Patents by Inventor C. Earl Gillespie, Jr.

C. Earl Gillespie, Jr. 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).

  • Basketball goal height reducing frame
    Patent number: 4508337
    Abstract: A frame for securing a substantially typical basketball goal/backboard assembly to a self-supported basketball goal/backboard assembly at a lower height than the self-supported basketball goal/backboard assembly. The frame includes support members for being attached to an auxiliary basketball goal/backboard assembly, hanger members for being attached to the backboard of a self-supported primary basketball goal/backboard assembly, and a truss-like linkage joining the support members and hanger members with the auxiliary basketball goal/backboard assembly positioned lower than the primary basketball goal/backboard assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Inventor: C. Earl Gillespie, Jr.