Patents by Inventor Ronald B. Jalbert

Ronald B. Jalbert 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).

  • INTERFACE PRESSURE SENSING MATTRESS
    Publication number: 20140059778
    Abstract: A patient support surface or mattress has a coverlet defining an interior region and a core situated in the interior region. An interface pressure sensing sheet assembly is provided in the interior region. Above the core and beneath the coverlet, the sheet assembly has a lattice of longitudinally extending straps and laterally extending straps that are made of an interface pressure sensing material. The lattice has gaps through which the coverlet presses against the core. The laterally extending straps are provided over relatively high pressure zones of the core, such as a heel, sacral and/or occiput zone, and are not provided over other zones of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Ronald B. Jalbert
  • Side bolster system for a mattress
    Patent number: 6430763
    Abstract: A side bolster system is provided for use with a mattress having a first side and a second side. The side bolster system of the present invention includes a first side bolster configured to be positioned along the first side of the mattress, and a second side bolster configured to be positioned along the second side of the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Suppawat Kosumsuppamala, Timothy G. Clark, Ronald B. Jalbert
  • Side bolster system for a mattress
    Publication number: 20010027576
    Abstract: A side bolster system is provided for use with a mattress having a first side and a second side. The side bolster system of the present invention includes a first side bolster configured to be positioned along the first side of the mattress, and a second side bolster configured to be positioned along the second side of the mattress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Suppawat Kosumsuppamala, Timothy G. Clark, Ronald B. Jalbert
  • Side bolster system for a mattress
    Patent number: 6243894
    Abstract: A side bolster system is provided for use with a mattress having a first side and a second side. The side bolster system of the present invention includes a first side bolster configured to be positioned along the first side of the mattress, a second side bolster configured to be positioned along the second side of the mattress, and a transverse tether having a first end coupled to the first side bolster and a second end coupled to the second side bolster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Hill-Rom, Inc.
    Inventors: Suppawat Kosumsuppamala, Timothy G. Clark, Ronald B. Jalbert