Patents by Inventor Tracy DeVoll

Tracy DeVoll 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).

  • RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLOATING OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20110254302
    Abstract: A system for displacing a floating object comprising a jaw assembly and at least one latch assembly. The jaw assembly supports the latch assembly such that, when the latch assembly is in a latched configuration, the latch assembly maintains the jaw assembly in an open configuration and, when the jaw assembly is in the open configuration, the at least one jaw assembly defines a jaw gap through which the floating object may pass. The latch assembly is adapted to engage the floating object when the floating object has passed through the jaw gap such that the latch assembly is placed from the latched position into the unlatched position to allow the jaw assembly to move from the open configuration into the closed configuration. The jaw assembly is adapted to engage the floating object when in the closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: ALASKA NATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Imlach, Weston S. Smith, Tracy DeVoll, Marian Ilene DeVoll