Patents by Inventor Grant Schaffner

Grant Schaffner 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: 9700775
    Abstract: A sports swing trainer includes a gripping portion configured to enable a user to grasp the trainer while in a batting stance, an arm positioning portion, and an alignment portion connecting the other two portions together. The arm positioning portion includes parts that simultaneously engage with a top of the shoulder and a brachium of the user when in a proper batting stance, and the arm positioning portion provides tactile feedback reminding the user to begin a swinging motion with hip and leg movements rather than arm movements. The alignment portion may include one or more joints that enable custom positioning of the gripping portion and the arm positioning portion to suit the training needs of many different users. The sports swing trainer provides an easy to manufacture solution for baseball/softball bat swing training which focuses on the mechanics of the swing rather than ball placement and contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventors: Darryl Q. Hamilton, Grant Schaffner, John Kenneth De Witt, Bradley Ruff
  • Publication number: 20150165293
    Abstract: A sports swing trainer includes a gripping portion configured to enable a user to grasp the trainer while in a batting stance, an arm positioning portion, and an alignment portion connecting the other two portions together. The arm positioning portion includes parts that simultaneously engage with a top of the shoulder and a brachium of the user when in a proper batting stance, and the arm positioning portion provides tactile feedback reminding the user to begin a swinging motion with hip and leg movements rather than arm movements. The alignment portion may include one or more joints that enable custom positioning of the gripping portion and the arm positioning portion to suit the training needs of many different users. The sports swing trainer provides an easy to manufacture solution for baseball/softball bat swing training which focuses on the mechanics of the swing rather than ball placement and contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Darryl Q. Hamilton, Grant Schaffner, John Kenneth De Witt, Bradley Ruff
  • Patent number: 8845664
    Abstract: A uterine clamp for stemming or stopping bleeding of a hemorrhagic uterus. A pair of inflatable bladders are nested in a pair of rigid shells shaped and sized to fit the anterior and posterior of a uterus without impinging on the uterine horn on placement of the shells nesting the bladders in mirrored spaced opposition to one another in front of and behind the uterus and the broad ligament supporting the uterus. At least one latch on an upper end of one shell and at least one latch catch in the upper end of the other shell provide an interlock for releasably interlocking the opposed shells in front of and behind the broad ligament anteriorly and posteriorly against the uterus for inflation of the bladders to compress the uterus to stem or stop hemorrhage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventors: Clayton B. Pedrick, Grant Schaffner
  • Publication number: 20120172898
    Abstract: A uterine clamp for stemming or stopping bleeding of a hemorrhagic uterus. A pair of inflatable bladders are nested in a pair of rigid shells shaped and sized to fit the anterior and posterior of a uterus without impinging on the uterine horn on placement of the shells nesting the bladders in mirrored spaced opposition to one another in front of and behind the uterus and the broad ligament supporting the uterus. At least one latch on an upper end of one shell and at least one latch catch in the upper end of the other shell provide an interlock for releasably interlocking the opposed shells in front of and behind the broad ligament anteriorly and posteriorly against the uterus for inflation of the bladders to compress the uterus to stem or stop hemorrhage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Clayton B. Pedrick, Grant Schaffner
  • Patent number: 7125370
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for exercising whereby the user is supported by various mechanisms in such as way that the user's shoulder area is free to translate and rotate; the user's pelvic area is free to translate and rotate; or in any combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Grant Schaffner, Jason R. Bentley, James A. Loehr, Daniel P. Gundo