Patents by Inventor Peter W. Rietz

Peter W. Rietz 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).

  • Reconnectable breakaway rope safety connector
    Patent number: 6682249
    Abstract: A re-attachable breakaway safety connector is disclosed which is adapted for use with a rope or other objects arranged in at least a substantially linear manner such that when force is provided to the objects, a tensile force is transferred to the connector. The breakaway connector is designed to fail, i.e., the components separate, when the tensile force transferred to the connector exceeds a predetermined level, and may be selectively adjusted to reduce the amount of force required to separate a male and female component of the safety connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Inventor: Peter W. Rietz
  • Reconnectable breakaway rope safety connector
    Publication number: 20020076263
    Abstract: A re-attachable breakaway safety connector is disclosed which is adapted for use with a rope or other objects arranged in at least a substantially linear manner such that when force is provided to the objects, a tensile force is transferred to the connector. The breakaway connector is designed to fail, i.e., the components separate, when the tensile force transferred to the connector exceeds a predetermined level, and may be selectively adjusted to reduce the amount of force required to separate a male and female component of the safety connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Peter W. Rietz
  • Glove arrangement for water skiing
    Patent number: 4400831
    Abstract: A glove arrangement for water skiing for enabling the water skier to establish through his grip on the tow rope crossbar handle a finger controlled structural purchase that couples, through the glove arrangment, the skeletal structure of his arms to the tow rope handle in bypassing relation to the muscles of his hands and forearms, in which the glove for each hand is a hand cover of the usual finger glove configuration and includes a palm portion and a wrist portion in which a palm side strapping is affixed to the glove on its palm or gripping side that extends across the glove palm portion longitudinally thereof and along and between the glove finger portions and wrist portion on the palm side of same, and has a protuberant rib extending crosswise of the strapping and the finger portions adjacent the area of the first finger joints of the finger portions, which rib in use provides a finger controlled over center type socket forming purchase on the handle, and a wrist strapping anchored to the glove palm side
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Inventor: Peter W. Rietz
  • Lifejacket attachment
    Patent number: D678974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventors: Peter W. Rietz, Matthew Belter
  • Lifejacket attachment
    Patent number: D706374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventors: Peter W. Rietz, Matthew Belter