Patents by Inventor Ricky L. Hoagland

Ricky L. Hoagland 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).

  • Publication number: 20030174848
    Abstract: An entertainment receiver system, especially adapted for use on a physical exercise apparatus, is used to combat boredom during exercise sessions. Physical stresses on the housing units are associated with connecting and disconnecting the headset jack of the user's headset into the jack plug on a traditional unit. These stresses can make the unit non-functional. As a solution, a movable headset jack plug is provided external to the housing. The jack plug can be comprised of a flexible cord or a rigid structure movably mounted to the frame by a joint such as a ball and socket. The movable jack plug can be cushioned by a coil spring with the flexible cord or a cushion in the joint of the rigid structure. The movable nature of the jack plug necessitates the user physically holding the plug while they insert their headset jack into the plug. By physically holding the plug and jack, the force applied to the headset jack is equal in magnitude to the reaction force provided by the hand of the user to the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Ricky L. Hoagland