Patents by Inventor Victor E. Bates

Victor E. Bates 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: 4210347
    Abstract: A map comprising a concertina-folded sheet printed on both sides of the sheet, the markings on the two sides representing contiguous areas and being disposed so that a line on the map representing a route passing from one such area to the other extends around an edge of the sheet which lies at right angles to the concertina folds, the sheet having on an outer end flaps two key maps, inverted with respect to each other and corresponding respectively to the two sides of the sheet, to direct the user to the desired part of the map by means of indicia associated with the key maps which correspond to indicia provided upon the edge folds of the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: The Automobile Association Limited
    Inventors: Ralph G. Robbins, Victor E. Bates