Patents by Inventor Craig Timothy Shugert
Craig Timothy Shugert 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).
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Publication number: 20220151860Abstract: The described device demonstrates an apparatus and method for a collapsible wheeled walker or rollator that includes a pair of height adjustable armrests or supports. The armrests may be selectively articulated about hinge or pivot attached to a support tube. The articulating armrest may be locked into a stationary position via a locking pin for use as a typical standing rollator. Alternatively, the armrests are articulable about a hinge when the locking pin is removed, where a damper is interconnected between the hinge and a handle tube attached to the armrests to provide resistance to the movement of the armrests allowing a user to exercise arm muscles while using the wheeled walker. As such the disclosed device operates as both a wheeled walker and an exercise mechanism for the user's arms and upper body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Craig Timothy Shugert, Peter James Fellingham
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Publication number: 20220142312Abstract: The device disclosed herein is a walking cane comprised of an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end includes a handle member having a grip surface and forward-facing front face. The front face comprises a steel surface for attaching an LED illuminator having a magnet attached to the illuminator. A magnet formed into or attached to the back of the LED illuminator attaches to the steel surface of the front face of the handle to hold the LED illuminator in place. The illuminator has an on-board battery to provide power to the light. The LED illuminator additionally includes a motion sensor and an ambient light sensor such that the LED illuminator when attached to the walking cane will activate upon the sensors detecting both motion of the waking cane and a low light condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Craig Timothy Shugert, Peter James Fellingham
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Publication number: 20220142311Abstract: The device disclosed herein is a walking cane comprised of an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end includes a handle member having a grip surface and forward-facing front face. The front face comprises a steel surface for attaching an LED illuminator having a magnet attached to the illuminator. A magnet formed into or attached to the back of the LED illuminator attaches to the steel surface of the front face of the handle to hold the LED illuminator in place. The illuminator has an on-board battery to provide power to the light. The LED illuminator additionally includes a motion sensor and an ambient light sensor such that the LED illuminator when attached to the walking cane will activate upon the sensors detecting both motion of the waking cane and a low light condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Craig Timothy Shugert, Peter James Fellingham
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Publication number: 20210338516Abstract: The disclosure demonstrates a collapsible wheeled walker having two side frames supported above a walking surface with attached wheel assemblies. The side frames are interconnected by an X-folder apparatus. The X-folder apparatus has first and second elongate elements rotatably coupled to each other with the bottom ends of the elements rotatably attached to the bottoms of the side frames, and the top ends of the elements having perpendicular support elements that in the deployed open position, engage support brackets formed on the inner sides of the side frames. The support brackets have protrusions extending from bracket support surfaces to engage complementary apertures formed in the perpendicular support elements to provide stability to the wheeled walker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Peter James Fellingham, Craig Timothy Shugert, Yichuan Pan, Haibin Wu
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Publication number: 20210236022Abstract: A system includes a wheeled walker having a frame and a plurality of wheel assemblies coupled to the frame for supporting the frame above a walking surface, the frame and the plurality of wheel assemblies defining a volume above the walking surface occupied by at least a portion of a user's legs as the user walks on the walking surface using the wheeled walker, the wheeled walker further having a camera directed toward the volume. The system may include a non-transitory program storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor or programmable circuit to collect image data from the camera, evaluate the user's gait based on the image data, and output a result of the evaluation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Craig Timothy Shugert, Andrew Erwin Senyei
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Patent number: 11071676Abstract: The disclosure demonstrates a collapsible wheeled walker having two side frames supported above a walking surface with attached wheel assemblies. The side frames are interconnected by an X-folder apparatus. The X-folder apparatus has first and second elongate elements rotatably coupled to each other with the bottom ends of the elements rotatably attached to the bottoms of the side frames, and the top ends of the elements having perpendicular support elements that in the deployed open position, engage support brackets formed on the inner sides of the side frames. The support brackets have protrusions extending from bracket support surfaces to engage complementary apertures formed in the perpendicular support elements to provide stability to the wheeled walker.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: ProtoStar, Inc.Inventors: Peter James Fellingham, Craig Timothy Shugert, Yichuan Pan, Haibin Wu
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Publication number: 20200315901Abstract: The disclosure demonstrates a collapsible wheeled walker having two side frames supported above a walking surface with attached wheel assemblies. The side frames are interconnected by an X-folder apparatus. The X-folder apparatus has first and second elongate elements rotatably coupled to each other with the bottom ends of the elements rotatably attached to the bottoms of the side frames, and the top ends of the elements having perpendicular support elements that in the deployed open position, engage support brackets formed on the inner sides of the side frames. The support brackets have protrusions extending from bracket support surfaces to engage complementary apertures formed in the perpendicular support elements to provide stability to the wheeled walker.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Peter James Fellingham, Craig Timothy Shugert, Yichuan Pan, Haibin Wu
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Patent number: 10434031Abstract: A collapsible wheeled walker with two side frames and two height adjustable upper body supports. The apparatus includes a seat that is slidably attached to the two side frames and is movable between a front position to facilitate an ample walking space inside the frames and a rear position for a user to sit. The apparatus may include an X-folder that facilitates collapsing the walker to a small footprint for storage and transportation. It may also include a left forearm gutter and a right forearm gutter as part of the upper body supports that give the user an upright walking posture for health benefits.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Yichuan Pan, Peter James Fellingham, Zelin Zhang, Craig Timothy Shugert, David Michael Petersen
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Publication number: 20190247266Abstract: A collapsible wheeled walker with two side frames and two height adjustable upper body supports. The apparatus includes a seat that is slidably attached to the two side frames and is movable between a front position to facilitate an ample walking space inside the frames and a rear position for a user to sit. The apparatus may include an X-folder that facilitates collapsing the walker to a small footprint for storage and transportation. It may also include a left forearm gutter and a right forearm gutter as part of the upper body supports that give the user an upright walking posture for health benefits.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Yichuan Pan, Peter James Fellingham, Zelin Zhang, Craig Timothy Shugert, David Michael Petersen
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Patent number: 10307321Abstract: A collapsible wheeled walker with two side frames and two height adjustable upper body supports. The apparatus includes a seat that is slidably attached to the two side frames and is movable between a front position to facilitate an ample walking space inside the frames and a rear position for a user to sit. The apparatus may include an X-folder that facilitates collapsing the walker to a small footprint for storage and transportation. It may also include a left forearm gutter and a right forearm gutter as part of the upper body supports that give the user an upright walking posture for health benefits.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Yichuan Pan, Peter James Fellingham, Zelin Zhang, Craig Timothy Shugert, David Michael Petersen
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Publication number: 20190105221Abstract: A collapsible wheeled walker with two side frames and two height adjustable upper body supports. The apparatus includes a seat that is slidably attached to the two side frames and is movable between a front position to facilitate an ample walking space inside the frames and a rear position for a user to sit. The apparatus may include an X-folder that facilitates collapsing the walker to a small footprint for storage and transportation. It may also include a left forearm gutter and a right forearm gutter as part of the upper body supports that give the user an upright walking posture for health benefits.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Yichuan Pan, Peter James Fellingham, Zelin Zhang, Craig Timothy Shugert, David Michael Petersen
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Patent number: D874351Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Protostar, Inc., A Delaware CorporationInventors: Peter James Fellingham, Zelin Zhang, Yichuan Pan, Craig Timothy Shugert
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Patent number: D902791Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Peter James Fellingham, Craig Timothy Shugert, Yichuan Pan