Combined Patents (Class 138/89.2)
  • Patent number: 10675929
    Abstract: A valve stem cover includes a cylindrical cap open at a bottom end thereof and threaded with threads on an inside surface thereof. The cylindrical cap is adapted for threaded engagement with a threaded tire valve stem that projects through a wheel rim. A skirt projects downwardly from the bottom end of the cylindrical cap and is adapted to cover substantially a lower portion of a threaded tire valve stem that projects through the wheel rim. A decorative top portion projects upwardly from a top end of the cylindrical cap and can be removable for interchangeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Enrique J. Baiz, Osvaldo Izquierdo
  • Patent number: 8651144
    Abstract: A valve cap includes an internally threaded cap; a sleeve including external threads and an internal passage; a flexible, spring biased insert including a conic top in the passage of the sleeve for blocking, and a transverse bottom groove; a hollow first cylinder including external threads threadedly secured to the cap, internal threads secured to the external threads of the sleeve, and an internal passage; a hollow second cylinder including external threads, lower internal threads, and an internal passage; a moveable, flexible insert member including a conic top, a stem, and a transverse bottom groove; and a hollow, cylindrical positioning member including an axial channel and external threads threadedly secured to the internal threads of the insert member. Groove of the insert member communicates with both the channel of the positioning member and inside of the second cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Yao-Sha Tsai
  • Publication number: 20110240162
    Abstract: A flexible vented end cap for a medical gas tube is provided. The end cap comprises a closed end and an open end, and having a side wall having fit beads spaced about the circumference of an interior surface and extending longitudinally along the interior surface parallel to the longitudinal axis of the end cap, the end cap further including at least one radial fit bead extending across at least a portion of the interior bottom surface of the end cap to permit gas communication between the interior of the medical gas tube when inserted into the end cap and the environment external to the end cap, and the closed end having an outwardly flared circumferential portion to serve as a finger grip, and the exterior bottom surface of the end cap being concave in configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Rederick W. Zeyfang
  • Patent number: 7954515
    Abstract: A combination cap and plug assembly. A cap portion of the assembly is used to stop flow of material through a male coupling, and a plug portion is used to stop flow of material through a female coupling. The combination cap and plug assembly includes a tether that allows the assembly to be coupled to hose or tubing that is connected to the male and female coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Colder Products Company
    Inventor: Patrick T. Gerst
  • Patent number: 7874318
    Abstract: A plumbing test cap has a body with a bore extending from a first end which is mountable over a stub-out having a surface engagement feature. The body has a closed second end. A retainer is carried on the body for transverse movement from a first position allowing movement of the body relative to the stub-out and a second position in which the retainer is locked to the body, in turn locking the body on the stub-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Brass Craft Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: David S. Malone, Michael J. Andre, Wayne Harper