Patents by Inventor Michael E. McGonigle

Michael E. McGonigle 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: 6264574
    Abstract: A game ball is provided for primarily practicing throwing a football in a passing spiral motion to impact a vertical wall, and then via a reactive force, the game ball returns in a passing opposite spiral motion to be caught by the person, who is practicing throwing a football. The body of the game ball has an external appearance looking somewhat like a football, except having only one conical pointed end, referred to as the trailing end, and having the other end, referred to as the leading end, being a substantially planar wall contacting surface. The body is made to absorb a substantial portion of the wall impact energy, and to quickly release a substantial amount of this absorbed energy, which is then directed in the opposite direction, successfully causing the body, serving as the game ball, to return in a passing opposite spiral motion to the locale, where the game ball was initially thrown by a person in a passing spiral motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Play Visions, Inc.
    Inventors: Webb T. Nelson, Michael E. McGonigle
  • Patent number: D432191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignees: Hasbro, Inc., Play Visions
    Inventors: Webb T. Nelson, Michael E. McGonigle, Karl A. Christopherson