Patents by Inventor Lawrence J. Gilligan

Lawrence J. Gilligan 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: 20150009468
    Abstract: An eyewear system and method for wearing by a user is provided. The eyewear system includes a pair of glasses and a pair of temples, wherein the temples are configured to reach only up till temple bone of its wearer. Further, the eyewear system includes a frame for supporting the pair of glasses and the pair of temples. The frame of the eyewear system further includes a tensioner at its nose bridge. The tensioner is designed to pressurize the frame of the eyewear system to attain a folded position. The pressure exerted on the frame of the eyewear results in a grip of the eyewear system on facial structure of the user who is wearing the eyewear system. In addition, the pair of temples of the eyewear system includes cushions for comforting the user from the pressure exerted by the tensioner on the frame of the eyewear system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Gilligan, Joseph F. Gilligan
  • Publication number: 20090077705
    Abstract: An illuminating sports glove is disclosed that includes a baseball or softball glove and at least one integrated illumination system. Each illumination system includes at least one power source, at least one lamp means, and at least one switch. Preferably, the baseball glove is a catcher's mitt with covered LEDs integrated into the outer rim of the catching side of the catcher's mitt. When the switch is in a closed position, the catcher's mitt presents an illuminated target pattern. The illuminated glove provides a target at which a thrower of an object can aim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph F. Gilligan, IV, Lawrence J. Gilligan
  • Patent number: 7002104
    Abstract: A heated baseball glove/mitt is provided. In one embodiment the heated glove/mitt comprises front and back shells joined together along select portions of their edges in such manner as to form a finger portion and a thumb portion of the glove/mitt, and further defining an opening between the front and back shells for receiving a hand of a user of the glove/mitt, a web-type panel disposed partially between the finger portion and the thumb portion, at least one interior member located between an inner surface of the front shell and an inner surface of the back shell, at least one finger stall extending from the interior member between the interior member and the back shell having a top surface proximate the inner surface of the back shell, and an electrically conductive member attached along at least a portion of the top surface of the at least one finger stall between the top surface of the at least one finger stall and the inner surface of said back shell for heating the at least one finger stall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Akadema, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Gilligan, Joseph Gilligan, IV
  • Patent number: 6881164
    Abstract: A grip for sports equipment and/or tools is provided. The grip, which is applied to the handle portion of sports equipment and/or tools, comprises a slurry of gripping material, which itself comprises various mixtures of gripping particles mixed into the binding fluid in quantities that are proportional to the starting quantity of the binding fluid and in proportion to the quantities of other gripping particles mixed into the binding fluid. The handle portion of the sports equipment and/or tool is dipped into the slurry of gripping material, the sports equipment and/or tool is then removed and the slurry of gripping material is allowed to adhere around the handle thereby becoming an integral part of the handle which is not removable, or apt to peel off, not sticky and which does not need to be reapplied before each use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Akadema Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Gilligan, Joseph Gilligan, IV
  • Publication number: 20040102264
    Abstract: A grip for sports equipment and/or tools is provided. The grip, which is applied to the handle portion of sports equipment and/or tools, comprises a slurry of gripping material, which itself comprises various mixtures of gripping particles mixed into the binding fluid in quantities that are proportional to the starting quantity of the binding fluid and in proportion to the quantities of other gripping particles mixed into the binding fluid. The handle portion of the sports equipment and/or tool is dipped into the slurry of gripping material, the sports equipment and/or tool is then removed and the slurry of gripping material is allowed to adhere around the handle thereby becoming an integral part of the handle which is not removable, or apt to peel off, not sticky and which does not need to be reapplied before each use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Gilligan, Joseph Gilligan
  • Patent number: 6640339
    Abstract: A baseball mitt having a construction such that the mitt's front and back shells, internal padding member(s), and its web-type panel, create four peripheral padding zones. Two of the peripheral padding zones closest to, and on either side of, the web-type panel, are greater in thickness then the thickness of the mitt at the pocket, but are smaller in thickness then the thickness of the other two peripheral padding zones that extend down toward the heel of the mitt. The mitt further has a double-hinge assembly to facilitate easier folding of the mitt around a caught baseball. The mitt also has at least one extra finger hammock for securing at least two fingers and a thumb of the user of the mitt. In addition, the mitt has a stress wedge located so as to protect the soft web portion of a user's hand located between the index finger and thumb of the user's hand, along with the remaining palm of the user's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Akadema, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Gilligan
  • Patent number: 6536046
    Abstract: A flexible baseball glove is provided. The glove comprises front and back shells which are joined together both along the periphery of the glove and selectively at internal portions of the glove, in such a manner as to form a finger portion, a heel portion and a thumb portion thereof. A web-type panel is disposed between the finger portion and thumb portion and at least two finger stalls and one thumb stall are formed within the glove, between the joined front and back shells. A first finger stall of the at least two finger stalls is closed, so that fingers of the users hand cannot be received into that stall. The glove also comprises first and second hinge assemblies located along the heel portion, wherein one of the hinge assemblies is closer in proximity to the thumb portion of the glove, while the other hinge assembly is closer in proximity to the finger portion of the glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Akadema, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Gilligan
  • Patent number: D481495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Akadema, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Gilligan
  • Patent number: D490574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Akadema, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Gilligan