Patents by Inventor Meghan Wolfgram

Meghan Wolfgram 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: 20220232803
    Abstract: A pulley system for enabling an object attached to a line to pass around a rotating pulley at least partially enclosed by a housing, without causing the object to encounter interference from the housing structure as the object passages through. An inward beveled edge of the housing structure may act to guide the line into the pulley groove. An object passthrough window for allowing the object to pass around the pulley while the pulley is rotating, without encumbrance of the object, may comprise a substantially solid, or continuous, inner surface formed of the inward beveled edge and the pulley groove. An exemplary use of the pulley system is in drive or transfer pulleys, or both, in systems utilizing pulley arrangements: for example, in systems such as lure coursing systems that continuously loop a line having a lure attached, for the enjoyment of domesticated animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Meghan Wolfgram, John Ritter
  • Patent number: 11297801
    Abstract: A lure coursing system for the enjoyment of domesticated animals comprising: a motorized drive unit disposed at a first location, the motorized drive unit including a drive housing enclosing a drive pulley operatively connected to a motor; a transfer unit disposed at a second location, the transfer pulley unit including a transfer housing enclosing a transfer pulley; a lure line engaging the drive pulley and the transfer pulley so as to form a continuous loop configuration for the lure line; and a lure attached to the lure line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Swift Paws, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghan Wolfgram, John Ritter
  • Publication number: 20200229399
    Abstract: A lure coursing system for the enjoyment of domesticated animals comprising: a motorized drive unit disposed at a first location, the motorized drive unit including a drive housing enclosing a drive pulley operatively connected to a motor; a transfer unit disposed at a second location, the transfer pulley unit including a transfer housing enclosing a transfer pulley; a lure line engaging the drive pulley and the transfer pulley so as to form a continuous loop configuration for the lure line; and a lure attached to the lure line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Meghan Wolfgram, John Ritter
  • Patent number: 10609904
    Abstract: A lure chasing system comprises: a motorized pulley unit disposed at a first location, the motorized pulley unit including a drive housing enclosing a motor and a drive pulley connected to the motor; a transfer pulley unit disposed at a second location, the transfer pulley unit including a transfer housing enclosing a transfer pulley; a lure line engaging the drive pulley and the transfer pulley so as to form a loop configuration for the lure line; and a lure attached to the lure line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventors: Meghan Wolfgram, John Ritter
  • Publication number: 20150201586
    Abstract: A lure chasing system comprises: a motorized pulley unit disposed at a first location, the motorized pulley unit including a drive housing enclosing a motor and a drive pulley connected to the motor; a transfer pulley unit disposed at a second location, the transfer pulley unit including a transfer housing enclosing a transfer pulley; a lure line engaging the drive pulley and the transfer pulley so as to form a loop configuration for the lure line; and a lure attached to the lure line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Meghan Wolfgram, John Ritter