Patents by Inventor C. J. Thornton

C. J. Thornton 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: 4949971
    Abstract: An improved golf training aid is provided having a rotatable T-shaped pointer mounted to a block. The block has two sections that are fastened together by screws. The screws tighten or loosen the grip on the golf club shaft. The T-shaped pointer is mounted in another slit passageway, one leg acting as the axis of rotation. Screws also act to hold the pointer in place. When not in use, the pointer can be rotated up for easy storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Inventor: C. J. Thornton
  • Patent number: 4819701
    Abstract: A portable material bagging machine having a hopper superstructure deployed directly over a chain conveyor that is positioned in the floor of the hopper. The hopper superstructure is mounted on a dual set of wheels to maintain a center of gravity of the device so that a front mounted carriage adjustment stand may be actuated to selectively alter the level of the hopper superstructure to shift clumped sand within the hopper and deposit same onto a chute for subsequent loading onto the chain conveyor and thence to exit the one man bagging apparatus. The bagging device being of a small caliber to facilitate the handling by one operator of all necessary operations attended upon the delivery of bulk particulate materials to a site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Inventor: C. J. Thornton