Patents by Inventor Roy M. Smith

Roy M. Smith 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: 11944531
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device configured to couple to soft tissue is provided. The repair device includes a capture portion and an anchor portion. The capture portion configured to extend with radial portions. The anchor portion includes a base with multiple legs extending therefrom. The multiple legs are configured to move from a linear position to a formed position such that, in the formed position, the multiple legs couple to structure of the capture portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Cody L. Gehrke, Daniel K. Smith, Richard J. Linder, Scott D. Miles, Tyler J. Cole
  • Publication number: 20130247441
    Abstract: A decoy apparatus, which in various aspects; the decoy apparatus may include a motor adapted to rotate a decoy body in a plane of rotation. The decoy apparatus may include a clamp adapted to detachably secure a decoy appendage, and an appendage servo in mechanical cooperation with the clamp to move the clamp and decoy appendage secured within the clamp in a plane perpendicular to the plane of rotation. The decoy apparatus includes a power source adapted to provide electrical power to the motor and to provide electrical power to the appendage servo, in various aspects. In various aspects, the decoy apparatus includes a remote transmitter to generate wireless signals adapted to direct motions of the decoy body servo and the appendage servo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Jason E. Bellamy, T. Wade Long, Roy M. Smith