Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Darling

Ronald J. Darling 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: 6957456
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for tilting a bed frame is disclosed. The apparatus raises and lowers an end of a bed frame between a horizontal position and an inclined position. The apparatus includes a power actuator connected to an extendable support bar. To raise or incline the bed, a support end of the extendable support bar contacts the floor while a lifting end raises the bed frame as the power actuator causes the extendable support bar to move from a retracted position toward an extended position. As the distance between the lifting end of the extendable support bar and the floor increases, the extendable support bar inclines the bed. To increase the rate at which the bed is inclined, ramps are placed between the extendable support bar and the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: JaRon, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald J. Darling, Patrick J. Bartels
  • Patent number: 4915446
    Abstract: An infant seat, a removable seat and a seat latch, the seat having a base, a removable seat, and means for restraining a child in the removable seat. The seat is usable as a car seat and the base securable to an automobile seat with a seat belt. The removable seat is joined to the base and reversibly disjoinable from the base without removal of the child from the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Inventors: Ronald J. Darling, Thomas G. Darling, Steven M. Darling