Patents Assigned to DMS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • Sliding handle reacher
    Patent number: 8777287
    Abstract: A reaching apparatus is provided for allowing a user to utilize gross motor skills to actuate the reaching apparatus. The reaching apparatus includes a fixed and a sliding handle on a shaft. An internal pulley system is connected between the first and second handles such that sliding of the second handle activates the pulley system to move the claw of the reaching apparatus between an open and closed configuration. The claw may be locked in an open and/or closed configuration by rotation of the handle on the shaft. The pulley system can be set to specific resistance to activate the claw upon different gross motor levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: DMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristin Ludwig, Joel Gray, Olivier Franck Currat, James Blaine Wolford, Brian David Blankstein, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Andrea Ellen Fraga, Saad Ahmad Chaudry, Martin Rathgeber, Leo Chan, Tara Marie Arnold, Alan Yefsky
  • SLIDING HANDLE REACHER
    Publication number: 20140035305
    Abstract: A reaching apparatus is provided for allowing a user to utilize gross motor skills to actuate the reaching apparatus. The reaching apparatus includes a fixed and a sliding handle on a shaft. An internal pulley system is connected between the first and second handles such that sliding of the second handle activates the pulley system to move the claw of the reaching apparatus between an open and closed configuration. The claw may be locked in an open and/or closed configuration by rotation of the handle on the shaft. The pulley system can be set to specific resistance to activate the claw upon different gross motor levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: DMS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kristin Ludwig, Joel Gray, Olivier Franck Currat, James Blaine Wolford, Brian David Blankstein, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Andrea Ellen Fraga, Saad Ahmad Chaudry, Martin Rathgeber, Leo Chan, Tara Marie Arnold, Alan Yefsky