Patents by Inventor Edward A. Hlinka

Edward A. Hlinka 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: 5632695
    Abstract: A wood type golf clubhead includes a face, a sole, a crown, a toe portion, a heel portion, and a hosel portion adjacent the heel portion. The hosel portion has an inverted or recessed portion which includes a generally concave wall. A hosel tube extends upwardly from the hosel portion. The hosel tube is supported within a boss which is formed integrally with the inside surface of the face. An alignment groove is provided at the intersection between the face and the crown, and the groove includes a surface which lies within a plane which is substantially vertical when the clubhead is soled at address. The sole includes a flat portion for supporting the clubhead at address, and a rear wall curves upwardly and rearwardly from the flat portion to the crown. The toe portion and the crown merge at a relatively sharp angle to provide a streamlined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Edward A. Hlinka, Dwight J. Niswander, Carl E. Scheie, Edward A. Schield, James L. Shenoha
  • Patent number: 4040613
    Abstract: A vise construction is formed by a fixed body which is to be mounted to a support surface. The fixed body has a slide passage formed therein to receive a guide member or chill bar and a threaded passage is also formed therein to receive the clamping screw. A movable body is mounted to the fixed body and the clamping screw passes therethrough and threadedly engages the threaded passage of the fixed body to effect movement of a pair of gripping jaws formed on the respective bodies toward and away from one another. A recess is formed in the movable body in a location diametrically opposed and in alignment with the slide passage of the fixed body. The chill bar has one edge thereof fashioned to be inserted into the recess and locking means are provided to secure the chill bar and the movable body together as a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Wilton Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond H. Kartasuk, Walter R. Smierciak, Edward A. Hlinka
  • Patent number: D323690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventor: Edward A. Hlinka
  • Patent number: D355686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventor: Edward A. Hlinka
  • Patent number: D375130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Edward A. Hlinka, Dwight J. Niswander, Carl E. Scheie, Edward A. Schield, James L. Shenoha
  • Patent number: D378770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Edward A. Hlinka, Dwight J. Niswander, Carl E. Scheie, Edward A. Schield, James L. Shenoha