Patents by Inventor Margaret Lawler

Margaret Lawler 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).

  • Patient restraint bed
    Patent number: 5359740
    Abstract: A bed having a mattress and a vertical wall extending about the entire periphery of the mattress. The wall includes lightweight panels disposed in one or more courses. A gate is provided in one section of the wall by gate panels hingedly mounted at one end and latchably mounted at an opposite end. Panels other than gate panels are rigidly mounted in place with respect to one another. Each panel has a rigid structural exterior section and an interior padded section. The padded sections are disposed so that padding is provided over substantially the entire interior side of the wall when the panels are assembled in the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital
    Inventors: David Markley, Margaret Lawler, Jane Erdman, Timothy Pierson