Abstract: A yard hydrant having a valve body with a valve seat and a drain port. A closure valve disposed within the valve body and engaging the valve seat. The valve body having a conduit in fluid communication with the drain port and a hollow interior of the valve body. A check valve disposed within the conduit to prevent fluid flow from the drain port through the conduit to the hollow interior.

Abstract: A bath drain assembly for use with a bathtub having a drain closure device mounted to a bottom drain and a movable actuating member engaging the drain closure device such that the drain closure device is toggled between open an closed positions when activated. A control device is in electronic communication with a sensor adapted to sense water level of fluid contained within the bathtub such that the drain closure device is moved to an open position via the actuating member when the sensor detects a given water level.

Abstract: A waste water insert has a cylindrical wall surrounding a vertical cylindrical bore. A horizontal flange extends outwardly from the upper end of the wall and has a lip formed on its outer periphery. The horizontal flange of the waste water insert is super-imposed over the horizontal flange of a waste water strainer located in a bathtub, sink or the like. The cylindrical wall of the insert extends downwardly through the cylindrical wall of the waste water strainer with the two walls being spaced from each other by virtue of the cylindrical wall of the insert having a smaller diameter than that of the strainer. One or more grooves are within the cylindrical wall of the insert and receive resilient rings that engage the cylindrical wall of the strainer.

Abstract: A motor activated bathtub drain closure is associated with the bathtub having a bottom with a drain opening therein. A vertically movable drain stopper is mounted over the drain opening. A drain pipe is connected to the drain opening and is conventionally positioned below the drain opening. A motor having a movable element is located outside the drain pipe and is preferably mounted on the drain pipe. Linkage is secured to the movable element and extends from the movable element into the drain pipe and terminates at an inner end underneath the drain opening. The linkage is so configured that when the movable element is moved by the motor from a first position to a second position, the inner end of the linkage will engage the stopper and raise it with respect to the drain opening to permit fluid in the bathtub to flow by gravity.

Abstract: A wall hydrant assembly with a faucet head mounted to an exterior wall of a building and connected to an outlet pipe that extends through the exterior wall to a motor located in an interior area. An inlet pipe is connected to a water supply at one end and the motor at the other. A power means is operatively connected to the motor for controlling the motor to allow the flow of water from the water supply to the faucet head when energized.

Abstract: A drain closure assembly for use with a bathtub, having a drain closure device with a stopper positioned above a lower drain and a plunger device attached to the stopper adapted to bias the stopper in a downward direction. An actuating mechanism received within a housing in communication with a conduit extending from the lower drain, the actuating member having a main body that contacts the drain closure device and moves the drain closure device to an open position when activated and a closed position when deactivated.

Abstract: A yard hydrant that facilitates the evacuation of water from therein. The wall hydrant has a standpipe having a drain port wherein the standpipe is coupled to a head casing that has a discharge conduit. An air line is mounted adjacent and to the drain port and extends from the drain port to an end that may be attached to a pressurized fluid source. Thus, when water remains in the standpipe even after a closure valve is closed, pressurized air is supplied through the air line and drain port into the standpipe to force retained water toward and out of the discharge conduit.

Abstract: A yard hydrant having a valve body with a drain port and a check valve mounted adjacent to the drain port to allow water to flow from the hydrant through the drain port to the ground and prevent ground water from flowing into the hydrant through the drain port and contaminating the water source.

Abstract: The present invention provides a testing assembly for pressure testing a plumbing system in a building where the building has a shower station with a drain and a shower inlet. The testing assembly includes a drain adapter, a hose fitting on the shower inlet, and a hose removably connecting the shower inlet and the drain adapter. The drain adapter has a hose end fitting and a drain sealing element in fluid communication with the hose end fitting. The sealing element is adapted to be in fluid communication with the drain.

Abstract: A water hydrant having a housing with inlet and outlet ends, and a valve assembly having a valve seat and a valve closure element. A valve operating rod is secured to the valve closure element to open and close the inlet end. A backflow preventor check valve mounted within the housing provides for fluid flow only in the downstream direction toward the outlet end. In one embodiment, the backflow preventor and valve closure element are formed of a unitary body; likewise, the valve seat and housing are formed of a unitary body. In another embodiment, an extension body is associated with the valve operating rod and the backflow preventor is attached to the extension body upstream from the valve seat. In a further embodiment, the backflow preventor is secured to the housing upstream from the valve seat, and is adapted to remain in a fixed position when the inlet valve is adjusted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel pharmacophore and novel inotropic compositions created from the novel pharmacophore. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the novel pharmacophore and method of use of novel compositions to treat heart diseases by inhibiting Na, K-ATPase.

Abstract: A hydrant for use with a plumbing outlet pipe has a fluid passage passing from an inlet end to an outlet end and a retention body connected to the inlet end. A slip clutch adapted to contractibly receive the pipe and prevent reverse pipe movement therethrough is located within the retention body. The slip clutch comprises a retaining ring having a plurality of sloped spring fingers normally allowing pipe movement in a linkage-contracting direction but preventing reverse pipe movement. The retention body is optionally integrally formed as a portion of the hydrant, placed within a cavity in the hydrant, or includes a threaded fitting removably mated with a corresponding threaded surface on the inlet end. A deactuator has a nose sized to engage the fingers to shift the fingers against their inherent bias to allow reverse pipe movement. A second retention body may be connected to the outlet end.

Abstract: A bathtub drain assembly for a bathtub having a bottom, side walls, and end walls wherein an end wall has an overflow port that is in fluid communication with a drain system and the bottom has a drain port that is fluidly connected to a drain pipe having a low profile portion.

Abstract: A low profile bathtub assembly having a bathtub with a bottom, side walls, and end walls wherein the first end wall has an overflow port and an angled portion having a drain port with both the drain port and overflow port fluidly connected to a drain assembly.

Abstract: A bathtub waste pipe assembly for draining fluid from a bathtub where the bathtub has an upper overflow drain and a lower drain. The bathtub waste pipe assembly includes a flexible hollow tube extending from the upper overflow drain to the lower drain.

Abstract: A wall hydrant assembly having a body with a first passageway, a second passageway, and a conduit extending between the passageways where a connector is rotatably received within the first passageway to fluidly connect an inlet pipe to the body.

Abstract: A hydrant comprising a housing forming a reservoir; and a piston configured to force residual fluid out of the reservoir to an outlet and to allow supply fluid to flow from an inlet through the piston to the outlet when the piston is actuated in the housing to a first position, and when the piston is actuated in the housing to a second position, to restrict flow of the supply fluid to the outlet and to allow at least a portion of the supply fluid that has flowed from the inlet to flow into the reservoir thereby becoming new residual fluid.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for communicating a vehicle user's medical information stored in a key device to medical caregivers via a wireless communications network. The method comprises receiving vehicle user medical information in a key device, transmitting the medical information from the key device to a storage unit within a vehicle and transmitting the stored medical information from a telematics unit to a call center responsive to an emergency event.

Abstract: A circuit board assembly comprising a main board, a connector board, and connector pins. The main board has a first face and a second face and terminating in an edge having a mounting area, the mounting area comprising at least one mounting pad on at least one of the first and the second faces. The connector board having a first face and a second face and comprising at least one through hole between the first and second faces. At least one connector pin is disposed in the at least one through hole and having a portion extending beyond each of the first and second faces of the connector board, wherein the edge of the main board and the second face of the connector board are abutted and the portion of the connector pin extending beyond the second face of the connector board is attached to the at least one mounting pad.

Abstract: A pipe coupling for joining a first pipe to pipes of varying diameters includes first and second hollow fittings which are secured together in end-to-end relationship by a crimping process to rigidly hold the fitting members together to form a continuous fluid passageway. The first fitting member is comprised of metal, and a second fitting member is comprised of plastic material. The second fitting member has a pair of well openings with the outer well adjacent one end thereof being of a greater diameter than the inner well. The outer well is adapted to receive the end of a hollow plastic pipe of greater diameter, e.g., ¾?. The second well is available alternatively to receive the end of a plastic pipe of reduced diameter, e.g., ½?.