Patents by Inventor Alan B. Chambers

Alan B. Chambers 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).

  • Walking boot assembly
    Patent number: 4064642
    Abstract: A walking boot assembly particularly suited for use with a positively pressurized spacesuit, including a bootie adapted to be secured to the foot of a wearer, an hermetically sealed boot for receiving the bootie having a walking sole, an inner sole and an upper portion adapted to be attached to an ankle joint of a spacesuit, a protuberance projected from the bootie and received within a recess formed in the inner sole of the boot for positioning the bootie relative to the boot, and releasable latching means for latching the protuberance in a received relationship with the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Hubert C. Vykukal, Alan B. Chambers, Roy H. St. John