Patents by Inventor Richard Allan Snyder

Richard Allan 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).

  • Composite building product
    Patent number: 8257811
    Abstract: A simultaneously molded plurality of composite shingles or double walled shingles or other substantially planar exterior building products are provided, each being comprised of two or more layers of thermoplastic shingle material, such that a weatherable capstock material is provided outside a core material, in the form of a composite parison that is then blow molded in a hollow mold, to produce novel shingles. Ventilation and/or insulation can be provided to a hollow interior between spaced apart walls of a double walled shingle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Joong Youn Kim, Thomas Kevin MacKinnon, Richard Allan Snyder, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Impact Resistant Shingle
    Publication number: 20100098912
    Abstract: An impact resistant shingle is provided, wherein the base mat is impregnated with an asphaltic material, with an asphaltic material on the upper surface of the shingle, and wherein another asphaltic material is disposed on the rear surface of the shingle, which other asphaltic material is softer with greater elongation than the asphaltic material used elsewhere in the shingle, such that crack resistance is afforded because energy from impact on the shingle is dissipated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Allan Snyder, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Process of simultaneously molding a plurality of shingles
    Patent number: 7141200
    Abstract: A process of simultaneously molding either a plurality of shingles or double walled shingles or other substantially planar exterior building products is provided, such that a blow moldable thermoplastic material is provided, of a composite parison that is then blow molded in a hollow mold, to produce novel shingles according to the process. Ventilation and/or insulation can be provided to a hollow interior between spaced apart walls of a double walled shingle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Kevin MacKinnon, Joong Youn Kim, Richard Allan Snyder, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Process of simultaneously molding a plurality of composite shingles
    Patent number: 7141201
    Abstract: A process of simultaneously molding either a plurality of composite shingles or double walled shingles or other substantially planar exterior building products is provided, each being comprised of two or more layers of thermoplastic shingle material, such that a weatherable capstock material is provided outside a core material, in the form of a composite parison that is then blow molded in a hollow mold, to produce novel shingles according to the process. Ventilation and/or insulation can be provided to a hollow interior between spaced apart walls of a double walled shingle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Joong Youn Kim, Thomas Kevin MacKinnon, Richard Allan Snyder, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs