Patents by Inventor David J. Boyer

David J. Boyer 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).

  • Personal mobility vehicle incorporating tilting and swiveling seat and method for use while playing golf
    Patent number: 6578854
    Abstract: A personal mobility vehicle for use by disabled persons to perform certain tasks such as playing golf is described. The mobility vehicle which in one embodiment comprises a golf cart includes a seat assembly that can be (i) swiveled to permit the rider to face sideways of rearwardly and (ii) tilted to move the rider into a pseudo-standing stance. Accordingly, the rider can address and hit a golf ball in a similar manner as a person who is not disable while being supported by the vehicle's seat. In the preferred embodiment, a canopy is provided that automatically retracts as the seat is tilted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Solorider Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Fredrick D. Wucherpfennig, David J. Boyer
  • Personal mobility vehicle incorporating tilting and swiveling seat and method for use while playing golf
    Publication number: 20030019684
    Abstract: A personal mobility vehicle for use by disabled persons to perform certain tasks such as playing golf is described. The mobility vehicle which in one embodiment comprises a golf cart includes a seat assembly that can be (i) swiveled to permit the rider to face sideways of rearwardly and (ii) tilted to move the rider into a pseudo-standing stance. Accordingly, the rider can address and hit a golf ball in a similar manner as a person who is not disable while being supported by the vehicle's seat. In the preferred embodiment, a canopy is provided that automatically retracts as the seat is tilted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Fredrick D. Wucherpfennig, David J. Boyer
  • Electric plug lock
    Patent number: 5186636
    Abstract: An electrical plug lock having a hollow body closed at one end and open at the other end. A closure having a fastening means for holding the closure in the body. The closure has a radially extending slot. A hole is formed in one side of the body to receive the hasp of a lock. When the slot is aligned with the hole in the body and the hasp is in the hole and in the slot the closure cannot be rotated. An electrical plug can be located inside the body and a cord on the plug can extend through the slot in the closure. The hasp of the padlock prevents the closure from being rotated to release the closure from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Inventors: David J. Boyer, Rodney J. Cottrell
  • Stringed instrument display attachment
    Patent number: 4768416
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display attachment device for use in combination with a stringed instrument having a neck, a head having tuning pegs, a bridge at the junction of the neck and head and a plurality of strings, one of which bridges the space between each of the pegs and the bridge. The attachment means comprises a display plate and means for releasably securing the plate to the head. Means may be situated between the attachment means and the plate for spacing the plate above the head. A plurality of attachment devices are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Inventor: David J. Boyer