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).

  • Patent number: 11866894
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Gregory Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
  • Publication number: 20230011581
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
  • Patent number: 11441279
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Gregory Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
  • Publication number: 20210222380
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
  • Patent number: 10995461
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Gregory Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
  • Publication number: 20200141074
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
  • Patent number: 10526758
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Gregory Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin E. Martin, Darin Willis
  • Patent number: 6371483
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventors: Scott Edmunds, Darin Willis
  • Patent number: 6036190
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventors: Scott Edmunds, Darin Willis
  • Patent number: 4911580
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Steven D. Gregory
    Inventors: Steven D. Gregory, Darin Willis