Patents by Inventor Michael Wade Strawn

Michael Wade Strawn 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: 20250207379
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a tank system including a gravity tank configured to contain water at atmospheric pressure, a rigid pressurized tank positioned within the gravity tank and configured to contain water at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, and a piston assembly positioned below the rigid pressurized tank and configured to open and close the rigid pressurized tank. The gravity tank is configured to channel water at atmospheric pressure into a toilet bowl at a first velocity and the rigid pressurized tank is configured to channel water at the pressure greater than atmospheric pressure into the toilet bowl at a second velocity. The second velocity is greater than the first velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Strategic Water Solutions Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: PAUL MICHAEL GOUDREAU, ANDREW NATHANIEL SMITH, TYLER LORNE HEBIG, MICHAEL WADE STRAWN, JUSTIN MAGOLINE, DAVID ARGUELLES
  • Patent number: 12247382
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a tank system including a gravity tank configured to contain water at atmospheric pressure, a rigid pressurized tank positioned within the gravity tank and configured to contain water at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, and a piston assembly positioned below the rigid pressurized tank and configured to open and close the rigid pressurized tank. The gravity tank is configured to channel water at atmospheric pressure into a toilet bowl at a first velocity and the rigid pressurized tank is configured to channel water at the pressure greater than atmospheric pressure into the toilet bowl at a second velocity. The second velocity is greater than the first velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Strategic Water Solutions Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Goudreau, Andrew Nathaniel Smith, Tyler Lorne Hebig, Michael Wade Strawn, Justin Magoline, David Arguelles
  • Publication number: 20230392362
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a tank system including a gravity tank configured to contain water at atmospheric pressure, a rigid pressurized tank positioned within the gravity tank and configured to contain water at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, and a piston assembly positioned below the rigid pressurized tank and configured to open and close the rigid pressurized tank. The gravity tank is configured to channel water at atmospheric pressure into a toilet bowl at a first velocity and the rigid pressurized tank is configured to channel water at the pressure greater than atmospheric pressure into the toilet bowl at a second velocity. The second velocity is greater than the first velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Strategic Water Solutions Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: PAUL MICHAEL GOUDREAU, ANDREW NATHANIEL SMITH, TYLER LORNE HEBIG, MICHAEL WADE STRAWN, JUSTIN MAGOLINE, DAVID ARGUELLES
  • Patent number: 10337180
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes low flush toilet systems and methods of using low flush toilet systems. In one implementation, a low flush toilet system includes a first (or passive) tank, the first tank configured to preload a toilet rim, and a second (or pressurized) tank, the second tank including an internal air bladder, the internal air bladder configured to compress when exposed to water pressure from a supply line and configured to expand when a flush valve releases pushing water out of the second tank at a high flow rate and into a toilet for flushing. In some implementations, water flows from the pressurized tank at approximately 0.7-1.0 gallons per flush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: OT LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Nathaniel Smith, Tyler Lorne Hebig, Paul Michael Goudreau, Michael Wade Strawn
  • Publication number: 20180073231
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes low flush toilet systems and methods of using low flush toilet systems. In one implementation, a low flush toilet system includes a first (or passive) tank, the first tank configured to preload a toilet rim, and a second (or pressurized) tank, the second tank including an internal air bladder, the internal air bladder configured to compress when exposed to water pressure from a supply line and configured to expand when a flush valve releases pushing water out of the second tank at a high flow rate and into a toilet for flushing. In some implementations, water flows from the pressurized tank at approximately 0.7-1.0 gallons per flush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Nathaniel Smith, Tyler Lorne Hebig, Paul Michael Goudreau, Michael Wade Strawn