Patents by Inventor Dimitri Valiant

Dimitri Valiant 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).

  • Patent number: 5080033
    Abstract: A spinnaker of the type collapsed edgewise both laterally and vertically to furl the sail in which the furling line is attached to the top of the sail and the connections of the guy lines to the boat are released to allow the sail to blow freely from the top of the mast as it is collapsed to furl the sail. This isolates the forces of the wind on the sail from the furling line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Inventor: Dimitri Valiant
  • Patent number: 4831949
    Abstract: A spinnaker sail is furled by bunching the edges of the sail together edgewise and holding the edges in a compact bunch by a furling line. The spinnaker is unfurled by hoisting the spinnaker to the top of the mast, releasing the furling line, and pulling the lower corners of the spinnaker downward. The furling line extends through circumferentially spaced guides extending around the periphery of the sail. In a preferred form, one end of the furling line is fastened to a first guide at the bottom of the sail and extends from the first guide sequentially through the other guides spaced around the periphery of the sail and back through said first guide to receive a tension force areally compressing the sail edgewise into a compact bunch which is held in place by the furling line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Inventor: Dimitri Valiant
  • Patent number: 4454897
    Abstract: A device for holding two ketchup bottles in mouth to mouth relation to empty the ketchup from one to the other is disclosed. The holder is made of a flat sheet of flexible material such as cardboard or thin plastic with diamond shaped slots in it so that the sheet can be formed into an hour glass shaped configuration. One ketchup bottle can be inserted in one end of the configuration and the other can be inverted and inserted in the other end bringing the bottles into mouth to mouth relation with each other so that the remaining ketchup in one bottle can be emptied into the other bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Inventor: Dimitri Valiant