Patents Assigned to Testing Services, Inc.
  • Turf test apparatus
    Patent number: 6925858
    Abstract: A drop test apparatus for determining the resiliency of playing surface comprising a missile for impacting the surface including a guide for providing substantially unrestricted free flight of the missile, a pair accelerometers carried by the missile for producing signals in response to impact with the surface, a converter adapted to receive the accelerometer signals, convert them into computer readable signals and a computer receiving the signals from the converter and producing a graph of the surface hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Testing Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Erle Miles, Ken Quarles