Patents Examined by Marti S. Graham
  • Patent number: 5116056
    Abstract: An apparatus for practicing golf swings indoors having a net assembly suspended from a support rail attached to an overhead structure such as the rafters in a garage. The net assembly is attached to a plurality of hangers which are slidably attached to the support rail so the net assembly can be pulled to one side when not in use. The net assembly is scrolled at the bottom to form a trough which catches balls directed toward the net and to create a seal with the playing surface and to form. Golf balls directed toward the net assembly from a playing mat having a tee are restrained and caught by the net assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Inventor: Charles T. Schmutte
  • Patent number: 5024435
    Abstract: There is disclosed a toy baseball bat assembly comprised of a hollow cylindrically-shaped toy bat assembly including a barrel portion defining a magazine to receive a plurality of balls and a handle assembly including a latching assembly for locking a compressed spring-loaded launching assembly and for releasing the launching assembly for concomitantly ejecting one of the balls from the magazine at an angle substantially perpendicular to the toy bat assembly in a manner to permit a user to strike at such ejected ball with the toy bat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Inventor: William D. Robbins
  • Patent number: 4911166
    Abstract: A device for delivering high intensity light to a patient's eyes for treating seasonal affective disorder and the like uses a point source of light such as a high intensity halogen or other incandescent bulb, and directs a large fraction of the light from the bulb directly into the patient's eyes without focusing the light in such a way as to cause damage to the eye or discomfort to the patient. This is accomplished by the use of a positive lens which focuses the light from the high intensity bulb directly in front of the patient's eyes. The light appears to the patient to be coming from an area much larger than the actual point source, and hence is more comfortable for the patient. The patient is assured of receiving a significant dosage of light no matter which way he is directing his gaze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen B. Leighton, Norman E. Rosenthal, Thomas A. Wehr