Patents by Inventor Walter R. Beer

Walter R. Beer 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).

  • Drive-in theatre sound distribution system
    Patent number: 4287388
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound distribution system for a drive-in theatre. The system comprises means for converting the sound track of a film into an audio information signal and means for transmitting the signal to at least one sound reproducing apparatus. The sound reproducing apparatus is for use with a magnetic playback apparatus having at least one playback head and a cassette or cartridge receiving aperture. The sound reproducing apparatus includes a transducer having at least one transfer head and alignment means for receiving the transfer head and for maintaining the head in a spatial position relative to the alignment means, whereby when the sound reproducing apparatus is inserted into the receiving aperture the transfer head is aligned opposite a respective playback head of the playback apparatus so that the signals may be reproduced as sound by the playback apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Inventors: Walter R. Beer, Margaret Beer