Patents by Inventor Terry Gerard McClanahan

Terry Gerard McClanahan 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: 8186339
    Abstract: An archery bow shot cover device is attachable to an archery bow for use during hunting an animal. The archery bow shot cover device includes a housing, a sensor, a memory chip and a speaker. During use, a sensor detects the release of an arrow from the archery bow, which triggers a memory chip to send a signal carrying an animal sound to the speaker. The animal sound is emanated from the speaker and covers up or camouflages the noise produced by the release of the arrow from the bow. The sensor may be an accelerometer or other vibration type of switch, a motion detector, a bar code type of reader, or other type of sensor for detecting the release of the arrow from the archery bow. The device includes a USB port or jack for installing additional natural animal sounds or other types of sounds onto the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: Terry Gerard McClanahan
  • Patent number: 6155244
    Abstract: The archery bow shot cover device may be attached to various types of bows and is used to produce a natural sound for covering up the noise emanating from the bow when an arrow is released from the bow. The archery bow shot cover device includes a housing which is attached to the bow. The housing contains a pull string which is attached to the string of the bow, a retracting system for retracting the pull string back into the housing when an arrow is shot from the bow, and a sound mechanism for producing a natural sound when the pull string is retracted back into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Inventor: Terry Gerard McClanahan