Patents by Inventor Willis Bradley

Willis Bradley 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).

  • Publication number: 20060181068
    Abstract: A wheelchair has a seat, a reclining backrest and anti-tip legs movable between a retracted position and an extended ground contacting position in response to movement of the backrest between an upright and a reclining condition. The inclination of the backrest can be conveniently adjusted by a person seated in the wheelchair by latching a pair of detent arms in one of several slots spaced under the chair's armrests. The anti-tip legs extend to support the wheelchair against tipping backwards when the backrest is reclined and retract out of the way when the backrest is brought upright.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: John Bennett, Willis Bradley, Leah Rotter
  • Publication number: 20050087957
    Abstract: An adjustable height seat for a wheelchair has a seat supported on a telescoping support. The seat rises and lowers in response to repositioning of the user's body weight on the seat. A spring normally urges the seat towards an elevated condition. The seat is depressed when the user's body assumes a relatively reclined position to overcome upward urging of the spring. Conversely, the seat rises when the user's body weight is partially rested on a ground surface allowing the spring to lift the seated user's remaining body weight. The telescoping support is frictionally arrested in a generally upright or forward leaning position of the seated user. The adjustable height seat can be installed in a wheelchair frame either permanently or interchangeably with a conventional wheelchair seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: John Bennett, Willis Bradley, Leah Rotter
  • Publication number: 20050087968
    Abstract: A wheelchair has a seat, a reclining backrest and anti-tip legs movable between a retracted position and an extended ground contacting position in response to movement of the backrest between an upright and a reclining condition. The inclination of the backrest can be conveniently adjusted by a person seated in the wheelchair by latching a pair of detent arms in one of several slots spaced under the chair's armrests. The anti-tip legs extend to support the wheelchair against tipping backwards when the backrest is reclined and retract out of the way when the backrest is brought upright.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: John Bennett, Willis Bradley, Leah Rotter
  • Patent number: D424253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Lenjoy Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Willis Bradley, Leah Rotter