Henry K Arnette

US Patent:

6530455, Mar 11, 2003

Filed:

Aug 11, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/637561

Inventors:

Henry Arnette - Mebane NC
Judd W. Staples - Chapel Hill NC
Woodrow G. Shaw - Stoney Creek NC

Assignee:

Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc. - Meband NC

International Classification:

E06C 156

US Classification:

182198, 182206

Abstract:

An escape ladder provides emergency egress from a dwelling and generally comprises a hook assembly connected to a ladder assembly. The hook assembly includes a pair of laterally spaced clamps and the ladder assembly includes a pair of straps attached to the clamps and a series of rungs extending between the straps. Each clamp comprises an upper hook and a lower hook connected via a hinge. The pair of clamps are connected via a collapsible stabilizer bar. The hinges and stabilizer bar permit the clamps of the hook assembly to be folded and compressed to form an un-deployed configuration of the hook assembly. The rungs are of common cross-sectional shape permitting them to be nested in an un-deployed configuration of the ladder assembly. The escape ladder of the present invention provides secure attachment to the dwelling, folds into an un-deployed package that small and compact for storage, yet is assembled to provide user-friendly deployment that can be reliably deployed in a high stress situation.

US Patent:

D3547531, Jan 24, 1995

Filed:

Oct 16, 1992

Appl. No.:

D/000516

Inventors:

Elbert D. Turner - Charlotte NC
Henry K. Arnette - Fort Mill SC
Jan J. Reiss - Matthews NC
Graylon D. Smith - Fort Mill SC

Assignee:

Textron Inc. - Providence RI

US Classification:

D15 7

US Patent:

52443515, Sep 14, 1993

Filed:

Sep 30, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/954752

Inventors:

Henry K. Arnette - Fort Mill SC

Assignee:

Textron Inc. - Providence RI

International Classification:

F04D 1502

US Classification:

417 38

Abstract:

A combined air vent and pressure switch are provided at the inlet of a liquid pump. The air vent is adapted to exhaust air from a supply line, such as a garden hose, and thereby substantially prevent the pump from running dry before water from the hose reaches the inlet. The pressure switch is connected to the motor of the pump and is adapted to signal the motor to stop if the pressure switch senses a low pressure condition at the pump inlet, such as when there is inadequate liquid or no liquid at the pump inlet. The features of the air vent and pressure switch combine to prevent the pump from being damaged by running the pump without adequate liquid supply.

US Patent:

D3466477, May 3, 1994

Filed:

Oct 16, 1992

Appl. No.:

D/000581

Inventors:

Henry K. Arnette - Fort Mill SC
Jan J. Reiss - Matthews NC
Graylon D. Smith - Fort Mill SC

Assignee:

Textron Inc. - Providence RI

US Classification:

D23225

US Patent:

20190001169, Jan 3, 2019

Filed:

Aug 22, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/109055

Inventors:

- Farmington CT, US
Henry Arnette - Mebane NC, US

International Classification:

A62C 13/64
A62C 37/50
B65B 31/00

Abstract:

A portable fire extinguisher is disclosed which includes a cylinder for storing a pressurized fire extinguishing agent and has a neck portion defining an outlet, and a flexible hermetic seal supported across the outlet of the cylinder, wherein the flexible hermetic seal is adapted and configured to transition between: an unexpanded condition corresponding to an unpressurized cylinder; an expanded condition corresponding to a pressurized cylinder; and a bursted condition corresponding to an opened cylinder.

US Patent:

20160287920, Oct 6, 2016

Filed:

Mar 18, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/074234

Inventors:

- Farmington CT, US
Henry Arnette - Mebane NC, US

Assignee:

UTC Fire & Security Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

A62C 13/64
B65B 31/00

Abstract:

A portable fire extinguisher is disclosed which includes a cylinder for storing a pressurized fire extinguishing agent and has a neck portion defining an outlet, and a flexible hermetic seal supported across the outlet of the cylinder, wherein the flexible hermetic seal is adapted and configured to transition between: an unexpanded condition corresponding to an unpressurized cylinder; an expanded condition corresponding to a pressurized cylinder; and a bursted condition corresponding to an opened cylinder.

US Patent:

20150337597, Nov 26, 2015

Filed:

May 19, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/716284

Inventors:

- Farmington CT, US
Henry Arnette - Mebane NC, US

International Classification:

E06C 7/50
E06C 1/34

Abstract:

A collapsible ladder arrangement includes, a plurality of rungs, and at least one webbing support that is frictionally engaged with each of the plurality of rungs to resist relative movement between the at least one webbing support and each of the plurality of rungs. The frictional engagement is established without an end of the at least one webbing support having been threaded through an opening in the plurality of rungs and without the at least one webbing support frictionally engaging with itself.