Patents by Inventor Muriel E. Bray

Muriel E. Bray 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: 4382567
    Abstract: An aircraft flotation unit used severally on both low wing and high wing and multi-engine aircraft, comprised of a fiberglass or equal enclosure attached to the underside of small and medium size aircraft and built into the underside of commercial size aircraft, said device varying in size and number dependent on the relative size of the aircraft and the unit or units containing rubberized fabric inflatable by gaseous liquid which is released by means of a throttle type control cable and/or automatic device from a container, which when activated thereby allows the fiberglass enclosure to open and the rectangular flat inflatable floats to extend and support all types of aircraft upon the surface of the water. The floats have two additional valves for oral and mechanical inflation. When the floats are extended to their most extended position, they are all on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Inventors: Victor L. Fredericks, Muriel E. Bray