Patents by Inventor Fred A. Akel

Fred A. Akel 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: 5087165
    Abstract: Apparatus having a frame and an axle on which are two ground engaging wheels and in between the wheels is a plurality of spaced discs arranged to wedge golf balls between adjacent discs and to discharge those golf balls into a forward basket; half of the discs and wheels being in one of two separately rotatable sections mounted on the same axle, the wheels being slightly larger in diameter than the ball engaging discs and capable of functioning as load supporting wheels located at the ends of the axle, but inside the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Fred A. Akel
  • Patent number: 4792271
    Abstract: An apparatus for retrieving golf balls distributed over the ground comprising a frame mounted on an axle and two rear wheels, a plurality of thin circular discs spaced apart from each other slightly less than the diameter of a golf ball and mounted on the rear wheel axle to turn with the wheels with the perimeter of the disc being in close proximity to the ground level, fingers between the discs to strip golf balls from between adjacent discs, baskets to catch the balls stripped by the fingers, and elongated guides extending forward from the frame to funnel golf balls from a wide area toward the rotating discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Inventor: Fred A. Akel