Leg Or Foot Actuated Valve Operator Patents (Class 239/29.5)
  • Patent number: 10807696
    Abstract: A rotating retractable step system positioned within a cutout of a wall is presented. The rotating retractable step system comprises a foot pedal and a support shaft. The foot pedal is configured to be stowed in a vertical orientation within the cutout of the wall, and to rotate between the vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation. The support shaft is associated with the foot pedal, such that movement of the support shaft extends the foot pedal outwardly away from the cutout, or retracts the foot pedal towards the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher B. Singleton, Joshua Yu-Hu Lee, Scott Edward Coburn
  • Patent number: 7677200
    Abstract: An apparatus engageable with a water source for providing dogs access to fresh, clean water. The apparatus comprises a base member and a housing member engageable with an upper surface of the base member. Such housing member has a predetermined configuration and is formed of a predetermined material. At least one tubular member is disposed within the housing member, a first end of the at least one tubular member extends outwardly from a bottom portion of the housing member for engagement with such source of water and a second end of the at least one tubular member extends outwardly through an upper surface of the housing member. A water valve is disposed within the at least one tubular member for controlling water flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Anthony Lytle
  • Patent number: 6808123
    Abstract: A faucet having a plurality of water discharges includes a housing, diverter valve within the housing, a stream discharge on the housing, an upward fountain discharge on the housing, and an upward spray discharge on the housing. The diverter valve connects the mixed water conduit to the water discharges. A handle external to the housing engages the diverter valve to selectively define a flow path between the mixed water supply and the selected water discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Inventors: Edward Samson Chiu, Albert Herman Chiu, Samuel Chiu
  • Patent number: 6526916
    Abstract: A portable, pet-actuated drinking fountain includes a reservoir container received in a housing and a movable platform which is depressed against a spring when a pet steps on it. Downward movement of the platform by the pet closes a switch that connects battery power to a pump that provides a gentle bubbling of water from the container via a vertical spigot reachable by the pet. Excess water drains back into the reservoir container through a filter screen. When the pet steps back off the movable platform, the pump is deactivated. One or more movable platforms may be associated with a single reservoir container and arrange to actuate the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Leon Perlsweig