US 12,345,357 B2
Fitting with positive installation indicator assembly
Jordan Cameron Belen, West Warwick, RI (US); Matthew William McNamara, Portsmouth, RI (US); Jeffrey Brian Shaffer, Lipan, TX (US); and Ronald Pound, Portsmouth, NH (US)
Assigned to ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC, Oak Brook, IL (US)
Filed by ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC, Portsmouth, NH (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/512,783.
Application 18/512,783 is a continuation of application No. 18/103,532, filed on Jan. 31, 2023, granted, now 11,879,570.
Application 18/103,532 is a continuation of application No. 17/210,966, filed on Mar. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,592,127, issued on Feb. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/994,087, filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084933 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16L 25/06 (2006.01); F16B 33/02 (2006.01); F16L 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 15/003 (2013.01) [F16B 33/02 (2013.01); F16L 2201/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fitting comprising:
a fitting body defining a hole and a cavity; and
an indicator assembly comprising a fastener extending through the hole, a first indicator mounted on the fastener, and a second indicator mounted on the fastener, the fastener defining a fastener axis;
wherein the second indicator is axially in between the first indicator and the fitting body upon the fastener being oriented in a first position, and wherein the second indicator is radially inwardly or radially outwardly of the first indicator upon the fastener being oriented in a second position; and
wherein the cavity defines a cavity axis and the hole defines a hole axis, and wherein the hole axis of the hole is perpendicular to the cavity axis of the cavity.