Patents by Inventor William Vaughn Jenkins

William Vaughn Jenkins 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).

  • Systems and methods for sorting balls
    Patent number: 11440055
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can relate to systems and methods for sorting balls. The systems and methods may involve the use of a ball-feeding mechanism for receiving one or more balls, and feeding the one or more balls to a projection element. The projection element may be located beneath the ball-feeding mechanism such that the balls drop from the ball-feeding mechanism to the projection element, and the balls then project from the projection element to a ball-sorting apparatus. The balls may then subsequently be sorted into a sorting container of one or more sorting containers based on the projected height of the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: William Vaughn Jenkins
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SORTING BALLS
    Publication number: 20220176414
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can relate to systems and methods for sorting balls. The systems and methods may involve the use of a ball-feeding mechanism for receiving one or more balls, and feeding the one or more balls to a projection element. The projection element may be located beneath the ball-feeding mechanism such that the balls drop from the ball-feeding mechanism to the projection element, and the balls then project from the projection element to a ball-sorting apparatus. The balls may then subsequently be sorted into a sorting container of one or more sorting containers based on the projected height of the ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: William Vaughn Jenkins