Patents by Inventor Michael J. Snyder

Michael J. Snyder 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: 11623224
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Vortex Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Snyder, Jackie R. See
  • Patent number: 11464342
    Abstract: A portable lumbar support and ergonomic chair having a lumbar support. The lumbar support has a seat hingedly coupled to a seat back having a teardrop-shaped lumbar support seat back cushion. A rigid back support portion may be rotated forward about hinges to collapse substantially parallel to the seat frame and backward to open to a variety of angles with respect to the seat frame. The seat back freely pivots around an upper lateral axis, and the rigid back support portion is linearly adjustable to space the seat back toward and away from the hinges to enable raising or lowering the upper lateral axis and thus the seat back with respect to the lower lateral axis. This provides multiple ways of changing which part of the teardrop-shaped lumbar support curve hits your lumbar curve for proper support. Variable lumbar lordotic support is thus provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: Michael J Snyder
  • Publication number: 20210368989
    Abstract: A portable lumbar support and ergonomic chair having a lumbar support. The lumbar support has a seat hingedly coupled to a seat back having a teardrop-shaped lumbar support seat back cushion. A rigid back support portion may be rotated forward about hinges to collapse substantially parallel to the seat frame and backward to open to a variety of angles with respect to the seat frame. The seat back freely pivots around an upper lateral axis, and the rigid back support portion is linearly adjustable to space the seat back toward and away from the hinges to enable raising or lowering the upper lateral axis and thus the seat back with respect to the lower lateral axis. This provides multiple ways of changing which part of the teardrop-shaped lumbar support curve hits your lumbar curve for proper support. Variable lumbar lordotic support is thus provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Michael J. Snyder
  • Patent number: 11129479
    Abstract: A portable lumbar support and ergonomic chair having a lumbar support. The lumbar support has a seat hingedly coupled to a seat back having a teardrop-shaped lumbar support seat back cushion. A rigid back support portion may be rotated forward about hinges to collapse substantially parallel to the seat frame and backward to open to a variety of angles with respect to the seat frame. The seat back freely pivots around an upper lateral axis, and the rigid back support portion is linearly adjustable to space the seat back toward and away from the hinges to enable raising or lowering the upper lateral axis and thus the seat back with respect to the lower lateral axis. This provides multiple ways of changing which part of the teardrop-shaped lumbar support curve hits your lumbar curve for proper support. Variable lumbar lordotic support is thus provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Michael J Snyder
  • Publication number: 20200383485
    Abstract: A portable lumbar support and ergonomic chair having a lumbar support. The lumbar support has a seat hingedly coupled to a seat back having a teardrop-shaped lumbar support seat back cushion. A rigid back support portion may be rotated forward about hinges to collapse substantially parallel to the seat frame and backward to open to a variety of angles with respect to the seat frame. The seat back freely pivots around an upper lateral axis, and the rigid back support portion is linearly adjustable to space the seat back toward and away from the hinges to enable raising or lowering the upper lateral axis and thus the seat back with respect to the lower lateral axis. This provides multiple ways of changing which part of the teardrop-shaped lumbar support curve hits your lumbar curve for proper support. Variable lumbar lordotic support is thus provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Michael J Snyder
  • Publication number: 20200338568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Vortex Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. SNYDER, Jackie R. SEE
  • Patent number: 10702875
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Vortex Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Snyder, Jackie R. See
  • Publication number: 20190240673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Vortex Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. SNYDER, Jackie R. SEE
  • Patent number: 10272442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Vortex Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Snyder, Jackie R. See
  • Patent number: 9968825
    Abstract: A collapsible exercise machine for strengthening the core muscles (transverse abdominal, internal obliques, external obliques, rectus abdominis, and erector spinae) includes a frame mounted on a base on which a user sits and manipulates an upstanding lever arm. A seat is convertible between two differently-angled positions for back extension or abdominal exercises. The lever arm rotates a curved tube having a plurality of force adjustment holes. The tube passes through a frame at the upper end of a gas spring, and engaging an adjustment pin on the frame with different adjustment holes changes the amount of resistance. The entire frame above the base can be vertically adjusted to accommodate different sizes of user without altering the relative position between the seat (and user's hips) and the axis of rotation of the lever arm thus not affecting/changing the designated resistance between users of different heights (resistance is affected when the lever arm is lengthened).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventor: Michael J Snyder
  • Publication number: 20170291178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Vortex Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Snyder, Jackie R. See
  • Patent number: 9682405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Vortex Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Snyder, Jackie R. See
  • Publication number: 20170021225
    Abstract: A collapsible exercise machine for strengthening the core muscles (transverse abdominal, internal obliques, external obliques, rectus abdominis, and erector spinae) includes a frame mounted on a base on which a user sits and manipulates an upstanding lever arm. A seat is convertible between two differently-angled positions for back extension or abdominal exercises. The lever arm rotates a curved tube having a plurality of force adjustment holes. The tube passes through a frame at the upper end of a gas spring, and engaging an adjustment pin on the frame with different adjustment holes changes the amount of resistance. The entire frame above the base can be vertically adjusted to accommodate different sizes of user without altering the relative position between the seat (and user's hips) and the axis of rotation of the lever arm thus not affecting/changing the designated resistance between users of different heights (resistance is affected when the lever arm is lengthened).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Michael J. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20160067744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Michael J. Snyder, Jackie R. See
  • Publication number: 20140296042
    Abstract: A collapsible exercise machine for strengthening the core muscles (transverse abdominal, internal obliques, external obliques, rectus abdominis, and erector spinae) includes a frame mounted on a base on which a user sits and manipulates an upstanding lever arm. A seat is convertible between two differently-angled positions for back extension or abdominal exercises. The lever arm rotates a curved tube having a plurality of force adjustment holes. The tube passes through a frame at the upper end of a gas spring, and engaging an adjustment pin on the frame with different adjustment holes changes the amount of resistance. The entire frame above the base can be vertically adjusted to accommodate different sizes of user without altering the relative position between the seat (and user's hips) and the axis of rotation of the lever arm thus not affecting/changing the designated resistance between users of different heights (resistance is affected when the lever arm is lengthened).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Michael J. Snyder
  • Patent number: 8136718
    Abstract: An after hour depository device, having a framework including a first sidewall and a second sidewall, and having a front opening, a hopper assembly including a door having a front face and bottom portion, a handle disposed on an upper end of the front face, and a deposit hopper on the inside of the door, and a horizontal shaft fixed to and extending from at least one side of the bottom portion of the hopper assembly, the horizontal shaft having an end portion extending through the first sidewall, the horizontal shaft and the hopper assembly being pivotable within the framework between a closed position in which the door covers the front opening of the framework, and a full open position in which the front opening is uncovered. A lever arm fixed to the end portion of the horizontal shaft at a rotary angle, the lever arm including a distal arm end extending radially, and a gas spring secured pivotably at a first end to the distal end of the lever arm, and secured pivotably at a second end to the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Security Systems Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Snyder, Arthur D. Flint, Jr., Daniel P. Grabowski, Joshua G. Bollin
  • Patent number: 5449964
    Abstract: Disclosed is a triggering transducer for signaling external equipment from an acoustic device having a foundational structure and an acoustic member, The transducer includes a base for mounting to the foundational structure; an elastic beam member having an anchor portion supported relative to the base and having a beam extremity for limited area contact with the acoustic member; a piezoelectric element attached to the beam member between the beam extremity and the anchor portion for coupling bending strain from the beam member to the piezoelectric element in response to vibration of the acoustic member, the piezoelectric element being in proximate facing contact with an active portion of the beam member, the active portion being inclined at an angle .theta. from the acoustic member, the angle .theta. is between approximately 30.degree. and approximately 45.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Inventor: Michael J. Snyder
  • Patent number: D451890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Vari-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Reese, Jr., Michael J. Snyder, Brad J. Lee
  • Patent number: D906943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: GANNETT FLEMING, INC.
    Inventors: Harry T. Osborne, Brian J. Smith, Michael J. Snyder, Jennifer M. Ganley, Teresa L. Peterson