Patents by Inventor Eric J. Hostetler

Eric J. Hostetler 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).

  • Caddy for grappling hook and deployment spool assembly
    Patent number: 9145279
    Abstract: A belt-attachable caddy for carrying a retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet on the hook is wound. The hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidently to the deployed and retracted tines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: FORCE MULTIPLIER, LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M. F. Welsch
  • Caddy for grappling hook and deployment spool assembly
    Publication number: 20140027554
    Abstract: A belt-attachable caddy for carrying a retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet on the hook is wound. The hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidently to the deployed and retracted tines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: FORCE MULTIPLIER, LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M.F. Welsch
  • Multi-configuration grappling hook system
    Patent number: 8556313
    Abstract: A retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidentally to the deployed and retracted tines. A belt-attachable caddy houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet at the proximal end of the shaft can be wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Force Multiplier, LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M. F. Welsch
  • Multi-configuration grappling hook system
    Publication number: 20130069380
    Abstract: A retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidentally to the deployed and retracted tines. A belt-attachable caddy houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet at the proximal end of the shaft can be wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M.F. Welsch