Patents by Inventor William Catchings Bradford

William Catchings Bradford 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: 10761878
    Abstract: Snow ski training methods with an apparatus are provided, including a snow ski training apparatus having two elongated freely rotatable overlapping ski arms pivotally mounted to a single vertical pivot point shaft fixed at the point of overlap on a sliding pivotal point assembly. Each ski arm has a foot pad with laces configured to receive a foot of a user at the tail end of each ski arm. Disclosed methods include placing a left foot and right foot of a user atop respective foot pads, assuming a hip flexed position, extending the hip and knees of the user until the user achieves an elevated position, laterally maneuvering the user's body through the user's sagittal plane while in the elevated position and around the single pivot point assembly, tangentially moving the user's feet along a congruent and overlapping arc, and returning to another hip flexed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventors: Henry Bernard Bradford, III, Sandra Jean Catchings, William Catchings Bradford
  • Patent number: 10754682
    Abstract: An snow ski training apparatus and methods of use are provided comprising a longitudinal T-beam having a central axis aligned generally between front and rear vertical supports, with a sliding pivot point assembly operatively engaging the T-beam for longitudinal movement. A pair of unparallel ski arms are provided, each having a plurality of axially spaced holes along the length of each respective ski arm, which are pivotally mounted overlapping each other on the sliding pivot point assembly enabling each ski arm to freely and independently pivot around the same vertical axis point. A foot pad is selectively configured at the tail end of each ski arm, enabling a user's feet to rotate along the same, congruent and overlapping arc. An achievement disc is provided concentrically with the sliding pivot point assembly enabling correlation between angles achieved by a user in operation of the apparatus with varying degrees of difficulty of downhill turns in assimilation of parallel snow skiing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventors: Henry Bernard Bradford, III, Sandra Jean Catchings, William Catchings Bradford
  • Publication number: 20190171480
    Abstract: Snow ski training methods with an apparatus are provided, including a snow ski training apparatus having two elongated freely rotatable overlapping ski arms pivotally mounted to a single vertical pivot point shaft fixed at the point of overlap on a sliding pivotal point assembly. Each ski arm has a foot pad with laces configured to receive a foot of a user at the tail end of each ski arm. Disclosed methods include placing a left foot and right foot of a user atop respective foot pads, assuming a hip flexed position, extending the hip and knees of the user until the user achieves an elevated position, laterally maneuvering the user's body through the user's sagittal plane while in the elevated position and around the single pivot point assembly, tangentially moving the user's feet along a congruent and overlapping arc, and returning to another hip flexed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Henry Bernard Bradford, III, Sandra Jean Catchings, William Catchings Bradford
  • Publication number: 20160144257
    Abstract: An snow ski training apparatus and methods of use are provided comprising a longitudinal T-beam having a central axis aligned generally between front and rear vertical supports, with a sliding pivot point assembly operatively engaging the T-beam for longitudinal movement. A pair of unparallel ski arms are provided, each having a plurality of axially spaced holes along the length of each respective ski arm, which are pivotally mounted overlapping each other on the sliding pivot point assembly enabling each ski arm to freely and independently pivot around the same vertical axis point. A foot pad is selectively configured at the tail end of each ski arm, enabling a user's feet to rotate along the same, congruent and overlapping arc. An achievement disc is provided concentrically with the sliding pivot point assembly enabling correlation between angles achieved by a user in operation of the apparatus with varying degrees of difficulty of downhill turns in assimilation of parallel snow skiing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Henry Bernard Bradford, III, Sandra Jean Catchings, William Catchings Bradford