Patents by Inventor Christopher Swope

Christopher Swope 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).

  • Stringed instrument vibrato tailpiece device and method
    Patent number: 11056086
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a vibrato tailpiece of a stringed instrument. The present invention provides a mechanism to lower the string plate, fulcrum plate, and vibrato apparatus beneath the base plate and thereby increase the downward pressure of the strings of the stringed instrument against the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Swope, Daniel Dean Falck
  • STRINGED INSTRUMENT VIBRATO TAILPIECE DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200043448
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a vibrato tailpiece of a stringed instrument. The present invention provides a mechanism to lower the string plate, fulcrum plate, and vibrato apparatus beneath the base plate and thereby increase the downward pressure of the strings of the stringed instrument against the bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Swope, Daniel Dean Falck
  • Compressed air tank for a truck service body
    Patent number: 9868381
    Abstract: A service body mountable on a truck chassis where compressed air tanks are mounted to the service body frame. The compressed air tanks being contained within a mounting envelope defined as the volume between the frame rails of the service body. The mounting envelope further defined as the volume between a first plane formed by the top surface of the service body frame rails and a second plane formed by the bottom surface of the service body frame rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Auto Crane Company
    Inventors: Christopher Swope, Scott Pryce
  • Compressed air tank for a truck service body
    Patent number: 9415814
    Abstract: A service body mountable on a truck chassis where compressed air tanks are mounted to the service body frame. The compressed air tanks being contained within a mounting envelope defined as the volume between the frame rails of the service body. The mounting envelope further defined as the volume between a first plane formed by the top surface of the service body frame rails and a second plane formed by the bottom surface of the service body frame rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Auto Crane Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Swope, Scott Pryce
  • Stringed instrument vibrato tailpiece device and method
    Patent number: RE50193
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a vibrato tailpiece of a stringed instrument. The present invention provides a mechanism to lower the string plate, fulcrum plate, and vibrato apparatus beneath the base plate and thereby increase the downward pressure of the strings of the stringed instrument against the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Swope, Daniel Dean Falck