-operated valve controls effluent flow from an outlet of the effluent container, or collection tank, to an effluent distribution tank which is connected to a plurality of portions, or fingers, of a sewage drain field to uniformly distribute the effluent from the septic tank to the drain field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Neal Zook
  • Publication number: 20100000917
    Abstract: A septic system can include an improved and more reliable apparatus for distributing effluent uniformly to a plurality of portions or fingers of a drain field. In such apparatus, an effluent container, or collection tank, is connected with the outlet of a septic tank, and an effluent-operated valve controls effluent flow from an outlet of the effluent container, or collection tank, to an effluent distribution tank which is connected to a plurality of portions, or fingers, of a sewage drain field to uniformly distribute the effluent from the septic tank to the drain field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Neal Zook
  • Patent number: 7040840
    Abstract: Effluent-operated valves provide, in a septic system, distribution of effluent uniformly to a plurality of portions or fingers of a drain field. The installation of such valves in a tank that collects septic system effluent to be distributed to a plurality of fingers permits the uniform distribution of effluent from within the tank to a plurality of portions of a drain field, either simultaneously, or to one portion at a time in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Neal Zook
  • Publication number: 20050180819
    Abstract: Effluent-operated valves provide, in a septic system, means for distributing effluent uniformly to a plurality of portions or fingers of a drain field. The installation of such valves in a tank that collects septic system effluent to be distributed to a plurality of fingers permits the uniform distribution of effluent from within the tank to a plurality of portions of a drain field, either simultaneously, or to one portion at a time in sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventor: Neal Zook