Patents by Inventor Jean Rodrigue

Jean Rodrigue 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).

  • Side rail, hospital bed including the same, method of operating associated thereto and kit for assembling the side rail
    Patent number: 7073219
    Abstract: A side rail; a patient support assembly, such a hospital bed, a stretcher and the like, provided with such a side rail; a method of operating associated thereto; and a kit for assembling the side rail. The side rail includes support bars and at least one cross bar being substantially positioned within a same vertical plane, substantially parallel to a corresponding side portion of the assembly. The support bars are rotatable with respect to the corresponding side portion about respective axes being parallel to a transverse axis of the assembly, and first and second ends of the at least one cross bar are rotatable with respect to the support bars about respective axes being parallel to the transverse axis, so that the side rail be operated between raised and lowered configurations along the same vertical plane and so that the side rail be collapsible in the lowered configuration, within the same vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Teknion Concept
    Inventors: Stéphan Poulin, Christian Gauvin, Florimond Laporte, Bruno LaVerdière, Vincent Rochette, Jean Rodrigue
  • Side rail, hospital bed including the same, method of operating associated thereto and kit for assembling the side rail
    Publication number: 20050144720
    Abstract: A side rail; a patient support assembly, such a hospital bed, a stretcher and the like, provided with such a side rail; a method of operating associated thereto; and a kit for assembling the side rail. The side rail includes support bars and at least one cross bar being substantially positioned within a same vertical plane, substantially parallel to a corresponding side portion of the assembly. The support bars are rotatable with respect to the corresponding side portion about respective axes being parallel to a transverse axis of the assembly, and first and second ends of the at least one cross bar are rotatable with respect to the support bars about respective axes being parallel to the transverse axis, so that the side rail be operated between raised and lowered configurations along the same vertical plane and so that the side rail be collapsible in the lowered configuration, within the same vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Stephan Poulin, Christian Gauvin, Florimond Laporte, Bruno LaVerdiere, Vincent Rochette, Jean Rodrigue