US 11,926,998 B2
Shutoff system for water valve
Jason Sharratt, Wadsworth, OH (US); Tianzhe Wang, Shaker Heights, OH (US); and Martin Marsic, Highland Heights, OH (US)
Assigned to LEAKSMART INC., Bedford Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc., Bedford Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/393,430.
Application 17/393,430 is a continuation of application No. 16/675,374, filed on Nov. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,098,464.
Application 16/675,374 is a continuation of application No. 15/776,607, granted, now 10,508,422, issued on Dec. 17, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2016/066548, filed on Dec. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/338,009, filed on May 18, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/270,673, filed on Dec. 22, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0363734 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. F16K 31/05 (2006.01); E03B 7/07 (2006.01); F16K 51/00 (2006.01)
CPC E03B 7/071 (2013.01) [F16K 31/05 (2013.01); F16K 31/055 (2013.01); F16K 51/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic valve actuator unit for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe, the unit comprising:
a housing;
an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve; and
an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing;
wherein the housing has an L-shape and is supported by the attachment mechanism such that the actuator extends over the associated manual shutoff valve in cantilevered fashion,
wherein the attachment mechanism includes a clamp assembly having first and second cooperating clamp members, the first and second cooperating clamp members extending from a second leg of the L-shape housing and being movable within the housing to adjust a point of attachment of the housing.