Bob's filing cabinet

[Henry Bemis]

I don't think Bob got patent royalties. They probably go to GE. Not entirely sure about this though.

Unless corporate practices have changed dramatically since Bob was employed as an engineer, then this is correct. Anything designed using company resources and on company time is usually deemed the legal intellectual property of the company. He may have been credited on the patent, but the patent holder would still be General Electric.

It's also quite possible that Bob didn't come up with the ideas for the machinery, but merely formalized them into blueprints. As this guy says:

I would say the entire family is into self-aggrandizing, probably as a way to compensate for having such unimportant, miserable lives. For example, they (not only Chris, but Barb and Bob as well as seen on the e-mails to Nintendo and the conversation with Emily) seem to feel the need to mention to everyone that Bob has one patent and that he came up with the controls for plastic molding machines, without which "there would be no Nintendo or plastic bottles or anything".
Nevermind that, 99.9% sure, Bob's boss told him "hey, we need some controls for that new machine we're building, get on it" and if Bob hadn't come up with the design, some other guy would have. He didn't invent anything revolutionary, he just did his job and that was it.

 

[BurtyDrappedCreifs]

It would be fun to see videos on YouTube and photos on DevianTART and Flickr titled "Chris-chan's abandoned house" and finally get to see inside 14BC. And I would go in there if only to go into Chris-chan's bedroom and Bob's shed.

Be careful. I heard that the ghosts of Bob, Patti, and Christopher will kick your ass.

I don't think Bob got patent royalties. They probably go to GE. Not entirely sure about this though.

There was a History Detectives episode about someone who found some patent documents granted to their father who was a GE engineer, for a nuclear cyclotron (which wasn't ever built BTW). Seems that engineers have their stuff patented all the time as a legal ass-covering, and if the company decides to actually build one, they would buy said patent from the engineer. This is how they motivate engineers to be creative.

So if anything, Bob may have some patents to his name, but it was likely crap that no company ever wanted. Bob may have had a say in the color of the "Pour" button that sends the plastic goop into molds, but that's about it.

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

I found Bob's patent for "SHOT VOLUME AND CUSHION POINT CONTROL", which I'm assuming is the mythical plastic funnel machine.

I also found what I'm assuming is his first patent. The "ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BLOCK" filed March 25, 1955, and designed by him and a gentleman named John H. Judd, Jr. There's not much to say about this one, it's a metal block and you attach wires to it.

There's two more I found, A VEHICLE LOGGING SYSTEM, which uses electric senors to track train cars, and AUTO ./MAN. LOGIC which is a patent for using solid state integrated circuits to simulate mechanical relays.

 

[Stratochu]

It would be fun to see videos on YouTube and photos on DevianTART and Flickr titled "Chris-chan's abandoned house" and finally get to see inside 14BC. And I would go in there if only to go into Chris-chan's bedroom and Bob's shed.

Be careful. I heard that the ghosts of Bob, Patti, and Christopher will kick your ass.

I would also get as many Relics of Fail as I could (including the Sonichu license plates if CWC's car is still there and long abandoned), try for the autism papers, Nathaniel Greene incident reports and report cards and Bob's records, salvage vidya (all of CWC's vintage consoles, handhelds & games, if not yet looted, would get deinfested, cleaned up, any repairs needed done, documented for the CWCki along with everything else, then gifted to a friend back in Denver who loves vintage vidya and is more of an epic weener than a Christorian), everything would be documented for the CWCki, papers and all "art" & unreleased Sonichu comics scanned and the files given to someone with editing ability. I would also wash the Sonic, Super Sonic, Amy Rose, Amanita and Pokemon plushies, Li'l Chris and the clown doll and keep them for myself.

 

[Tubular Monkey]

I found Bob's patent for "SHOT VOLUME AND CUSHION POINT CONTROL", which I'm assuming is the mythical plastic funnel machine.

I also found what I'm assuming is his first patent. The "ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BLOCK" filed March 25, 1955, and designed by him and a gentleman named John H. Judd, Jr. There's not much to say about this one, it's a metal block and you attach wires to it.

There's two more I found, A VEHICLE LOGGING SYSTEM, which uses electric senors to track train cars, and AUTO ./MAN. LOGIC which is a patent for using solid state integrated circuits to simulate mechanical relays.

 

[DangDirtyTrolls]

"Aww that's cute, he wants to grow up just like his dad. How old is your son?"

 

[The Dude]

I've been around firearms my whole life. If the firearm is kept in a dry place, like a safe or filing cabinet, it will stay rust free for decades and fully functional. Revolvers tend to be more robust due to fewer moving parts than an automatic, but even an automatic will stay functional for a long time, even dirty. Aside from certain calibers used in Cowboy Action Shooting that use black powder for authenticity, all ammunition is now made with smokeless powder which can go a long time without needing to be cleaned. However, Bob being once in the military, he would probably keep his firearms cleaned. And depending on when Bob bought his revolver, if he ever did own one, it could very well be stainless steel, not blued carbon steel. Just because he was old doesn't mean he bought old guns. Also Bob being former military he may have owned an M1911, which was the standard issue sidearm of the US military when he was active. Count me among those who would gladly buy any firearms owned by the Chandler patriarch.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

I don't really know why people are so interested in the idea that Bob had a gun. We have no reason to believe he did, and even if he did there's no reason to believe Chris could ever even figure out how to operate it, let alone actually be stupid enough to go waving it around or threatening with it.

 

[Tubular Monkey]

I don't really know why people are so interested in the idea that Bob had a gun. We have no reason to believe he did, and even if he did there's no reason to believe Chris could ever even figure out how to operate it, let alone actually be stupid enough to go waving it around or threatening with it.

I could definitely see him waving it around at Snyder - his rationale being that it's not illegal if he doesn't shoot him.

 

[The Dude]

I don't really know why people are so interested in the idea that Bob had a gun. We have no reason to believe he did, and even if he did there's no reason to believe Chris could ever even figure out how to operate it, let alone actually be stupid enough to go waving it around or threatening with it.

Why do you think Chris is so ignorant as to not know how to operate a firearm? His Megatron toy is close enough that he could figure it out. Firearms aren't difficult to operate.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

^He'd pinch his fingers in the slide, and then say fuck it.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

^He'd pinch his fingers in the slide, and then say fuck it.

At a minimum. I have a Megatron pistol myself (the same version Chris has) and the air pellets have to be loaded into the side, like a shotgun. The Walther P38 the Megatron is based upon, however, has a normal magazine.

Chris would probably try to load the bullets the same way he loads his Megatron. I just hope he's not so dense as to leave the safety off.

 

[waffle]

I don't really know why people are so interested in the idea that Bob had a gun. We have no reason to believe he did, and even if he did there's no reason to believe Chris could ever even figure out how to operate it, let alone actually be stupid enough to go waving it around or threatening with it.

He had a thing for threatening people, at least in his videos, whit his Swiss army knife. I don't see why a gun would be any different.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

I found Bob's patent for "SHOT VOLUME AND CUSHION POINT CONTROL", which I'm assuming is the mythical plastic funnel machine.

I also found what I'm assuming is his first patent. The "ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BLOCK" filed March 25, 1955, and designed by him and a gentleman named John H. Judd, Jr. There's not much to say about this one, it's a metal block and you attach wires to it.

There's two more I found, A VEHICLE LOGGING SYSTEM, which uses electric senors to track train cars, and AUTO ./MAN. LOGIC which is a patent for using solid state integrated circuits to simulate mechanical relays.

Don't forget the heavy-duty Pokemon card case made of LEGOs and Date Ed.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

Don't forget the heavy-duty Pokemon card case made of LEGOs and Date Ed.

Or the iDea Book Case now. That's actually Chris's best (and only) invention.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

He had a thing for threatening people, at least in his videos, whit his Swiss army knife. I don't see why a gun would be any different.

He has a thing for threatening people... from the safety of his room, where he can hide behind the internet (much like he accuses his trolls of doing). When he's alone facing a camera recording a video that won't go up on youtube until after a significant delay, he doesn't have to fear the other guy doing so much as saying "oh yeah?" He can fantasize that his target is terrified by his threats. In person, Chris is a total pussy, and will back down and whimper like a baby if you so much as give him a mean look. It's only later that he'll impotently rant about how much he hates you.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

He had a thing for threatening people, at least in his videos, whit his Swiss army knife. I don't see why a gun would be any different.

He has a thing for threatening people... from the safety of his room, where he can hide behind the internet (much like he accuses his trolls of doing). When he's alone facing a camera recording a video that won't go up on youtube until after a significant delay, he doesn't have to fear the other guy doing so much as saying "oh yeah?" He can fantasize that his target is terrified by his threats. In person, Chris is a total pussy, and will back down and whimper like a baby if you so much as give him a mean look. It's only later that he'll impotently rant about how much he hates you.

I wish Chris had done some more videos showcasing his physical "prowess" to intimidate his trolls. The push-ups . . . the lemonade weight lifts . . . the chair that weighed a GRAND NUMBER OF POUNDS . . . Sonichu's Edge . . . and, of course, the one and only pull-up vid.

I know that Chris suffers from discalcula (the inability to estimate numbers correctly, this disorder is often co-morbid with autism) but his numbers have always just been so off. Like estimating Patti's doghouse to weigh TONS. I kind of wonder if he didn't take Dragonball Z too literally.

I'm actually very serious with this statement. Throughout Dragonball Z, Goku would often have to train harder to defeat a new foe, and he'd do things like "train for six months in five times earth's gravity, doing ten thousand push-ups a day" or something completely outrageous. The purpose of these segments, of course, was to show the viewer how completely overpowered these characters were and provide some comic relief due to their implausibility.

I can see Chris, in the throes of suffering from the 'tism, taking this at complete face value and thinking that these actions were not only actually achievable, but normal. And thus we end up with fifty pound lemonade and two-ton dog houses.

 

[Some JERK]

It's also quite possible that Bob didn't come up with the ideas for the machinery, but merely formalized them into blueprints. As this guy says:

I would say the entire family is into self-aggrandizing, probably as a way to compensate for having such unimportant, miserable lives. For example, they (not only Chris, but Barb and Bob as well as seen on the e-mails to Nintendo and the conversation with Emily) seem to feel the need to mention to everyone that Bob has one patent and that he came up with the controls for plastic molding machines, without which "there would be no Nintendo or plastic bottles or anything".
Nevermind that, 99.9% sure, Bob's boss told him "hey, we need some controls for that new machine we're building, get on it" and if Bob hadn't come up with the design, some other guy would have. He didn't invent anything revolutionary, he just did his job and that was it.

I think that's exactly what happened.

I found Bob's patent for "SHOT VOLUME AND CUSHION POINT CONTROL", which I'm assuming is the mythical plastic funnel machine.

Well that settles that. On that patent Bob is listed as the inventor and GE is the assignee. Which means exactly what has been supposed here; Bob invented it, but General Electric owns the patent.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

It's a pity there's no way to comment on Google patents, I was all set to write "JULAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!" below it.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Like estimating Patti's doghouse to weigh TONS.

I never really understood why everyone assumes Chris meant this literally, to the point they talk about discalculia and such. I don't think he's actually claiming the thing weighed 10 tons, he's just saying "it weighs a bunch of tons" like it's heavy. It's an expression everyone has heard, even him.

I kind of wonder if he didn't take Dragonball Z too literally.

Now this, he probably did do. Just like lots of kids who put a towel around their neck like a cape and think they're Superman.