Patents by Inventor Lydia M. Jones

Lydia M. Jones 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).

  • Basketball hoop security device
    Patent number: 5433095
    Abstract: A basketball-hoop lock has a hoop restriction with a pin-lockable vertical hook on one end and at least one horizontal hook on an opposite end. The vertical hook can be positioned vertically on a portion of a rim of a basketball hoop when an opposite end of the hoop restriction is hooked horizontally on one or more opposing portions of the basketball rim. Positioning a lock pin, a padlock rod or a suitable line through one or more orifices in the vertical hook locks all hooks on the hoop restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Inventors: Thomas M. Mitchell, Louis Thomas, Lydia M. Jones, Michael Thomas