Patents by Inventor Floyd A. Firestone

Floyd A. Firestone 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: 3994453
    Abstract: To enable a single pilot to make a safe and beautiful SOLO flight of a side-by-side dual-control airplane, the pilot is provided with a seat and seatbelts which seat him in the centerplane of the airplane, his right hand being placed on the right grip of the right control wheel, his left hand being placed on the left grip of the left control wheel, and his feet being placed on the two outboard rudder pedals, thereby permitting him to control the airplane with conventional motions. He leans sideward and/or diagonally forward to the right or left windows and/or elbow rests, banking and/or pitching the airplane while scanning the view, traffic and weather. Thus from the vantage point of the centerplane seat, the SOLO pilot can execute in less than a minute a prescribed routine of 0 percent BLIND maneuvers characteristic of his airplane type, whether it has the pilot seated ahead of, under, or over, the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1973
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Inventor: Floyd A. Firestone