Patents Assigned to BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
  • Patent number: 10849428
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
    Inventor: William Preston Willingham
  • Patent number: 10034548
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
    Inventor: William Preston Willingham
  • Patent number: 9635897
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Peter C. Prust, Allen Siekman
  • Publication number: 20160007671
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Peter C Prust, Allen Siekman
  • Publication number: 20110277246
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
    Inventor: William Preston Willingham
  • Patent number: D875435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Carl R. Vertuca, III, Peter C. Prust
  • Patent number: D889166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BACKJOY ORTHOTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Carl R. Vertuca, III, Peter C. Prust