Patents by Inventor Christopher Patrick Heffernan

Christopher Patrick Heffernan 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).

  • Golf ball teeing device
    Patent number: 7104421
    Abstract: A golf ball teeing device comprising, a platform having an upper surface, an opening in the platform, a tee for a golf ball the tee being arranged for reciprocal movement with respect to the opening between a lower position where the top of the tee is at a level below the upper surface of the platform to an upper position where the top of the tee is above upper surface of the platform, and golf ball deliver means arranged to load a golf ball on top of the tee when it is in the lower position, wherein the golf ball is at a level below the upper surface of the platform when it is loaded onto the tee by the golf ball delivery means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Tee Up Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Franz Charles Eckhardt, Jr., Christopher Patrick Heffernan, James Francis Howe
  • Golf ball teeing device
    Patent number: 7059969
    Abstract: A golf ball teeing device comprising, a platform having an upper surface, an opening in the platform, a tee for a golf ball the tee being arranged for reciprocal movement with respect to the opening between a lower position where the top of the tee is at a level below the upper surface of the platform to an upper position where the top of the tee is above upper surface of the platform, and golf ball deliver means arranged to load a golf ball on top of the tee when it is in the lower position, wherein the golf ball is at a level below the upper surface of the platform when it is loaded onto the tee by the golf ball delivery means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Tee Up Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: James Francis Howe, Christopher Patrick Heffernan, Franz Charles Eckhardt, Jr., Lawrence Adrian Roche, Franz Eckhardt, Sr.
  • Golf ball teeing device
    Publication number: 20040224782
    Abstract: A golf ball teeing device comprising, a platform having an upper surface, an opening in the platform, a tee for a golf ball the tee being arranged for reciprocal movement with respect to the opening between a lower position where the top of the tee is at a level below the upper surface of the platform to an upper position where the top of the tee is above upper surface of the platform, and golf ball deliver means arranged to load a golf ball on top of the tee when it is in the lower position, wherein the golf ball is at a level below the upper surface of the platform when it is loaded onto the tee by the golf ball delivery means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Tee Up Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Franz Charles Eckhardt, Christopher Patrick Heffernan, James Francis Howe
  • Golf ball teeing device
    Publication number: 20030162598
    Abstract: A golf ball teeing device (200) comprising, a platform (208) having an upper surface, an opening (213) in the platform, a tee (215) for a golf ball (212) the tee being arranged for reciprocal movement with respect to the opening between a lower position where the top of the tee is at a level below the upper surface of the platform to an upper position where the top of the tee is above upper surface of the platform, and golf ball delivery means (249) arranged to load a golf ball on top of the tee when it is in the lower position, wherein the golf ball is at a level below the upper surface of the platform when it is loaded onto the tee by the golf ball delivery means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Franz Charles Eckardt Jr, Franz Eckhardt Sr, Christopher Patrick Heffernan, James Francis Howe, Lawrence Adrian Roche