Patents by Inventor Charles Kenneth Wike

Charles Kenneth Wike has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9855175
    Abstract: A dynamic seating and walking wheelchair includes an active seat and a frame. The active seat is configured to move from a seated position to a standing position. The active seat includes a seat back with an upper end and a lower end, and a seat bottom with a front end and a rear end. The rear end of the seat bottom is rotatable about a movable pivot axis approximate to the lower end of the seat back from the seated position of approximately horizontal to the standing position of approximately vertical. The frame is configured to support the active seat. Wherein, when the active seat moves from a seated position to a standing position, the movable pivot axis moves both up and backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Active Body, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Kenneth Wike, Jr., Michael Alan Kapp, Richard Michael McEntyre
  • Publication number: 20170258653
    Abstract: A dynamic seating and walking wheelchair includes an active seat and a frame. The active seat is configured to move from a seated position to a standing position. The active seat includes a seat back with an upper end and a lower end, and a seat bottom with a front end and a rear end. The rear end of the seat bottom is rotatable about a movable pivot axis approximate to the lower end of the seat back from the seated position of approximately horizontal to the standing position of approximately vertical. The frame is configured to support the active seat. Wherein, when the active seat moves from a seated position to a standing position, the movable pivot axis moves both up and backwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Kenneth WIKE, JR., Michael Alan KAPP, Richard Michael McENTYRE
  • Patent number: 9649236
    Abstract: A dynamic seating and walking wheelchair includes an active seat and a frame. The active seat is configured to move from a seated position to a standing position. The active seat includes a seat back with an upper end and a lower end, and a seat bottom with a front end and a rear end. The rear end of the seat bottom is rotatable about a movable pivot axis approximate to the lower end of the seat back from the seated position of approximately horizontal to the standing position of approximately vertical. The frame is configured to support the active seat. Wherein, when the active seat moves from a seated position to a standing position, the movable pivot axis moves both up and backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Active Body, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Kenneth Wike, Jr., Michael Alan Kapp, Richard Michael McEntyre
  • Patent number: 6726094
    Abstract: A customer self-service terminal for use in conducting retail transactions. The terminal includes a camera having multi-mode image capability. When a customer wishes to conduct a transaction, the camera is used to scan product barcodes. The camera is set to capture an image of a barcode for extraction of data contained in the barcode. When all desired products have been scanned, the camera is used to record steps in the tendering of payment. The customer presents a financial identification card such as a credit or debit card and swipes it through a magnetic stripe reader. The customer then places the card in the field of view of the camera which is set to a video graphic mode to capture an image of the card for storage. The customer is then presented with a transaction document for signing. The camera is set to a live video mode to record the act of signing. After the transaction document has been signed, the camera captures an image of the signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Edward G. Rantze, Joseph M. Lindacher, Charles Kenneth Wike