Patents by Inventor Harrison A. Storms, Jr.

Harrison A. Storms, Jr. 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).

  • Systems for determining distances to and locations of features on a golf course
    Patent number: 4703444
    Abstract: A golfer wishing to know the distance to a specified feature on a golf course, operates a portable interrogation unit, to enter a request for the distance to the location of the feature. Transmitters located to define a triangle encompassing a substantial portion of the course transmit ranging signals, which are received by the portable interrogation unit. The portable interrogation unit includes a memory which stores the locations of the transmitters and the locations of predetermined features on the course and a CPU which processes the ranging signals received from the transmitters to determine the location of the portable interrogation unit and further to determine the distance from the portable unit to the specified feature. The portable interrogation unit then displays the determined distance. To survey the locations of the various predetermined features on the course, a portable survey unit is substituted for the portable interrogation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Spymark, Incorporated
    Inventors: Harrison A. Storms, Jr., William C. Cockerell, Jr.