Patents by Inventor Michael Heayn

Michael Heayn 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: 7988381
    Abstract: A vehicle disabling apparatus may include at least one plunger assembly having a plunger and a toggle operable to pivot inside the vehicle tire. The apparatus may include energetic material disposed adjacent the plunger and configured to force the plunger into a vehicle tire. A method of disabling a vehicle having a tire may include using the vehicle's tire to move the plunger and thereby activate the energetic material; and moving the plunger into the tire using gas produced by the energetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Albert Meyer-Pflug, Victor N. Kokodis, Frank Dindl, Warren G. Reiner, Jr., Michael Heayn
  • Patent number: 7162822
    Abstract: A buttstock for a firearm having a buffer recoil mechanism is collapsible and adjustable. The buttstock includes a lower receiver extension having a bore therein that fits over the buffer recoil mechanism, the lower receiver extension being fixed to the buffer recoil mechanism; a buttstock body having a bore therein for receiving the lower receiver extension; a locking lever disposed along the bottom edge of the buttstock body; a locking pin disposed in the buttstock body and in the locking lever; and a compression spring disposed around the locking pin for biasing the locking pin towards the lower receiver extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Michael Heayn, Christopher M. Shaffer, Dean M. Mohamed, Kenneth R. Jones, Richard Beckman
  • Patent number: 6675693
    Abstract: An apparatus (i.e., a combat ammunition pack) for holding ammunition for a machine gun includes a bracket assembly that removably attaches to the machine gun; a belt guide attached to the bracket assembly for guiding a belt of ammunition into the machine gun; a front collar assembly removably attached to the bracket assembly; and a bag assembly attached to the bracket assembly and the front collar assembly wherein the bag assembly can be opened and closed while the machine gun is firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Michael Heayn