Patent US2355147A successfully refreshed from Google Patents.
Patent US3608199A successfully refreshed from Google Patents.
← Back to Patent Explorer
US3608199A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Locating and measuring device for a football playing field

Assignee: Individual
•
Filing: 1969-12-04
•
Granted: 1971-09-28
•
Expires: 1989-12-04
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

Abstract A LOCATING AND MEASURING DEVICE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A FOOTBALL PLAYING FIELD GENERALLY INCLUDING A PAIR OF GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED PARALLEL TO A SIDE LINE OF THE PLAYING FIELD, A YARDAGE SCALE DISPOSED PARALLEL AND BETWEEN THE GUIDE MEANS, A FIRST CARRIER MEMBER MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE GUIDE MEANS AND FREELY MOVABLE THEREALONG, A SIGHTING DEVICE MOUNTED ON SUCH CARRIER MEANS, HAVING A SIGHTING AXIS DISPOSED IN A VERTICAL PLANE DISPOSED PERPENDICULAR TO THE GUIDE MEANS, A POINTER DISPOSED ON THE CARRIER MEANS HAVING A MARKER COOPERABLE WITH THE SCALE FOR INDICATING THE LOCATION OF THE BALL ON THE PLAYING FIELD VIEWED THROUGH THE SIGHTING MEANS, A SECOND CARRIER MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SECOND GUIDE MEANS AND FREELY MOVABLE THEREALONG INDEPENDENTLY OF THE FIRST CARRIER MEANS, AND THE SECOND CARRIER MEANS HAVING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTERS WITH MARKERS COOPERABLE WITH THE SCALE, THE MARKERS BEING SPACED TEN YARDS APART.

Inventors

  • 👤 John C Hunt

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 22:34
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01B; G01B11/00; G01B11/02; G01B3/00; G01B3/02; G01B5/00; G01B5/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 0
No claims parsed yet. Click Sync Now above to re-index claims from Google Patents.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

No citation records indexed.

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1974-09-27 1975-03-29 1975-09-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1978-09-27 1979-03-29 1979-09-28 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1982-09-27 1983-03-29 1983-09-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag