Patents by Inventor Martha E. Ford

Martha E. Ford 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: 6932744
    Abstract: A pole vault training device includes a pole replicating section having generally cylindrical forward and rearward pipe sections extending generally parallel and generally horizontally offset from each other and a training device mounting and support section including a pivot mount and a pivot shaft having an inner section rotatably mounted on the pivot mount and an outer end, the pivot shaft extending generally horizontally outwards from the pivot mount. An offset mount bar extends downwards and outwards from the outer end of the pivot shaft, and forward and rearward pipe section mount bars each extend upwards and forwards and upwards and rearwards respectively from adjacent the outer end of the offset mount bar to connect to and support the forward and rearward pipe sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventors: Richard W. Ford, Martha E. Ford