Patents by Inventor Mike Boyer

Mike Boyer 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: 20080223261
    Abstract: The invention comprises a table, comprising: a) a base, the base being suitable for mounting in a vehicle, the base having a collar with one or more base pins along the interior of the collar; b) a pole, the pole being detachably coupled to the base, the pole having with one or more hockey-stick shaped slots at one end corresponding to and capable of receiving the base pins, a first lock/release mechanism for securing the pole to the base, and one or more apertures at an end opposite to the one end; and c) a table top, the table top being detachably coupled to the pillar, the top having a second lock/release mechanism for securing the top to the pillar, the second lock/release mechanism containing one or more elements which engage the one or more apertures on the pole, wherein the base, the pole and the table top combine to form the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: John Frederick, Rob Meadus, Todd Michals, Gabriel Lam, Tom Modick, Don Miller, Joel Hartman, Dave Smith, Mike Boyer, Steve Swailes, Steve Jakubiec, Mike Phillips
  • Patent number: 5185183
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically grit blasting and metal spraying a wall of a cylindrical vessel utilizing a pair of rails with arms slidably disposed thereon, which rotate 180.degree. in unison about the axis of the vessel and then reverse and are moved incrementally along the rails upon completion of each 180.degree. of rotation until the wall of the vessel is grit blasted by a grit blasting nozzle on each arm and then sprayed with multiple thin layers of molten metal by a molten metal sprayer on each arm. The grit blasting nozzle and molten metal sprayer may be interchangeably mounted on the arms or may be both installed and operated separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: John K. Gonda, Benny C. Bachman, Mike Boyer, Jerry L. Bly, Donald Gilliland