Patents by Inventor James C. Hayden

James C. Hayden 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: 6729965
    Abstract: A portable machine for delivering golf balls one at a time onto a tee or a surface simulating a fairway. A bin holds a quantity of practice balls and has a turntable underlying it. An opening on the turntable provides a ball pocket which receives one ball at a time and carries the ball around a circular path to a position aligned above a chute. Each ball delivered by the chute is discharged onto a fairway area or into an inclined trough, depending on how the chute is oriented. At the bottom end of the trough, a tee is raised to tee each ball up at a high or low height, depending upon the setting of a selector switch. A platform which provides a surface on which the user stands is detachable to allow the machine to be carried and stored in two separate pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Harmsway, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Eugene Howard, James C. Hayden
  • Publication number: 20040014530
    Abstract: A portable machine for delivering golf balls one at a time onto a tee or a surface simulating a fairway. A bin holds a quantity of practice balls and has a turntable underlying it. An opening on the turntable provides a ball pocket which receives one ball at a time and carries the ball around a circular path to a position aligned above a chute. Each ball delivered by the chute is discharged onto a fairway area or into an inclined trough, depending on how the chute is oriented. At the bottom end of the trough, a tee is raised to tee each ball up at a high or low height, depending upon the setting of a selector switch. A platform which provides a surface on which the user stands is detachable to allow the machine to be carried and stored in two separate pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Bill Eugene Howard, James C. Hayden
  • Patent number: 6572485
    Abstract: A portable machine for delivering golf balls one at a time onto a tee or a surface simulating a fairway. A bin holds a quantity of practice balls and has a turntable underlying it. An opening on the turntable provides a ball pocket which receives one ball at a time and carries the ball around a circular path to a position aligned above a chute. Each ball delivered by the chute is discharged onto a fairway area or into an inclined trough, depending on how the chute is oriented. At the bottom end of the trough, a tee is raised to tee each ball up at a high or low height, depending upon the setting of a selector switch. A platform which provides a surface on which the user stands is detachable to allow the machine to be carried and stored in two separate pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Harmsway, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Eugene Howard, James C. Hayden
  • Patent number: 6497624
    Abstract: A portable machine for delivering golf balls one at a time onto a tee or a surface simulating a fairway. A bin holds a quantity of practice balls and has a turntable underlying it. An opening on the turntable provides a ball pocket which receives one ball at a time and carries the ball around a circular path to a position aligned above a chute. Each ball delivered by the chute is discharged onto a fairway area or into an inclined trough, depending on how the chute is oriented. At the bottom end of the trough, a tee is raised to tee each ball up at a high or low height, depending upon the setting of a selector switch. A platform which provides a surface on which the user stands is detachable to allow the machine to be carried and stored in two separate pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Harmsway, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Eugene Howard, James C. Hayden
  • Publication number: 20020183125
    Abstract: A portable machine for delivering golf balls one at a time onto a tee or a surface simulating a fairway. A bin holds a quantity of practice balls and has a turntable underlying it. An opening on the turntable provides a ball pocket which receives one ball at a time and carries the ball around a circular path to a position aligned above a chute. Each ball delivered by the chute is discharged onto a fairway area or into an inclined trough, depending on how the chute is oriented. At the bottom end of the trough, a tee is raised to tee each ball up at a high or low height, depending upon the setting of a selector switch. A platform which provides a surface on which the user stands is detachable to allow the machine to be carried and stored in two separate pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Bill Eugene Howard, James C. Hayden
  • Publication number: 20020091006
    Abstract: A portable machine for delivering golf balls one at a time onto a tee or a surface simulating a fairway. A bin holds a quantity of practice balls and has a turntable underlying it. An opening on the turntable provides a ball pocket which receives one ball at a time and carries the ball around a circular path to a position aligned above a chute. Each ball delivered by the chute is discharged onto a fairway area or into an inclined trough, depending on how the chute is oriented. At the bottom end of the trough, a tee is raised to tee each ball up at a high or low height, depending upon the setting of a selector switch. A platform which provides a surface on which the user stands is detachable to allow the machine to be carried and stored in two separate pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Harmsway, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Eugene Howard, James C. Hayden
  • Patent number: D366680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Inventors: James G. Jantz, James C. Hayden, Max A. Jantz
  • Patent number: D424647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Harmsway, LLC
    Inventor: James C. Hayden