US4089491A
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Camouflaged aircraft, surface vessel or vehicle or the like
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-03-22
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Granted: 1978-05-16
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Expires: 1996-03-22
Abstract
Abstract A camouflaged aircraft, surface vessel, vehicle or the like comprising an aircraft having upper and lower surfaces and having a plurality of visually contrasting surface coatings thereon, the coatings having lines of demarcation therebetween the surface coatings comprising one light and one dark coating, the dark coating being on a major portion of the upper surface of said aircraft, the light coating being on a major portion of the lower surface of the aircraft, substantially all of the lines of demarcation of the coatings when viewed from the side of the aircraft generally paralleling the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, and substantially all of the lines of demarcation of the coatings when viewed from above the aircraft being generally diagonal with respect to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and substantially all of the lines of demarcation running in substantially the same direction.
Inventors
- 👤 Carlisle Keith Ferris
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 10:50
CPC Classifications
B; B64; B64D; B64D7/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/919; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 47
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
A camouflaged and deceptive perception distorted vehicle comprising: a. a top surface, a bottom surface and upper and lower side surfaces, b. said top and side surface having a plurality of visually contrasting surface areas thereon, c. said top surface having left and right side areas, d. said contrasting surface areas having lines of demarcation therebetween e. said contrasting surface areas comprising a light area and a darker area, f. said darker area being solid and substantially unbroken and substantially covering all of one of said left and right side areas of said top surface, g. said light area substantially covering the remaining portion of the other of said left and right side surface areas of said top surface, and h. substantially all of the lines of demarcation of said contrasting surface areas of said side surface of said vehicle substantially paralleling the longitudinal axis of said vehicle, and i. substantially all the lines of demarcation of said contrasting surface areas of said vehicle on said top surface being substantially diagonal with respect to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle and run in substantially the same direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
A camouflaged and deceptive perception distorted vehicle comprising: a. a top surface, a bottom surface and upper and lower side surfaces, b. said top and side surface having a plurality of visually contrasting surface areas thereon, c. said top surface having left and right side areas, d. said contrasting surface areas having lines of demarcation therebetween e. said contrasting surface areas comprising a light area and a darker area, f. said darker area being solid and substantially unbroken and substantially covering all of one of said left and right side areas of said top surface, g. said light area substantially covering the remaining portion of the other of said left and right side surface areas of said top surface, and h. substantially all of the lines of demarcation of said contrasting surface areas of said side surface of said vehicle substantially paralleling the longitudinal axis of said vehicle, and i. substantially all the lines of demarcation of said contrasting surface areas of said vehicle on said top surface being substantially diagonal with respect to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle and run in substantially the same direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said darker area includes a dark portion and an intermediate dark-light portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said darker area covers at least about 2/3 of said top surface; and b. said light area covers the remaining portion of said top surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 2 and wherein: a. said dark portion of said darker area covers about 170 of said top surface, and b. said intermediate dark-light portion of said darker area and said light area cover the remaining about 1/3 of said top surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 2 and wherein: a. said bottom surface includes a plurality of visually contrasting surface areas thereon, b. said bottom contrasting surface areas having lines of demarcation therebetween, c. said bottm contrasting surface areas including an intermediate dark-light portion and a light portion, d. said portions of said bottom contrasting surface areas being from about 40% to 60% in proportion to each other.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 5 and wherein: a. said portions of said bottom contrasting surface areas are about 50% each.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 5 wherein: a. substantially all of said lines of demarcation of said bottom surface visually contrasting areas are substantially diagonal with respect to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle and run in substantially the same direction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 4 and wherein: a. said visually contrasting surfaces of said upper and lower side surfaces have said intermediate dark and light portion of said darker area substantially solid and covering a minor portion thereof, and b. said dark portion of said darker area and said light area being a major portion thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said lines of demarcation run in a plurality of parallel lines.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. at least one of said upper and lower side surfaces includes a series of scallops extending in a direction from front to rear of said vehicle along a line of demarcation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 10 and wherein: a. said scallops each include a pair of lines of different length.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 10 and wherein: a. said scallops in a series include from about 5 to 9.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 10 and wherein: a. said scallops are located on longitudinally extending curved surfaces having an arc of approximately 90° from the horizontal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
43 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 13 and wherein: a. said scallops have their beginning at the horizontal of an arc of about 90° to the verticle and peak at about 30° above or below the horizontal and said curved surfaces arc convex.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 10 and wherein: a. said scallops are on said upper side surface.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 10 and wherein: a. said scallops are on said lower side surface.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 10 and wherein: a. said scallops are on the upper and lower side surfaces of said vehicle and in opposed relation to each other.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 15 and wherein: a. said scallops are of said light area and cut from said darker area.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
37 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said lower side surface includes a series of scallops extending in a direction from front to rear of said vehicle along one of said lines of demarcation.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
66 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 2 and wherein: a. said darker area includes a dark portion and an intermediate dark-light portion, and b. said lower side surface includes a series of scallops extending in a direction from front to rear of said vehicle along one of said lines of demarcation, and c. said scallops are of said light area cut from said intermediate dark-light portion.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
18 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 10 and wherein: a. said scallops in a series include about 7.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
45 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in Claim 2 and wherein: a. said light area is a light flat grey, b. said dark portion is a dark flat grey, c. said intermediate dark-light portion is a flat intermediate said flat light grey and said flat dark grey.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
68 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said vehicle includes a pair of verticle stabilizers, b. each of said stabilizers including a plurality of visually contrasting areas including one darker area and one light area having lines of demarcation therebetween, and c. said contrasting areas on one stabilizer of said pair being the reverse of said contrasting areas on the other stabilizer of said pair.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
35 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said vehicle includes a cockpit-canopy on the top surface thereof, and b. said vehicle includes a simulation of said cockpit-canopy on the bottom surface thereof.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
67 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said vehicle includes a pair of wings including wing tips and one wing of said pair having a solid darker area substantially over the entire upper surface of said one wing including said wing tip, and b. the other wing of said pair having a light area on the upper surface thereof including the wing tip thereof.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
40 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said upper side surface includes said darker area from approximately a position of about 10 o'clock to a position of about 2 o'clock for a major portion of its length.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
19 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said contrasting surface areas each have different anti-infrared reflectivities.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
20 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 2 and wherein: a. said intermediate dark-light portion is always adjacent said dark portion.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
20 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 28 and wherein: a. said light area is always adjacent said intermediate dark-light portion.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
41 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 13 and wherein: a. said scallops have their beginning at the horizontal of an arc about 90° to vertical and peak at about 60° above or below said horizontal and said curved surface is concave.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
70 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 1 and wherein: a. said vehicle includes a real cockpit-canopy on said top surface, b. a simulated cockpit-canopy on said bottom surface positioned substantially in the same general area longitudinally of said fuselage as said real cockpit-canopy so that, c. only one of said canopies is visible when said aircraft is perceived from directly above said top surface or directly below said bottom surface.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
25 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 31 and wherein: a. a substantial portion of said simulated cockpit-canopy is similar in outline to said real cockpit-canopy.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
44 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 31 and wherein: a. said vehicle includes a nose and a tail and said simulated cockpit-canopy is positioned from said nose and tail a distance substantially the same as said real cockpit-canopy and in substantial spaced registration therewith.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
24 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 31 and wherein: a. said simulated cockpit-canopy is paint and is a general outline of said real canopy.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
31 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 31 and wherein: a. said bottom surface includes a light area and a substantial portion of said simulated cockpit-canopy is dark on said light area.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
18 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 31 and wherein: a. said simulated cockpit-canopy is generally dark in coloration.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
16 words
A camouflaged vehicle as in claim 36 and wherein: a. said simulated cockpit-canopy includes light detail.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
80 words
A camouflaged and deceptive perception distorted aircraft comprising: a. an aircraft fuselage having nose and tail, and top, side and bottom surfaces, b. a real cockpit-canopy on said top surface, c. a simulated cockpit-canopy on said bottom surface positioned substantially in the same general area longitudinally of said fuselage as said real cockpit-canopy so that, d. only one of said canopies is visible when said aircraft is perceived from directly above said top surface or directly below said bottom surface.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
80 words
A camouflaged and deceptive perception distorted aircraft comprising: a. an aircraft fuselage having nose and tail, and top, side and bottom surfaces, b. a real cockpit-canopy on said top surface, c. a simulated cockpit-canopy on said bottom surface positioned substantially in the same general area longitudinally of said fuselage as said real cockpit-canopy so that, d. only one of said canopies is visible when said aircraft is perceived from directly above said top surface or directly below said bottom surface.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
29 words
A camouflaged and deceptive perception distorted aircraft as in claim 38 and wherein: a. a substantial portion of said simulated cockpit-canopy is similar in outline to said real cockpit-canopy.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
39 words
A camouflaged and deceptive perception distorted aircraft as in claim 38 and wherein: a. said simulated cockpit-canopy is positioned from said nose and tail a distance substantially the same as said real cockpit-canopy and in substantial spaced registration therewith.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
28 words
A camouflaged and deceptive perception distorted aircraft as in claim 38 and wherein: a. said simulated cockpit-canopy is paint and is a general outline of said real canopy.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
35 words
A camouflaged and deceptive perception distorted aircraft as in claim 38 and wherein: a. said bottom surface includes a light area and a substantial portion of said simulated cockpit-canopy is dark on said light area.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
39 words
A camouflaged and deception perception distorted aircraft as in claim 42 and wherein: a. said simulated cockpit-canopy is positioned from said nose and tail a distance substantially the same as said real cockpit-canopy and in substantially spaced registration therewith.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
22 words
A camouflaged and deception perception distorted aircraft as in claim 38 and wherein: a. said simulated cockpit-canopy is generally dark in coloration.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
20 words
A camouflaged and deception perception distorted aircraft as in claim 44 and wherein: a. said simulated cockpit-canopy includes light detail.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-05-15 | 1981-11-14 | 1982-05-16 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-05-15 | 1985-11-14 | 1986-05-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-05-15 | 1989-11-14 | 1990-05-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |