Patents by Inventor James Irwin Nelson

James Irwin Nelson 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: 4045068
    Abstract: A ball pick-up, storage, and individual delivery device comprising: an elongated tubular canister capable of receiving and storing a plurality of balls therein; ball guiding and retaining fins at one end of the elongated tubular canister for guiding the balls into the elongated tubular canister and retaining them therein, after the ball guiding and retaining fins has been placed over and around the balls one at a time and pressed downwardly around the balls to squeeze them and force them to enter the elongated tubular canister; a spring located within the elongated tubular canister urging the balls in the direction of the ball guiding and retaining fins with the outermost ball contacting the ball guiding and retaining fins; and a base located at the other end of the elongated tubular canister having a sufficiently large surface area as a base to permit the elongated tubular canister to be inverted and to stand upright thereon, with the outermost ball contacting the guiding and retaining fins in position to be
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Inventor: James Irwin Nelson