Patents by Inventor Gary Kitterman

Gary Kitterman 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).

  • Publication number: 20030052473
    Abstract: A cleated overshoe and snowshoe with a binding for accepting the overshoe. The overshoe includes a fastener for tightening the overshoe around a shoe. The overshoe also has a sole with one or more claws. The claws have apertures for receiving tabs or similar protrusions. The claws fit into a step-in binding on the snowshoe. The snowshoe has an outer frame, a decking, and a decking strap and the step-in binding is secured to the decking strap. The binding has a connection point for coupling each claw of the overshoe to the binding. In one embodiment, the binding also includes a base plate, a lift mounted to the base plate, a heel plate mounted to the lift, and a latch tab mounted to the heel plate. The latch tab is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the latch tab secures the claws of the overshoe in a position where the claws are coupled to the connection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Ideal Parts, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Perkins, Gary Kitterman
  • Patent number: 3992069
    Abstract: A food tray carrier particularly adapted for use by catering services and the like for moving a plurality of trays containing prepared food from a place of preparation to a place for service or further preparation, as for example, on an airplane for serving passengers, comprises an open front housing having a plurality of elongated tray supporting ribs integral with and extending inwardly from opposite side walls of the housing and door opening frame members and stiffeners are mounted on forwardly facing edge portions of housing walls. A closure member is hingedly mounted on the housing for selectively closing the open front of the housing with the closure member, mounting and housing cooperating to form a strong durable structure that is of light weight for portability. The closure member has walls on an inwardly facing surface thereof defining an open top compartment for receiving refrigeration material therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Inventor: Gary Kitterman