Patents by Inventor Monte Sterling

Monte Sterling 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: 12515121
    Abstract: An arcade game having a housing that forms an interior compartment containing three lower and three upper platforms and a perforated platform. The three lower platforms are underneath the perforated platform, tilted toward downwardly, and parallel to each other. The perforated platform is horizontal with a plurality of apertures configured to allow a ball to pass through them. Two levers at the front of the housing are pivotally connected to a bracket and mechanically coupled to one of the upper platforms via a cable and pulley. A central connecting rod extends through the center of the three upper platforms with a ball bearing at each point at which the rod passes through the platform. Two rear connecting rods connect the rear corners of the three upper platforms to each other with a ball bearing at each point at which the rear connecting rods extend through the platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Inventor: Monte Sterling
  • Patent number: 12460435
    Abstract: A leveling device which can be selectively deployed and actuated to raise, lift, or stabilize a structural member or other element with respect to a support surface. In some embodiments, the leveling device may include an extendable device frame. The device frame may be selectively extendable to various lengths. A frame extension assembly may operably engage the device frame. The frame extension assembly may be configured to facilitate selective extension or lengthening and retraction or shortening of the device frame. The device frame may be selectively lockable at the selected extended length. In application of the device, the device frame may be deployed in place between a floor or other support surface and an elevated structural member to be raised, leveled, or stabilized. The frame extension assembly may be deployed from the pre-extended position to the extended position to extend the device frame and raise, level or stabilize the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Inventor: Monte Sterling
  • Publication number: 20240245981
    Abstract: An arcade game having a housing that forms an interior compartment containing three lower and three upper platforms and a perforated platform. The three lower platforms are underneath the perforated platform, tilted toward downwardly, and parallel to each other. The perforated platform is horizontal with a plurality of apertures configured to allow a ball to pass through them. Two levers at the front of the housing are pivotally connected to a bracket and mechanically coupled to one of the upper platforms via a cable and pulley. A central connecting rod extends through the center of the three upper platforms with a ball bearing at each point at which the rod passes through the platform. Two rear connecting rods connect the rear corners of the three upper platforms to each other with a ball bearing at each point at which the rear connecting rods extend through the platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: Monte Sterling