Patents by Inventor John Emerson Pine

John Emerson Pine 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).

  • Portable, extensible, exercise weight support device with safety features
    Patent number: 9884239
    Abstract: An exercise weight support device includes a retractable belt with an upper end for attachment to a ceiling or other overhanging support structure to enable suspension therefrom of the exercise weight support device, a cradle and/or one or more hooks to enable the weight support device to be used to suspend a free weight from the ceiling or other overhanging support structure, a retracting reel mechanism attached to the lower end of the belt to selectively retract or pay out the belt to selectively enable vertical movement of the free weight to a desired height, and a trigger handle co-located with the retracting reel mechanism and operable to selectively disallow lowering of the free weight when the trigger handle is not continuously operated by a lifter performing a lifting exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventors: John Gordon Kay, Thomas John Slomka, David Gilchrist Kay, John Emerson Pine
  • Portable, extensible, exercise weight support device with safety features
    Publication number: 20160263461
    Abstract: An exercise weight support device includes a retractable belt with an upper end for attachment to a ceiling or other overhanging support structure to enable suspension therefrom of the exercise weight support device, a cradle and/or one or more hooks to enable the weight support device to be used to suspend a free weight from the ceiling or other overhanging support structure, a retracting reel mechanism attached to the lower end of the belt to selectively retract or pay out the belt to selectively enable vertical movement of the free weight to a desired height, and a trigger handle co-located with the retracting reel mechanism and operable to selectively disallow lowering of the free weight when the trigger handle is not continuously operated by a lifter performing a lifting exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: John Gordon Kay, Thomas John Slomka, David Gilchrist Kay, John Emerson Pine