Patents by Inventor Dieter Thon

Dieter Thon 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: 4131291
    Abstract: An attachment for skis, for preventing crossing of skis, includes a base plate for mounting on a ski, and a deflector which is releasably mounted on the base plate and which is pivotable thereon, under resilient biasing, from a lowered position substantially flat with respect to the base plate to a raised position upstanding on the base plate. The deflector is engaged releasably with the base plate by an axle passed transversely through the deflector and projecting therefrom at each end. The projecting ends of the axle each having a parallel sided portion of reduced width which, with the deflector lowered, can be passed into a keyhole aperture in a side wall of the base plate, whereas when the deflector is raised, the axle is retained in the aperture of the side wall. Releasable spring loading acts between the base plate and the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: Safety Jet Skisicherheitsbugel GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Thon
  • Patent number: 4106787
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for removably locking a crossing deflector to a ski. The device includes a base plate fixed to the ski and a removably locking pin which holds the crossing deflector to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Safety Jet
    Inventor: Dieter Thon