Patents Examined by William H. Greib
  • Patent number: 5575480
    Abstract: Toss game apparatus for alternate use as a target for thrown projectiles or as a support for supporting an individual playing the toss game includes a frame and a top panel mounted on the frame and deflectable relative to the frame. Interior support members attached to the top panel limit the degree of deflection of the top panel. Carpeting is positioned on the top panel having an upper layer of upwardly projecting fabric fibers angled toward one of the frame ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Inventor: Craig M. Wehr
  • Patent number: 4352665
    Abstract: A weapon training simulation system comprising a firearm with a variable data transmission system mounted therein. The system includes at least one sensor to detect detonation of a blank round in the firearm, a variable data transmitter enabled by said sensor to transmit a signal comprising a weapon identification and, optionally, a direct hit/near miss selection, a power amplifier to amplify said signal, and a laser to project said amplified signal along the boresight of said firearm. The laser is mounted in the barrel of the firearm, and the other electronic components may be advantageously mounted in the handgrip or stock thereof. The system may include a firing counter to disable the transmitter once a number of transmissions equal to the number of rounds in a full load has been made. The system may also include a detector to disable the transmitter in the event that exterior sensors worn by the firearm user report that the user has been struck by laser light from a substantially identical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Assignee: Cerberonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe W. Kimble, Edsel E. Dotson