Patents by Inventor Carleton Peterson

Carleton Peterson 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: 4947776
    Abstract: An elongated aerodynamically shaped fairing is disclosed herein having a body with a passageway at its rear for slideability receiving the bolt rope or cable of a sail and an interconnecting slot with the passageway for conducting a portion of the sail luff exteriorly of the fairing. The body of the fairing being provided with an internal cavity at its mid-section and extending forwardly so as to substantially enclose the length of a sailboat forestay. Pivotally carried within the cavity is a toggle member having a socket for bearing against and rotating about the forestay. Inflatable tubes are disposed on opposite sides of the toggle member and when selectively inflated and deflated, actuate the toggle member to flip to one side or the other of a central plane of the sail at its leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Inventor: Carleton Peterson