Patents by Inventor D. Kirk Fuller

D. Kirk Fuller 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).

  • Rightable catamaran
    Patent number: 4765269
    Abstract: A capsized catamaran having hollow pontoons, or pontoon sections, is righted by:(i) employing and operating automatic flooding means for locally flooding the pontoons to effect rotation and sinking of ends of the pontoons, to cause the catamaran to up-end in the water, and(ii) removing water from the flooded pontoons to cause the catamaran to right itself in the water, from up-ended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignees: D. Kirk Fuller, T. Felkay
    Inventor: D. Kirk Fuller
  • Catamaran sailboat
    Patent number: D307573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignees: D. Kirk Fuller, T. Felkay
    Inventor: D. Kirk Fuller