Patents by Inventor Norman W. Gavin

Norman W. Gavin 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: 7389891
    Abstract: A septic system tank vertical wall has vertically overlapping grooved rings having specific diameters for receiving existing sealing couplers for septic system pipe. One wall of the groove has portions at different angles from the wall. The grooves are at the same depth and discontinuous at their intersections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: The Peter Gavin Spray Trust
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 7086652
    Abstract: A closed end of a one piece flexible elastomeric seal is mounted in one end of a tubular liquid concrete tight frame that is mounted on a removable door of one wall of a concrete wall mold, the other open end of the flexible seal is in liquid concrete tight sealing contact with the other wall of the concrete wall mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: The Peter Gavin Spray Trust
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6986227
    Abstract: A stackable riser having a single side wall having a first open end defined by an edge and a second open channel end. A plurality of risers can be stacked on top of one another. The channel end of a riser mates with the first open end of a second riser. The riser includes a plurality of bosses and ribs connected to an interior surface of the sidewall to the edge of the first open end. A channel, on the channel end of one riser is adapted to receive the bosses and ribs of an adjacent riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6877281
    Abstract: A riser section and cover is disclosed. The riser section has a smooth cylindrical sidewall surface, a removable anchor tab on the exterior surface and bosses and ribs on the inside of the sidewall. The riser sections are stackable. The cover has a channel end to removably connect to a riser section. The cover has stowable handles and posts extending from a bottom surface that define wells open at a top surface and which posts fit into the wells of another cover. A bracket is disclosed to releasably secure and position the cover with an attached riser section on a concrete form wall to hold the riser in place while concrete is poured into the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6817631
    Abstract: A seal plate includes tear out sections that leave pipe sealing openings, an externally threaded cylindrical portion that extends through a hole in a septic system distribution box wall, a resilient cup-shaped flange that faces one side of the wall around the hole, an internally threaded ring with hand grips that is screwed onto the cylindrical portion against the other side of the wall so that the wall is clamped between the ring and the cup-shaped flange and the flange bends axially, resiliently forcing concentric radially spaced axially extending ridges on the cup shape flange sealingly against the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6789776
    Abstract: An anchor having an internally threaded first opening, a body, a first end on the body threaded to fit the first opening, a second end on the body, configured to fit an opening in the wall of the mold for extending a first length of the body into the wall, a second opening in the second end extending toward the first end, and a protrusion in the second opening configured for receiving a tool for transferring rotational force about an axis through the first end and the second end for withdrawing the body from the anchor. The protrusion is recessed the first length from the second end. An annular member extends radially from the body, one axial end of the protrusion is at the axial position of the annular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6691975
    Abstract: A closed end of a one piece flexible elastomeric seal is mounted in one end of a tubular liquid concrete tight frame that is mounted on a removable door of one wall of a concrete wall mold, the other open end of the flexible seal is in liquid concrete tight sealing contact with the other wall of the concrete wall mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6688072
    Abstract: A riser section and cover is disclosed. The riser section has a smooth cylindrical sidewall surface, a tapered end and a channel end, a removable anchor tab and bosses and ribs on the inside of the sidewall. The riser sections are stackable. The cover has a channel end to removably connect to a riser section. The cover has stowable handles and posts extending from a bottom surface that define wells open at a top surface which fit into the wells of another cover. A bracket is disclosed to releasably secure and position a cover with attached riser section on a concrete form wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6666349
    Abstract: A septic system tank vertical wall has vertically overlapping grooved rings having specific diameters for receiving existing sealing couplers for septic system pipe. One wall of the groove has portions at different angles from the wall. The grooves are at the same depth and discontinuous at their intersections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6655093
    Abstract: A riser section and cover is disclosed. The riser section has a smooth cylindrical sidewall surface, a tapered end and a channel end, a removable anchor tab and bosses and ribs on the inside of the sidewall. The riser sections are stackable. The cover has a channel end to removably connect to a riser section. The cover has stowable handles and posts extending from a bottom surface that define wells open at a top surface which fit into the wells of another cover. A bracket is disclosed to releasably secure and position a cover with attached riser section on a concrete form wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6609718
    Abstract: In molding a seal in a concrete wall, the front end of a tubular element is inserted between an outer tubular wall which forms part of the opening in the concrete wall and a conical seal that is integrally molded with the outer tubular wall. The tubular element includes a foot having a fastener portion that is spaced from and coplanar with the back end of the tubular element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6460860
    Abstract: A tubular wall sealed at a first end by an integrally molded annular wall, forming a cap, is cast in the concrete wall of a low pressure vessel, forming a sealed cavity in the concrete. One end of a rubber tubular gland wrapped sealingly around the outside of the second end of the tubular wall is sealed in the concrete by a radially extending cast-in anchor. The diameter of the other end of the rubber tube is smaller than the diameter of the tubular wall of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6450505
    Abstract: In molding a seal in a concrete wall, the front end of a tubular element is inserted between an outer tubular wall which forms part of the opening in the concrete wall and a conical seal that is integrally molded with the outer tubular wall. The tubular element includes a foot having a fastener portion that is spaced from and coplanar with the back end of the tubular element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6385938
    Abstract: A pair of curved arms attached to a body form an annular seat for holding a first diameter rebar, a slot through the outer diameter of the body forms a radially inward pathway to the seat for rebar, the apex of a convex bar attached to the body is yieldable radially outward to pressure of a second, larger diameter rebar in the seat and is not significantly moved by the first diameter rebar when the smaller diameter first diameter rebar is in the seat. The seat springally grips either diameter rebar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Publication number: 20010052675
    Abstract: A tubular wall sealed at a first end by an integrally molded annular wall, forming a cap, is cast in the concrete wall of a low pressure vessel, forming a sealed cavity in the concrete. One end of a rubber tubular gland wrapped sealingly around the outside of the second end of the tubular wall is sealed in the concrete by a radially extending cast-in anchor. The diameter of the other end of the rubber tube is smaller than the diameter of the tubular wall of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 6015488
    Abstract: A filter housing having a bracket for attaching the housing to a septic tank outlet port and adapted for fluid flow connection to an outlet port on the housing, contains a removable filter element having an outlet port connected to the outlet port on the housing and an opening in the lower end of the housing for delivering septic tank fluid to the filter, and includes a seal element buoyantly responsive closingly to fluid in a septic tank when the filter housing is mounted in a septic tank, operatively connected to the filter element for closing the open lower end of the filter housing and forming a temporary second filter at the lower open end when the filter element is removed from the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 5927898
    Abstract: A septic tank adapted for burial in soil includes a movable anchor that extends near the bottom of the tank to hold the tank in the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 5882014
    Abstract: A seal wall having a weakened annular ring for removing a section of the seal wall to form an annular seal lip for sealing around a pipe of predetermined diameter, has a weakened watertight portion of the wall configured for insertion of a tool through the wall, spaced from the weakened annular ring and connected to the weakened annular ring by a weakened line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: 5772361
    Abstract: A septic tank adapted for burial in soil includes a movable anchor that extends near the bottom of the tank to hold the tank in the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin
  • Patent number: D405166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Inventor: Norman W. Gavin