Patents by Inventor Norman J. McDonald, Jr.

Norman J. McDonald, Jr. 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: 5615664
    Abstract: A weight collar for use with a stabilizer adapted to be connected to a bow. The weight collar is removably connected to a stabilizer outer peripheral surface of the stabilizer. The weight collar includes a pad constructed of a compressible material whereby the weight collar is movable in upwardly and downwardly directions perpendicular to an axial center line of the weight collar and movable in angular directions relative to the axial center line of the weight collar while remaining attached to the weight collar. A stabilizer for use with a bow having a stabilizer tube with an opening extending therethrough forming a stabilizer chamber, the stabilizer chamber defining a stabilizer in a peripheral surface. A resonator suppressor ring is disposed in the stabilizer chamber between the first and the second ends of the stabilizer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Inventor: Norman J. McDonald, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5584282
    Abstract: A weight collar for use with a stabilizer adapted to be connected to a bow. The weight collar is removably connected to a stabilizer outer peripheral surface of the stabilizer. The weight collar includes a pad constructed of a compressible material whereby the weight collar is movable in upwardly and downwardly directions perpendicular to an axial center line of the weight collar and movable in angular directions relative to the axial center line of the weight collar while remaining attached to the weight collar. A stabilizer for use with a bow having a stabilizer tube with an opening extending therethrough forming a stabilizer chamber, the stabilizer chamber defining a stabilizer in a peripheral surface. A resonator suppressor ring is disposed in the stabilizer chamber between the first and the second ends of the stabilizer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Inventor: Norman J. McDonald, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5487375
    Abstract: A weight collar for use with a stabilizer adapted to be connected to a bow. The weight collar is removably connected to a stabilizer outer peripheral surface of the stabilizer. The weight collar includes a pad constructed of a compressible material whereby the weight collar is movable in upwardly and downwardly directions perpendicular to an axial center line of the weight collar and movable in angular directions relative to the axial center line of the weight-collar while remaining attached to the weight collar. A stabilizer for use with a bow having a stabilizer tube with an opening extending therethrough forming a stabilizer chamber, the stabilizer chamber defining a stabilizer in a peripheral surface. A resonator suppressor ring is disposed in the stabilizer chamber between the first and the second ends of the stabilizer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Inventor: Norman J. McDonald, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5471969
    Abstract: A weight collar for use with a stabilizer adapted to be connected to a bow. The weight collar is removably connected to a stabilizer outer peripheral surface of the stabilizer. The weight collar includes a pad constructed of a compressible material whereby the weight collar is movable in upwardly and downwardly directions perpendicular to an axial center line of the weight collar and movable in angular directions relative to the axial center line of the weight collar while remaining attached to the weight collar. A stabilizer for use with a bow having a stabilizer tube with an opening extending therethrough forming a stabilizer chamber, the stabilizer chamber defining a stabilizer in a peripheral surface. A resonator suppressor ring is disposed in the stabilizer chamber between the first and the second ends of the stabilizer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventor: Norman J. McDonald, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4986018
    Abstract: A stabilizer for use with a firing weapon to reduce the effect resulting from firing such firing weapon, the stabilizer having a tube with a first and second end and a tube opening extending a distance therethrough generally between the first and the second ends thereof, and hydraulic fluid being disposed within and substantially filling the tube opening. Closure means substantially closes the first and the second ends of the tube for cooperating to retain the hydraulic fluid within the tube opening and a piston is disposed in the tube opening with the piston being movable in a first direction generally from the first end toward the second end of the tube and in the second direction generally from the second end toward the first end of the tube. A first spring is disposed within the tube opening having one end engageable with one end of the piston and the opposite end engageable with the portion of the closure means closing the first end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Inventor: Norman J. McDonald, Jr.