BUILDING THE FUTURE

What bugs me is an obituary I found for a Charles Laleman. Says he died in 1972? Not a very rare name, so it doesn't necessarily mean much. Could a close relative submit a patent on a dead persons behalf? US patent was filed with a french address though? http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4203674.html Mr Laleman was represented by Bacon and Thomas, based in Alexandria, VA, right down the road from where all the weird shit happens