Patents by Inventor Randy Dufault

Randy Dufault 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: 10946243
    Abstract: An integrated hole-in-one verification system with progressive reward, wherein the integrated hole-in-one verification system is associated with a golf hole. The golf hole includes a tee box and a green. The green has a hole. The integrated hole-in-one verification system includes a recording device, an activation device, a storage device and a hole-in-one reward claim device. The recording device is capable of recording at least a portion of the tee box and at least a portion of the green where the hole is located. The activation device causes the recording device to be activated. The storage device receives the recording of at least the portion of the tee box and at least the portion of the green where the hole is located. A hole-in-one reward claim device that when activated causes review of the recording of at least the portion of the tee box and at least the portion of the green where the hole is located to verify the hole-in-one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: James Smith, Randy Dufault, Clayton Vetter
  • Publication number: 20100025504
    Abstract: The invention comprises a seed spreader having a cylindrical drum mounted upon a pair of wheels for traviling the drum along the wheels for distributing seed along path upon the ground. The drum rotates with the wheels as the wheels rotate along the ground as an operator pushes the wheels forward by a handle mounted to the drum. The drum is hollow and has a door which can be opened to enable seed to be deposited into the interior of the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Kevin J. Pierce, Michael J. Pierce, Randy Dufault
  • Publication number: 20090053026
    Abstract: A dump trailer having a box for storing material therein, a first conveyor for conveying the material out of the forward end of the box, a second conveyor pivot able from a storage position beside the box to a position across the front end of the first conveyor for receiving material from the first conveyor. Said second conveyor being pivotal at an angle for transporting material from the first conveyor at different heights to another object at different heights. Said second conveyor being slidable along its length to different locations on either side of the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin J. Pierce, Michael J. Pierce, Randy Dufault
  • Publication number: 20090051209
    Abstract: The invention comprises a dump trailer for dispensing materials onto receiving objects from different heights comprising a box and main frame with the box tiltable to raise one end of the box at an angle to the main frame. The box has a first and second conveyor with the first conveyor powered to travel along the bottom of the box towards the one end of the box to convey material in the box towards the one end of the box when the box is tiltable at an angle. The second conveyor is raisable with the box at the one end of the box with means to maintain the second conveyor parallel to the main frame and generally parallel to the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin J. Pierce, Michael J. Pierce, Randy Dufault
  • Publication number: 20080029560
    Abstract: The invention comprises of a two wheeled seed spreader having a centrally located box for storing the seed. The box has surrounding sides and an open bottom. A conveyor belt is mounted across the open bottom for conveying seed in the box forward to the front bottom of the box, an adjustable brush is mounted above the forward end of the conveyor and adjustable downward against the belt to vary the amount of seed conveyed off the forward end of the belt. A rotary brush is mounted just in front of the forward end of the belt and driven counterclockwise and downward against the belt to drive seed traveling off the forward end of the belt downward toward the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin J. Pierce, Michael J. Pierce, Randy Dufault
  • Publication number: 20070188009
    Abstract: The invention comprises a dump trailer having a mobile frame for towing behind a powered vehicle. A dump box is pivotally mounted at its rearward end to the mobile frame. The box has a pair of sides and a front wall with a gate pivotally mounted at its upper end to the rear portions of the side wall to pivot outward await from the side walls when the box is tilted upward on the mobile frame about its rear pivotal mounting. Latch means latching the gate to the side walls, with means automatically unlatching the gate from the side walls when the box moves from parallel position upon the mobile frame to an upward tilted position relative to the mobile frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Pierce, Michael Pierce, Randy Dufault