Patents Assigned to W. K. Wheeler, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4621806
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising a pair of hand-supporting structures defining upwardly-facing rigid surfaces substantially coextensive in area and corresponding substantially in surface contour to the palmar surface of the hands supported by pedestals at a height from the floor such as to enable one to perform pushups between a pair of such supports from a substantially prone position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: W. K. Wheeler, Inc.
    Inventor: William K. Wheeler
  • Patent number: 4572227
    Abstract: A handgrip for a crutch having spaced, parallel, generally-vertical anterior and posterior supports, comprising a rigid structure defining a hand supporting surface contoured to accommodate substantially the entire planar surface of the hand and peripherally thereof an integral dependent stiffening flange dimensioned to enable gripping the hand support, the flange being provided with a recess for non-rotatably receiving the anterior support and a bolt for rotatably securing the structure to the posterior and anterior supports to on the one hand secure the structure in a substantially horizontal position for use and on the other hand to permit the structure to be rotated to a generally vertical position for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: W. K. Wheeler, Inc.
    Inventor: William K. Wheeler