Patents by Inventor Paul A. Crawley

Paul A. Crawley 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: 7828296
    Abstract: A multi-sports ball/disk return net system and a method thereof that consistently returns a ball/disk hit, kick, thrown or struck into it back toward a user and that is portable and easy to assemble and disassemble. The multi-sports ball/disk return net system has a frame and a net mounted on or across the frame. The net forms an upper U-shape forward bulging pillow having a square net pattern and a lower U-shape channel or hammock with the square pattern at the opposite ends of the U-shape channel being skewed to become diamond shapes. The net is configured to cause a projectile propelled into the U-shape pillow to drop down to the U-shape channel, which funnels the ball to the lowest and central point of the U-shape channel for discharge toward the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Net Return, LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Patent number: 7600759
    Abstract: A multi-sports ball return net system and a method thereof that consistently returns a ball hit, kick, thrown or strike into it directly to a user and is portable, easy to assemble and disassemble. The multi-sports ball return net system has a frame and a net mounted across the frame. The net forms an upper U-shape forward bulging pillow and a lower U-shape channel or hammock. A ball propelled into the U-shape pillow drops down to the U-shape channel, which funnels the ball to the lowest and central point of the U-shape channel for discharge toward the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: The Net Return, LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Publication number: 20090029805
    Abstract: A multi-sports ball/disk return net system and a method thereof that consistently returns a ball/disk hit, kick, thrown or struck into it back toward a user and that is portable and easy to assemble and disassemble. The multi-sports ball/disk return net system has a frame and a net mounted on or across the frame. The net forms an upper U-shape forward bulging pillow having a square net pattern and a lower U-shape channel or hammock with the square pattern at the opposite ends of the U-shape channel being skewed to become diamond shapes. The net is configured to cause a projectile propelled into the U-shape pillow to drop down to the U-shape channel, which funnels the ball to the lowest and central point of the U-shape channel for discharge toward the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Publication number: 20090029804
    Abstract: A multi-sports ball return net system and a method thereof that consistently returns a ball hit, kick, thrown or strike into it directly to a user and is portable, easy to assemble and disassemble. The multi-sports ball return net system has a frame and a net mounted across the frame. The net forms an upper U-shape forward bulging pillow and a lower U-shape channel or hammock. A ball propelled into the U-shape pillow drops down to the U-shape channel, which funnels the ball to the lowest and central point of the U-shape channel for discharge toward the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Patent number: D593626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: The Net Return LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Patent number: D609760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Net Return LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Patent number: D621890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: The Net Return LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Patent number: D636827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: The Net Return
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Patent number: D649208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Net Return LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Crawley, Matthew J. Crawley
  • Patent number: D702300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Paul Crawley
  • Patent number: D766385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Paul Crawley
  • Patent number: D772358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Inventor: Paul Crawley
  • Patent number: D777852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventor: Paul Crawley
  • Patent number: D858664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Crawley
  • Patent number: D956153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Paul Crawley
  • Patent number: D1011455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Paul Crawley