Patents Examined by Duoni Pan
  • Patent number: 8713730
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to medical transport devices, more particularly, to spineboards. In one embodiment, a spineboard includes an upper panel assembly joined to a lower panel assembly by one or more latch assemblies and one or more hinge assemblies. An upper moveable belt wrap about the upper panel assembly and is driven by a motorized drive roller while a lower moveable belt is wrapped about the lower panel assembly and driven by a separate motorized drive roller. The upper and lower moveable belts counter-rotate relative to one another. The upper moveable belt is used to load and unload an injured person from the spineboard while the lower moveable belt is used to advance the spineboard toward and away from the injured person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Lawrence R. Koh and Nina Merrell-Koh
    Inventors: Lawrence R Koh, James D. Huggins, Charles Blair
  • Patent number: 8677527
    Abstract: A portable playyard comprises: a playyard frame having two opposite upper side rails and an upper end rail; a crossing rod bridging the upper side rails; a flexible bottom wall mounted to a bottom side of the playyard frame; a flexible surrounding wall unit mounted to the playyard frame and including two opposite side walls and an end wall; a flexible partitioning wall connected to the playyard frame, trained on the crossing rod and having a vertical wall portion extending downwardly from the crossing rod, the vertical wall portion cooperating with the end wall to define a chamber therebetween; and at least one flexible shelf disposed in the chamber and connected to and cooperating with the partitioning wall to define a storage compartment therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Curtis M. Hartenstine, Sharon A. Gillett, Jonathan M. Pacella
  • Patent number: 8661582
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a children's motion device configured to oscillate a child support about a substantially upright axis of rotation. In various embodiments, the portion of the child support configured for supporting the head of a child positioned therein is configured to remain substantially aligned with the axis of rotation as the child support oscillates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Sclare, John Matthew Thomson
  • Patent number: 8650684
    Abstract: An airway management pillow operable to provide a secure airway of a patient in a supine position by providing a combination of a head-tilt chin lift technique and a jaw thrust technique. The airway management pillow further includes a base having a contoured surface. Integrally formed with the base on opposing sides thereof are a pair of formable lateral wings. Disposed within the pair of lateral wings are lateral wing support members that are manufactured from a malleable metal. A plurality of mandible engaging members are formed with the pair of lateral wings that project inwards in a perpendicular manner and are operable to engage at least a portion of the posterior of the mandible of the patient engaged with the airway management pillow. A support frame is disposed within the base and is operably coupled with the lateral wing support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Scott Mackinnon
  • Patent number: 8646127
    Abstract: A crib is provided that includes a mattress support portion and a vertical member. The vertical member includes an upper end that extends above the mattress support portion and a lower end that extends below the mattress support portion. The crib further includes a caster that is operatively connected to the lower end of the vertical member, and a first reinforcing member that is operatively connected to the mattress support portion and the caster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Foundations Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan L. Lytle
  • Patent number: 8590351
    Abstract: A pair of left and right slide pins 10 and 20 are disposed at the rear side of the lid 1 movably in the lateral direction. The base member 30 is installed in the installation part formed on the lid 1 from the surface side of the lid 1. The operation handle 50 that drives a pair of slide pins 10 and 20 is mounted on the surface side of the base member 30. Also, the rotor 40 causing a pair of slide pins 10 and 20 to interlock in accordance with drive operation of the operation handle 50 is rotatably installed at the base member 30. The rotor 40 has a pair of drive force transmission engagement parts 43 and 43. A pair of slide pins 10 and 20 have the engaged parts 101 and 201, which are separately engaged with one and the other of the pair of drive force transmission engagement parts 43 and 43, respectively. The rotor 40 is mounted in the base member 30 in a state where the respective drive force transmission parts 43 and 43 are exposed to the rear side of the lid 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ookawara, Toshihiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8584286
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a self deflating cushion whereby a volume of air within the cushion is controllably released to a surface of the cushion thereby providing a cooling effect to the seated anatomy of a user. The cushion further provides a variety of internal, open cell cushioning materials that store and release air during use of the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: EC Service Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Call
  • Patent number: 8505344
    Abstract: A rotatable lock for a portable electronic device includes a first casing, a second casing, two interlocking members, an I-shaped engaging member, a driving member, an elastic member and a lock core. The lock core is a depressible tubular lock having a limiting slot adjacent to an end and a key hole on another end. The key hole is an axial slot and has a plurality of protrusions and a positioning slot disposed in an inner wall, and a pivoted sliding rod. The key is a hollow column and has a positioning pin and a plurality of grooves. To unlock the lock, a positioning pin of the key needs to be aligned with the positioning slot of the key hole, and then the groove of the key engages with the protrusion of the key hole of the lock core such that the key is able to be rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Ingamar Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jason Su
  • Patent number: 8495897
    Abstract: Disclosed is an overhead door lock with a mounting plate which mounts to a door header and has a locking aperture therein; a barricade with a bracket which fastens to a top of an overhead door and a faceplate affixed thereto, the faceplate having an aperture and a flange extending generally perpendicularly to the faceplate, the flange having an aperture; and a coupling sized to pass through the faceplate aperture and having a first end which affixes into the mounting plate locking aperture and a second end with an aperture positioned such that when the first end of the coupling is inserted through the faceplate aperture and affixed into the mounting plate locking aperture, the coupling aperture and the faceplate flange aperture are coaligned for inserting a locking device which prevents the overhead sliding door from being opened, either from the outside or inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Koc
  • Patent number: 8413277
    Abstract: A pneumatic lift including inflatable mattresses stacked one atop another and arranged in air flow communication with one another, but with each being independently deflatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Woodlark Circle, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Davis, Edward A. Gilchrest, Jr., Matthew L. Prancuk
  • Patent number: 8291733
    Abstract: An electric door lock includes a transmission wheel driven by a motor and incorporating a spring with a driving end to drive a driven wheel. The transmission wheel and the driven wheel are rotatably sleeved around an inner drive tube connected to an inner handle. A spindle is inserted into the inner drive tube and has an operating end exposed from the inner handle. The driven wheel is connected integrally to the spindle for rotation. Preferably, a coupling piece extends through an arc-shaped slot in the inner drive tube and interconnects the driven wheel and the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Tong Lung Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Shyang Chiou, Chia-Min Sun, Yu-Ting Huang, Yu-Le Lin