Patents by Inventor Richard Flading

Richard Flading 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).

  • Swivel coupling
    Patent number: 9976682
    Abstract: A coupling assembly includes a first member having a male mating portion and a first conduit receiving portion and a second member having a female mating portion and a second conduit receiving portion, wherein the male mating portion is engaged with the female mating portion to prevent disassociation of the first member and the second member while permitting free rotation of the first member and the second member with respect to each other. A method of coupling a first conduit and a second conduit includes providing a first coupling member having a first mating portion and a second coupling member having a second mating portion, and compression fitting the first mating portion with the second mating portion to prevent disassociation of the first member and the second member while permitting relative rotation of the first member and the second member with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Marcello Cuzzolino, Richard Flading, Jeff Kneubehl, John Parks, Jay Burris, Edward Feeney
  • SWIVEL COUPLING
    Publication number: 20140175792
    Abstract: A coupling assembly includes a first member having a male mating portion and a first conduit receiving portion and a second member having a female mating portion and a second conduit receiving portion, wherein the male mating portion is engaged with the female mating portion to prevent disassociation of the first member and the second member while permitting free rotation of the first member and the second member with respect to each other. A method of coupling a first conduit and a second conduit includes providing a first coupling member having a first mating portion and a second coupling member having a second mating portion, and compression fitting the first mating portion with the second mating portion to prevent disassociation of the first member and the second member while permitting relative rotation of the first member and the second member with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Marcello CUZZOLINO, Richard Flading, Jeff Kneubehl, John Parks, Jay Burris, Edward Feeney