Patents by Inventor Christopher Bentz

Christopher Bentz 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).

  • Apparatus for preventing entanglement of a pair of lines fed from separate reels
    Patent number: 9016242
    Abstract: A multi-reel, line-handling apparatus can include a housing, a shaft located within the housing, the shaft defining a shaft axis, a first reel located within the housing, the first reel rotatably mounted to the shaft about a first reel axis angled with respect to the shaft axis, and a second reel located within the housing, the second reel rotatably mounted to the shaft about a second reel axis angled with respect to the shaft axis. The first reel and the second reel can be rotatable with respect to the housing about the shaft axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Parks/Bentz IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Bentz, Garet Itz, Weston Petersen
  • APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ENTANGLEMENT OF A PAIR OF LINES FED FROM SEPARATE REELS
    Publication number: 20110163195
    Abstract: A multi-reel, line-handling apparatus can include a housing, a shaft located within the housing, the shaft defining a shaft axis, a first reel located within the housing, the first reel rotatably mounted to the shaft about a first reel axis angled with respect to the shaft axis, and a second reel located within the housing, the second reel rotatably mounted to the shaft about a second reel axis angled with respect to the shaft axis. The first reel and the second reel can be rotatable with respect to the housing about the shaft axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher Bentz, Garet Itz, Weston Petersen