Patents by Inventor Steve Jon Cox

Steve Jon Cox 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: 6047657
    Abstract: Apparatus for generating surfable waves. In a first preferred embodiment, the invention comprises a buoyant hull member designed to be towed by a conventional speedboat or other like watercraft. The hull member preferably has a generally chevron-like shape with elongate, forward-facing sides defined by contoured sidewall portions that produce tubular waves suitable for surfing when advanced through a body of water. Preferably, such hull member is comprised of first and second wave generating beams that are attached to one another via a hinge at the point of the chevron. In a second preferred embodiment, the invention comprises at least one, and preferably a pair of elongate wave generating beams that are detachably fastenable to opposed sides of a conventional speedboat or other similar watercraft. Each respective beam is designed to extend in a generally diagonal fashion rearward from the bow of such watercraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventor: Steve Jon Cox