Patents by Inventor Roy Savoy Bearden

Roy Savoy Bearden 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).

  • Publication number: 20230303359
    Abstract: A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that extends at least partially over the chock body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventor: Roy Savoy Bearden
  • Patent number: 11685629
    Abstract: A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that extends at least partially over the chock body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventor: Roy Savoy Bearden
  • Patent number: 11584602
    Abstract: A holding system and methods, systems, and apparatuses for constructing, assembling, and using the holding system are disclosed. The holding system can include an arbor bushing. The arbor bushing can include a head portion. The holding system can also include a plate attached to the arbor bushing. A pad can be attached to the plate. The head portion of the arbor bushing extends outward beyond a surface of the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Savoy Bearden, Sarah Ashley Strandell, Timothy Francis Reid
  • Publication number: 20220212891
    Abstract: A cable reel of the present disclosure can include two flanges and a central drum being independently rotatable from one another. The drum, which can be configured to receive a cable, can be mounted on an axle. The two flanges can be rotationally mounted on the axle at opposing distal ends of the axle. Bearings in the flanges can allow for a full rotation of the flanges about the axle. The cable reel can also include a locking pin for locking rotation of a flange with rotation of the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Cody Norton, Roy Savoy Bearden, Juan Alberto Galindo Gonzalez, Franklin Clarence Calhoun
  • Publication number: 20210206595
    Abstract: A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that extends at least partially over the chock body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventor: Roy Savoy Bearden
  • Patent number: 10954097
    Abstract: A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that extends at least partially over the chock body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventor: Roy Savoy Bearden
  • Patent number: 10836597
    Abstract: A holding system and methods, systems, and apparatuses for constructing, assembling, and using the holding system are disclosed. The holding system can include an arbor bushing. The arbor bushing can include a head portion. The holding system can also include a plate attached to the arbor bushing. A pad can be attached to the plate. The head portion of the arbor bushing extends outward beyond a surface of the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Savoy Bearden, Sarah Ashley Strandell, Timothy Francis Reid
  • Publication number: 20190055103
    Abstract: A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that extends at least partially over the chock body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventor: Roy Savoy Bearden