Patents by Inventor Stanley L. Williams

Stanley L. Williams 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: 7185187
    Abstract: A protected dual purpose power/enter switch for an integrated receiver/decoder has a first relay and a second relay adapted for operative communication with a motherboard and with each other. A switch and a processor are in operative communication with the first relay. When the device is off, said switch is configured to activate the first and second relay to power up the device, and when said device is on, the first relay connects the switch to the processor as an enter switch. The switch may power off said device by entering a power off menu item displayed by said processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Wegener Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Pelkey, Stanley L. Williams
  • Patent number: 4758001
    Abstract: Two golf practicing aids are disclosed, one for preventing the improper shift of a golfer's rear leg and the other for preventing the improper swaying of the golfer's hips. One of the aids includes a frame having a horizontal base, a pair of spaced apart standards at one end of the base, and an elongated arm extending from a central portion of the base and intermediate the standards. The arm is pivotably mounted on the base and may be adjustably attached to the standards at selected vertical locations. The free end of the arm has a yoke member against which the golfer may place his or her rear leg, and the base has gripping members for securely attaching to the ground. The other aid includes a belt having a U-shaped strip member projecting from the side thereof facing the forward direction in which the golfer is to hit the golf ball, the strip acting as a slideway along which a clip may slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Inventors: Billy J. Otting, Stanley L. Williams