Patents by Inventor Darrell V. Shanks

Darrell V. Shanks 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: 5425452
    Abstract: A cylindrical structure comprised of tubes within and without a tube, a tapered shaft complete with shaft end arrow pointed attachment, a tension band at the top of the structure that secures and positions the handle and the tubes, and another tension band that reinforces the tubular structure, aids in securing and positioning the tapered shaft to the structure, surrounds the tubes, and serves as a carrier for miscellaneous items such that golfers, archers and others might find convenient, and a base end closure tube support that connects the tube ends and the lower end of the tapered shaft. The shaft and arrow pointed attachment provides for aeration of the turf over which the golfer, or archer, or other is transversing, as the person pauses and vertically parks the structure by piercing the ground with the tapered shaft end arrow pointed attachment. The invention also serves as a close-in defense mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Inventors: Darrell V. Shanks, Sandra S. Shanks