Patents by Inventor Thomas Leslie Hilton

Thomas Leslie Hilton 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).

  • Vertically adjustable backboard
    Patent number: 7628717
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable backboard support includes a fixed position structure to which a shiftable backboard structure is sliding attached for vertical adjustment between several selectable elevations. A torsion spring counterbalance apparatus on the fixed position structure facilitates manual shifting of the adjustable backboard structure to any of its vertically adjusted positions. A vertically disposed outer tube of the fixed position structure includes vertically spaced openings in one of its side walls for receiving a cam secured to a vertical operating rod rotatably mounted to the shiftable backboard structure for selecting and maintaining desired vertical positions of backboard adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Gym Dynamics, LLC
    Inventors: Maurice A. Purcell, Dan D. Shaw, Thomas Leslie Hilton
  • Vertically adjustable backboard
    Publication number: 20090048041
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable backboard support includes a fixed position structure to which a shiftable backboard structure is sliding attached for vertical adjustment between several selectable elevations. A torsion spring counterbalance apparatus on the fixed position structure facilitates manual shifting of the adjustable backboard structure to any of its vertically adjusted positions. A vertically disposed outer tube of the fixed position structure includes vertically spaced openings in one of its side walls for receiving a cam secured to a vertical operating rod rotatably mounted to the shiftable backboard structure for selecting and maintaining desired vertical positions of backboard adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Maurice A. Purcell, Dan D. Shaw, Thomas Leslie Hilton