Patents by Inventor Gerald R. Parks

Gerald R. Parks 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: 8944039
    Abstract: A pneumatic paintball marker has, for example, a feed system for receiving paintballs from paintball containers having different outlets. The feed system includes a lever and a drive system. The drive system defines an opening through the marker and into the breech. Actuation of the lever moves the opening between at least two positions. The breech receives paintballs from one of the containers when in the first position and from the other paintball container when in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick Larmer, Gerald R. Parks, Ming-Chuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20140096755
    Abstract: A magazine for storing and feeding paintballs to a paintball marker is disclosed. The magazine includes at least one channel that is open to an opening and a follower configured to travel within the at least one channel and contact a column of paintballs. The magazine can further include a door biased to cover the opening so as to prevent the paintball from passing through the opening. The magazine can include a retainer that is movable between at least a first position and a second position. The retainer prevents the follower from moving towards the opening when in the first position and allows the follower to move towards the opening when in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick Larmer, Gerald R. Parks, Ming-Chuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20140096757
    Abstract: A pneumatic paintball marker has, for example, a feed system for receiving paintballs from paintball containers having different outlets. The feed system includes a lever and a drive system. The drive system defines an opening through the marker and into the breech. Actuation of the lever moves the opening between at least two positions. The breech receives paintballs from one of the containers when in the first position and from the other paintball container when in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick Larmer, Gerald R. Parks, Vic Chen
  • Publication number: 20120103316
    Abstract: A paintball loader which feeds paintballs to a paintball marker has a rotor body and a drive motor for rotating the rotor body. The paintball loader can include a latch member for selectively securing an upper shell member to a lower shell member. The paintball loader can include a ramp member inside the upper and lower shell members. The ramp member moves between a first or flattened position and a second or raised position to facilitate operation of the loader. The components of the loader are designed so that assembly/disassembly is performed with few, if any, tools to facilitate cleaning and/or maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Eero Kaakkola, Bryon Benini, Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: 8047190
    Abstract: A paintball loader which feeds paintballs to a paintball marker has a rotor body and a drive motor for rotating the rotor body. The paintball loader can include a latch member for selectively securing an upper shell member to a lower shell member. The paintball loader can include a ramp member inside the upper and lower shell members. The ramp member moves between a first or flattened position and a second or raised position to facilitate operation of the loader. The components of the loader are designed so that assembly/disassembly is performed with few, if any, tools to facilitate cleaning and/or maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Eero Kaakkola, Bryon Benini, Gerald R. Parks
  • Publication number: 20100095942
    Abstract: A paintball loader which feeds paintballs to a paintball marker has a rotor body and a drive motor for rotating the rotor body. The paintball loader can include a latch member for selectively securing an upper shell member to a lower shell member. The paintball loader can include a ramp member inside the upper and lower shell members. The ramp member moves between a first or flattened position and a second or raised position to facilitate operation of the loader. The components of the loader are designed so that assembly/disassembly is performed with few, if any, tools to facilitate cleaning and/or maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Eero Kaakkola, Bryon Benini, Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: 6948813
    Abstract: A set of lens assembly parts which contains a base and a frame and at least one or more of a lens, fasteners for securing the lens between the base and the frame, a mask, and a strap. Lens assemblies formed from the set of lens assembly parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald R. Parks
  • Publication number: 20040139532
    Abstract: A set of lens assembly parts which contains a base and a frame and at least one or more of a lens, fasteners for securing the lens between the base and the frame, a mask, and a strap. Lens assemblies formed from the set of lens assembly parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventor: Gerald R. Parks
  • Publication number: 20020125285
    Abstract: A portable, organized carrier for holding a variety of odd-sized goods includes two sets of layered, co-nesting, pocket-mounting flaps foldable around a comparted core area. The folded flaps are capped and clamped together by a pair of shell-like covers mounted at opposite longitudinal ends of the carrier. Shoulder and waist straps as well as a handle allow for use of the carrier as a backpack or a tote bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Gerald R. Parks, Donald J. Widmer
  • Patent number: 6446851
    Abstract: A portable, organized carrier for holding a variety of odd-sized goods includes two sets of layered, co-nesting, pocket-mounting flaps foldable around a comparted core area. The folded flaps are capped and clamped together by a pair of shell-like covers mounted at opposite longitudinal ends of the carrier. Shoulder and waist straps as well as a handle allow for use of the carrier as a backpack or a tote bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: JT USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald R. Parks, Donald J. Widmer
  • Patent number: 6393610
    Abstract: An articulated device for protecting the knee as well as above-the-knee and below-the-knee leg portions comprises a first part shaped and dimensioned to cup the knee and cradle a small section of the leg above it. A second part forming a greave for the below-the-knee portion of the leg is slidingly connected to a longitudinal plate which is hinged at its top to the lower edge of the first part. An adjustable elastomeric strap biases the second part away from the first part, allowing the two parts to move axially in relation to one another during flexion and extension of the knee, while keeping the device tautly against the leg and knee at all times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: JT USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: 6234157
    Abstract: A container which can be held and opened by one hand has a dome-shaped cap formed by a series of adjacent, contiguous and ogee-shaped segments resiliently held together by an elastic ring. When the cap is forced down over the opening rim of the vessel, the ogee-shaped segments separate to expose the vessel opening. A similar cap mounted in the inverse direction in the inlet of a paintball-shooting gun magazine opens when contacted by the rim of a paintball container from which the magazine is being reloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: 6094751
    Abstract: A goggle having a close fitting interface with the wearer's brow, cheekbones and nose bridge, comprises a set of detachable foam strips for easy and rapid substitution or replacement. Foam strips of various thickness and density are permanently bonded to a carrier band removably attachable to inner portions of the goggle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: John R. Gregory
    Inventor: Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: 6015058
    Abstract: A container which can be held and opened by one hand has a dome-shaped cap formed by a series of adjacent, contiguous and ogee-shaped segments resiliently held together by an elastic ring. When the cap is forced down over the opening rim of the vessel, the ogee-shaped segment separate to expose the vessel opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: John R. Gregory
    Inventor: Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: 5642530
    Abstract: A non-fogging goggle assembly comprises a transparent film of polyester or polycarbonate coated with a hydrophilic composition that lowers the surface tension of water droplets, causing them to spread rather than form vision-obstructing beads. The film is applied against the inner face of the goggle lens and releasably held in place without any adhesive by pressure-fitting the edge of the film or parts thereof into peripheral slots or grooves cut into the section of the frame surrounding the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: John R. Gregory
    Inventor: Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: D454685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: JT USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald R. Parks, Donald J. Widmer
  • Patent number: D597152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Eero Kaakkola, Bryon Benini, Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: RE41834
    Abstract: A set of lens assembly parts which contains a base and a frame and at least one or more of a lens, fasteners for securing the lens between the base and the frame, a mask, and a strap. Lens assemblies formed from the set of lens assembly parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: D631516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Eero Kaakkola, Bryon Benini, Gerald R. Parks
  • Patent number: D716903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick Larmer, Gerald R. Parks, Ming-Chuan Chen