Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Reinke

Thomas E. Reinke 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: 6354970
    Abstract: A curve ball is provided by a sphere having a non-perforated outer surface formed by a pair of hemispheres joined at an equator and having a pole axis extending through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the plane of the equator. One of the hemispheres has at least one arcuate groove. The ball curves toward the groove when thrown in a direction along and coincident with the plane of the equator and spinning about the pole axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas E. Reinke, Walter G. Stelzer
  • Patent number: 4955620
    Abstract: An aerial game projectile useful in batting and throwing games is defined by a generally frustro conical body having closed ends and a side wall formed externally with a series of flights which extend generally longitudinally of the projectile on a portion thereof. The projectile is constructed and arranged to be thrown or launched in motion transverse to its longitudinal axis to simulate the curved flight of a ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Inventor: Thomas E. Reinke