Patents Examined by Alison N Labarge
  • Patent number: 12144771
    Abstract: An overhead support system includes a plurality of posts; a plurality of beams configured to connect to and span between the posts; a counterbalance system configured to be attached to the plurality of posts; a harness configured to be worn by and support a patient; a plurality of pulleys configured to be disposed on the plurality of posts; a plurality of cables, each cable including a first end configured to be operatively connected to the harness and a second end configured to be operatively connected to a counterbalance system, each cable passing over one of the pulleys; and a mechanism configured to selectively adjust a tension in at least one of the plurality of cables to support some or all of the weight of the patient. The counterbalance system compensates to maintain support while the patient is located between the posts and the harness is lower than the pulleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventor: Carl A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 12137816
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a mattress assembly including a tub including vertically extending rails and a base and defining an interior cavity bound by the rails and the base, a plurality of non-laminated and rearrangeable layers positioned within the interior cavity to provide both support and comfort levels within the mattress assembly, each layer including a layer cover and a layer foam, and a cover system that includes a removable cover allowing selective access to the plurality of layers and the interior cavity and selectively compressing the plurality of layers within the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ahhfactor LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Nolte, Thomas J. Metz, Kathy Thornton-Bias, Richard Feingold
  • Patent number: 12137808
    Abstract: A headboard assembly for a modular bed frame assembly includes a bracket and a headboard. The bracket includes an upper attachment structure and a lower attachment structure. The headboard is removably coupled to the bracket at the upper attachment structure. The bracket is configured to be removably coupled between two laterally adjacent planar members of the modular bed frame assembly by the lower attachment structure. At least one of the upper attachment structure or the lower attachment structure of the bracket defines a generally C-shaped section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: FLOYD DESIGN, LLC.
    Inventor: Kyle Hoff
  • Patent number: 12114780
    Abstract: A single-motor electrically powered bed includes: a bed board, a frame, a slide assembly, a first connecting-rod mechanism, and a drive assembly; the bed board includes: a first bed board and a second bed board, one end of the first bed board being hingedly connected to one end of the second bed board; the second bed board is slidably connected to the frame by means of the slide component, the two ends of the first connecting-rod mechanism are hingedly connected to the first bed board and the frame, respectively, and the first bed board can be raised and lowered by means of the drive assembly. The single-motor electrically powered bed needs only one drive assembly to drive all of the bed boards to move, adjust the position and height of the human body, and achieve the lifting and lowering function of the electrically powered bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Keeson Technology Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Huafeng Shan, Jian Wang, Shaojun Li, Chuanxiang Ji, Xiaowen Lu
  • Patent number: 12102570
    Abstract: A patient limb positioning apparatus comprises a movement assembly operating on a coupling bracket which can be engaged with the patient's limb, to move the limb according to a plurality of axes of movement. The movement assembly comprises, for at least one of said axes of movement, a drive unit which can be activated to move the coupling bracket according to a predetermined direction of movement. A load transducer detects a load transmitted between the coupling bracket and the drive unit in the respective direction of movement, to emit a signal representative of a detected load value. An electronic control unit is selectively switchable to a load control command mode and is suitable to cyclically compare the measured load value with a pre-set load value, to control activation of the drive unit when the detected load value differs from the pre-set load value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventors: Francesco Siccardi, Massimiliano Bernardoni, Ermete Rossi, Frederic Laude, Paolo Righettini
  • Patent number: 12102571
    Abstract: A boot stirrup for use with a surgical table is provided. The boot stirrup includes a support arm, a surgical boot, and a lockable joint coupled to the support arm and the surgical boot. The support arm is configured to couple to a surgical table for movement about a plurality of axes relative to the surgical table. The surgical boot is configured to support and/or immobilize the foot and leg of the patient. The lockable joint is configured to selectively permit movement of the surgical boot relative to the support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua J. Moriarty, Jesse S. Drake
  • Patent number: 12102580
    Abstract: A hospital bed may include a support structure, a controller, a pressure source coupled to the controller, and a hospital bed mattress carried by the support structure and having first and second ends, and first and second sides extending between the first and second ends. The hospital bed mattress may include bladders coupled to the pressure source. The bladders extend between the first and second ends and between the first and second sides and configured to provide pressure differential. The controller may be configured to pseudo-randomly adjust an internal pressure of each of the bladders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ENCOMPASS GROUP, LLC.
    Inventor: Michelle Daniels
  • Patent number: 12089746
    Abstract: An air system for a bed can include a layer assembly having a head end, a foot end, and first and second sides, with a head portion near the head end, a foot portion near the foot end, and a middle portion between the head portion and the foot portion, the layer assembly. The layer assembly can have a spacer layer comprising spacer material configured to allow for air flow through the spacer material and a cover comprising a cover top layer and a cover bottom layer. The air system can have a distribution manifold that is substantially fan-shaped with a plurality of ribs defining channels and/or is positioned above the cover bottom layer and under the spacer layer. The air system can have first and second flaps with first and second retention features extending from the head and foot ends of the air layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Griffith, Natalie Negus, Eric Rose, Kody Lee Karschnik
  • Patent number: 12070202
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning a patient during surgery includes a surgical table frame having a longitudinal dimension and a centerline, and at least one laterally movable support mounted thereon that includes longitudinal rails and transverse rails, and one or more modular body supports mounted on the surgical table frame. The laterally movable support includes a pair of platforms where one platform is laterally translatable relative to the other platform on a plurality of tracks between the platforms, the lateral translation being to one or both of the left and the right of the centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: JGMG Bengochea, LLC
    Inventor: Javier Garcia-Bengochea
  • Patent number: 12064036
    Abstract: A spring mattress comprises a plurality of interconnected coil springs enclosed in casings, the springs having a first and a second end, wherein for at least one of the springs, casing portions arranged at the first and second ends of the spring are connected to each other through the spring by a joint. The joined casing portions comprise openings through the spring. Pieces of foam material are arranged in the openings, so that a first portion of each piece of foam material extends towards the first end of the spring and a second portion of each piece of foam material extends towards the second end of the spring. An apparatus and method for manufacturing such a mattress are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Starsprings AB
    Inventor: Björn Sternving
  • Patent number: 12048378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interlocking means for connecting a first panel, second panel and a leg of a piece of furniture with each other, wherein the interlocking means comprises an elongated element and a brace element. The elongated element comprises a portion configured to be attached to a first surface of the first panel and a first surface of the second panel and either a securing means configured to receive an interconnection element protruding from the leg or an interconnection element configured to match a securing means formed in the leg. The brace element comprises a portion configured to be attached to a second surface of the first panel and a second surface of the second panel and a through opening configured to receive the interconnection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: IKEA SUPPLY AG
    Inventor: Markus Giver
  • Patent number: 12029321
    Abstract: A dismantlable electric bed includes a fixation frame, a moveable frame, and an actuator. The moveable frame includes two longitudinal rods and a transverse rod having two ends. The two longitudinal rods are pivotally connected with the fixation frame, respectively. Each longitudinal rod has at least one insertion hole. Each end of the transverse rod is provided with at least one post detachably inserted into the at least one insertion hole of one longitudinal rod. The actuator has two ends pivotally connected with the fixation frame and the transverse rod, respectively. As such, the electric bed is dismantlable to reduce the packing volume thereof and convenient to be assembled by the user herself/himself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventor: Chuan-Hang Shih
  • Patent number: 12022957
    Abstract: A mattress is disclosed. The mattress includes a first layer, a second layer supported on the first layer and arranged abutting the first layer, and a third layer having a substantially arch shape. The third layer includes a first portion embedded inside the first layer and a second portion at least partially embedded inside the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bed Patent Holdings Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Kevin J. Kappenman
  • Patent number: 12011092
    Abstract: A mattress foundation includes a top frame and a bottom frame. Bracket assemblies are between the top frame and the bottom frame. The bottom frame has a first bottom segment and a second bottom segment each rotatably connected to bracket assemblies. The top frame has a first top segment and the second top segment each rotatably connected to bracket assemblies. The first bottom segment, the second bottom segment, the first top segment, and the second top segment are rotatable relative to each other and the bracket assemblies between a folded position and an unfolded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Ascion, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Bordley Bepko Rawls-Meehan, Kushan Nileshbhai Gajjar, Qianyu Liang
  • Patent number: 12004654
    Abstract: Compressible mattress assemblies for bed in a box applications generally include a first foam layer and a second foam layer, wherein the first foam layer has a thickness less than the second foam layer and has a property and/or a foam material that is different from the second foam layer. In other embodiments, the compressible mattress assemblies consist of a pocketed microcoil array intermediate the first and second polymeric foam layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DREAMWELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Richard F. Gladney, Robert Hellyer, Christopher Chunglo
  • Patent number: 11993188
    Abstract: An adjustable bed assembly for a vehicle includes a contoured bed frame, a foundation disposed in the bed frame and coupled to an articulated frame having a support platform with a plurality of sectional support members. A linkage mechanism couples the support platform to the foundation and a drive mechanism operably coupled to the linkage assembly adjusts the position of at least one sectional support member. A mattress is disposed on the support platform and configured to conform with the plurality of sectional support members. A monitor mounted on the bed frame is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A control device has a first preset for concurrently adjusting the articulated frame and moving the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy O'Hara, Kevin Sethapun, Salvador Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11980293
    Abstract: A headboard includes a first headboard, a second headboard, a third headboard, and a fourth headboard. The first headboard includes a first panel and a first accommodating groove formed on a back of the first panel. The second headboard is detachably connected to the first headboard and includes a second panel and a second accommodating groove formed on a back of the second panel. The third headboard is detachably connected to one side of the first headboard and/or the second headboard. The third headboard defines a third accommodating groove. The fourth headboard is detachably connected to the other side of the first headboard and/or the second headboard. A size of the first accommodating groove is same as a size of the second accommodating groove. A size of the third headboard is mirror-symmetrical to a size of the fourth headboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: YICHUN YUHONG FURNITURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Yang
  • Patent number: 11980294
    Abstract: The lumbar support mechanism and an adjustable bed having the same. The lumbar support mechanism includes first and second lumbar lifting assemblies. Each lumbar lifting assembly has a fixing bracket, a first support leg, a second support leg, a bearing member, and a lifting support bracket. The first support leg is pivotally connected between the bearing member and the lifting support bracket. The second support leg is pivotally connected between the fixing bracket and the first support leg. A lumbar support member is connected to the lifting support brackets of the first and second lumbar lifting assemblies. A linkage member is pivotally connected to the bearing members of the first and second lumbar lifting assemblies such that the lumbar support member is operably movable between a retracted position and an ejected position when the linkage member moves between first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NISCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Fahuan Zhang, Jian Xie, Yifan Mao
  • Patent number: 11950704
    Abstract: Mattress toppers for mattress assemblies and pillowtop mattress assemblies generally includes a convoluted foam layer including a convoluted upper surface and a bottom planar surface. The convoluted foam layer includes a convoluted upper surface and a bottom planar surface. The convoluted upper surface comprising repeating geometric depressions defined by an outer geometric-shaped outer wall and a concentric shaped inner wall. The geometric depression can be defined by a geometric outer wall, e.g., hexagonally shaped, and a concentric inner wall, e.g., circular shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DREAMWELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Sheri L. McGuire, Lindsey Beth Sidrane Sieber
  • Patent number: 11951057
    Abstract: A device, for grasping a limp body, such as a paraplegic or a quadriplegic patient (19), and transferring the body to another location or moving it into a different position, comprises two pivotally connected sections (12,13), one positioned to grasp the torso portion (18), the other the pelvic one (17). The sections can be kept in line with each other or pivoted toward each other to place the patient in a seated position. Each section comprises an upper frame (14) from the opposite longitudinal edges of which extends a pair of articulated grasping members positioned to move astride the torso or pelvis of the patient. The members include series of transversal cantles which can be directed to curl inwardly toward each other and securely enwrap and grab the load. The frame and the supported patient can then be hoisted, moved and deposited into a supine or seating position. Each member includes a series of successively hinged segments tilted by pulling cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DME Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Anton K. Simson