Patents by Inventor Brad Tilton

Brad Tilton 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).

  • Programmable ball throwing apparatus
    Patent number: 7766770
    Abstract: The present invention includes devices, kits and methods for an automated ball feeding device for a ball throwing machine. The present invention provides an automatic ball feeding and throwing apparatus having a ball holding container with one or more sides and a bottom in communication with a propeller. The propeller is positioned to communicate with a rotatable support mast that has a ball channel and supports a ball ejection mechanism. The ball channel extends from the ball holding container to the ball ejection mechanism. The ball is fed by the propeller through the ball channel to the ball throwing apparatus regardless of the pivot angle or rotational angle of the ball ejection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Precision Sports Robotics, LLC
    Inventors: Romulo J. Cucjen, Dennis Randall Duron, Brad Tilton
  • Programmable ball throwing apparatus
    Publication number: 20060236993
    Abstract: The present invention includes devices, kits and methods for an automated ball feeding device for a ball throwing machine. The present invention provides an automatic ball feeding and throwing apparatus having a ball holding container with one or more sides and a bottom in communication with a propeller. The propeller is positioned to communicate with a rotatable support mast that has a ball channel and supports a ball ejection mechanism. The ball channel extends from the ball holding container to the ball ejection mechanism. The ball is fed by the propeller through the ball channel to the ball throwing apparatus regardless of the pivot angle or rotational angle of the ball ejection mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Fungoman, Inc.
    Inventors: Romulo Cucjen, Dennis Duron, Brad Tilton