Patents by Inventor James R. VerWeire

James R. VerWeire 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: 4690061
    Abstract: A weapon for use in a simulated war game which has the characteristics of a land mine and therefore does not require the user to be in proximity to a target when the weapon is activated. The weapon includes a housing having a first chamber adapted to contain a slurry of a marking agent and dispersing agent. A second chamber, communicating with the first chamber, is adapted to contain a propelling agent such as a cylinder of compressed gas for example. A trigger mechanism is operatively associated with an activator for the propelling agent to actuate the activator when the trigger mechanism is tripped. When the activator is actuated, the propellant is released into the first chamber to drive the slurry from such chamber through an opening into an exterior receptacle, which in turn directs the slurry in a desired pattern exteriorly of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Inventors: Leon N. Armer, Jr., Joseph M. Antonio, Craig A. Roth, James R. VerWeire
  • Patent number: 4684137
    Abstract: A weapon for use in simulated war games, such weapon being particularly usable in situations where targets or opposing pesonnel are out of a direct line of sight or where weapon use in a conventional manner would be otherwise dangerous and should be avoided. Such weapon includes a frangible chamber and a slurry contained within such chamber. The slurry contains a dispersing agent and a plurality of particles serving as a marking agent. Further, a storage container is provided for receiving the slurry-containing frangible chamber to protect the chamber from accidental rupture. In use, the slurry-containing chamber is removed from the container and delivered toward the target by being manually tossed in an arcuate path to strike a target or the vicinity thereof. On striking such target, or its vicinity, the frangible chamber ruptures and the dispersing agent disperses the marking particles against such target thereby identifying the target as being eliminated from the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Inventors: Leon N. Armer, Jr., Joseph M. Antonio, Craig A. Roth, James R. VerWeire