Patents by Inventor Ray L. Vroome

Ray L. Vroome 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: 4526159
    Abstract: A fireplace grate having a base, an inclined heat radiating back wall detachably connected to the base, and an inclined wire grill, positioned forwardly of the back wall, detachably connected to the base and adjustable relative to the back wall; the space between the grill and back wall forming a cradle for receiving a single row of vertically stacked logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventor: Ray L. Vroome
  • Patent number: 4071250
    Abstract: A golf driving parctice device wherein a practice golf ball is anchored to a mat by a tether including first a chain including links of uniform length and weight secured to the mat and, second, a substantially weightless flexible cord connecting the chain to the ball. When driven by a golf club, the practice golf ball assumes a brief substantially unrestricted free flight which is gradually reduced in velocity by the uniformly weighted chain, and then comes to rest before all of the total length of the tether is used. The position and length of displaced tether laying on the mat being indicative of the direction and distance of the simulated flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Inventor: Ray L. Vroome