Patents by Inventor MICHAEL ARD

MICHAEL ARD 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).

  • Publication number: 20240068656
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a novel device with the combined functionality of (1) a piece of furniture and (2) a volumetric light display system, depending on its mode. The third key component of the invention is an actuation system, allowing the invention to change its functionality between that of a piece of furniture and that of a volumetric light display system, achieved by physically moving the device or a portion of the device through space. Such an actuation system is comprised of any number of controllers and powered actuators or actuation subsystems to enable the device to change between a furniture mode and a volumetric light display system mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Alexander Michael Ard-Kelly
  • Publication number: 20220289604
    Abstract: Provided is a wastewater treatment system. The wastewater treatment system includes an equalization (EQ) tank which receives contaminated wastewater having a high nutrient content from a plant, a dissolved air flotation (DAF) system and an on-site oxygen generation system which provides gas phase oxygen to the wastewater treated in the equalization (EQ) tank and/or the dissolved air flotation (DAF) system. The dissolved air flotation system includes at least one air dissolved air flotation vessel which may house an aerator grid assembly having a perforated lateral diffuser and optionally, a primary aerator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: IER Environmental Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Handley, JOSEPH HANDLEY, MICHAEL ARD