Patents by Inventor DESMOND YI ZHOU

DESMOND YI ZHOU 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).

  • Publication number: 20100056289
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf practicing device having a platform with adjustable tilt on two independent axial creating a variety of inclination thus allowing a player to simulate variety of lies of the golf course in a driving range. In its first embodiment, the device comprising of a hitting surface 20 covered with artificial turf 21, mounted on a base 10 with a double-cross joint 30. On the hitting surfaces 20 are switches 70a 70b 70c 70d wired to a pair of linear actuators 50 51 affixed to a cable 80 running through a conjugated pulley cable guide 40 41 42 43 so that pressing the switches 70a 70b 70c 70d will cause one side of the hitting surface 20 to lower and the opposite side to lift up, causing the golf platform to tilt toward the direction of activated switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: DESMOND YI ZHOU, Wen Zhou