Patents by Inventor Karel A. Poortman

Karel A. Poortman 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: 4131280
    Abstract: An electronic tee off device has a plurality of light-emitting diodes of different colors situated at a location where when energized, they are visible to a golfer when the golfer is properly positioned with respect to a golf ball which the golfer is about to drive from a tee. While the golf ball is carried by the tee a preparatory circuit is connected to the plurality of light-emitting diodes for sequentially placing them in a condition remaining unenergized but ready to be energized so that at any given instant the golfer has no way of knowing which particular light-emitting diode is conditioned to be energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Inventor: Karel A. Poortman