Patents by Inventor Henry Pylvainen

Henry Pylvainen 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).

  • Publication number: 20030220148
    Abstract: A golf ball server having a low profile housing and miniaturized pneumatic components is positionable adjacent a driving surface and is readily connected to pre-existing gravity ball supplies or to a funnel type supply tray. The server is operated by depressing a pad on the housing with the head of a golf club. When actuated, an arm grips a ball from the housing and rotates it for positioning reliably on a tee or directly onto the driving surface. When reset, the arm rotates back into the housing pickup another ball. As the arm rotates from the teeing position to the reset position, another ball is fed into housing and positioned for pickup. A controller times the action of the gripper, arm rotation and ball feed. Alternatively, actuation can be by a photoelectric sensor which senses the absence of a ball on the tee and actuates the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventor: Henry Pylvainen