Patents by Inventor Cary Kittner

Cary Kittner 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).

  • Compression-tension strut-cord units for tensile-integrity structures
    Patent number: 4731962
    Abstract: A compression-tension unit for use in a tensile-integrity structure wherein end portions of an elastic cord are passed through slots in the opposite ends of a strut with a stretched intermediate cord portion therebetween, and opposite tips of the cord are held in lateral holes in the strut end portions adjacent the slots, there being a choice of such lateral holes spaced longitudinally apart at each strut end portion so that the degree of stretch in the intermediate cord portion can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: Tensegrity Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Kittner, Stuart R. Quimby