Patents by Inventor Robert L. Bond

Robert L. Bond 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: 5272955
    Abstract: A portable apparatus attachable to a wheelchair for movably supporting a gun thereon includes a pneumatic/hydraulic fluid operated control circuit for operably controlling the direction of the gun while sitting in the wheelchair. The apparatus includes a support adapted to attach to the wheelchair and support a gun, and further includes a control system including a hydraulic linear actuator and a hydraulic rotary actuator operably connected to the support, an air tank operably connected through control valves and air/oil chambers to the actuators, and controls including a joystick which can be readily manipulated by the person in the wheelchair to move the control valves and thereby controllably actuate the actuators to aim the gun. A pair of oil interlock valves are operably connected to either side of each of the actuators to securely locate the gun in a given position once aimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Inventors: Robert L. Bond, Bradford S. Bachelder
  • Patent number: D259779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Inventor: Robert L. Bond