Patents by Inventor Dennis B. Hotchkiss

Dennis B. Hotchkiss 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: 5470074
    Abstract: An improved golf practice tee apparatus for practicing golf swings is disclosed which provides a golf tee platform that may be selectively adjusted both in angle and in orientation to thereby allow the user of the device to simulate a wide variety of uneven lies. The golf practice tee apparatus has a platform mounted on a platform support frame, which platform support frame is centrally supported above and away from a base frame by a universal member which allows the platform support frame to move with two degrees of freedom of movement with respect to the base frame. Movement of the platform frame with respect to the base frame is controlled by four hydraulic cylinders, movement of which may be selectively, alternatively permitted to allow the angle and the orientation of the platform support frame to be adjusted, or inhibited to freeze the position of the platform support frame with respect to the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Inventors: Dennis B. Hotchkiss, Thomas G. Council