Patents by Inventor Dean A. Coffeen

Dean A. Coffeen 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).

  • Apparatus and method for performing timed basketball drills
    Patent number: 6280352
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing timed basketball drills includes one or more ball return units, a basketball goal assembly, a timer/counter, and one or more remote transmitters. The timer/counter senses, processes, stores, and displays the number of balls thrown at and returned from the one or more ball return untis and/or the number of successful shots to the basketball goal assembly. The remote transmitter provides an encoded signal to the timer/counter from either the one or more ball return units or the basketball goal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Athletics Project Inc.
    Inventors: Dean A. Coffeen, Kenneth J. Mahoney