Patents by Inventor Vandette B. Carter

Vandette B. Carter 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: 20080261715
    Abstract: A golf club comprising a head having a series of tracks forming a three-dimensional pattern along a surface of the head; a plurality of weights for positioning along the channels; and a mechanism for securing the weights at arbitrary positions along the channels so as to customize at least one of center of gravity and moment of inertia of the head. The channels can all interconnect with one another to allow a weight to be moved from one to another. The golf club can further comprising a removable cover for at least a portion of the surface, the cover being for covering the channels and the weights positioned along the channels. The weights can comprise a spherical member disposed in a channel; an external member having a portion external to a surface of the head; and a coupling between the spherical member and the external member to allow the spherical member and the external member to securely capture between them a wall in which a track is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Vandette B. Carter
  • Patent number: 7416493
    Abstract: A training golf ball apparatus designed to imitate the realistic feel, weight, acoustic and flight characteristic of a real (regulation standard) golf ball, to allow a golfer to practice the sport in a realistic way safely at home, includes mechanized flights concealed within a cavity of the golf ball; a lightweight ball component and a magnetized tee. The device will perform as well as a standard golf ball; give accurate feedback on performance and promote realistic training in the home environment. The device provides the illusion that a lightweight golf ball is of standard weight when it is placed on a tee. For safety reason, the training golf ball apparatus changes aerodynamic properties once leaving the golf tee, and behaves as a lightweight, high aerodynamic drag object once airborne.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Inventor: Vandette B. Carter
  • Patent number: 7300406
    Abstract: An apparatus to enable health care providers to perform a number of diagnostic procedures, including listening to the heart, obtaining electrocardiograms and sonograms. A pocket size instrument displays an EKG tracing on its screen simultaneously upon auscultation of the heart. The abdomen may also be investigated by displaying a sonogram. Wireless broadband technology may provide a closed circuit interface for real-time wireless transmission of acquired data. Examination requires none of a multiplicity of wires to untangle, bulky machines or a technician to be summoned. Regurgitation, heart size, ischemia and heart murmurs can all be evaluated by a visual and auditory methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventor: Vandette B. Carter
  • Patent number: 7166037
    Abstract: A training golf ball apparatus designed to imitate the realistic feel, weight, acoustic and flight characteristic of a real (regulation standard) golf ball, to allow a golfer to practice the sport in a realistic way safely at home, includes a mechanized shuttlecock; a lightweight ball component and a magnetized tee. When arranged functionally, the device will perform as well as a standard golf ball; give accurate feedback on performance and promote realistic training in the home environment. The device is engineered in such a way to give the illusion that a lightweight golf ball is of standard weight when it is placed on a tee. For safety reason, the training golf ball apparatus changes aerodynamic properties once leaving the golf tee, and behaves as a lightweight, high aerodynamic drag object once airborne.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventor: Vandette B. Carter
  • Patent number: D566217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Inventor: Vandette B. Carter