Patents by Inventor Edward Tyler Phillips, IV

Edward Tyler Phillips, IV 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: 10627702
    Abstract: A configurable light fixture for photography is presented. The light fixture includes a rail with a clamp section and threaded section. A fixed jaw is removably coupled to an end of the rail in the clamp section. One or more optional sliding intermediate jaws may be slidably coupled to the rail in the clamp section below the fixed jaw to create more clamping surfaces when desired to hold more than one lighting tube. A sliding end jaw is slidably coupled to the rail in the clamp section below the sliding intermediate jaw. A wing nut is coupled to the threaded section of the rail for applying linear pressure on the sliding end jaw thereby secure a lighting tube on each of the clamping surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MATTHEWS STUDIO EQUIPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Ward Yowler, Edward Tyler Phillips, IV, Steven Neil Strong
  • Publication number: 20190079371
    Abstract: A configurable light fixture for photography is presented. The light fixture includes a rail with a clamp section and threaded section. A fixed jaw is removably coupled to an end of the rail in the clamp section. One or more optional sliding intermediate jaws may be slidably coupled to the rail in the clamp section below the fixed jaw to create more clamping surfaces when desired to hold more than one lighting tube. A sliding end jaw is slidably coupled to the rail in the clamp section below the sliding intermediate jaw. A wing nut is coupled to the threaded section of the rail for applying linear pressure on the sliding end jaw thereby secure a lighting tube on each of the clamping surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jay Ward Yowler, Edward Tyler Phillips, IV, Steven Neil Strong