Patents by Inventor Kevin D. Helmers

Kevin D. Helmers 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: 5730255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wheeled carriage, particularly a walker, including a load-bearing frame having a plurality of wheels rotatably carried thereby for support and mobility thereof. The frame carries a hydraulic fluid reservoir, and a pair of pumps having inlet and outlet ports. The pumps draw fluid through their respective inlet ports from the reservoir and return fluid through their respective outlet ports to the reservoir. Conduit is also carried by the frame for fluid communication between the reservoir and the inlet and outlet ports of the pumps. The wheels are respectively connected to each of the pumps for operating the pumps in response to the rotation of the wheels. The frame further carries a valve in the conduit that is adapted to be opened or closed by the hand strength of the user. The closed position of the valve prevents movement of the hydraulic fluid from the outlet ports of the pumps to the reservoir whereby the connected wheels are prevented from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Inventor: Kevin D. Helmers
  • Patent number: 5540121
    Abstract: A tool for use in opening a locked door from its outer side by means of a rotatable doorknob on the inner side of the door is provided. The tool comprises an arm having a cup rotatably carried thereby and a handle manipulable from the outer side of the door. The cup is collapsible to permit it to pass with the arm under the door, but is normally expanded to a shape enabling it to fit over the doorknob. When the cup is passed with the arm beneath the door, the arm and the cup may be rotated by the handle to a position in which the open side of the cup is opposite the doorknob and then drawn back by the handle toward the inner side of the door to permit the cup to fit over the doorknob. Means are attached to the cup that is operable from the outer side of the door to cause the cup to grip and then rotate the doorknob to permit the door to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Inventor: Kevin D. Helmers