Patents by Inventor Pete Zeppetella

Pete Zeppetella 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: 11974615
    Abstract: A garment for use by a user wearing a safety harness includes a garment body having a front side and a rear side, an opening having a shape defined in the front side of the garment body and partially retained by a flexible portion, a releasable closure disposed on the garment body adjacent the opening and configured to cover the opening. The flexible portion allows the shape of the opening to expand to allow a portion of the safety harness to extend through the opening without displacing the garment body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Pete Zeppetella
  • Publication number: 20220061416
    Abstract: A garment for use by a user wearing a safety harness includes a garment body having a front side and a rear side, an opening having a shape defined in the front side of the garment body and partially retained by a flexible portion, a releasable closure disposed on the garment body adjacent the opening and configured to cover the opening. The flexible portion allows the shape of the opening to expand to allow a portion of the safety harness to extend through the opening without displacing the garment body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Pete ZEPPETELLA
  • Publication number: 20190216142
    Abstract: An outerwear garment for use with a fall-arrest harness devised to permit a fall-arrest harness to be worn underneath an outerwear garment body, such as a jacket, vest, or coat, between an aperture on a rear side thereof and a Dee-ring access flap covering the aperture. A plurality of fasteners disposed on each of the rear side adjacent the access flap and along the perimeter of the access flap permits the access flap to be automatically opened for access to the fall-arrest harness. Lanyard hook-receiving members disposed on a front side of the garment body also permit hanging of lanyard hooks thereon during periods of non-use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: PIETRO (AKA PETE) ZEPPETELLA
  • Publication number: 20170001049
    Abstract: An outerwear garment for use with a fall-arrest harness devised to permit a fall-arrest harness to be worn underneath an outerwear garment body, such as a jacket, vest, or coat, between an aperture on a rear side thereof and a Dee-ring access flap covering the aperture. A plurality of releasably engageable two-part fasteners disposed on each of the rear side adjacent the access flap and along the perimeter of the access flap permits the access flap to be automatically opened for access to the fall-arrest harness. Lanyard hook-receiving members disposed on a front side of the garment body also permit hanging of lanyard hooks thereon during periods of non-use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Pete Zeppetella