Patents by Inventor Bruce James Holland

Bruce James Holland 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: 5967462
    Abstract: An amphibious water bomber float plane, wherein the water bomber plane is equipped with a pair of floats for landing and taking off on water, with wheels for use on land, and having pair of floats secured for supporting the plane on water, water tanks within the floats for accumulating water for water bombing, scoops mounted in each float for lowering and raising between lowered and raised positions, and, when in the lowered position, the scoops entering the surface of the water causing water to flow upwardly into the tanks, dump doors mounted in each float, in communication with the tanks, the dump doors being swingable between an open dumping position and a closed sealed position, and controls by which the dump doors may be operated from the plane. Also disclosed is a method of water bombing from an amphibious float plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources
    Inventors: Robert George Foster, Bruce James Holland