Patents Examined by William R. Browne
  • Weighted rotatable therapeutic exercise device
    Patent number: 4385761
    Abstract: An exercising apparatus that is designed particularly for therapeutic purposes. The apparatus includes a rotatable turntable on a stationary base, and a post extending through the weight supporting center of the turntable for supporting a person. A pipe frame is mounted on the base for being grasped by the person so as to twist himself on the device. A pull rope is tied to the turntable and passed over a pulley on the base for hand-rotating the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Inventor: Max Rice
  • Weighted cuff exercising device
    Patent number: 4384714
    Abstract: A training has for drilling arm and foot muscles of a user includes a thick plate like main body made of soft and flexible material and having formed therein a plurality of elongated holes extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of rods made of heavy metal and insertable into the holes of the main body. The main body has a substantially C-shaped configuration in a free condition. The training aid further has a pair of fastening tapes secured to the main body for detachably mounting the aid around the wrist and ankle of user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Inventor: Akira Kimura
  • Knee exerciser
    Patent number: 4384715
    Abstract: A vertically elongated tube houses a compression coil spring reacting between one end of a cable within an upper end portion of the tube and a tube anchoring frame to develop an exercising force transmitted by the cable. A pulley from which the cable extends externally from a lower end portion of the tube to a body harness, guides cable movement under forces applied through the cable at an angle to the tube within a wide range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: John P. Barrett, Jr.
    Inventors: Dino M. Savio, John P. Barrett, Jr.
  • Weight moving device
    Patent number: 4383684
    Abstract: An exercise device which includes a single mounting rail, a support post for supporting one end of the rail at selected elevations, a carriage having rollers for travelling along the rail, and a pulley arrangement having pulleys attached to the support as well as lines which extend through the pulleys from the carriage and back to the carriage for moving the carriage along the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Inventor: Edward J. Schliep
  • Bow fishing reel
    Patent number: 4383516
    Abstract: A fishing reel for an archery bow has a housing which is attachable to the center portion of a bow. The housing mounts a pair of rollers, one of which is geared to a crank handle and the other of which is mounted on a pivotable trigger lever. A line attached to an arrow extends between the rollers and is stored loosely in a bottle mounted on the housing. The trigger lever is actuated by a finger of the archer's hand which holds the bow to pinch the line between the rollers for retrieval upon turning of the hand crank, or to release the line so as to enable the line to move freely out of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Inventor: Jack La See
  • Weight lifting type exercising device
    Patent number: 4382596
    Abstract: A simple and versatile exercising apparatus is provided which enables the user to perform a wide variety of weight training exercises. The apparatus includes a basic bench with barbell cradle, a rope and pulley weight pull device, a lat bar device with squat rack and chinning bar, and readily attachable devices for performing curling, sit-ups and leg lifts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Diversified Products Corporation
    Inventor: Ira J. Silberman
  • Winged arrow rest
    Patent number: 4380226
    Abstract: An arrow rest for securement to an archery bow. A hingedly-supported wing having a low-friction top edge for supporting an arrow shaft riding thereon is yieldingly and resiliently pivotal about a forwardly and upwardly projecting hinge-line in response to frictional forces applied by an arrow shaft riding forwardly along a bearing top edge of the wing, pivotal forward movement of the wing about its hinge effecting a downward displacement of the arrow-shaft-supporting edge of the wing as the arrow shaft rides thereon, thereby reducing frictional drag on the arrow shaft riding on the wing. The wing extends outwardly and rearwardly from a panel which supports the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Assignee: Saunders Archery Company
    Inventor: Charles A. Saunders
  • Rubber band rifle
    Patent number: 4379445
    Abstract: A rubber band rifle for shooting one or a plurality of rubber band members generally includes a body having a forward barrel portion and a rear shoulder portion having a plurality of horizontal grooves disposed therein, one end of each of the rubber band members being disposed in one of the horizontal grooves in the forward end wall, a slide mechanism being movably disposed on the forward barrel portion, the slide mechanism including a top and a pair of downwardly extending walls, an upper surface of the top of the slide mechanism having a plurality of notches therein, the other ends of the rubber bands being disposed in the notches, and a mechanism for locking the slide mechanism in a fixed position upon the barrel portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Inventor: Vincent LoBiondo
  • Arrow rest for archery bow
    Patent number: 4378780
    Abstract: Arrow rest for archery bow is disclosed. The arrow rest is supported at a position remote from the sight window defining wall of the bow and extends obliquely towards the back of the bow with the free end thereof being located close to the sight window defining wall. Bias of the arrow from the correct advancing course at release is effectively restrained and resistance of the arrow rest acting on the arrow at release is greatly minimized, thereby assuring stable and smooth release of the arrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tadao Izuta
  • Arrow locating device
    Patent number: 4378781
    Abstract: An arrow locating device for use with archery equipment which includes a hollow spool of line for dispensing the line axially from internally of the spool. The spool is fastened to a bow and has the free end of the line attached to the arrow so that upon shooting the arrow, the line is unwound from the spool making it easier to trace the arrow. The spool is provided with an attaching arrangement making it possible for the spool to be carried directly on the arrow until the arrow is noched in readiness for shooting and makes it possible to rapidly reload for subsequent shots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1983
    Inventor: David C. Shiflett
  • Method for warming-up wrists
    Patent number: 4378113
    Abstract: A method for warming-up an athlete's wrist. The method includes the step of disposing the hands in partially overlapping relation and with the fingers curved generally similar to the grasping of the handle of a sporting implement and in a position in front of the athlete's midsection. Then the overlapping hands are repeatedly alternated toward and away from the midsection, or leftward and rightward in front of the midsection, or the wrists are twisted so that the hands trace out a cone. In the aforedescribed alternating movements of the overlapping hands, an alternating impact is applied to the hands; and a radially outward force is applied to the hands while the wrists are being twisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1983
    Inventor: Silvio D. Piccini
  • Pivoted weight supported frame exercise device
    Patent number: 4377281
    Abstract: A device for exercising leg muscles. The device includes a seat and backrest arrangement mounted near the bottom end of an upright suspended frame. The opposite upper end of the frame is mounted to a support for free pivotal movement about a horizontal axis. Overall weight of the entire unit can be varied by adding to or removing weights from a bar below the seat. Resistance to pivotal movement is thereby selectively varied. Legs are exercised by a user seated at the device thrusting rearwardly with his or her legs against a stationary surface. Repeated thrusting leg motions cause a pendulum motion resisted by the overall unit weight. At an extreme outward end of the motion, the user's legs may leave contact with the stationary surface and can relax until the unit pivots back to the start position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Jesernig, Anthony Tenisci
  • Wrist curl machine
    Patent number: 4373717
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wrist curl machine fabricated to isolate the wrist muscle and lower forearm muscle for development to the exclusion of all others and is defined by three hand grip areas, two sprockets associated with these three hand grip areas and chain elements operatively connected with these sprockets which in turn traverse through weights and a counter balance system whereby the counter balance system negates the weight of the elements associated with the structure and the variable weights themselves provide the total resistance to the work done by the wrist or the forearm of the exerciser. The framework is associated with and supports the hand grip, sprocket, chain, counter balance, and weight mechanism so that the machine can be used when the exerciser is erect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1983
    Inventor: Lloyd J. Lambert, Jr.
  • Slingshot with outer sleeve for elastic band protection
    Patent number: 4373503
    Abstract: In a slingshot which includes a handle-supported yoke including a pair of laterally spaced rods to which missile-projecting elastic bands are attached, the improvement comprising a pair of flexible tube segments sleeved over the elastic bands in a zone of attachment of the bands to the rods. The elastic sleeves constitute bend resisting elements and obviate sharp reverse folding of the elastic bands which normally occurs upon recoil of the bands following distension and release of the stretched elastic bands in projecting a projectile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1983
    Assignee: Saunders Archery Co.
    Inventor: Charles A. Saunders
  • Weight lifting device and method of exercising
    Patent number: 4372553
    Abstract: An exercising system for exercising the abdominal muscles in which the abdominal muscles are isolated and placed "on stretch" prior to contracture comprising an exercising device having a seat with a posteriorly curved, firm back in which the user sits and secures himself and bends forward working against a progressive force resistance system using weights supported on a pulley system (three exemplary pulley systems being illustrated in FIGS. 1-3) or using a resilient, stretch material (FIGS. 4 and 5) connected by means of shoulder harness with straps to the upper shoulder portions of the user, with the user strapped into place with a seat belt. In use, the exerciser simply straps himself into the seat, puts the shoulder harness on and lies back against the posteriorly curved back which puts the abdominals in stretch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Inventor: Frederick C. Hatfield
  • Baseball-pitching machine
    Patent number: 4372284
    Abstract: A baseball-pitching machine wherein a baseball is delivered into the constricted space between, and thereby gripped frictionally by, to oppositely rotating wheels which throw the ball. A single DC shunt wound motor is used to drive the wheels in cooperation with one variable drive pulley and an assortment of guide pulleys. One wheel is driven at a constant speed by the motor while the speed of the second wheel is adjusted by means of a variable drive pulley. By thus changing the speed of one of the two oppositely rotating wheels, it is possible to impart a variety of spins to the thrown ball and thus simulate curve and slider balls thrown by a professional pitcher. The axis of the variable drive pulley is fixed and the position of the belt within the variable drive pulley is controlled indirectly by means of a belt tensioning pulley operated by a screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Inventors: James A. Shannon, B. W. McClure
  • Archery bow with arrow support
    Patent number: 4372282
    Abstract: A device for supporting an arrow disposed in a ready-to-shoot position on an archery bow. The device has at least three contact points for contacting the arrow and completely radially supporting the arrow. Three openings are provided for receiving the rear guide fins of the arrow therethrough when the arrow is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Inventor: Edward Sanders
  • Spring type boomerang projecting pistol
    Patent number: 4372281
    Abstract: A toy pistol for repeated launching of boomerangs. The pistol has a magazine for receiving a plurality of boomerangs in side by side relationship and a launching chamber in which a boomerang projecting lever is articulated. The lever is subjected to the action of a spring and provided with a gripper for gripping a boomerang. The lever is controlled by a trigger which causes displacement of a boomerang from said magazine into a gripping position and rotation of the lever to load said spring and to grip said boomerang. After gripping of the boomerang the trigger releases the lever which snaps back thereby throwing the boomerang.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Dulcop International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Franco Fiorani
  • Adjustable cable end bracket for compound bow
    Patent number: 4372285
    Abstract: The ends of a compound bow tension cable are positively and adjustably anchored by an attachment bracket pivotally mounted upon the bow limb tips adjacent the eccentric wheels. The attachment bracket includes two somewhat similar components, elongated in nature, with one component pivotally attached relative the bow limb tip and the other component having a tension cable end fixed thereto. The two components are assembled in an overlapping arrangement with the juxtaposed faces thereof provided with mating adjustment elements such as transversely disposed teeth or serrations whereupon after selecting the appropriate relative longitudinal relationship between the two components, a releasable fastener is tightened to retain the mating adjustment elements in a fixed disposition insuring a rigid bracket member maintaining the selected tension upon the attached cable end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Victor United, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Simonds, Arnold D. McKee
  • Attachment member for securing the ends of cables in a compound bow
    Patent number: 4370972
    Abstract: Cable ends of a compound bow are adjustably and securely anchored by an attachment member pivotally mounted adjacent the bow eccentric wheels. The attachment member body is of substantially constant thickness and includes a plurality of openings therethrough parallel to the opposite planar faces of the body and angularly offset relative to one another to define a circuitous cable pathway. An end section of the cable is secured by insertion of a threaded lock device through an edge wall of the body into an enlarged transverse anchor bore allowing radial distortion of crimping of the cable end section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignee: Victor United, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Stewart, Gary Simonds