Patents by Inventor Eric B. Langslet

Eric B. Langslet 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: 6159109
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a golf club head which has a club head body, a means to attach the club head body to a shaft, a striking face wall to address a ball during a golf club stroke and a bottom surface adapted to pass adjacent the ground during the golf club stroke, includes a vibration damping member of shock-absorptive material disposed within the club head body and extending in a plane outside the plane containing the striking face wall. The vibration damping member is preferably disposed either substantially perpendicular to the striking face wall or substantially parallel to the bottom surface. The damping member preferably abuts the striking face wall without penetrating therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Eric B. Langslet
  • Patent number: 5692972
    Abstract: A golf club head which has a club head body, a means to attach the club head body to a shaft, a striking face wall to address a ball during a golf club stroke and a bottom surface adapted to pass adjacent the ground during the golf club stroke, includes a vibration damping member of shock-absorptive material disposed within said club head body and extending in a plane outside the plane containing said striking face wall. The vibration damping member is preferably disposed either substantially perpendicular to said striking face wall or substantially parallel to said bottom surface. The damping member preferably abuts the striking face wall without penetrating therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventor: Eric B. Langslet
  • Patent number: 4886268
    Abstract: A ball capturing tennis net assembly for use with a conventional tennis net which is stretched across the center of a tennis court between two support posts so as to extend at a predetermined height above the playing surface of the tennis court, includes first and second ball capturing nets stretched between the two support posts across the center of the tennis court in substantially parallel, spaced relation to the conventional tennis net and at a height lower than the predetermined height on opposite sides of the conventional tennis net; and first and second spacer members which space the first and second ball capturing nets away from the conventional net at the center thereof, each spacer member including a base adapted to sit on the tennis court for supporting the respective spacer member, a vertical support extending upwardly from the base substantially to the lower height, a transverse member extending outwardly and away from the upper end of the vertical support, and a rope holder at the free end of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Inventor: Eric B. Langslet