Patents by Inventor James A. Newey

James A. Newey 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).

  • Tennis ball retrieval device
    Patent number: 6719651
    Abstract: A gripping device (10) for attachment to the bottom (102) of a tennis racquet (100) to retrieve tennis balls (200) wherein, the gripping device (10) is fabricated from a used tennis ball (20) having at least its lower quadrant severed beneath the midline of the used tennis ball (20) wherein, a plurality of vertically extending slits (22) are initiated at the sever line (24) to a point above the midline of the used tennis ball (20) to create gripping fingers (25) that will releasably engage the periphery of relatively new tennis balls (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Inventor: James A. Newey