Patents by Inventor Erle Miles

Erle Miles 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).

  • Turf test apparatus
    Patent number: 6925858
    Abstract: A drop test apparatus for determining the resiliency of playing surface comprising a missile for impacting the surface including a guide for providing substantially unrestricted free flight of the missile, a pair accelerometers carried by the missile for producing signals in response to impact with the surface, a converter adapted to receive the accelerometer signals, convert them into computer readable signals and a computer receiving the signals from the converter and producing a graph of the surface hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Testing Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Erle Miles, Ken Quarles
  • Turf test apparatus
    Publication number: 20050087003
    Abstract: A drop test apparatus for determining the resiliency of playing surface comprising a missile for impacting the surface including a guide for providing substantially unrestricted free flight of the missile, a pair accelerometers carried by the missile for producing signals in response to impact with the surface, a converter adapted to receive the accelerometer signals, convert them into computer readable signals and a computer receiving the signals from the converter and producing a graph of the surface hardness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Erle Miles, Ken Quarles