Patents by Inventor David A. Sheets

David A. Sheets 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).

  • Publication number: 20240123315
    Abstract: A golf training aid includes one or more of a movable sound element assembly, an adjustable grip assembly, and a club head assembly. The movable sound element assembly includes a movable sound element that is coupled to a shaft of the club. The movable sound element can be positioned on the club shaft so as to be selectively retained by the movable sound element assembly and can be configured to release from the movable sound element assembly when the club is swung by the user and as a function of the swing speed thereof. The adjustable grip assembly is axially and rotationally movable so as to dispose the assembly in a plurality of different grip positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey David SHEETS, Mathew William-Newman TODD
  • Patent number: 5816137
    Abstract: A cooking machine includes a housing having side walls with doors that can be raised and lowered to vent the cooking chamber defined within the housing. A latching member is pivotally mounted on a channel member guiding the doors, and can be pivoted manually into a position in which it engages the bottom surface of the door thereby retaining the door in the upward most position. When the door is to be lowered, the latching member is pivoted to a position by gravity which pivots the latching member out of the line of travel of the door. The door can then be lowered to the lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Nelgo Mfg. Corporation
    Inventors: Todd Gongwer, David Sheets
  • Patent number: 5102024
    Abstract: An elastic fabric belt to be releasably worn on the head for retaining flashlights in one or more lateral fabric pockets which may be slidingly and transversely adjusted with respect to each other and to the belt comprises the headband of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Inventors: Timothy A. Boersma, David A. Sheets