Patents by Inventor Alan N. O'Kain

Alan N. O'Kain 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: 7959520
    Abstract: A golf putter includes a pair of aiming arms at each end of the putter head having opposite and inward facing arcuate surfaces corresponding to the outline of a golf hole. The aiming arms may be removed manually or may be made to pivot. In the latter, each arm is pivotally connected at opposing ends of the putter head and adapted to pivot about an axis between a forward aiming position and a second position away from the forward aiming position. Control of the rotation of the aiming arms may be by a lever operable from the putter shaft, or by a spring actuated by pushing downward on the putter shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: True Putt Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Campadore, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: 7771286
    Abstract: A golf putter comprising a shaft, a putter head attached along a top surface to the shaft, the head including an elongated body having a central axis along the length of the body. The golf putter includes a pair of aiming arms, each arm pivotally connected at opposing ends of the elongated body and adapted to pivot about the central axis between a forward aiming position and a second position away from the forward aiming position. The golf putter also includes a lever adapted to control rotation of the aiming arms from the forward aiming position to the second position, the lever operable from a portion of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: True Putt Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Michael Campadore, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Publication number: 20090305813
    Abstract: A golf putter comprising a shaft, a putter head attached along a top surface to the shaft, the head including an elongated body having a central axis along the length of the body. The golf putter includes a pair of aiming arms, each arm pivotally connected at opposing ends of the elongated body and adapted to pivot about the central axis between a forward aiming position and a second position away from the forward aiming position. The golf putter also includes a lever adapted to control rotation of the aiming arms from the forward aiming position to the second position, the lever operable from a portion of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: TRUE PUTT ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Michael Campadore, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Publication number: 20090305806
    Abstract: A golf putter includes a pair of aiming arms at each end of the putter head having opposite and inward facing arcuate surfaces corresponding to the outline of a golf hole. The aiming arms may be removed manually or may be made to pivot. In the latter, each arm is pivotally connected at opposing ends of the putter head and adapted to pivot about an axis between a forward aiming position and a second position away from the forward aiming position. Control of the rotation of the aiming arms may be by a lever operable from the putter shaft, or by a spring actuated by pushing downward on the putter shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: TRUE PUTT ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Michael Campadore, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: 6977123
    Abstract: A battery strength indicating and switch means on a battery which is coupled across the terminals of the battery and which is provided with an indicating means to indicate the strength of the battery and in addition, the battery strength indicating means is also provided with an in-line switch which can easily be depressed to complete the circuit so as to place the indicator means across the terminals of the cell and display the charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Strategic Energy Ltd.
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: 5789100
    Abstract: A battery strength tester used on a battery which has indicating means to indicate the strength of the battery and switching means which can easily be employed to complete a circuit so as to place the indicator means across the terminals of the battery and display the charge of the battery and wherein said switch, after a predetermined interval or temperature is reached, automatically opens to break the electrical contact across the battery terminals. A light emitting material employed as the indicator material is another special feature of the battery strength tester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Stratetic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: 5478665
    Abstract: A battery strength tester used on a battery which has indicating means to indicate the strength of the battery and switching means which can easily be employed to complete a circuit so as to place the indicator means across the terminals of the battery and display the charge of the battery and wherein said switch, after a predetermined interval or temperature is reached, automatically opens to break the electrical contact across the battery terminals. A light emitting material employed as the indicator material is another special feature of the battery strength tester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Strategic Electronics
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: 5156931
    Abstract: A battery strength indicating and switch means on a battery which is coupled across the terminals of the battery and which is provided with an indicating means to indicate the strength of the battery and in addition, the battery strength indicating means is also provided with an in-line switch which can easily be depressed to complete the circuit so as to place the indicator means across the terminals of the cell and display the charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Strategic Energy Ltd.
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: 5015544
    Abstract: A battery strength indicating and switch means on a battery which is coupled across the terminals of the battery and which is provided with an indicating means to indicate the strength of the battery and in addition, the battery strength indicating means is also provided with an in-line switch which can easily be depressed to complete the circuit so as to place the indicator means across the terminals of the cell and display the charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: Strategic Energy Ltd.
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: 4962347
    Abstract: A flashlight or a portable lantern having a built-in battery tester to determine the voltage or capacity of the battery, either under an electrical load or under no electrical load. The battery tester can comprise a voltmeter, ammeter, liquid-crystal cell, LED, color-indicating redox voltage-indicator cell, or a voltage battery-monitoring circuit that intermittently monitors the voltage of the batteries for brief pulses, compares the battery voltage with the standard reference voltage, and initiates a signal system if the battery voltage falls below the standard reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Strategic Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: RE39703
    Abstract: A battery strength indicating and switch means on a battery which is coupled across the terminals of the battery and which is provided with an indicating means to indicate the strength of the battery and in addition, the battery strength indicating means is also provided with an in-line switch which can easily be depressed to complete the circuit so as to place the indicator means across the terminals of the cell and display the charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Strategic Electronics
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Alan N. O'Kain
  • Patent number: RE40506
    Abstract: A battery strength indicating and switch means on a battery which is coupled across the terminals of the battery and which is provided with an indicating means to indicate the strength of the battery and in addition, the battery strength indicating means is also provided with an in-line switch which can easily be depressed to complete the circuit so as to place the indicator means across the terminals of the cell and display the charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Strategic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Alan N. O'Kain