Patents by Inventor Horace T. Hone

Horace T. Hone 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).

  • Apparatus for synchronously elevating and lowering air-ambulance litter with crash attenuation capability
    Patent number: 4178032
    Abstract: Patient litter apparatus adapted for use in an air-ambulance operable to permit elevating and lowering the litter and patient while maintaining the litter in a horizontal position at all times and with provisions for locking the apparatus with the litter at a selected position of elevation, and further with provisions for attenuating a large scale force, such as that created by a down-crash of the air-ambulance, to thereby reduce the risk of injury to the patient and preserve the structural integrity of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Horace T. Hone