Patents by Inventor Dirk D. Ringgenberg

Dirk D. Ringgenberg 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: 10458747
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing the dropping of a handgun during use thereof is shown in conjunction with a special glove that has metal parts attracted to magnetic grips attached to a hand gun, an electromagnetic version of the magnetic grip device, several embodiments of a strap attached to a grip on one side of a gun handle, a spring steel strap for attachment to a hand gun handle that will stay straight when moved to the straight position and coils around a person's wrist when moved from the straight position and lastly and O-ring device attached to a special glove to automatically attach to a tapered tail on a hand gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Dirk D. Ringgenberg
  • Publication number: 20170219312
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing the dropping of a handgun during use thereof is shown in conjunction with a special glove that has metal parts attracted to magnetic grips attached to a hand gun, an electromagnetic version of the magnetic grip device, several embodiments of a strap attached to a grip on one side of a gun handle, a spring steel strap for attachment to a hand gun handle that will stay straight when moved to the straight position and coils around a person's wrist when moved from the straight position and lastly and O-ring device attached to a special glove to automatically attach to a tapered tail on a hand gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Dirk D. Ringgenberg
  • Patent number: 9651336
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing the dropping of a handgun during use thereof is shown in conjunction with a special glove that has metal parts attracted to magnetic grips attached to a hand gun, an electromagnetic version of the magnetic grip device, several embodiments of a strap attached to a grip on one side of a gun handle, a spring steel strap for attachment to a hand gun handle that will stay straight when moved to the straight position and coils around a person's wrist when moved from the straight position and lastly an O-ring device attached to a special glove to automatically attach to a tapered tail on a hand gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: Dirk D. Ringgenberg
  • Publication number: 20150168098
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing the dropping of a handgun during use thereof is shown in conjunction with a special glove that has metal parts attracted to magnetic grips attached to a hand gun, an electromagnetic version of the magnetic grip device, several embodiments of a strap attached to a grip on one side of a gun handle, a spring steel strap for attachment to a hand gun handle that will stay straight when moved to the straight position and coils around a person's wrist when moved from the straight position and lastly an O-ring device attached to a special glove to automatically attach to a tapered tail on a hand gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Dirk D. Ringgenberg
  • Publication number: 20140259539
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing the dropping of a handgun during use thereof is shown firstly by detachable a lanyard type of device and alternatively by a locking mechanism that replaces one of the handgrips of the handgun to be used in conjunction with a special glove with an attachment thereon that can be received into the locking mechanism to hold the gun from separation from the glove until such time that the locking device is intentionally unlocked so that the glove can be separated from the locking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Dirk D. Ringgenberg