Light Handle Cover Patents (Class 16/906)
  • Patent number: 8789243
    Abstract: The invention is a disposable cover handle cover for a surgical light head, and more particularly to a single-piece, integrally-formed disposable handle cover for a surgical light head and the like. The disposable cover includes a single-piece hollow member having a first open end adapted to receive the positioning handle of the surgical light head housing a camera and a second open end generally opposite the first end. The second end is closed off by a lens disposed within and integral with the hollow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Douglas Denmark
  • Patent number: 8763207
    Abstract: A method of making a light handle cover including providing a first mold tool and a second mold tool. The first mold tool engages with the second mold tool to form a mold cavity. The mold cavity is injected with a moldable material. The light handle cover is formed as a single integral piece with a substantially cylindrical grab portion that is circumscribed on one end by a substantially circular base shield. A plurality of teeth are formed in the light handle cover. Each of the plurality of teeth is separated by a space. The light handle cover is ejected from the second mold tool with a burst of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Lawrence, Ryan Severns
  • Patent number: 8353080
    Abstract: An umbrella handle includes a tubular member having an inclined bottom wall, and a housing having an axle extended from an inclined upper wall for rotatably engaging with the inclined bottom wall of the tubular member and for allowing the housing to be rotated relative to the tubular member to different directions and for allowing the housing to be folded and inclined relative to the tubular member to different folding statuses, a flashlight device is attached to the housing for facing or directing toward various or different directions and for lighting the environment when the housing is pivoted or rotated relative to the tubular member to different or various directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Inventor: Lu Tsai Huang
  • Patent number: 7757352
    Abstract: A disposable sterile handle cover uses a flexible bag, a portion of the open side of which is held snugly by a retaining ring to the inside of a conical skirt. A first set of spikes include variable length spikes protruding from the inner wall, to secure the bag against the handle. A second set of spikes protrude inwardly from the retaining ring and promote stretching and orderly application of the to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Inventors: Asaf Halamish, Joseph Shachar, Benjamin Spenser, Dror Mizra
  • Patent number: 6442802
    Abstract: A sterile, disposable, plastic handle for use in manipulating a lamp above an operating table. The light handle has a threaded end upon which a flexible shield is threaded. The handle has a threaded end and a closed end. The handle and shield come fully assembled, and the shield is of such flexibility that it can be folded down around the handle during packaging as a way to save space and to prevent breaking or cracking of the shield. Two assembled handle and shield units are packaged together with the shields folded down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Inventors: Robert T. Horan, Phyllis J. Horan
  • Patent number: 6370735
    Abstract: A sterile, disposable, plastic handle for use in manipulating a lamp above an operating table. The light handle has a threaded end upon which a flexible shield is threaded. The handle has a threaded end and a closed end. The handle and shield come fully assembled, and the shield is of such flexibility that it can be folded down around the handle during packaging as a way to save space and to prevent breaking or cracking of the shield. Two assembled handle and shield units are packaged together with the shields folded down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventors: Robert T. Horan, Phyllis J. Horan
  • Patent number: 6276820
    Abstract: A surgical lighthead is provided with an outer cover, an inner reflective component, and handles disposed in recesses in the outer cover. The handles do not extend substantially beyond the outer surface of the outer cover. The recesses in the outer cover are spaced apart from the inner component. The handles and recesses are formed by multi-component handle assemblies shrink fit to eliminate gaps in the seams between the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Hill-Rom, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Howell, Thomas M. Peterson, Dennis Coon, Richard L. Borders