Patents by Inventor Robert Bitzer

Robert Bitzer 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: 7779487
    Abstract: A glove used for roping steer and other animals such as in rodeo competition and ranching has a front side, which covers a wearer's palm and a palm side of the wearer's fingers, and a back side, which covers the wearer's hand and the back of the wearer's fingers. The front and rear sides of the glove are joined by thread. The front side is made of a woven fabric that has an outer layer of one hundred percent aramid fiber such as Kevlar®, and an inner layer of a woven and breathable fiber, the inner layer and outer layer being joined by glue. The fibers are preferably in yarn form. Both the inner and outer layer along with the glue have a weight of about 245 gm/m2 of material, plus or minus 50 gm/m2 of material. The wearer holds the rope having it rest on the middle finger and guides the rope with the index finger and thumb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Bitzer
  • Patent number: 7281275
    Abstract: A glove has a palm portion, a front ring finger portion unitary therewith, and a first sidewall thereof, a back portion fixed to the palm portion, a back pinky portion, a back ring finger portion, a separate pinky portion formed of a separate material from the palm portion and back portion, and fixed to the palm portion and back pinky portion. The glove also has a thumb portion, a pointer finger portion, and a middle finger portion. This construction enables the first sidewall of the ring finger portion and inner sidewall of the pinky portion to be made unitary. A method of making the glove includes cutting the front of the glove with a palm portion that includes a front ring finger portion and first sidewall as one piece of material, cutting from a separate piece of material the front portion of the pinky finger portion so that it includes an inner sidewall, and sewing the front palm portion, back portion, and front ring finger portion to the palm and back portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Inventor: Robert Bitzer
  • Publication number: 20070074331
    Abstract: A glove has a palm portion for covering at least a portion of a wearer's palm and a front ring finger portion unitary therewith, the front ring finger portion being for covering a palm side of a ring finger and a first sidewall thereof, a back portion for covering at least a portion of a back of a hand and being fixed to the palm portion, a back pinky portion for covering a back of a pinky finger, a back ring finger portion for covering a back of a ring finger, a separate pinky portion formed of a separate material from the palm portion and back portion, and fixed to the palm portion and back pinky portion for covering at least a palm side of the pinky and an inner sidewall thereof which faces the first sidewall of the front ring finger portion, with the first sidewall of the ring finger portion facing the separate pinky portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventor: Robert Bitzer