Patents by Inventor Brian Byrd

Brian Byrd 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).

  • Patent number: 10334912
    Abstract: A multifunction key fob for retaining a plurality of keys and extending a selected key into a useable position. The multifunction key fob includes a housing with a motorized key tray inside the housing for selectively aligning a key with an ejection port in the housing. The key tray includes a plurality of key slots and a moveable key carriage in each key slot for moving a key up and down inside its respective slot. When a button on the surface of the housing is pressed, a key in a corresponding slot is extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventors: Desmond Byrd, Brian Byrd
  • Patent number: 10255781
    Abstract: A floating apparatus for alerting people of the presence of voltage in water. When the floating apparatus is placed in water and in an active state, it detects when at least a threshold level of voltage is present in the water and generates an alert signal in response to detecting the threshold level of voltage is present. The floating apparatus may detect the threshold level of voltage is present without requiring that a ground wire be connected between an electrical circuit of the floating apparatus and a fixed structure exterior of the water such as soil surrounding the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BRIAN AND NEAL'S BIG ADVENTURE, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Neal Branstetter, Brian Byrd
  • Publication number: 20180206602
    Abstract: A multifunction key fob for retaining a plurality of keys and extending a selected key into a useable position. The multifunction key fob includes a housing with a motorized key tray inside the housing for selectively aligning a key with an ejection port in the housing. The key tray includes a plurality of key slots and a moveable key carriage in each key slot for moving a key up and down inside its respective slot. When a button on the surface of the housing is pressed, a key in a corresponding slot is extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Desmond Byrd, Brian Byrd
  • Patent number: 9918524
    Abstract: A multifunction key fob for retaining a plurality of keys and extending a selected key into a useable position. The multifunction key fob includes a housing with a motorized key tray inside the housing for selectively aligning a key with an ejection port in the housing. The key tray includes a plurality of key slots and a moveable key carriage in each key slot for moving a key up and down inside its respective slot. When a button on the surface of the housing is pressed, a key in a corresponding slot is extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventors: Desmond Byrd, Brian Byrd
  • Patent number: 9836943
    Abstract: A floating apparatus for alerting people of the presence of voltage in water. When the floating apparatus is placed in water and in an active state, it detects when at least a threshold level of voltage is present in the water and generates an alert signal in response to detecting the threshold level of voltage is present. The floating apparatus may detect the threshold level of voltage is present without requiring that a ground wire be connected between an electrical circuit of the floating apparatus and a fixed structure exterior of the water such as soil surrounding the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: BRIAN AND NEAL'S BIG ADVENTURE, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Neal Branstetter, Brian Byrd
  • Publication number: 20170335399
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for the assessment of mineralocorticoid receptor activation or repression, and methods of customizing antihypertensive therapies based thereon. In particular, assays are provided for the detection of targets of mineralocorticoid receptor activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: James Brian Byrd, Richard J. Auchus, William Rainey
  • Publication number: 20170131062
    Abstract: An adjustable butt stock adapter assembly may provide for vertical and rotational adjustment. A serrated plate may be positioned between an adapter with grooves for establishing a rotational position with the serrated plate, and a butt plate having serrations for establishing a vertical relationship with the serrated plate. The serrated plate may be operatively attached to a spring collar mounted in the adapter, such that pulling the serrated plate away from the collar and adapter overcomes the spring force and allows for adjustment of the rotational position. The butt plate may connect to the serrated plate through an engagement mechanism, such that disengaging the engagement mechanism allows for adjustment of the vertical position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: FULCRUM CONCEPTS LLC
    Inventors: STANLEY L. WOOD, SCOTT A. RICHMAN, MICHAEL S. ZINANNI, CLAY ELDRIDGE, BRIAN BYRD, DOUGLAS MAPLES
  • Publication number: 20170095040
    Abstract: A multifunction key fob for retaining a plurality of keys and extending a selected key into a useable position. The multifunction key fob includes a housing with a motorized key tray inside the housing for selectively aligning a key with an ejection port in the housing. The key tray includes a plurality of key slots and a moveable key carriage in each key slot for moving a key up and down inside its respective slot. When a button on the surface of the housing is pressed, a key in a corresponding slot is extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Desmond Byrd, Brian Byrd
  • Patent number: 9506957
    Abstract: A floating apparatus for alerting people of the presence of voltage in water. When the floating apparatus is placed in water and in an active state, it detects when at least a threshold level of voltage is present in the water and generates an alert signal in response to detecting the threshold level of voltage is present. The floating apparatus may detect the threshold level of voltage is present without requiring that a ground wire be connected between an electrical circuit of the floating apparatus and a fixed structure exterior of the water such as soil surrounding the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron Neal Branstetter, Brian Byrd
  • Patent number: 9417033
    Abstract: An adjustable butt stock adapter assembly may provide for vertical and rotational adjustment. A serrated plate may be positioned between an adapter with grooves for establishing a rotational position with the serrated plate, and a butt plate having serrations for establishing a vertical relationship with the serrated plate. The serrated plate may be operatively attached to a spring collar mounted in the adapter, such that pulling the serrated plate away from the collar and adapter overcomes the spring force and allows for adjustment of the rotational position. The butt plate may connect to the serrated plate through an engagement mechanism, such that disengaging the engagement mechanism allows for adjustment of the vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: FULCRUM CONCEPTS LLC
    Inventors: Stanley L. Wood, Scott A. Richman, Michael S. Zinanni, Clay Eldridge, Brian Byrd, Douglas Maples
  • Publication number: 20160090628
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for the assessment of mineralocorticoid receptor activation or repression, and methods of customizing antihypertensive therapies based thereon. In particular, assays are provided for the detection of targets of mineralocorticoid receptor activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: James Brian Byrd, Richard J. Auchus, William Rainey
  • Publication number: 20160061559
    Abstract: An adjustable butt stock adapter assembly may provide for vertical and rotational adjustment. A serrated plate may be positioned between an adapter with grooves for establishing a rotational position with the serrated plate, and a butt plate having serrations for establishing a vertical relationship with the serrated plate. The serrated plate may be operatively attached to a spring collar mounted in the adapter, such that pulling the serrated plate away from the collar and adapter overcomes the spring force and allows for adjustment of the rotational position. The butt plate may connect to the serrated plate through an engagement mechanism, such that disengaging the engagement mechanism allows for adjustment of the vertical position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Stanley L. Wood, Scott A. Richman, Michael S. Zinanni, Clay Eldridge, Brian Byrd, Douglas Maples
  • Publication number: 20070270871
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for attaching a surgical component to a bone at a surgical site. The apparatus includes an elongated pin and a cam mounted to the pin. The cam is engaged with the surgical component such that rotating the cam about the shaft axis changes the surgical component position relative to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Brian Byrd, Christopher Meek, Adam Sanford
  • Publication number: 20060184176
    Abstract: A trialing assembly for use during knee replacement procedures to determine size and position of a tibial plate implant as well as the size and thickness of the articular surface prior to implantation of the implant. The trialing assembly includes a broaching plate having a tibia engaging bottom surface adapted for placement atop a tibia and an opposite top surface, the bottom and top surfaces extending between an anterior edge and a posterior edge of the broaching plate. The broaching plate includes an anterior rail and a posterior rail protruding superiorly from the top surface and extending along the anterior and posterior edges, respectively. A trialing plate is configured to removably fit atop the broaching plate between the anterior and posterior rails. The trialing plate includes an engagement member extending from a superior surface of the trialing plate and adapted to engage with an articular surface provisional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Kristina Straszheim-Morley, Dwight Todd, Brian Byrd, Scott Lazar
  • Publication number: 20050209702
    Abstract: A mobile bearing knee prosthesis apparatus includes a tibial plate. The tibial plate includes a medial lobe and a lateral lobe conjoined in a dividing plane. The apparatus further includes a tibio-femoral insert and a stud-like protuberance extending from the tibial plate into the tibio-femoral insert. The stud-like protuberance includes a protuberance sidewall positioned in the tibio-femoral insert. The protuberance sidewall is bisected by the dividing plane and includes a pair of opposing eccentric convex arcuate portions, and the tibio-femoral insert is moveable relative to the tibial plate about an axis medially disposed from the dividing plane. A mobile bearing knee prosthesis apparatus includes a tibial plate and a tibio-femoral insert coupled to the tibial plate. The tibio-femoral insert includes a generally posteriorly positioned chamfered superior surface and defines a generally posteriorly positioned generally U-shaped space bounded at least in part by the chamfered surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Dwight Todd, Brian Byrd, James Harris, Kim Bertin, Linggawati Tanamal, Peter Walker
  • Patent number: D790848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventors: Desmond Byrd, Brian Byrd