Patents by Inventor Joseph Torch

Joseph Torch 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: 8088027
    Abstract: A device to teach the proper mechanics of a baseball swing is described. The device consists of a platform that the batter stands on. Set in the platform is a wheel that the batter puts his back foot on. The wheel turns 90 degrees when the batter takes his stride showing the batter the proper way to turn his back foot so that his hips and torso rotate. The batters' front foot is guided by marks to indicate the starting and the ending position of his front foot during the swing. Attached to the platform is a guide that guides the swinging bat along the proper path to make optimal contact with the ball. The guide and platform are reversible for left hand batters, adjustable for batters of different heights and adjustable for high or low and inside or outside pitched balls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Inventor: Joseph Torch
  • Publication number: 20110092318
    Abstract: A device to teach the proper mechanics of a baseball swing is described. The device consists of a platform that the batter stands on. Set in the platform is a wheel that the batter puts his back foot on. The wheel turns 90 degrees when the batter takes his stride showing the batter the proper way to turn his back foot so that his hips and torso rotate. The batters' front foot is guided by marks to indicate the starting and the ending position of his front foot during the swing. Attached to the platform is a guide that guides the swinging bat along the proper path to make optimal contact with the ball. The guide and platform are reversible for left hand batters, adjustable for batters of different heights and adjustable for high or low and inside or outside pitched balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Joseph Torch
  • Patent number: 4133226
    Abstract: A tool for rapidly and accurately swaging the individual teeth, or bits, of a large power-driven saw, with the teeth remaining in place on the saw blade or band, the tool being composed of a plurality of hardened steel parts presenting a recess for receiving a tooth to be swaged and defining the desired final shape of the tooth tip, and a guide element arranged to engage a portion of the saw blade adjacent the tooth being swaged in a manner to maintain the tool in the orientation relative to the tooth required to effectuate optimum swaging. The tool is constructed to be driven by a power tool, such as an air hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1979
    Inventor: Joseph Torch