Patents by Inventor Robert J. Karr

Robert J. Karr 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: 4732391
    Abstract: A golf ball storage and dispensing apparatus includes a dispenser unit and a storage unit connected to the dispenser unit and adapted to store a plurality of golf balls. An actuator mechanism is mounted in the dispenser unit, the golf balls being fed from the storage unit to the actuator mechanism. The actuator mechanism comprises a motor including a power source, an arm mechanism pivotable about a support shaft between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position, and a gear train assembly having a series of interacting toothed gear wheels, the gear train assembly being intermediate the motor and the arm mechanism. The actuator mechanism also comprises a reciprocating rod between the gear train assembly and the arm mechanism, the rod being axially moved by the gear train assembly and having its other end connected to the support shaft of the arm mechanism. A switch is also provided for activating the actuator mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: Tee-Wizz Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Karr
  • Patent number: 4360204
    Abstract: The golf ball teeing device comprises a base upon which is mounted a golf ball storage and feeding structure. This structure includes a vertical helical ramp for receiving golf balls which roll theredown in single file. A pivotable feeder arm structure is provided on the base for releasing golf balls one at a time. Contained within the base are means for actuating the feeder arm structure up and down for feeding golf balls one at a time to a golfer to enable the golfer to practice his golf swing. An electrical switch is connected to the actuating means by a cord. It is located remotely from the storage and feeding structure. Actuation of the switch causes the teeing device to go through a cycle and release one golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Inventor: Robert J. Karr