Patents Assigned to Toad Corporation
  • Patent number: 8403872
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to a device and/or system (e.g., redistributing weight away from a subject's foot), which may comprise (a) a platform, (b) at least one vertical support fixed to the platform and extending upwardly from the platform, and (c) at least one cuff (i) configured to surround and releasably grip at least a portion of a subject's leg other than the foot and (ii) mounted (e.g., adjustably) to the at least one vertical support at a vertical position along the at least one vertical support sufficient to suspend a subject's foot in a non-weight-bearing position above the platform during ambulation, wherein the platform, the at least one vertical support, and the at least one cuff together are configured to bear at least the subject's full weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: TOAD Corporation
    Inventors: Hans G. Franke, David Salinger, Jeff Dodd
  • Publication number: 20120083722
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to a device and/or system (e.g., redistributing weight away from a subject's foot), which may comprise (a) a platform, (b) at least one vertical support fixed to the platform and extending upwardly from the platform, and (c) at least one cuff (i) configured to surround and releasably grip at least a portion of a subject's leg other than the foot and (ii) mounted (e.g., adjustably) to the at least one vertical support at a vertical position along the at least one vertical support sufficient to suspend a subject's foot in a non-weight-bearing position above the platform during ambulation, wherein the platform, the at least one vertical support, and the at least one cuff together are configured to bear at least the subject's full weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: TOAD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hans G. Franke, David Salinger, Jeff Dodd
  • Patent number: 8021316
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to a device and/or system (e.g., redistributing weight away from a subject's foot), which may comprise (a) a platform, (b) at least one vertical support fixed to the platform and extending upwardly from the platform, and (c) at least one cuff (i) configured to surround and releasably grip at least a portion of a subject's leg other than the foot and (ii) adjustably mounted to the at least one vertical support at a vertical position along the at least one vertical support sufficient to suspend a subject's foot in a non-weight-bearing position above the platform during ambulation, wherein the platform, the at least one vertical support, and the at least one cuff together are configured to bear at least the subject's full weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Toad Corporation
    Inventors: Hans G. Franke, David Salinger, Jeff Dodd
  • Patent number: D635269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Toad Corporation
    Inventors: Hans G. Franke, David Salinger, Jeff Dodd
  • Patent number: D660971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Toad Corporation
    Inventors: Hans G. Franke, David Salinger, Jeff Dodd