Patents by Inventor Garrett A. Smith

Garrett A. 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).

  • Hollow crank arm
    Patent number: 6314834
    Abstract: A hollow bicycle crank arm 10 is fabricated from first and second components 11, 21 that are affixed at a joint 20 that is distal from the crank spindle mounting boss 12. The joint 20 is at least partially transverse to the long axis of the crank arm 10. Each component 11, 21 has a relatively-solid mounting boss 12, 22 for attaching a crank spindle or a pedal. One, or both components have a tubular portion 15 integral with the mounting boss 12, 22. Integration of mounting boss and tubular portions enables economic fabrication of a structurally-optimal design, and eliminates the need for a joint proximate to the mounting boss 12, 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Truvativ International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Garrett A. Smith, Michael A. Kozuschek, David A. Nelson
  • Method and apparatus for extracting selected materials
    Patent number: 5299693
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing recyclable or other selected items from a load of mixed trash. An identifier generating a non-visual identifying signal is secured to the item and is used in conjunction with sensor devices to locate the position of the item anywhere within the load of mixed trash, to control the movement of the load along a conveyor to an extracting device, to control the movement of the extracting device and the operation of the extracting device so as to remove the selected item from the load without human intervention and under automated control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Inventors: Richard A. Ubaldi, Garrett A. Smith, Mark W. Hrehovcik, Douglas P. Rauen