Patents by Inventor Willem Van Straaten

Willem Van Straaten 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: 20060122043
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus including a structure which, in use, rests on the floor and at least one resistance device which is engaged with the structure and which is actuable against a reaction force generated by the mass of a user on the structure. The structure includes opposed first and second ends and at least first and second resistance devices which are engaged at spaced locations with the structure at least at the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventor: Willem Van Straaten
  • Publication number: 20060014613
    Abstract: An exercise aid which includes an inflatable body which has an outer surface, and at least one inflatable component on at least part of the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Willem Van Straaten, Christopher Lundin
  • Publication number: 20050134794
    Abstract: An optical apparatus for training a golfer which is the form of a pair of spectacles with tinted lenses, one of which is inclined so that an image projected onto an inner surface of the lens is reflected onto an eye of a user. The image comprises data which aids the golfer in a training stroke. To reduce ghost images, to allow for binocular vision and to superimpose the projected image on a background view, the lenses have an absorption of from 60% to 85%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Willem Van Straaten
  • Publication number: 20050081471
    Abstract: A kit for building a structure which includes a plurality of panels (28, 30), each panel having at least one respective peripheral formation (34) and a plurality of fasteners (10); each fastener having at least two clip formations (12, 14), and wherein the clip formations of a fastener are respectively engageable with the peripheral formations of two of the panels which are positioned adjacent each other, to secure the panels together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventor: Willem Van Straaten