Patents by Inventor Ferman Ledbetter

Ferman Ledbetter 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: 4761006
    Abstract: An aircraft landing game apparatus (10) comprising a housing unit (11) having a first motorized unit (12) including a closed loop track member (24) operatively connected to a miniature airplane (13) which makes a circuit around a horizontally disposed elevated platform member (18); and a second motorized unit (14) including a moving surface unit (15) including a flexible belt member (31) which rotates about a horizontally disposed axis; wherein, the flexible belt member (31) is provided with a normally open circuit means (40) including an illumination element (41); whereby the miniature airplane (13) is adapted to engage a contact plate (45) on the circuit means (40) to activate the illumination means (41) representative of a proper simulated landing of the miniature airplane (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Inventor: Ferman Ledbetter