Patents by Inventor Michael Norwood

Michael Norwood 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: 20140217788
    Abstract: A vehicle safety device for decreasing injury to occupants resulting from a collision, comprising enhanced impact absorbing apparatuses: (1) headrests and seatbacks with conical or cylindrical holes and layers of material to absorb impact forces; (2) 4 embodiments of apparatuses attaching the headrests to the seatback comprising shock absorption means to reduce whiplash injuries; (3) spring loaded means of attaching the seat bottom to the vehicle floor to provide the seats recoil mechanisms for collisions from all directions; (4) seatbelts with all points of contact to the seat to provide the seatbelts recoil mechanisms, and comprising gel and/or foam layers and a flexible weave design; (5) seat tilt mechanisms that enable the seat to recoil during a collision; and (6) airbags with multiple layers of material of increasing impact absorption from the occupants to the dashboard and steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Norwood, Viktor Kapiliovich
  • Publication number: 20140115459
    Abstract: A help function that guides a user through steps presented contextually. Help instructions appear on the GUI within a comment bubble that is pointing to the screen location requiring user input. The bubble also discloses the step the user is executing and the total number of steps involved in the help process. The customized help utility may run as a plug-in on an existing web-based, or a module on non-networked computer system, or be incorporated in with the original software. Users can create a customized Help utility for a particular software, and create messages within a software program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Norwood
  • Patent number: 8402357
    Abstract: A software system and method that allows web site operators to adapt web pages for posting of public and private user comments. An administrator accesses a web site to enter data for creating reader comment areas. HTML code for the reader comment areas is generated for insertion into web pages. When the web page containing the code is posted to a web site, the code results in a reader comment display page where web site visitors can comment on the content of the particular web page where the reader comment area appears. Comments are saved at a remote web site accessible to the administrator. The administrator may review and manage the reader comments. A reader who makes a comment on a web page has the option of creating a personal journal comprising all comments entered by the reader at any web page enabled according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Norwood, Mauricio Luiz Schiavon Marini