Francis J Reilly

US Patent:

41022971, Jul 25, 1978

Filed:

Apr 15, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/787972

Inventors:

Francis X. Reilly - Lyndhurst NJ

Assignee:

Leslie Co. - Parsippany NJ

International Classification:

G10K 904

US Classification:

116142FP

Abstract:

An improved air horn is provided which includes a housing having an inlet for receiving a pressure medium to operate the horn and an outlet for the pressure medium. A first chamber is disposed between the inlet and outlet and receives the pressure medium from the inlet. A conventional sound-emitting horn is connected to the housing for receiving the pressure medium from the outlet, with the horn having a predetermined frequency. A closed resonating tube is connected to the other side of the housing, and a diaphragm is disposed between the first chamber and the resonating tube for oscillating movement in response to pressure changes in the first chamber and the resonating tube. A relatively small diaphragm having a natural frequency higher than the horn frequency is selected, as it is more economical and requires less energy to vibrate it. The resonating tube is selected to have a frequency which acts as a dampening effect on the diaphragm to prevent the diaphragm from vibrating at its natural frequency so that it is forced to vibrate at the desired horn frequency.

US Patent:

58953302, Apr 20, 1999

Filed:

Jan 10, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/781416

Inventors:

Francis J. Reilly - Lexington MA

International Classification:

A63B 6900

US Classification:

473446

Abstract:

A modified sports goal is adapted for training a sports player to direct objects into preferred target areas. A modified goalpost frame is formed in the shape of a preferred target area of a standard sports goal. A net is coupled to the goalpost frame. The goalpost and net capture objects, such as hockey pucks, directed into the preferred target area, and allow misdirected objects which otherwise would have been captured by the standard sports goal to pass thereby. In this manner, a participant is rewarded with the feeling of achieving a goal only if the object enters the target areas. Otherwise, the object passes by the goal. This goal reduces the need for goaltenders during practice sessions, mitigating the possibility of goaltender injury and improving the shooter's ability to develop skills.