Patents by Inventor Robert L. Zimmerman, Jr.

Robert L. Zimmerman, Jr. 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).

  • Rainwater recovery system
    Patent number: 7025076
    Abstract: A system and method for restoring the natural water cycle by reducing stormwater runoff and addressing issues affecting groundwater supply. In one embodiment of the invention, the system comprises a roof washer component, cistern component, pump, and manufactured dry well. The system is designed to divert polluted rooftop runoff, capture clean rooftop runoff and store this clean water for irrigation purposes and nonpotable uses, while infiltrating excess water to recharge groundwater supplies thereby replicating the natural hydrologic cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Charles River Watershed Association
    Inventors: Robert L. Zimmerman, Jr., Joseph Antocci, Nigel Pickering
  • Apparatus for producing orthotics
    Patent number: 4470782
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing custom orthotics includes a boundary wall encompassing a substrate pad and an overlying elastic skin to form an expandable interior chamber into which high density molding material is injected. A matrix of axially movable drive pins project through the pad and are urged upwardly into contact with the arch of the individual's foot to maintain the foot in properly aligned position during fabrication of the orthotic, the drive pins carrying a support bridge driven into conforming contact against the arch of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Inventors: Robert L. Zimmerman, Jr., Elliot G. Swan