Patents by Inventor Paul Michael Holmes

Paul Michael Holmes 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).

  • Irrigation system external water supply shutoff
    Patent number: 7690393
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to controlling water sources external to a structure and more particularly to an external water shutoff. One embodiment of the present subject matter includes an apparatus having an electrically operable valve placed on a water supply line internal to a structure between a location where the water supply line enters the structure and a location where the water supply line exits the structure, an auto-drain valve, and means for controlling the electrically operable valve, wherein the means for controlling is external to the structure, further wherein the means for controlling the electrically operable valve is communicatively connected to the electrically operable valve external to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Flow-Tech Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen J. Nagle, Paul Michael Holmes, Jonathan Salvatore Kallestad
  • EXTERNAL WATER SHUTOFF
    Publication number: 20090032114
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to controlling water sources external to a structure and more particularly to an external water shutoff. One embodiment of the present subject matter includes an apparatus having an electrically operable valve placed on a water supply line internal to a structure between a location where the water supply line enters the structure and a location where the water supply line exits the structure, an auto-drain valve, and means for controlling the electrically operable valve, wherein the means for controlling is external to the structure, further wherein the means for controlling the electrically operable valve is communicatively connected to the electrically operable valve external to the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Allen J. Nagle, Paul Michael Holmes, Jonathan Salvatore Kalleatad, Duane Edward Cummings, Raphael John Marzean, Paul Walbridge Thorne