Patents by Inventor Theodore J. Speaker, IV

Theodore J. Speaker, IV 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).

  • Barbed-shaped connector elements with additional pre-seal element for improved holding ability and moisture resistance
    Patent number: 7803005
    Abstract: A coupling system that forms very high moisture resistance to connectable elements comprising a male element containing female connection points inserted into a female element containing male connection points. These made from rigid and thermoplastic materials. This system has a series of circumferentially barbed receiving grooves on the female element and circumferentially formed barb elements on the male element and designed to fit in the grooves of the female element. These grooves mate to form a first moisture barrier and a rigid lip on the male element circumferentially surrounding the female connection points, presses into a flexible face containing the male connection points on the female element to form yet another moisture barrier. Yet another improvement is the presence of a circumferentially formed shoulder on the male element designed to snugly fit into a circumferentially formed shoulder receiving element on the female.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Whitney Blake Company
    Inventor: Theodore J. Speaker, IV