Patents by Inventor Neil Halls
Neil Halls 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).
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Patent number: 7326126Abstract: An iron-type golf club (320) having an iron-type club head (322) with an interchangeable shaft (40) is disclosed herein. The golf club (320) includes a tube (344) mounted in the hosel (331) of the club head (322), and a sleeve (346) mounted on a tip end (50) of the shaft (40). The tube (344) includes a tapered portion (360) and a rotation prevention portion (362). The sleeve (346) has a frustoconical portion (372) and a keyed portion (374) that are respectively received in the tapered portion (360) and the rotation prevention portion (362) of the tube (344). The golf club (320) further includes a mechanical fastener (48) for removably securing the shaft (40) to the club head (322).Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Denver Holt, Matthew T. Cackett, Alan Hocknell, J. Neil Hall
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Patent number: 7128789Abstract: An absorbent, low-linting fibrous structure comprising an entangled web of synthetic fibers, wherein fibers of at least one of said top surface and said bottom surface are surface bonded, such as by thermal or adhesive bonding. The web is absorbent, has low density, is resistant to linting, and can retain structural integrity at high temperatures. The structure can be made by forming a web of synthetic fibers, entangling the fibers of the web, such as by needling or hydroentangling, and bonding the fibers at the surface of the web by thermal or adhesive bonding.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2003Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William Robert Ouellette, Robert Allan Johnson, Bruce Neil Hall
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Publication number: 20060171898Abstract: The present invention provides a foamable pharmaceutical composition comprising a corticosteroid active substance, a quick-break foaming agent, a propellant and a buffering agent. The quick-break foaming agent typically comprises an aliphatic alcohol, water, a fatty alcohol and surface active agent. The compositions of the invention can be used to treat various skin disease, and in particular scalp psoriasis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: August 3, 2006Applicant: Connetics Australia Pty LtdInventors: Julie Jones, Anthony Baker, Neil Halls, Peter Watmough, Peter Marriott
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Patent number: 6779598Abstract: A downhole device, adapted for use in wireline or slickline application, is provided for incorporation into a downhole string and movement in a wellbore. The device comprises means to orient the device in a wellbore, and one or more conveying means arranged to engage the inner surface of the wellbore and reduce the frictional coefficient. It may also incorporate an eccentric weight and/or a vibrator.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Wireline Engineering LimitedInventor: Robert Neil Hall
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Publication number: 20040076788Abstract: Articles for applying color on a surface that includes a sheet of dry color component having a margin, a front sheet surface, and a rear sheet surface opposite the front sheet surface, and an adhesive on the rear sheet surface for bonding the sheet to the surface. Either the margin of the sheet or the entire sheet is adapted for reducing or eliminating the visual perceptibility of the seam created when the margin is positioned in an overlapping, abutting, or spaced apart relationship with a margin of a juxtaposed second article. The reduction or elimination of the visual perceptibility of the seam may be promoted by a physical mechanism, a chemical mechanism, an optical mechanism, or a combination of these mechanisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mark John Steinhardt, Shawn Christopher Pallotta, Robert Lawrence Prosise, John William Toussant, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Von Adoniram Kinsey, Anneke Margaret Kaminski, Julie Ann Pawlikowski, Bruce Neil Hall, Roxanne Drago Westendorf
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Publication number: 20030168153Abstract: An absorbent, low-linting fibrous structure comprising an entangled web of synthetic fibers, wherein fibers of at least one of said top surface and said bottom surface are surface bonded, such as by thermal or adhesive bonding. The web is absorbent, has low density, is resistant to linting, and can retain structural integrity at high temperatures. The structure can be made by forming a web of synthetic fibers, entangling the fibers of the web, such as by needling or hydroentangling, and bonding the fibers at the surface of the web by thermal or adhesive bonding.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: William Robert Ouellette, Robert Allan Johnson, Bruce Neil Hall
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Publication number: 20030075321Abstract: A downhole device, adapted for use in wireline or stickline applications, is provided for incorporation into a downhole string and movement in a wellbore. The device comprises means to orient the device in a well-bore, and one or more conveying means arranged to engage the inner surface of the wellbore and reduce the frictional coefficient. It may also incorporate an eccentric weight and/or a vibrator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Robert Neil Hall
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Patent number: 6534174Abstract: An absorbent, low-linting fibrous structure comprising an entangled web of synthetic fibers, wherein fibers of at least one of said top surface and said bottom surface are surface bonded, such as by thermal or adhesive bonding. The web is absorbent, has low density, is resistant to linting, and can retain structural integrity at high temperatures. The structure can be made by forming a web of synthetic fibers, entangling the fibers of the web, such as by needling or hydroentangling, and bonding the fibers at the surface of the web by thermal or adhesive bonding.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William Robert Ouellette, Robert Allan Johnson, Bruce Neil Hall
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Patent number: 6478690Abstract: The present invention is a golf club (30) having a club head main body (34) with a recess (38), an polymer insert (40) in the recess (38), an isolation layer (52) and a weight body (50). The polymer insert (40) is composed of a thermosetting polyurethane material having a Shore D hardness in the range of 42 to 55, and a Bayshore rebound in the range of 51 to 60. The preferred thermosetting polyurethane material is formed from a p-phenylene diisocyanate prepolymer and a curing agent. The golf club (30) is preferably a putter, however, it may be a wood or an iron. The particular thermosetting polyurethane provides a soft striking face for feel and a good rebound for distance. The weight body (50) is preferably composed of a tungsten alloy, and the isolation layer (52) is preferably composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Richard C. Helmstetter, Ronald K. Hettinger, J. Neil Hall, Augustin W. Rollison, Kamal Sarkar, Joshua G. Breier, John G. Guard, Pijush K. Dewanjee
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Publication number: 20020065144Abstract: The present invention is a golf club (30) having a club head main body (34) with a recess (38), an polymer insert (40) in the recess (38), an isolation layer (52) and a weight body (50). The polymer insert (40) is composed of a thermosetting polyurethane material having a Shore D hardness in the range of 42 to 55, and a Bayshore rebound in the range of 51 to 60. The preferred thermosetting polyurethane material is formed from a p-phenylene diisocyanate prepolymer and a curing agent. The golf club (30) is preferably a putter, however, it may be a wood or an iron. The particular thermosetting polyurethane provides a soft striking face for feel and a good rebound for distance. The weight body (50) is preferably composed of a tungsten alloy, and the isolation layer (52) is preferably composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Applicant: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Richard C. Helmstetter, Ronald K. Hettinger, J. Neil Hall, Augustin W. Rollinson, Kamal Sarkar, Joshua G. Breier, John G. Guard, Pijush K. Dewanjee
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Patent number: 6336869Abstract: The present invention is a golf club (30) having a club head main body (34) with a hollow interior (49), a support layer 41 defining a depth of a recess (38), a polymer insert (40) in the recess (38), an isolation layer (52) and a weight body (50). The polymer insert (40) is composed of a thermosetting polyurethane material having a Shore D hardness in the range of 42 to 55, and a Bayshore rebound in the range of 51 to 60. The preferred thermosetting polyurethane material is formed from a p-phenylene diisocyanate prepolymer and a curing agent. The golf club (30) is preferably a putter, however, it may be a wood or an iron. The particular thermosetting polyurethane provides a soft striking face for feel and a good rebound for distance. The weight body (50) is preferably composed of a tungsten alloy, and the isolation layer (52) is preferably composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2000Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Richard C. Helmstetter, J. Neil Hall, Augustin W. Rollinson, Kamal Sarkar, Joshua G. Breier, John G. Guard, Pijush K. Dewanjee
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Patent number: 6328661Abstract: The present invention is a golf club (30) having a club head main body (34) with a recess (38), an polymer insert (40) in the recess (38), an isolation layer (52) and a weight body (50). The polymer insert (40) is composed of a thermosetting polyurethane material having a Shore D hardness in the range of 42 to 55, and a Bayshore rebound in the range of 51 to 60. The preferred thermosetting polyurethane material is formed from a p-phenylene diisocyanate prepolymer and a curing agent. The golf club (30) is preferably a putter, however, it may be a wood or an iron. The particular thermosetting polyurethane provides a soft striking face for feel and a good rebound for distance. The weight body (50) is preferably composed of a tungsten alloy, and the isolation layer (52) is preferably composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2000Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Michael A. CataniaInventors: Richard C. Helmstetter, Ronald K. Hettinger, J. Neil Hall, Augustin W. Rollison, Kamal Sarkar, Joshua G. Breier, John G. Guard, Pijush K. Dewanjee
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Patent number: 6260250Abstract: A bending plate for use in adjusting a lie and/or loft of a golf club head. The bending plate comprises means for minimizing or reducing mechanical stresses within a face region and face insert plate of the golf club head, when the golf club head is placed in a clamping apparatus. Thus, the bending plate protects the face insert plate of the club head during a lie and/or loft adjustment of the club head. The bending plate also includes means for establishing proper positioning of the bending plate over the face insert plate and/or face region of the golf club head.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: J. Neil Hall, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Patent number: 6179203Abstract: A multi-ply food container. The multi-ply food container has selective reinforcement at the center of the food container, and regions of a raised side wall and/or rim which are not reinforced. The reinforcement is preferably done by joining an additional ply to the food container.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1998Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John William Toussant, Bruce Neil Hall
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Patent number: 6095931Abstract: A bimetallic golf club head having a weight body for lowering the center of gravity of the golf club head in order to increase vertical gear effect upon impact with a golf ball, while also providing for an isolation layer between the golf club head's weight body and a main body portion comprising a ball striking front section. One purpose of the isolation layer is to isolate, or reduce the combination of, the impact vibration frequency pattern of the main body and the vibration frequency pattern of the weight body, thereby preserving the desirable feel and playability of a single metal golf club head while enjoying the improved performance of a low center of gravity golf club head. Another purpose of the isolation layer is to minimize or reduce the galvanic/intermetallic reaction between two different metallic materials that are placed in direct contact.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, J. Neil Hall, Augustin W. Rollinson, Kamal Sarkar
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Patent number: 6093116Abstract: A golf club head having a face insert plate. The face insert plate is affixed to a faceplate mounting surface wherein a plurality of channels are formed. The channels preferably have a depth that is increased in a lower region of a face of the club head. An elastomeric binding material and damping agent is provided within the channels to affix the face insert plate to the face plate mounting surface and to provide a vibration damping function. In a preferred form, the faceplate mounting surface comprises a base wall of a face insert receiving cavity or recess that is formed within a main body of the club head.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, J. Neil Hall, Ruben Ruiz
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Patent number: D537896Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Denver Holt, Matthew T. Cackett, J. Neil Hall, James C. Wenck