Patents by Inventor Karolen C. Bowman

Karolen C. Bowman 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: 5439008
    Abstract: An infant reflux restraint apparatus according to the present invention preferably has a wedge-shaped support member for readily positioning an infant on a support surface to thereby support an infant in a reclined position. A pair of side strips are secured to the wedge-shaped support member and are positioned on an upper surface thereof. The pair of side strips are spaced-apart in a generally parallel relationship and a sufficient amount so that an infant can be positioned therebetween. Each of the pair of side strips also longitudinally extends along adjacent respective sides of the infant. The apparatus further preferably has a head support member connected to the wedge-shaped support member and positioned on an upper medial portion of the upper surface thereof for supporting the infant's head when reclined thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Inventor: Karolen C. Bowman
  • Patent number: 5329934
    Abstract: A medical patient restraint device is provided for additional comfort while restraining patients during surgical procedures such as the circumcision of infants. The patient restraint device has a generally planar support member which is sized to receive and support a patient in a lying position thereon. The support member defines opposite side edges. A pair of support straps are fixed to the support member and extend along respective side edge portions in a generally parallel relationship. The pair of support straps are laterally spaced apart a distance sufficient to receive the patient therebetween with the support straps being parallel to and adjacent the sides of the patient. Individual restraining straps are provided for releasable connection to respective ones of the patient's arms and legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Inventor: Karolen C. Bowman
  • Patent number: 5226815
    Abstract: A dental covering of such a size as to drape over a patient's upper torso and head to protect the patient from airborne moisture and contaminants caused by dental work on the patient, the dental covering being substantially rectangular in overall shape and at least several feet in length and width so as to overlie a patient's upper torso and head during dental work. The dental covering has upper and lower fabric sections adapted to respectively overlie the head and torso of the patient and an intermediate fabric section bridging and joining the upper and lower fabric sections and adapted to extend across a patient's eyes. Each of the fabric sections is substantially parallel to each other and has a common lengthwise extent adapted to extend transversely across the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Inventor: Karolen C. Bowman