Patents by Inventor Barton G. Dunlevy

Barton G. Dunlevy 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: 7455603
    Abstract: A sportsball rebounder includes a sports net having a frameless perimeter, opposite upper corners, and a bottom, a pair of adjustable spring mechanisms coupled to the upper corners and providing the upper corners in tension in an upward vertical direction and a outward horizontal direction, the adjustable spring mechanisms disposed rearward of the sports net and including lower ends adjacent the ground that are freely pivotal relative to the ground, the lower ends forming vertices of angles defined by the adjustable spring mechanisms and the ground, and the angles freely changeable with free pivotal movement of the lower ends of the adjustable spring mechanisms; wherein the tension in the sports net is adjustable with the adjustable spring mechanisms while the sports net is under tension and the sports net is vertically oriented upon adjustment of the tension in the sports net with the adjustable spring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Bow & Lever Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael P. Bouffard, Barton G. Dunlevy
  • Patent number: 7223187
    Abstract: A frameless portable suspension system includes a tensional two-dimensional material having a frameless perimeter, opposite upper corners, and a bottom secured to ground, the tensional two-dimensional material located in a vertical plane perpendicular to the ground; a pair of adjustable spring mechanisms coupled to the upper corners and providing the upper corners in tension in an upward vertical direction and a outward horizontal direction, and wherein the tension in the tensional two-dimensional material is adjustable with the adjustable spring mechanisms while the tensional two-dimensional material is under tension and the tensional two-dimensional material is positionable in a vertical plane perpendicular to the ground upon adjustment of the tension in the tensional two-dimensional material with the adjustable spring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Inventors: Rafael P. Bouffard, Barton G. Dunlevy
  • Patent number: 7037221
    Abstract: A frameless portable suspension system includes a tensional two-dimensional material having a frameless perimeter, opposite upper corners, and a bottom secured to ground, the tensional two-dimensional material located in a vertical plane perpendicular to the ground; a pair of adjustable spring mechanisms coupled to the upper corners and providing the upper corners in tension in an upward vertical direction and a outward horizontal direction, and wherein the tension in the tensional two-dimensional material is adjustable with the adjustable spring mechanisms while the tensional two-dimensional material is under tension and the tensional two-dimensional material is positionable in a vertical plane perpendicular to the ground upon adjustment of the tension in the tensional two-dimensional material with the adjustable spring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventors: Rafael P. Bouffard, Barton G. Dunlevy
  • Patent number: D531684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Inventors: Rafael P. Bouffard, Barton G. Dunlevy