Patents by Inventor Darin Willis
Darin Willis 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).
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Patent number: 11866894Abstract: A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Gregory Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
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Publication number: 20230011581Abstract: A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
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Patent number: 11441279Abstract: A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Gregory Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
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Publication number: 20210222380Abstract: A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
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Patent number: 10995461Abstract: A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Gregory Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
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Publication number: 20200141074Abstract: A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
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Patent number: 10526758Abstract: A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Gregory Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
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Patent number: 6371483Abstract: A game of chance uses a deck of playing cards which have imprinted thereon a variety of different symbols, such as the symbols that are used on reel strips in reel slot machines. Each player makes a first BET wager and the dealer deals three cards to each player. If the player receives a winning combination on the first three cards, the player proceeds to the draw step and receives a fourth card without having to make an additional wager in order to attempt to improve his hand. If the player does not have a winning combination on the first three cards, the player may optionally make a second DRAW wager and proceeds to the draw step and receives a fourth card in an attempt to improve his hand to a winning combination. The player does not have to discard at any time. The player then uses the best three or four cards after the draw step to make any possible winning combination as shown on a pay table. The player's highest hand is paid on the winning wager only.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Inventors: Scott Edmunds, Darin Willis
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Patent number: 6036190Abstract: A deck of playing cards has imprinted thereon different symbols, such as 7's, Bars, Bells, Grapes, Oranges, Melons and Cherries, and optionally a Wild Joker symbol. Each player is playing against a pay table and not against the dealer. Each player makes a first wager and the dealer deals three cards to each player. If the player is dealt three matching symbols, or One or Two Cherries or a Wild symbol, the player achieves a winning combination and is eligible to receive a payout based on the amount of the player's wager. The player may collect his winning amount and end the hand or the player may decline the winning amount, surrender his wager, make a second wager and proceed to the draw step of the method of play. If the player is dealt any pair or three-of-a-kind symbols, the player has the option of proceeding to the draw step or simply standing with his initial first wager winner or loser that was dealt to him.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Inventors: Scott Edmunds, Darin Willis
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Patent number: 4911580Abstract: An apparatus and method for raising and supporting the foundation or slab of a building, in which a lifting arm assembly engages the lower surface of the foundation or slab and is secured thereto. A piling assembly is disposed in a support sleeve adjacent the lifting assembly and is engaged by a clamping assembly. A hydraulic ram is connected between the clamping assembly and the lifting arm assembly in the expanded position of the ram so that when the ram is retracted, the piling is driven into the ground until it encounters a predetermined resistance. A drive plate is placed in operative relation to the piling assembly and over a pair of rods attached to the lifting arm assembly. The ram is further actuated after the predetermined resistance is encountered to raise the lifting arm assembly, the rods, and the foundation or slab a predetermined distance relative to the drive plate, after which the rods are secured to the piling assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1989Date of Patent: March 27, 1990Assignee: Steven D. GregoryInventors: Steven D. Gregory, Darin Willis