Patents Represented by Attorney Roberts IP Law
  • Patent number: 8246558
    Abstract: A device and method for releasably connecting together two elements, such as two orthotic devices, or two elements of an orthotic device is provided. A quick connect apparatus and method of use is disclosed that quickly and easily enables a user to attach and detach two devices or two elements of a device, such as the elements of an orthosis or a prosthetic. An example device that may easily be converted back and forth between an ankle-foot orthosis and a knee-ankle-foot orthosis is disclosed, along with steps for making and using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventors: Rafael Barrera, Myron Moorman
  • Patent number: 8196361
    Abstract: A stairway having an alternating series of risers and treads wherein two risers and a tread form a step structure for use in constructing the stairway. The step structure including a first riser having a front portion and a rear portion, a tread having a support surface and an opposite surface, a second riser having a front portion and a rear portion, and wherein the tread is positioned between the rear portion of the first riser and the front portion of the second riser and wherein the second riser of one step structure becomes the first riser of the next-up step structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen E. Ronsheim
  • Patent number: 7971399
    Abstract: A stairway having an alternating series of risers and treads wherein two risers and a tread form a step structure for use in constructing the stairway. The step structure including a first riser having a front portion and a rear portion, a tread having a support surface and an opposite surface, a second riser having a front portion and a rear portion, and wherein the tread is positioned between the rear portion of the first riser and the front portion of the second riser and wherein the second riser of one step structure becomes the first riser of the next-up step structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Inventor: Stephen E. Ronsheim
  • Patent number: D579276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Inventor: William Edwin Burd
  • Patent number: D612364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: Tadeusz Kwolek
  • Patent number: D660748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: Lisa Cooley