Patents by Inventor Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas 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: 5452891
    Abstract: Golf putting structures and methods for dual-length conversion of a putter-club, including height adjustment to facilitate a pendulum-like putting stroke so as to minimize the opportunity for outside interferences. Adjustable length and rapid conversion features provide the option of using a first preselected putter length while enabling ready conversion, without attracting undue attention, to an extended length. In one embodiment, a hollow tapered-shaft putter is readily converted for receiving a coupling means of preselected configuration conforming to that of the hollow shaft which is integral with an externally-threaded adjustor rod. The remaining distal end of the adjustor rod is threaded into a receptor bushing which is integral with a height-augmenting receptor structure. Threading the rod into the receptor structure can be used to adjust the overall height for the combination structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Inventor: Robert K. Thomas
  • Patent number: D364436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Inventor: Robert K. Thomas