Patents by Inventor Douglas H. Valentine

Douglas H. Valentine 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: 5181718
    Abstract: A pool stick or cue is mounted in a biased relationship within a rifle stock, wherein a trigger releases a lug mounted to the cue interiorly of the stock to permit projection of the cue forwardly of the stock in a coaxially aligned relationship for impact with a pool ball. A modification of the invention includes a fiber optic cable directed through the forward translucent sight to enhance visual alignment of a rear sight relative to the forward sight, as well as a fiber optic cable axially parallel at its forward end to the pool cue and the associated cylindrical bore within the rifle stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Inventor: Douglas H. Valentine