US 12,340,681 B1
Visual indication of tank level and performance
Richard J. Vanek, Summerland Key, FL (US); Rodney Montrose, Pensacola, FL (US); and Donald Conner, El Dorado, AR (US)
Filed by Reign 1 LLC, Big Pine, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/071,367.
Application 19/071,367 is a continuation of application No. 18/108,508, filed on Feb. 10, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/431,017, filed on Dec. 7, 2022.
Int. Cl. G08B 5/36 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2022.01)
CPC G08B 5/36 (2013.01) [G01F 23/0007 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a tank adapted to contain a liquid therein;
at least one sensor adapted to detect a first liquid level of the liquid to define a first detected liquid level and to detect a second liquid level of the liquid to define a second detected liquid level; and
a level indicator comprising a plurality of lights arranged linearly, wherein the at least one sensor is in communication with the level indicator, wherein the at least one sensor is further adapted to communicate the first detected liquid level and to communicate the second detected liquid level to the level indicator,
wherein the level indicator is adapted to illuminate a first proportion of the plurality of lights to visually indicate the first detected liquid level, and wherein the level indicator is further adapted to illuminate a second proportion of the plurality of lights to visually indicate the second detected liquid level,
wherein a first color of the plurality of lights indicates a first condition in the tank associated with the first detected liquid level, and wherein a second color of the plurality of lights indicates a second condition in the tank associated with the second detected liquid level,
wherein the level indicator is adapted to illuminate an entire length of the plurality of lights in the first color to indicate the first condition, wherein the level indicator is adapted to illuminate the entire length of the plurality of lights in the second color to indicate the second condition, and
wherein the level indicator is adapted to alternate between illuminating the first proportion of the plurality of lights to visually indicate the first detected liquid level and illuminating the entire length of the plurality of lights in the first color to indicate the first condition, and wherein the level indicator is further adapted to alternate between illuminating the second proportion of the plurality of lights to visually indicate the second detected liquid level and illuminating the entire length of the plurality of lights in the second color to indicate the second condition.