Patents by Inventor Tom Y. Smith

Tom Y. 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).

  • Apparatus for attaching a light housing to a mask body or other structure
    Patent number: 5530631
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a light housing to a conventional mask body or other suitable structure, in which a stationary clamp bracket and a moveable clamp bracket are used to fix a relative position of a clamp body with respect to the mask body or other structure. An externally threaded clamp adjustment screw is rotatably mounted with respect to the clamp body and is used to adjustably move and lock the moveable clamp bracket with respect to the stationary clamp bracket. A track receptacle, which is fixed with respect to the clamp body, has a track bore. A track rod which is fixed with respect to the light housing, is rotatably mountable within the track bore. A lock-bearing rod is slidably mounted with a longitudinal track rod bore of the track rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventors: Tristan P. Smith, Alex Bleyaert, Tom Y. Smith, III
  • Light housing
    Patent number: D474294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventors: Tristan P. Smith, Tom Y. Smith