Ralph E Bollom

US Patent:

20040088805, May 13, 2004

Filed:

Nov 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/292011

Inventors:

Christian Hansen - South Weber UT, US
Ralph Bollom - Huntsville UT, US
Bruce Anderson - Hooper UT, US
Ken Jensen - North Ogen UT, US

International Classification:

E01D001/00

US Classification:

014/071500

Abstract:

A passenger boarding bridge for use by passengers in an airport terminal for embarking to and disembarking from a parked aircraft is provided with a resilient canopy that conforms to the shape of the outside surface of a parked aircraft without the aid of any external driving assembly or linkages directly attached thereto. The resilient canopy is useful with a wide range of airplanes sizes and, in contrast to existing steel framed weather shielding bellows, the canopy is particularly suited to the rapidly changing curvature of smaller planes and significantly inexpensive to construct.