US 11,747,128 B2
System and method for testing a surface
Philipe C. F. Aldahir, Chattanooga, TN (US); Jeremy Dutton, Calhoun, GA (US); Austin Bruce Cole, Cohutta, GA (US); Steven Sutton, Dalton, GA (US); and Trevor Sands, Kennesaw, GA (US)
Assigned to Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/20,609.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,068, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,572, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0102795 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G01B 5/28 (2006.01); A63B 71/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 5/28 (2013.01) [A63B 71/02 (2013.01); A63B 2220/05 (2013.01); A63B 2220/78 (2013.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01); A63B 2220/807 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a frame comprising a plurality of rail sections, wherein a first rail section of the plurality of rail sections comprises one or more cavities configured to receive a rod that extends through the first rail section;
a rotatable member coupled to a first portion of the frame comprising a second rail section of the plurality of rail sections and a third rail section of the plurality of rail sections, wherein the rotatable member is configured to couple a ball striking device to the first portion of the frame such that the ball striking device is free to rotate with respect to the rotatable member in a single direction, and wherein the rod that extends through the first rail section is configured to keep the ball striking device from rotating with respect to the rotatable member at a fixed height based on a cavity of the one or more cavities the rod extends through; and
a ball launching member coupled to a second portion of the frame comprising a fourth rail section of the plurality of rail sections, wherein the ball launching member is configured to strike a ball in order to cause the ball to launch off a platform.