Patents by Inventor Vance M. Johnson

Vance M. Johnson 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: 5971299
    Abstract: A spray device for use as an alternate water discharge to a faucet has a body with a handle and a spray head. The spray head has discharge openings therein. There is a trigger movable on the body between an off position and an on position. There is a chamber within the body which is in communication with a source of water under pressure and there is a water passage between the chamber and the discharge openings. A valve is movable within the chamber in response to movement of the trigger to connect the source of water under pressure through the chamber, to the water passage, and then to the discharge openings. The water passage is formed between closely spaced facing walls having a textured surface thereon to create adequate surface tension with water within the water passage, whereby water therein will not move to the discharge openings unless the water passage is connected to the source of water under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Todd C. Loschelder, Eduardo E. Milrud, Thomas J. Overberg, Vance M. Johnson
  • Patent number: D387132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D387133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D387134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Moen Incroporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D387135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D387137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D388506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D391342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D398038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D398963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D404120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D409285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr
  • Patent number: D424173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark E. Donahue, Carolyn J. Duffield, Vance M. Johnson, James J. McElroy, Nagib Nasr