Patents by Inventor Jerome Risley

Jerome Risley 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: 6202582
    Abstract: A sailboat symmetrical in the longitudinal direction, but asymmetrical in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The sailboat includes a main hull, a mast, a yardarm pivotally attached to a head of the mast, and a sail attached to the yardarm. Also, there is a sponson, a keel section and an outrigger hull. A system for automatically joining the sail sections, as the sail is lowered from the yardarm and a system for automatically separating the sail sections, as the sail is raised onto the yardarm. A system for rotatably pivotally attaching the mast to the main hull. Rudders mounted in the keel and tillers having resilient control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Jerome Risley