Patents by Inventor John R. Brandell

John R. Brandell 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).

  • Exercise device providing varied and predetermined resistance
    Patent number: 4872671
    Abstract: An exercising device includes a pair of elongated handles each having an end portion and a gripping portion, with the end portions having an attached rotatable spinner members, with resilient elastic bands attached thereto, and wound together to define a substantially unitary resilient link between the handles interconnects the spinner members and providing a force against the relative movement of the handles with respect to each other to provide an isokinetic exercise device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Ronlund Sports Products, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Brandell
  • Golf exercise device
    Patent number: 4681317
    Abstract: An exercising device includes a pair of elongated handle members each having an end portion and a gripping portion, with the end portions having an attached rotatable spinner member. A resilient elastic member interconnects the spinner members together and provides a maximum force against the relative movement of the handle members with respect to each other to provide an isokinetic exercise device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Inventor: John R. Brandell
  • Golf putting practice device
    Patent number: 4249739
    Abstract: A golf putting practice device having a ramp with a ball receiving pocket therein, a kicker being disposed in position to return putted balls falling into the pocket, and a rib disposed in upright position in the front portion of the pocket to engage and stop balls rolling laterally across the pocket, the rib having an upwardly and forwardly sloping upper surface for deflecting balls upwardly and forwardly out of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Inventor: John R. Brandell
  • Golf swing practice device
    Patent number: 4147356
    Abstract: A golf swing practice device embodying a foot rest and a brace member projecting upwardly therefrom in position whereby, when a golfer makes a golf swing with his rear foot resting on the foot rest the brace engages the leg of the golfer in such a manner as to afford an indication of undesirable swaying during the golf swing and, in fact, acts to prevent such swaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Inventor: John R. Brandell
  • Golf ball markers
    Patent number: 4086851
    Abstract: A golf ball marker embodying type-pieces which are so shaped that the ball engaging portions of the printing characters to be impressed into the ball conform to the curvature of the outer surface of the portion of the ball to be marked, and wherein the force applied to the type-pieces, during a marking operation, are such that all portions of the printing characters are pressed into the ball in a direction substantially normal to the ball surfaces engaged by such portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: Brandell Products Corporation
    Inventor: John R. Brandell
  • Golf putting practice devices
    Patent number: 4078806
    Abstract: A golf putting practice device embodying a kicker for returning a ball to a person making a putt into the device, and having an abutment member slidably mounted on a wall of the device for abuttingly engaging the kicker and thus determining the force with which a ball is returned by the device, the abutment member being secured to the wall against removal therefrom, with separate means being used to hold the abutment member in adjusted position on the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Assignee: Brandell Products Corporation
    Inventor: John R. Brandell