Patents by Inventor Eric C. Rhone

Eric C. Rhone 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).

  • Method and device for golf practice putting and target imager
    Publication number: 20150238837
    Abstract: A method and device for training and practice putting is disclosed, comprising optical beams generated vertically onto the surface of a practice putting green having a practice putting cup disposed in an uneven terrain, said beams being patterned in the image of a plurality of concentric circles of light surrounding a center formed by the circumference of said golf cup. The intensity of the illumination of the light along the circumference of each of the concentric rings varies in accordance with the terrain of the practice green in order to train the practice putter to identify subtle elevational changes, curves and slopes of the green and how those factors influence the speed at which to putt a golf ball into the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: Eric C. Rhone
  • Device for golf practice putting and target imager
    Patent number: 9108097
    Abstract: A method and device for training and practice putting is disclosed, comprising optical beams generated vertically onto the surface of a practice putting green having a practice putting cup disposed in an uneven terrain, said beams being patterned in the image of a plurality of concentric circles of light surrounding a center formed by the circumference of said golf cup. The intensity of the illumination of the light along the circumference of each of the concentric rings varies in accordance with the terrain of the practice green in order to train the practice putter to identify subtle elevational changes, curves and slopes of the green and how those factors influence the speed at which to putt a golf ball into the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Inventor: Eric C. Rhone