Patents by Inventor Robert Carroll Smith

Robert Carroll 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: 9832558
    Abstract: An anti-shock self-powered microphone and monitor system for wind or brass instruments includes a mounting basket and mounting ring, a microphone and microphone mount disposed within the mounting ring, and a wired or wireless personal monitor connected to the microphone. One filament fastens the microphone within the mounting ring by engaging a mounting ring coupling attached to the mounting ring and the microphone mount. Another filament fastens the mounting ring coupling to a bell mounting coupling thereby providing for removeably attaching the system to a bell of a wind or brass instrument. The mounting basket is adaptable in size to accommodate the attachment of the mounting basket to the bell of a saxophone, trumpet, a plurality of brass instruments a wide array of instruments such as, for example the bell of a clarinet, a saxophone, a trumpet, a trombone, a tuba and a sousaphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Carroll Smith
  • Publication number: 20170201818
    Abstract: An anti-shock self-powered microphone and monitor system for wind or brass instruments includes a mounting basket and mounting ring, a microphone and microphone mount disposed within the mounting ring, and a wired or wireless personal monitor connected to the microphone. One filament fastens the microphone within the mounting ring by engaging a mounting ring coupling attached to the mounting ring and the microphone mount. Another filament fastens the mounting ring coupling to a bell mounting coupling thereby providing for removeably attaching the system to a bell of a wind or brass instrument. The mounting basket is adaptable in size to accommodate the attachment of the mounting basket to the bell of a saxophone, trumpet, a plurality of brass instruments a wide array of instruments such as, for example the bell of a clarinet, a saxophone, a trumpet, a trombone, a tuba and a sousaphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Carroll Smith