Patents by Inventor Frederick T. Reitze

Frederick T. Reitze 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: 4718803
    Abstract: The staple has a non-linear bright and two spaced-apart legs depending therefrom. Material weakening means, such as a pair of nicks, is in the regions of the bight adjacent to the legs. When the staple is applied, the legs are bent into a plane approximately parallel to the plane of the bight. When it is desired to remove the staple, the bight is gripped and rotated until it breaks away from the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Inventor: Frederick T. Reitze
  • Patent number: 4512168
    Abstract: A key holder includes a circular housing including circular base and cover members riveted together centrally thereof and cooperating to define an annular chamber therebetween. Peripheral slots are equiangularly spaced apart around the perimeter of the housing in communication with the chamber, each slot having a narrow portion and an enlarged portion. A retainer clamped between the base and cover members has arms respectively resiliently engaging the cover member for closing the enlarged portions of the slots. Key hooks are respectively associated with the slots, each hook having an enlarged head which passes through the enlarged portion of the slot but not through the narrow portion thereof, the resilient arms of the retainer being deflectable by the key hook head for permitting insertion into and removal from the housing. Visual and tactile indicia are provided on the base member and/or the cover member for respectively designating the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Inventor: Frederick T. Reitze
  • Patent number: D507755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Inventor: Frederick T. Reitze
  • Patent number: D538041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventor: Frederick T. Reitze
  • Patent number: D574151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Inventor: Frederick T. Reitze
  • Patent number: D620605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Inventor: Frederick T. Reitze
  • Patent number: D645156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventor: Frederick T. Reitze
  • Patent number: D704953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Frederick T. Reitze