Patents by Inventor Kirk Bacon
Kirk Bacon 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).
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Publication number: 20260091291Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2025Publication date: April 2, 2026Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke
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Patent number: 12491425Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 9, 2025Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke
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Publication number: 20220134208Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke
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Patent number: 11253767Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke
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Patent number: 10799783Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke
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Publication number: 20200289909Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke
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Publication number: 20180200604Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke
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Patent number: 9950237Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke
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Publication number: 20160310820Abstract: A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatus. The system may enable motion data specific to motion of the sporting apparatus to be conveniently captured and transmitted, and displayed on the wearable device. The system may include functionality to permit disablement of the motion detecting, transmission, and/or displaying functions at times when such functions are not permitted to be used, and to record the date, time, and location when such functions have been disabled to permit verification thereof by a governing body or sporting organization. The system may further include a learning module enabling monitored motion of the object to be correlated to monitored motion of the user such that predictive motion of the sporting object based only on monitored motion of the user may be obtained and displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Michael J. Kline, John Rae, Scott Carlyle, Kirk Bacon, Patrick Ripp, Jeff Brunski, Jay Vogler, Dustin Brekke