Patents by Inventor James R. Richards

James R. Richards 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: 7699758
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a frame and handles mounted on the frame and moveable by a user in opposite directions. The handles are coupled to a transmission so that movement of the handles by a user create rotational movement of a transmission input, movement of the handles in one direction creating rotational movement of the transmission input in one direction and movement of the handles in the opposite direction creating rotational movement of the transmission input in the opposite direction. The transmission couples the transmission input to a resistance means, such as an eddy current resistance device, in a manner to provide a different resistance to rotation of the transmission input depending upon the direction of rotation of the transmission input. Thus, the resistance to rotational movement of the transmission input in one rotational direction is greater than it is in the opposite rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hoggan Health Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynn D. Hoggan, James R. Richards, Michael K. Durtschi
  • Patent number: 6282826
    Abstract: A protective holder for storing and displaying articles, such as photographs, baseball cards, game cards, and the like. The holder is formed from a front sheet that is welded to a back sheet to form a plurality of pockets. Cuts are made in the back sheet to create flaps with tabs that facilitate lifting of the flap for insertion and removal of articles in a manner that minimizes contact damage between the articles and the holder. The flaps are coplanar with the back sheet at all times to prevent indentation of the stored articles when pressure is applied to the flaps. This also enables insertion of entire holder into a thicker, stiffer sheath for further protection, if desired, without the problem of objects dislodging and falling out in the thicker, stiffer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventor: James R. Richards
  • Patent number: 4035760
    Abstract: 1. A system for detecting the movement of a remote object comprising trantting means for illuminating said remote object with a signal of wave energy, receiving means for recovering an echo reflected by said object, signal display means responsive to said echo to provide a separate visual display of each cycle of said reflected echo, and frequency comparing means responsive to a difference in frequency between the wave energy of said received echo and the wave energy of said transmitted signal to vary the orientation of said visual indication from a reference orientation, whereby a variation in said orientation will provide an instantaneous indication of a doppler effect on said transmitted wave energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1951
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: George F. Asbury, Earl J. Kohn, James R. Richards
  • Patent number: D528175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Hoggan Health Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynn D. Hoggan, John Griffin, James R. Richards, Michael K. Durtschi
  • Patent number: D531238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Hoggan Health Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynn D. Hoggan, John Griffin, James R. Richards, Michael K. Durtschi
  • Patent number: D531239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Hoggan Health Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynn D. Hoggan, John Griffin, James R. Richards, Michael K. Durtschi
  • Patent number: D538863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Hoggan Health Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynn D. Hoggan, John Griffin, James R. Richards, Michael K. Durtschi