Patents by Inventor Michael L. Bryson

Michael L. Bryson 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: 20240011294
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Patent number: 11802408
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Publication number: 20210324631
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Patent number: 11002015
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Patent number: 10995495
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Publication number: 20200080313
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Publication number: 20190376290
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Patent number: 10415247
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Publication number: 20180066431
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Patent number: 9845602
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Patent number: 9538762
    Abstract: The disclosed principles provide a roofing product and related methods of manufacturing having antimicrobial properties. The antimicrobial properties are provided by an antimicrobial delivery system including antimicrobial materials compounded, e.g., mixed together and melted, with polymeric materials. The antimicrobial delivery system is applied to roof covering material during the production process. The roof covering material may be sheets, shingles, panels, or roll stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Matti Kiik, Phillip Kleinlauth
  • Patent number: 9279255
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to articles, systems, and methods for roofing a structure including, for example, layered shingles comprising a plurality of layers. A layered shingle may comprise, in some embodiments, an upper layer and a backing layer comprising a low density aggregate, wherein the backing layer is fixed to the substrate-facing surface of the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael L. Bryson, Casimir Paul Weaver, Daniel E. Boss, Matti Kiik
  • Patent number: 9212487
    Abstract: A single layer roofing material having a headlap portion and a tab portion wherein the headlap portion has a color-value gradient or gradation and the tab portion has tabs and openings. The tabs may have a relatively uniform color. Openings between tabs expose the color gradient of the headlap portion when a first sheet of the roofing material is installed over a second sheet on a structure. A plurality of horizontal striations may be used to establish the desired color-value gradient. An illusion of depth or thickness is created when the roofing material is applied to a structure, such as a roof deck. The amount of tone and contrast may be selected to create the desired illusion of depth or thickness. The amount of contrast may be varied depending upon the color selected for each roofing material. The number of horizontal striations and their width may also be varied to provide the desired color-value gradient. Tab color, shape and size may also be varied to enhance the illusion of depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Elk Premium Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Larry Scott Reed, John Richie McCaskill, Jr., Michael Allen McLintock, Michael L. Bryson, Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Michael Scott Kirk
  • Publication number: 20150240494
    Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Paul G. Wilson, Margie A. Beerer, Olan Leitch
  • Patent number: 9021760
    Abstract: A roofing system comprising laminated roofing shingles having a reduced-width headlap portion and a buttlap portion, wherein the roofing system comprises a plurality of courses, and wherein a trailing edge of a subsequently installed shingle in a course overlaps the leading edge of an adjacent previously installed shingle in the same course. The reduced-width headlap portion of the roofing shingles has a width that is less than the width of the buttlap portion. The roofing shingle comprises a first and a second shingle sheet and the lateral edges of the first shingle sheet are aligned with the lateral edges of the second sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Larry Scott Reed, John Richie McCaskill, Jr., Michael Allen McLintock, Michael L. Bryson, Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Michael Scott Kirk
  • Publication number: 20140260078
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to articles, systems, and methods for roofing a structure including, for example, layered shingles comprising a plurality of layers. A layered shingle may comprise, in some embodiments, an upper layer and a backing layer comprising a low density aggregate, wherein the backing layer is fixed to the substrate-facing surface of the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael L. Bryson, Casimir Paul Weaver, Daniel E. Boss, Matti Kiik
  • Patent number: 8763339
    Abstract: An energy saving insulated roofing shingle and related method of manufacturing. One embodiment of the shingle has an insulator attached to, or formed as part of, the interior surface of an outer layer across a portion of the headlap area about equal to the designed exposure surface area of the installed shingle. The insulation reduces the heat absorbed by the shingle and transmitted into the deck that in turn heats the attic space. The disclosed principles reduce the heat load directed into a building from the sun. In addition, the thickness of the insulation under the shingle nailing area may be minimized, thereby allowing for the normal asphalt shingle surfaces to lay against each other. Moreover, to reduce the overall shingle thickness, the insulation could replace all or part of the backsurfacing materials applied to the back of shingles in the location where the insulation is added. Additionally, asphalt applied to the back of the shingle could be reduced to accommodate insulation thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. Bryson, Matti Kiik
  • Publication number: 20130095293
    Abstract: Disclosed painted roof coverings and related methods of manufacturing such painted roof coverings that use a color coating over the roof coverings instead of embedded pre-colored rock granules on the exposed surface of the roof coverings. By painting a roof covering with a color coating, any kind of top surfacing material, such as rock, plastic, mineral, man-made, or organic granules, may be used in place of the pre-colored rock granules. In some embodiments, it is desirable to size the top surfacing material to provide adequate UV protection and coverage to the weatherproofing asphalt material located below the top surfacing material. Further, the color of the shingles may be accurately matched between batches of shingles, between manufacturing facilities, and even between manufacturers. In addition, designs may be painted on the surface of the roof covering, which was previously impossible using pre-colored granules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel E. Boss, Michael L. Bryson, Stephen A. Buzza, Adem Chich, Dale A. Kelley, Matti Kiik, Paul Richardson, Tommy Rodrigues, James A. Svec, James D. Wells
  • Patent number: 8389103
    Abstract: Roofing material consists essentially of a substrate, a hot melt material applied to one side of the substrate, an asphalt material coating the other side of the substrate and roofing granules disposed on said asphalt material coated on the substrate. The hot melt material may be polyethylene, polyethylene-vinyl acetate, polypropylene, polyvinylidene chloride, polyester, nylon and mixtures thereof. The asphalt material may include non-asphaltic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Elk Premium Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Matti Kiik, Daniel LaVietes, Michael L. Bryson, Younger Ahluwalia, Margie A Beerer
  • Publication number: 20110265407
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an above deck ventilation system for a roof, and related methods of installation, having a ventilation medium sandwiched between a roof deck and a roof covering providing air channels between the roof deck and the roof covering. In one embodiment, a roofing system is provided, and may comprise a roof deck and a roof covering. In addition, the roofing system may comprise a ventilating medium disposed between the roof deck and the roof covering, where the ventilating medium may have a plurality of open air chambers disposed between a top sheet and the bottom sheet and traversing the length of the ventilation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael L. Bryson