Patents by Inventor Guy Wheeler

Guy Wheeler 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).

  • Adjusting stiffness and flexibility in sports equipment
    Patent number: 6257997
    Abstract: A sports apparatus with variable directions of stiffness and flexibility, including sports equipment having a body; and a flexure resistance spine that is elongated and is stiffer and less flexible in one direction than in a different direction. The spine is fixed against rotation at two spaced apart locations along the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Alliance Design and Development Group
    Inventors: William C. Doble, Robert Walsh, Guy Wheeler, Peter Tarlton
  • Adjusting stiffness and flexibility in sports equipment
    Patent number: 6113508
    Abstract: A sports apparatus with variable directions of stiffness and flexibility, including sports equipment having a body with an elongated cavity; and a stiffening rod that is elongated and has a longitudinal axis in a direction of elongation of the stiffening rod, the stiffening rod being inserted within the cavity and stiffer in one direction than in a different direction and being more flexible in the different direction than in the one direction, both the one direction and the different direction being directed transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Alliance Design and Development Group
    Inventors: Michael Locarno, Guy Wheeler, Robert Walsh, William C. Doble