Patents by Inventor William Shaffer

William Shaffer 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).

  • Publication number: 20150136255
    Abstract: A pipe is disclosed. The pipe may comprise an inner wall, an outer wall coupled to the inner wall and including a plurality of corrugation crests and a plurality of corrugation valleys, and a plurality of slits positioned within the corrugation valleys, wherein the slits may be evenly spaced relative to each other around an entire circumference of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Seth HARDING, William Shaffer, Kris Sayre
  • Publication number: 20070196175
    Abstract: An adjustable coupler is disclosed for interconnecting leaching chambers to create a serpentine pathway for a leaching field. A coupler can connect a first leaching chamber and a second leaching chamber. The coupler can comprise a mating feature and an adjustment feature. The mating feature can be used to mate the coupler between the first leaching chamber and the second leaching chamber. The mating feature can include a swivel connector matable to an end of one of the chambers. The adjustment feature can adjust the angle between the first chamber and the second chamber between a range of angles. The adjustment feature can include a swivel connector. The range of angles can be particularly chosen to be about 45°. More particularly, the range of angles can be about 22.5° in either the clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Kristen Hedstrom, Terrance Gray, William Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20070039218
    Abstract: A lightweight, easily portable, convertible billboard display has three panels rotatably connected to each other in parallel fashion. The billboard display can be used as a vertically standing three panel display or, when two of the panels are connected by a removable connection component, as a three dimensional triangular display. Informational display items can be removably attached to the display panels. In addition, pockets, variously located within each panel, allow for the insertion and display of and full access to multi-page display items, mounted directly on the billboard display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventor: William Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20050218653
    Abstract: An annular gasket for affecting a watertight seal between two sections of corrugated pipe. The gasket comprises a seating portion dimensioned to fit within an annular recess in one of the mated sections of corrugated pipe, and a sealing portion integrally molded with the seating portion. The sealing portion includes a first shoulder portion, a second shoulder portion, and an arcuate surface extending between the first and second shoulder portions. The mass of the seating portion is less than the mass of the sealing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: William Shaffer, William Andrick
  • Publication number: 20050114241
    Abstract: This invention provides computer systems and methods for providing centralized employee stock plan administration. The systems and corresponding methods provide the display of an administrator's dashboard interface screen including therein an administrator's dashboard interface that provides at least one metric according to user's entitlement. The metric associated with at least one employee stock plan of a company may be processing statistics for workflow requests, processing statistics for reporting requests, plan activity for particular employee stock plans, and plan statistics for particular stock plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Hirsch, Alex Rosenthal, William Shaffer, Murat Gurses
  • Patent number: D1052704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Harding, William Shaffer, Kris Sayre