Patents by Inventor Daniel K. Knapp

Daniel K. Knapp 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: 4836539
    Abstract: An aiming apparatus having a conical open-ended, outwardly flaring target supported on and coaxial with the rim projecting from a backboard. The target includes a flared top end marked with a series of visual target markers along its peripheral edge and a circular band indicative of rim location immediately beneath the markers. A concave circuar lip and spaced-apart brackets are integrally carried on the inside of the flared open end for mounting and stabilizing on the rim, and an outwardly extending shoulder is integrally carried on the bottom end of the target for supporting a supplemental aiming indicator and rebounder device, including a support ring mounting a vertical pointer terminating adjacent to the series of target markers and an arcuate chute downwardly depending below the target from the support ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Inventor: Daniel K. Knapp