Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Collins

Robert Lee Collins 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: 11943500
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an apparatus may include a media streaming device including electronic circuitry configured to receive media content wirelessly from a media content source, and an output cord segment having a first end portion integrally coupled to a structure of the media streaming device, and a second end portion configured to be coupled to a receiving device, where the electronic circuitry is further configured to transmit the received media content through the output cord segment to the receiving device. The apparatus may include a power cord segment having a first end portion configured to be coupled to the media streaming device, and a second end portion configured to be coupled to a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Micah Thomas Collins, Michael Jon Sundermeyer, Kristen Beck, Wenson Chern, Philip Lee Ly, Colleen Mischke, Robert Jason Rose
  • Patent number: 4044900
    Abstract: A boom for lifting and supporting a vehicle to be towed is pivotally supported at one end thereof on the bed of the towing truck. A hydraulic cylinder is pivotally supported on the truck and has its ram pivotally attached to the boom. Also pivotally attached to the boom is a bracing post which is slidably fitted into a support member, which is pivotally mounted on the truck. A ratcheting lock mechanism is mounted on the support member for locking the bracing post relative thereto when the boom has been driven to the towing position. The ratcheting mechanism permits upward travel of the boom but prevents downward travel from any one of several locking positions except upon manual release thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Assignee: West Manufacturing & Towing Equipment Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Gaumont, Maurice Leonard Wolfe, Robert Lee Collins