Patents by Inventor John R. Bryant

John R. Bryant 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).

  • Publication number: 20240123307
    Abstract: A golf club has a first shaft coupled to a club head, a second shaft configured to slidably engage a portion of the first shaft, a grip coupled to the second shaft, and an adjustable length shaft assembly received by the second shaft and configured to allow a portion of the first shaft to slide in relation to the second shaft in a first configuration, and to restrict a portion of the first shaft from sliding in relation to the second shaft in a second configuration. The grip is restricted from rotation about the first shaft or the second shaft as the first shaft slides in relation to the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Travis D. Milleman, Anthony D. Serrano, Eric V. Cole, David S. Kultala, David L. Petersen, Les J. Bryant, Richard D. MacMillan, Rick Solesbee, John A. Solheim, Evan R. Greer
  • Patent number: 6986714
    Abstract: A method for playing a game on a pocket billiards table with a plurality of consecutively numbered billiards balls and a cue ball by at least two players is shown and described. The object of the game is for a single player to sink all of the billiards balls into the pockets of the billiards table in the fewest shots or strokes. The first ball each player attempts to sink in a pocket is the lowest consecutively numbers ball on the table. Each time the lowest consecutively numbered ball is pocketed, the player moves to the next higher consecutively numbered ball which has become the lowest consecutively numbered ball remaining on the table after the previous ball was pocketed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph Porper, John R. Bryant
  • Publication number: 20030114235
    Abstract: A method for playing a game on a pocket billiards table with a plurality of consecutively numbered billiards balls and a cue ball by at least two players is shown and described. The object of the game is for a single player to sink all of the billiards balls into the pockets of the billiards table in the fewest shots or strokes. The first ball each player attempts to sink in a pocket is the lowest consecutively numbers ball on the table. Each time the lowest consecutively numbered ball is pocketed, the player moves to the next higher consecutively numbered ball which has become the lowest consecutively numbered ball remaining on the table after the previous ball was pocketed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Joseph Porper, John R. Bryant
  • Patent number: 5169199
    Abstract: Disclosed is an object carrier comprising a combination of a strap member and a hook-and-fabric-type fastener. The fabric element of the hook-and-fabric-type fastener covers substantially the entire external surface of the strap member. A ring is attached to one end of the strap member and the hook element of the hook-and-fabric-type fastener is attached to the other end. There is a handle on the external surface near the ring. The strap member is wrapped tightly about an object to be carried, with the hook element drawn through the ring and then passed into engagement with the fabric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Inventors: Peter J. de Ruyter, John R. Bryant, Roland H. Schneider