Patents by Inventor Charles Allen Carroll

Charles Allen 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATION OF DRILLING RIGS AND SURROUNDING LOCATIONS
    Publication number: 20200072451
    Abstract: A lighting assembly can be quickly and efficiently mounted to a crown of a drilling rig derrick in order to provide wide-area illumination of the derrick and surrounding work location. An adjustable support frame member can be operationally attached to a hand rail of a derrick crown using fixed-length bracket members, adjustable-length bracket members and/or a combination(s) thereof. Lighting-emitting light source elements are adjustably attached to the support frame, and can be selectively aimed to direct light as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: CHARLES ALLEN CARROLL
  • Method and apparatus for illumination of drilling rigs and surrounding locations
    Patent number: 10473310
    Abstract: A lighting assembly can be quickly and efficiently mounted to a crown of a drilling rig derrick in order to provide wide-area illumination of the derrick and surrounding work location. An adjustable support frame member can be operationally attached to a hand rail of a derrick crown using fixed-length bracket members, adjustable-length bracket members and/or a combination(s) thereof. Lighting-emitting light source elements are adjustably attached to the support frame, and can be selectively aimed to direct light as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Location Illuminator Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Allen Carroll
  • Method and Apparatus for Illumination of Drilling Rigs and Surrounding Locations
    Publication number: 20180187873
    Abstract: A lighting assembly can be quickly and efficiently mounted to a crown of a drilling rig derrick in order to provide wide-area illumination of the derrick and surrounding work location. An adjustable support frame member can be operationally attached to a hand rail of a derrick crown using fixed-length bracket members, adjustable-length bracket members and/or a combination(s) thereof. Lighting-emitting light source elements are adjustably attached to the support frame, and can be selectively aimed to direct light as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Allen Carroll