Patents by Inventor Brad A. Chaffee

Brad A. Chaffee 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).

  • Multi-plenum air float for load transportation and amusement ride system
    Patent number: 4843969
    Abstract: An externally propelled load transporting apparatus that transports a uniformly distributed, non-uniformly distributed, or shifting load upon a cushion of air by first directing pressurized air into at least two plenum chambers and then through at least one flexible perforated sheet, wherein each plenum is substantially, independently pressurized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: The Gates Rubber Company
    Inventors: Brad A. Chaffee, George E. Morse