Patents by Inventor Darren J. Myers

Darren J. Myers 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: 12005995
    Abstract: A recreational sport boat includes a hull, having starboard and port sides and a transom, and a wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom. The wake-modifying device includes a plate-like member and at least one downturned surface. The wake-modifying device is pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis. When a wake-modifying device is in the deployed position, the downturned surface is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
    Inventors: Darren S. Sheedy, Matthew J. Huyge, Michael D. Myers, Zane E. Schwenk
  • Patent number: 11999446
    Abstract: A recreational sport boat includes a hull having starboard and port sides and a transom, a generally horizontal platform, and a pair of wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom. The generally horizontal platform extends aft of the transom and is configured to support a human weighing at least 100 lbs. on an upper surface thereof. The pair of wake-modifying devices are attached to the platform. One of the wake-modifying devices is positioned on a port side of the platform's centerline, and another of the wake-modifying devices is positioned on a starboard side of the platform's centerline. Each wake-modifying device is moveable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position in which the wake-modifying device is angled downwardly at an angle relative to the top surface of the generally horizontal platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
    Inventors: Darren S. Sheedy, Matthew J. Huyge, Michael D. Myers, Zane E. Schwenk, David F. Ekern
  • Patent number: 5007212
    Abstract: A temporary shelter having an inflatable, tubular base frame with inflatable, tubular wall support ribs fixedly attached thereto, the ribs converging to near an apex of the shelter. Flexible, water-resistant wall portions are fixedly attached to the tubular base and wall support ribs. The base frame, wall support ribs and wall covering form a domed structure when the base frame and support ribs are inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Inventors: Monty Fritts, Darren J. Myers