John Robert Ferrari

US Patent:

20090173822, Jul 9, 2009

Filed:

Aug 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/228510

Inventors:

Arnold Kravitz - Moorestown NJ, US
George J. Hoff - Mont Vernon NH, US
Martin Raab - Amherst NH, US
Donald K. Smith - Rye NH, US
James Rusch - Hollis NH, US
John Ferrari - Nashua NH, US
Christopher L. Chew - Litchfield NH, US

International Classification:

B64D 45/00

US Classification:

244 1 R

Abstract:

A distributed aircraft defense system involving infrared countermeasures is installed in a distributive fashion for commercial aircraft, typically fixed wing aircraft, in which maintenance downtime is minimized due to the ability to access, remove, test, fix and/or replace individual modules within the distributed system.

US Patent:

20100051659, Mar 4, 2010

Filed:

Aug 28, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/199863

Inventors:

John Ferrari - Caldwell NJ, US

International Classification:

B65D 25/22
F16B 2/20

US Classification:

224197, 24457, 248682

Abstract:

A tab can be secured to the pliable face of a carrier or other article in order to hang the carrier or article from a slot. The carrier may be a personal carrier with carrying straps, such as a backpack or a bag with carrying handles. The slot can be furnished by a downwardly directed vent slot on a locker door, by a slotted bracket, or by some other slotted device. The disclosed tab is secured at its upper end, reaching a location on the tab at least one quarter of the way from the upper end toward the lower end. The tab normally lies flat against the pliable face, but this face is flexible to allow the lower end of the tab to articulate away from the pliable face. In some cases clothes can be loaded into the personal carrier before inserting its tab into a vent slot in a locker door. The tab is inserted to a depth sufficient to prevent the lower end of the tab from articulating upwardly enough to allow the tab to disengage the vent slot. Then a user can retrieve clothes, books, and other articles from the carrier while the carrier is hung on the locker door.