Patents by Inventor Derek F. Foley

Derek F. Foley 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: 5163677
    Abstract: A golf driving-range for driving golf balls from any of a series of tee-points grouped-together to a single common golf driving fairway having a plurality of spaced-apart greens each with a flagged hole, with preferably one of the greens being surrounded by a man-made pond of water, with also the plurality of greens being separated from the driving tee-points by a stream of water, and with sand traps and with assorted trees, shrubs and/or simulations thereof positioned preferably heterogeneously on the fairway, with at-least two sand traps positioned adjacent each of the spaced-apart greens, and a collection device including a centrifugal pump and a channeling device for separating and collecting golf ball that have fallen into the pond water, and detection and indicator mechanisms indicating onto which green a golf ball falls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Inventor: Derek F. Foley