Patents by Inventor Michael A. Prater

Michael A. Prater has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5160815
    Abstract: A megaphone apparatus includes an elongate conical conduit directed into an outwardly flaring forward body portion. The conduit includes an entrance opening, with the flaring body including a plurality of exit openings defined by a central outlet conduit coaxially aligned with the inlet conduit, with a plurality of right and left branch conduits extending laterally to each side of the central conduit aligned in a single plane along a common diameter of the various conduits. A modification of the invention includes various residence modulating caps selectively positionable over the conduits to include a flexible web, with at least one slit directed diametrically therethrough, and including a plurality of pockets arranged in a spaced relationship relative to the slit to include a flexible rod selectively positioned within each pocket as desired for varying modulation of the flexible web of each cap in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Inventor: Michael A. Prater