Patents by Inventor James Micco

James Micco 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: 5280905
    Abstract: A football blocking and tackling dummy for the practice of football skills has an illustration of a football player on the front thereof. A force sensitive switch is located within the dummy vertically between the knees and waist of the illustrated player. A mercury switch is located above the waist of the dummy at an angle. A block or tackle of the dummy in the preferred zone will actuate the force sensitive switch and a sound output will be produced. Hitting the dummy too high will open the mercury switch and prevent the sound output from being produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Inventor: James Micco
  • Patent number: 5110124
    Abstract: A peewee blanket assembly for a football blocking and tackling dummy is provided and consists of a rectangular shaped blanket member having a plurality of spaced apart eyelets along each long side edge thereof. A cord for lacing the eyelets on each opposite long side edge so that the blanket member can wrap around an existing tackling dummy. A full length standing picture of a football player is in the middle on the front surface of the blanket member. A mechanism is within the middle rear surface of the blanket member, for indicating the strength of force when a user typically a young boy tackles the blanket member on the existing blocking and tackling dummy properly in a target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Inventor: James Micco