Robert Podboy Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Johnson etal airplane US D172969 S DESCRIPTION (OCR text may contain errors) Sept. 7, 1954 Filed Oct. 1, 1953 C. L. JOHNSON ETAL AIRPLANE Des. 172,969 4 Shets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS CLARENCE L. JOHNSON WILLIS M. HAWKINS JR. EUGENE C. F 0ST By Sept. 7, 1954 c. JOHNSON ET AL 172,969 AIRPLANE Filed Oct. 1, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS CLARENCE L. JOHNSON WILLIS M. HAWKINSJR. P a 1954 c. L. JOHNSON ET AL Des- 172,969 AIRPLANE 4 Sheets-Sheet :5 Filed 001. . INVENTORS CLARENCE L. JOHNSON WILLIS M. HAWKINS JR. EUGENE C. FR ST Ag em p 1954 c. L. JOHNSON ET AL Des. 172,969 AIRPLANE 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Oct. 1, 1953 INVENTORS CLARENCE L.JOHNSON WILLIS M. HAWKINS JR EUGENE C. FsT Patented Sept. 7, 1954 Des. 172,969 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AIRPLANE Clarence L. Johnson, Encino, Willis M. Hawkins, In, North Hollywood, and Eugene 0. Frost, Burbank, Calif., assignors to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, Clarence L. Johnson, Willis M. Hawkins, Jr., and Eugene C. Frost, all citizens of the United States residing at Enoino, North Hollywood, and Burbank, respectively, in the State of California, have invented a new, original, and ornamental Design for an Airplane, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. Figure 1 is a persepective view showing the top, front and one side of an airplane embodying our new design; Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the bottom, rear and other side thereof; Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof; Figure 4 is a front elevation thereof; and Figure 5 is a side elevation thereof. The landing gear has been omitted from Figure 2 for convenience of illustration. The dominant features of our design reside in those portions shown in full lines. We claim: The ornamental design for an airplane, as shown and described. References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 143,511 Sutton Jan. 8, 1946 D. 151,713 Pulver et al. Nov. 9, 1948 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Thanks for sharing. If you don't mind, I'll add it to the files section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 This is nice but what is it and what was it for??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Podboy Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 6 hours ago, Dutch said: This is nice but what is it and what was it for??? Hi Dutch,The Lockheed Corporation engineers mentioned above submitted and were awarded this patent for the C-130 Hercules basic design. Over the years there are many other patents related to the details of what the aircraft is made up of, but this one shows the original design concept. The patent has long since expired; it is now part of the public domain. For some, it may have historical value giving credit to the design engineers and their innovative invention. Casey, Sure you can add it to the files section. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Kelly Johnson, what a genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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