Patents by Inventor Vaughn T. Forbes

Vaughn T. Forbes 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: 5674131
    Abstract: A novelty item ejects a golf ball from a cup in a putting green. The golf ball ejector apparatus includes an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder movable relative to the outer cylinder. A compression spring is disposed beneath the inner cylinder and the inner cylinder includes a pair of slots which extend axially along the inner cylinder and a transversely or diametrically extending pin extends through the slots and is secured to the outer cylinder. The top of the inner cylinder includes a recess for receiving the golf ball. The top of the slots include recesses for receiving the pin to lock the inner cylinder downwardly relative to the outer cylinder and a golf ball falling onto the top of the inner cylinder causes the inner cylinder to move relative to the pin, and when the pin is out of the recesses the compression spring moves the inner cylinder, with the golf ball disposed thereon, upwardly to propel or eject the golf ball upwardly and out of the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Inventors: Vaughn T. Forbes, Gerald C. Dickerson
  • Patent number: 4925192
    Abstract: Golf training apparatus includes four elements, including a primary element and three elements that are secured to the primary element for locating the feet of a user for training a golfer for a correct stance for different kinds of swings. The elements are secured together at any of a plurality of locations by pins and apertures. The primary or base element includes a plurality of apertures, and the other three elements include pins which may extend into any desired aperture. The elements are appropriately secured to the ground, as by anchor pins. The apparatus may also be used in a different configuration for putting and chipping training purposes. The apparatus is also compact and nestable for storage and for transport purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Inventor: Vaughn T. Forbes