Patents by Inventor Mike Carroll

Mike Carroll 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).

  • FILM STRETCHER
    Publication number: 20120146276
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • FILM STRETCHER
    Publication number: 20120144655
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • Film stretcher
    Patent number: 8141855
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Inventure Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • FILM STRETCHER
    Publication number: 20090104299
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope