Patents by Inventor Donald E. Nolan

Donald E. Nolan 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: 10551153
    Abstract: A target includes a sheet of a material, the sheet includes an uprange-facing surface, a downrange-facing surface, an upper end, a lower end, and opposed sides each formed with an origami structure. Each origami structure is a partially cut-out and foldable structure formed in the material of the sheet being foldable from an unfolded condition to a folded condition. Each origami structure is flattened in a direction toward the downrange-facing surface of the sheet, when in the unfolded condition, and forms a sleeve structure deployed rearwardly from the downrange-facing surface of the sheet that is adapted to receive a support pole therein for retaining the sheet to the support pole, when in the folded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Donald E. Nolan, Jared J. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10247528
    Abstract: A target includes a sheet of a material, the sheet includes an uprange-facing surface, a downrange-facing surface, an upper end, a lower end, and opposed sides each formed with an origami structure. Each origami structure is a partially cut-out and foldable structure formed in the material of the sheet being foldable from an unfolded condition to a folded condition. Each origami structure is flattened in a direction toward the downrange-facing surface of the sheet, when in the unfolded condition, and forms a sleeve structure deployed rearwardly from the downrange-facing surface of the sheet that is adapted to receive a support pole therein for retaining the sheet to the support pole, when in the folded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventors: Donald E. Nolan, Jared J. Wilson
  • Patent number: 5471868
    Abstract: A gauge for measuring the relative resiliency of golf greens including a barrel shaped device with a base having foot pads to hold the instrument on the green and a calibrated spring to drive a measuring tip into the turf and a scale indicator attached to the barrel for providing the information indicative of the condition of the green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventor: Donald E. Nolan