Patents Assigned to BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
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Patent number: 10849428Abstract: An orthopedic device for improving posture while sitting, having a foundation member including a front portion for upper legs and a bowl portion for lower pelvic area. The bowl portion has a central portion and an upwardly inclined lateral portion. The lateral portion and the front portion collectively surround the central portion. A channel attachment is connected with one or more pelvic crest portions. The channel attachment portion connects over a concave recessed portion. The central portion has plural regions of varying flexibility and the lateral portion has plural regions of varying flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLCInventor: William Preston Willingham
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Patent number: 10034548Abstract: An orthopedic device for improving posture while sitting, having a foundation member including a front portion for upper legs and a bowl portion for lower pelvic area. The bowl portion has a central portion and an upwardly inclined lateral portion. The lateral portion and the front portion collectively surround the central portion. A channel attachment is connected with one or more pelvic crest portions. The channel attachment portion connects over a concave recessed portion. The central portion has plural regions of varying flexibility and the lateral portion has plural regions of varying flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLCInventor: William Preston Willingham
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Patent number: 9763522Abstract: A cushion for supporting a user relative to a support surface is provided. The cushion has material with sufficient flexibility to deform under a weight of the user and sufficient resilience to return to its original state when the weight is removed. A supporting face contacts the support surface and is characterized by a plurality of points. The supporting face is contoured such that, when the cushion is in an unloaded configuration, a first subset of the plurality of points contact the support surface and a second subset of the plurality of points do not contact the support surface. When a user then sits on the cushion so that it is in a loaded configuration, at least some of the points in the second subset are displaced under the user's weight and contact the support surface. The cushion thus both bends and compresses to distribute the weight of the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Backjoy Orthotics, LLCInventors: Allen Siekman, Peter C Prust
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Patent number: 9635897Abstract: A cushion for supporting a user relative to a support surface is provided. The cushion has material with sufficient flexibility to deform under a weight of the user and sufficient resilience to return to its original state when the weight is removed. A supporting face contacts the support surface and is characterized by a plurality of points. The supporting face is contoured such that, when the cushion is in an unloaded configuration, a first subset of the plurality of points contact the support surface and a second subset of the plurality of points do not contact the support surface. When a user then sits on the cushion so that it is in a loaded configuration, at least some of the points in the second subset are displaced under the user's weight and contact the support surface. The cushion thus both bends and compresses to distribute the weight of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLCInventors: Peter C. Prust, Allen Siekman
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Patent number: 9427086Abstract: An orthopedic device for improving posture while sitting, having a foundation member including a front portion for upper legs and a bowl portion for lower pelvic area. The bowl portion has a central portion and an upwardly inclined lateral portion. The lateral portion and the front portion collectively surround the central portion. A platform portion is connected with a concave recessed portion. An arm portion is connected to the platform portion. The central portion has plural regions of varying flexibility and the lateral portion has plural regions of varying flexibility. A seating apparatus is connected with the orthopedic seating device.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Backjoy Orthotics, LLCInventor: William Preston Willingham
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Patent number: 9420905Abstract: A cushion device including a first material layer is attached with a first plurality of viscoelastic members. A second material layer is attached with a second plurality of viscoelastic members. A material wall surrounds the first material layer and the second material layer. A first fill material is disposed between the first material layer and the second material layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Backjoy Orthotics, LLCInventor: William Preston Willingham
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Publication number: 20160007671Abstract: A cushion for supporting a user relative to a support surface is provided. The cushion has material with sufficient flexibility to deform under a weight of the user and sufficient resilience to return to its original state when the weight is removed. A supporting face contacts the support surface and is characterized by a plurality of points. The supporting face is contoured such that, when the cushion is in an unloaded configuration, a first subset of the plurality of points contact the support surface and a second subset of the plurality of points do not contact the support surface. When a user then sits on the cushion so that it is in a loaded configuration, at least some of the points in the second subset are displaced under the user's weight and contact the support surface. The cushion thus both bends and compresses to distribute the weight of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLCInventors: Peter C Prust, Allen Siekman
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Patent number: 9125493Abstract: A cushion for supporting a user relative to a support surface is provided. The cushion has material with sufficient flexibility to deform under a weight of the user and sufficient resilience to return to its original state when the weight is removed. A supporting face contacts the support surface and is characterized by a plurality of points. The supporting face is contoured such that, when the cushion is in an unloaded configuration, a first subset of the plurality of points contact the support surface and a second subset of the plurality of points do not contact the support surface. When a user then sits on the cushion so that it is in a loaded configuration, at least some of the points in the second subset are displaced under the user's weight and contact the support surface. The cushion thus both bends and compresses to distribute the weight of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Backjoy Orthotics, LLCInventors: Allen Siekman, Peter C. Prust
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Patent number: 8671482Abstract: An orthopedic device for improving posture while sitting, having a foundation member including a front portion for upper legs and a bowl portion for lower pelvic area. The bowl portion has a central portion and an upwardly inclined lateral portion. The lateral portion and the front portion collectively surround the central portion. The central portion has regions of varying flexibility and the lateral portion has regions of varying flexibility. The bowl portion applies an upwardly and inwardly compressive force when the lower pelvic area is disposed in the bowl portion, and rotates on a supporting surface between a first position when the lower pelvic area is not disposed in the bowl portion, and a second position, rotationally forward of the first position, when the lower pelvic area is disposed in the bowl portion, to thereby cause a forward rotational tilting of the lower pelvic area into a forward lordotic position after the lower pelvic area is placed in the bowl portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Backjoy Orthotics, LLCInventor: William Preston Willingham
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Publication number: 20130291306Abstract: A cushion device including a first material layer is attached with a first plurality of viscoelastic members. A second material layer is attached with a second plurality of viscoelastic members. A material wall surrounds the first material layer and the second material layer. A first fill material is disposed between the first material layer and the second material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: Backjoy Orthotics, LLCInventor: William Preston Willingham
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Publication number: 20110277246Abstract: An orthopedic device for improving posture while sitting, having a foundation member including a front portion for upper legs and a bowl portion for lower pelvic area. The bowl portion has a central portion and an upwardly inclined lateral portion. The lateral portion and the front portion collectively surround the central portion. The central portion has regions of varying flexibility and the lateral portion has regions of varying flexibility. The bowl portion applies an upwardly and inwardly compressive force when the lower pelvic area is disposed in the bowl portion, and rotates on a supporting surface between a first position when the lower pelvic area is not disposed in the bowl portion, and a second position, rotationally forward of the first position, when the lower pelvic area is disposed in the bowl portion, to thereby cause a forward rotational tilting of the lower pelvic area into a forward lordotic position after the lower pelvic area is placed in the bowl portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLCInventor: William Preston Willingham
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Patent number: D875435Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLCInventors: Carl R. Vertuca, III, Peter C. Prust
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Patent number: D889166Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLCInventors: Carl R. Vertuca, III, Peter C. Prust