Patents by Inventor Keith Vivian Alexander

Keith Vivian Alexander 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: 20040171462
    Abstract: A trampoline support frame is made up of a base frame 3 and tubular holders 8 arranged to retain the lower ends of respective resiliently flexible rods 2, with the tubular holders 8 located at least partly within the base frame 3. The base frame may have a number of interconnectable base sections 4, 5. The base sections may be coupled by an extending tongue portion 6 of one base section engaging into a recess 7 in an adjacent base section. The tongue portion of each base section may be provided with a slot arranged to receive at least one of the tubular holders of the adjacent base section. A trampoline has a flexible mat 1, the base frame 3, and a number of resiliently flexible rods 2 each having an upper end retained in the flexible mat and a lower end retained in a respective tubular holder 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Keith Vivian Alexander
  • Patent number: 6688663
    Abstract: Retrieval equipment for a deployed bungy essentially comprising a retrieval/hauling member and a terminal coupling unit connectable to or integral with the free end of the bungy. The retrieval/hauling member is attached to a retrieval cable and is provided with an aperture for receipt of the bungy. Releasable engagement of the retrieval/hauling member and the terminal coupling unit and subsequent hauling retrieves the deployed bungy back to the jump site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Fun Innovators NZ Limited
    Inventors: Paul Henry Drury van Asch, Keith Vivian Alexander
  • Publication number: 20030122391
    Abstract: Retrieval equipment for a deployed bungy essentially comprising a retrieval/hauling member and a terminal coupling unit connectable to or integral with the free end of the bungy. The retrieval/hauling member is attached to a retrieval cable and is provided with an aperture for receipt of said bungy. Releasable engagement of the retrieval/hauling member and the terminal coupling unit and subsequent hauling retrieves the deployed bungy back to the jump site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: FUN INNOVATORS NZ LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Henry Drury van Asch, Keith Vivian Alexander
  • Patent number: 6319174
    Abstract: A trampoline which incorporates a flexible mat supported above a support frame by a number of spaced flexible rods; each rod is secured at one end to the mat and at the other end to the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Keith Vivian Alexander