Patents Assigned to Outrigger, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5622262
    Abstract: A support for an article of electronic equipment, such as a personal computer includes plural bolsters pressurized with a gas, and which provide pneumatic springs in surrounding relation with side edges of the article, the bolsters being comprising of an inflatable bladder and a constraining non-expansible slave which acts as a corset for the bladder and permits inflation of the bladder to a pressure in excess of that which would cause ballooning of the bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Outrigger, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard D. Sadow
  • Patent number: 5564538
    Abstract: A wheeled carry-on case has a rigid base and a guide extending perpendicular to said base in which a retractable handle is slidably received, the base having wheels positioned along the major dimension of the base at one edge thereof, and having wheels positioned at spaced positions along at least one of the minor dimensions of the base, thus permitting the case to be wheeled over a ground surface in a direction perpendicular to a front and rear of the case, and also, in a direction extending parallel to the front and rear wall of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Outrigger, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard D. Sadow
  • Patent number: 5529184
    Abstract: A protective device for a electronic instrument such as a personal computer includes a springy frame that supports a diaphragm in the manner of a drum skin, the electronic instrument or personal computer being attached directly to the diaphragm and being supported thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Outrigger, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard D. Sadow
  • Patent number: 5423561
    Abstract: An article of wheeled luggage is provided with retractible outriggers that can be extended beyond the lateral sides of the article of luggage, thus to provide stabilization for the luggage and militate against accidental tipping over of the luggage during towing of the article of wheeled luggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Outrigger, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard D. Sadow