Patents by Inventor Eric S. George

Eric S. George 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).

  • Pull-on strap wakeboard binding and system
    Patent number: 5997375
    Abstract: A pull-on wakeboard binding which includes a heel receptacle with an outer rear surface, and a pull-on strap which is secured longitudinally and centrally to the rear exterior surface of the heel receptacle. The pull-on strap includes an upper open loop to be grasped by a user to assist in the pulling on of the binding and a secured first and second strap section to form an open load-transfer intermediate loop between the sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Earth & Ocean Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Vukelic, Eric S. George
  • Soft wakeboard and method
    Patent number: 5934961
    Abstract: A soft wakeboard for use behind watercraft, the wakeboard having a central torsion box with front and rear fin blocks, to secure front and rear fins thereto, and strengthened foam core blocks on either side to provide a foam core material. A closed-cell foam top skin layer and a smooth, polymer bottom skin layer are shaped and bonded to the contoured core material. Vertically extending fins are secured to the fin blocks and extend from the bottom skin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Earth & Ocean Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Mehrmann, James Redmon, Eric S. George
  • Integral overlay wakeboard binding and system
    Patent number: 5910034
    Abstract: A wakeboard binding which includes a single piece, adjustable, binding overlay elastomeric sheet material, with a pair of spaced apart extended arms, the binding adapted to be secured over the top surface of a heel and toe receptacle which form a boot-like enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Earth & Ocean Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Vukelic, Eric S. George
  • Pull-on strap wakeboard binding and system
    Patent number: 5868594
    Abstract: A wakeboard binding having a boot or foot enclosure with a heel receptacle, the heel receptacle having an extended, central, pull-on strap secured to the exterior of the heel receptacle material, with the extended strap forming an upper pull-on loop, an intermediate load transfer loop, and a lower anchor loop to be secured to a support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Earth & Ocean Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Vukelic, Eric S. George
  • Wakeboard binding
    Patent number: D422663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Earth & Ocean Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Vukelic, Eric S. George