Eric Leo Webb

US Patent:

20020013186, Jan 31, 2002

Filed:

Feb 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/778384

Inventors:

Eric Webb - Boise ID, US

International Classification:

A63B057/00

US Classification:

473/399000

Abstract:

The invented device is a golf tee that helps eliminate interference between a golf club and ball, and that reduces compression between the golf ball and tee to improve overall golf ball trajectory. The preferred tee includes a reduced circumference/cross-section zone along the shaft, which makes the tee more likely than conventional tees to break, deform or otherwise fail upon impact of the golf club head against the ball or the tee. Also, the preferred tee includes leading and trailing edges, relative to club movement, that are “scalloped” to produce a ball-receiving surface that is elongated in its transverse direction “T” (generally perpendicular to path of club) relative to its width direction “W” (generally parallel to path of the club). The ball-receiving surface is still slightly cupped to hold the ball, but much of the leading and trailing material is removed compared to conventional tees, for less compression and less resistance to follow-through.

US Patent:

20020029538, Mar 14, 2002

Filed:

Dec 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/752484

Inventors:

Eric Webb - Boise ID, US

International Classification:

E04B001/18
E04C003/02
E04B005/10
E04B005/18
E04C003/30
E04H012/00

US Classification:

052/693000, 052/691000, 052/634000, 052/690000

Abstract:

The present invention is a steel floor truss system for buildings, especially residential homes, wherein the truss includes a steel top member, or chord, extending between two vertical bearings. Typically, a vertical bearing is an inside (interior) or outside (foundation wall) steel stud, in which case, the steel chord is fastened to the top of the vertical steel stud, typically via a metal plate which overlaps and is screwed to both the chord and the stud. In some embodiments, however, a vertical bearing may be a concrete or cinder block (CMU) wall, and, in this case, the steel chord is fastened to the concrete or cinder block wall, for example, by being fastened to bolts extending up from the top or out from the side of the wall, or by interfitting into recesses made in the top of the wall. The truss of the present invention also includes a set of steel struts, or webs, each of which extends on one end of the web from a location on the steel chord away from an end thereof, down on the other end of the web to near the bottom of a vertical bearing. One of the webs extends from a first location on the chord nearer the foundation wall to near the bottom of the foundation vertical bearing. The other web extends from a second location on the chord nearer the interior bearing to near the bottom of the interior bearing. The webs are fastened to the chord and in the case where the vertical bearing is a steel stud, to the steel stud via metal screws. In the case where the vertical bearing is a concrete or cinder block wall, the web is secured to the wall, for example by being fastened to bolts extending out from the side of the wall, or by being placed in a corner between a top surface of a concrete pad at the bottom of the wall, and side surface of the wall at its bottom.

US Patent:

20020148182, Oct 17, 2002

Filed:

Dec 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/752485

Inventors:

Eric Webb - Boise ID, US

International Classification:

E02D027/00

US Classification:

052/299000, 052/292000

Abstract:

A wooden floor truss/foundation wall combination is not made entirely from all-weather wood. In one embodiment, opposed end studs of untreated lumber rest upon treated lumber resting upon a footing just inside and near the bottom of the concrete foundation stem wall. In another embodiment, the end stud bottoms rest in a pocket depression in the footing lined with an environmental barrier to protect the stud bottom from dampness in the concrete footing. In another embodiment, an elongated floor joist member extends to the foundation wall to rest on a pad on the wall or in a pocket depression in the wall that is lined with an environmental barrier, or to hang on a joist hanger connected to the wall, and frame webbing extends down from the floor joist member to an environmentally-lined corner between the top of the footing and the bottom of the inside foundation wall.