Patents by Inventor Eric Hulbert

Eric Hulbert 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).

  • Publication number: 20240173607
    Abstract: Forms for constructing a first gate foundation and a second gate foundation in a support structure for positioning and supporting rotatable gates of throwing cages such as for discus, hammer, or discus/hammer throwing cages. The forms may include a first form and a second form. The forms may include an enclosure defining a cavity having an open upper end. The forms are installable in the support structure so that the enclosure is operable to form a horizontal pad for supporting a wheel of the rotatable gates of the throwing cage. In some embodiments, the forms may include an arcuate enclosure and/or a gate post support attached to the enclosure operable for supporting a gate post of a rotatable gate. In other embodiments, the forms may include a net pole support attached to the enclosure operable for supporting a net pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Sportsfield Intellectual, LLC
    Inventors: Sean CLARK, Burt GOULET, Eric HULBERT, David MOXLEY
  • Publication number: 20230094617
    Abstract: A form for constructing a foundation for batter’s and catcher’s boxes and supporting a home plate in a support structure of a synthetic turf field for playing baseball or softball includes a hollow frame comprising an open upper surface and an open lower surface, the hollow frame sized to extend under the batter’s and catcher’s boxes, and a home plate frame supportable by the hollow frame, the home plate frame having a cavity for receiving the home plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Sportsfield Intellectual, LLC
    Inventors: Sean CLARK, Eric HULBERT, Andrew HANNIGAN, Brian JAEGER, Michael MERCADANTE
  • Patent number: 7914401
    Abstract: Rotatable sleeves are disposed adjacent the ends of the crossbar of a goalpost. A stub is integrally formed with each of the sleeves and each stub protrudes through an opening in the crossbar. The opening in the crossbar is dimensioned to permit back to front movement of the stub and corresponding rotation of the sleeve until verticality of the stub and its associated upright is achieved. At that point, the sleeve is locked against further rotation by means of a tapping block previously installed in the sleeve and engaged with a serrated bolt through an appropriately dimensioned opening in the crossbar and corresponding holes in the sleeve. Once the bolts are tightened into the tapping block, the sleeve is drawn tightly against the interior surface of the crossbar, thereby locking the sleeve and the stub and the upright against further rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Sportsfield Specialties, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Hulbert
  • Patent number: 7883432
    Abstract: Rotatable sleeves are disposed adjacent the ends of the crossbar of a goalpost. A stub is integrally formed with each of the sleeves and each stub protrudes through an opening in the crossbar. The opening in the crossbar is dimensioned to permit back to front movement of the stub and corresponding rotation of the sleeve until verticality of the stub and its associated upright is achieved. At that point, the sleeve is locked against further rotation by means of a tapping block previously installed in the sleeve and engaged with a serrated bolt through an appropriately dimensioned opening in the crossbar and corresponding holes in the sleeve. Once the bolts are tightened into the tapping block, the sleeve is drawn tightly against the interior surface of the crossbar, thereby locking the sleeve and the stub and the upright against further rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sportsfield Specialties, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Hulbert
  • Publication number: 20100234145
    Abstract: Rotatable sleeves are disposed adjacent the ends of the crossbar of a goalpost. A stub is integrally formed with each of the sleeves and each stub protrudes through an opening in the crossbar. The opening in the crossbar is dimensioned to permit back to front movement of the stub and corresponding rotation of the sleeve until verticality of the stub and its associated upright is achieved. At that point, the sleeve is locked against further rotation by means of a tapping block previously installed in the sleeve and engaged with a serrated bolt through an appropriately dimensioned opening in the crossbar and corresponding holes in the sleeve. Once the bolts are tightened into the tapping block, the sleeve is drawn tightly against the interior surface of the crossbar, thereby locking the sleeve and the stub and the upright against further rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Eric Hulbert
  • Publication number: 20070082765
    Abstract: Rotatable sleeves are disposed adjacent the ends of the crossbar of a goalpost. A stub is integrally formed with each of the sleeves and each stub protrudes through an opening in the crossbar. The opening in the crossbar is dimensioned to permit back to front movement of the stub and corresponding rotation of the sleeve until verticality of the stub and its associated upright is achieved. At that point, the sleeve is locked against further rotation by means of a tapping block previously installed in the sleeve and engaged with a serrated bolt through an appropriately dimensioned opening in the crossbar and corresponding holes in the sleeve. Once the bolts are tightened into the tapping block, the sleeve is drawn tightly against the interior surface of the crossbar, thereby locking the sleeve and the stub and the upright against further rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: SPORTSFIELD SPECIALTIES, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Hulbert