Gary S Van, Age 7422011 Mae Cir, El Toro, CA 92630

7441366, Oct 28, 2008

Jan 10, 2007

11/651215

Richard D. Van Houten, II - Costa Mesa CA, US
Gary J. Van Houten - Nampa ID, US

A01M 31/06

43 3, 43 2, 20631511, D9602, D9604, D22125

A container decoy apparatus () for storing items and attracting wild game. The container decoy apparatus () includes at least two portions, when closed form a three-dimensional animal shape. The portions are combined by a hinge means () for opening and closing the container decoy apparatus (). The portions are controllably coupled (), when coupled the container decoy () becomes a decoy for attracting wild game and is also used for storing items.

5588858, Dec 31, 1996

Mar 15, 1995

8/404894

Lester J. Lester - Signal Mill CA
Gary N. Van Trump - Santa Ana CA

ITT Corporation - Santa Ana CA

H01R 1352

439275

A connector system is provided wherein each connector (12, 16, FIG. 2 ) has a grommet retainer (102, 120) that retains a grommet (100, 114) at the rear of the connector, and wherein when the connectors are mated they securely hold a first connector within a mounting wall. Each connector has a retainer lying rearward of a grommet and having a plurality of retainer holes (104) that pass wires that extend through the grommet, the retainer having walls which engage the grommet to retain it and assure proper orientation of the retainer so the holes of the retainer and grommet are aligned. A first connector (12) which can be inserted into a hole (30) of a mounting wall (14), has resilient tines (36, 38) that press against the hole surface and that have latch parts (56) at their front ends that form shoulders (60) that engage a face (34) of the wall. The second connector has a plurality of wedges (42, 44) that each move immediately inward of a corresponding tine as the connectors move together for mating, to prevent the tines from being radially inwardly deflected, to thereby lock the first connector to the mounting wall.

4213851, Jul 22, 1980

Aug 11, 1978

5/932967

William R. White - Pomona CA
Gary P. Van Tighem - Ontario CA

Occidental Petroleum Corporation - Upland CA

B03B 700

209 12

Particulate glass values contained in the final inorganic fraction from comminuted municipal wastes and having the particle size below 10 mesh, preferably between about 325 to about 20 mesh, are recovered by froth flotation by activating the glass surface with a bi or trivalent metal ion and using as the beneficiation reagent a water compatible sulfonated hydrocarbon.

4591192, May 27, 1986

Mar 15, 1984

6/590046

Gary A. Van Exel - Fullerton CA
Victor Perez - Pomona CA
Alfredo B. Marmol - West Covina CA

Rain Bird Consumer Products Mfg. Corp. - Duarte CA

F16L 3316

285 83

An improved quick connect coupling is provided for releasably connecting a pair of conduits, such as ordinary garden hose. The coupling comprises interlocking male and female fittings adapted for respective connection to a pair of hoses, wherein the male fitting includes a male member with an external circumferential groove for axial alignment with a generally opposed pair of arcuate slots in a female member on the female fitting. A C-shaped retainer is carried about the female fitting and includes a central spring base supporting a pair of locking arms which terminate in free ends having axially projecting lock tabs at the radially inner edges thereof, wherein these locking arms extend through the arcuate slots to position the arm free ends in engagement with radially oriented cam surfaces on the female member. In a normal unstressed condition of the retainer, the radially inner edges of the locking arms including the lock tabs extend into the male member groove to lock the coupling. When the coupling is subjected to water pressure, slight axial displacement of the male and female fittings move the lock tabs into locking engagement with the inner diameter surface of the female fitting thereby preventing retainer expansion and resultant inadvertent coupling disconnection.