Patents by Inventor Gary D. Shumate

Gary D. Shumate 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).

  • Support apparel such as back support and system
    Patent number: 7322952
    Abstract: An improved support belt, support apparel, along with a process for creating such products. A mechanism by which support belts provide protection to the user is disclosed, which mechanism is generally applicable to all human joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: David D. Chase, David G. Wilder, Gary D. Shumate, Vijay K. Goel, Malcolm H. Pope
  • Support apparel such as back support and system
    Publication number: 20030135134
    Abstract: An improved support belt, support apparel, along with a process for creating such products. A mechanism by which support belts provide protection to the user is disclosed, which mechanism is generally applicable to all human joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: David D. Chase, David G. Wilder, Gary D. Shumate, Vijay K. Goel, Malcolm H. Pope
  • Back support with means to secure the belt on the wearer while in an open position
    Patent number: 5548843
    Abstract: A back support for a human user includes an elastic support belt having first and second free ends, members secured to the support belt for releasably joining the free ends for maintaining the belt in a closed position in which it forms a closed surface adapted to encircle a human user, and structure secured to the support belt for releasably maintaining the belt in an open position in which the support belt free ends are unattached to each other. A related back support garment includes a garment body having a garment front and a garment back defining an inside and an outside of the garment, the garment body being suitably sized for a human wearer. An elastic support belt is disposed inside the garment body and secured thereto. The elastic support belt has first and second free ends and also has structure for releasably joining the free ends for maintaining the support belt in a closed position in which the support belt forms a closed surface adapted to encircle the human wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Chase Ergonomics Inc.
    Inventors: David D. Chase, Gary D. Shumate, Joel A. Joslin, Paul K. Meunchen