Patents Examined by Justin C Mikowski
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Patent number: 11944221Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cervical spine supporting pillow and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a cervical spine supporting pillow including: a first support layer formed to have a predetermined area so that a cervical spine and an occipital region of a user may be seated thereon; a second support layer formed with a plurality of air vents in a front surface and a rear surface thereof; and a third support layer formed to support the first support layer and the second support layer, wherein the third support layer, the second support layer, and the first support layer are sequentially stacked from bottom to top.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: JSD1Inventors: Byung Mo Park, Han Keel Yoo, Chung Soo Kim
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Patent number: 11944205Abstract: A custom mattress having an upper layer and a lower layer. The upper layer has two or more segments arranged such that a first segment is positioned at a head of the mattress and a second segment is positioned adjacent the first segment at a first transition point. The lower layer has two or more segments arranged such that a third segment is positioned at the head of the mattress and a fourth segment is positioned adjacent the third segment at a second transition point that is offset a distance from the first transition point, the distance being measured along a longitudinal axis of the mattress. Each of the segments have different densities.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CUSTOM SLEEP TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: John William Vester, III, Robert Henry Zukowski
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Patent number: 11937699Abstract: A bed and frame assembly includes a box that is positionable on a horizontal support surface. A pair of tracks is each of the tracks is removably disposed on the box. A lid is slidably disposed on the box for supporting a mattress. The lid is positionable in a first position to close the box or a second position to facilitate sheets on the mattress to be changed. A plurality of roller units is each disposed on the lid and rollably engages a respective one of the tracks to facilitate the lid to be rolled between the first position and the second position. A sliding unit is integrated into the box and the sliding unit is in mechanical communication with the lid. The sliding unit is actuatable in a closing condition for sliding the lid into the first position and the sliding unit is actuatable in an opening condition for sliding the lid into the second position.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventor: Michael Scott
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Patent number: 11937723Abstract: This disclosure provides a baby sleeping bag including a bag body and an arm securing structure in the bag body. The arm securing structure includes a securing sheet arranged on an inner wall of the bag body along a transverse width direction of the bag body. A limit space for securing the baby's arms is formed between the securing sheet and the inner wall of the bag body, and a size of the limit space is adjustable. When the baby lies in the sleeping bag, the upper body of the baby may be wrapped in the limit space defined by the securing sheet and the inner wall of the bag body, so as to limit the movement of the baby's arms, effectively preventing the arm from being stretched out of the sleeping bag, and thus avoiding the baby from catching a cold.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventor: Yuya Su
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Patent number: 11937701Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Reuben Wesley Meline
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Patent number: 11937704Abstract: An air supply supplies air to multiple different inflatable devices. The air supply includes an air compressing device, and at least two pressure valves. The air supply operates to introduce air from the first pressure valve to a first inflatable device at a first pressure that is within a first air pressure range. The air supply also operates to introduce air, on demand, from the second pressure valve to a second inflatable device at a second pressure within a second air pressure range while continuing to supply air to the first inflatable device at a pressure within the first air pressure range. The second pressure and/or the second pressure range is different from the first pressure and/or the first pressure range.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Medline Industries, LPInventor: Christine Dorshorst
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Patent number: 11937698Abstract: A bedding foundation has a linear actuator for moving a roller carriage forward and backwards. The roller carriage includes wheels which move along rails supported below a rigid platform having an opening extending through the platform. The roller carriage includes a lifter which raises and lowers a roller independently of the movement of the linear actuator. Regardless of the position of the linear actuator, the roller may be raised or lowered. The roller moves back and forth inside the opening extending through the rigid platform and imparts a massage movement to a mattress above the foundation.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventors: Isaac T. Freelend, Jacob J. Neuenswander, Jason J. Stokesbary
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Patent number: 11937700Abstract: An adjustable bedding (18) cover height and lengthwise positioning apparatus (30). A base (32) is configured for positioning between a bed frame (12) and an adjacent mattress (14). At least one riser (36, 38) allows adjustment of the height and lengthwise positioning of bedding with respect to the mattress. A connecting section (34), connected between the base and the risers optionally allows rotation of the risers with respect to the base. A clip (34) is connected to the at least one riser and secures the bedding to the apparatus. An optional top support (40) provides a support width for the bedding which is preferably at least as broad as the width between a user's feet when the user is sleeping on his or her back. An optional friction strip (39) on the base prevents slippage of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventor: Scott D. Maurer
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Patent number: 11938069Abstract: A backrest pivoting system can have a backrest and an actuator for pivoting the backrest. The actuator is pivotably connected to the backrest by a pivot defining a first pivot axis. The backrest can pivot about a guide member which defines a second pivot axis coaxial with the first pivot axis. A backrest pivoting system can include an actuator and a resilient member mounted in series with the actuator. There is also provided an extendable user support assembly comprising a lower body support panel and a core support panel supported by a frame, the lower body support panel being translatable relative to the frame such that an opening is created between the lower body support panel and the core support panel when the lower body support panel is translated away from the core support panel. There is also provided a method for placing a bed in a vascular position.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: UMANO MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Sylvain Lacasse, Steve Bolduc, Jimmy Laflamme, Guy Lemire, Jean-Philippe Beaudet, Gabriel Mercier, Esther Berthelot
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Patent number: 11930951Abstract: A blanket having a vibrating element, heating element, sound generator, sound speaker and programmable wake-up alarm. A circuit electrically connects the programmable wake-up element with one or more of the vibrating element, heating element, sound generating element and sound speaker element to wake a sleeping person at a pre-set time by vibrations. A remote control can be used control the circuitry and the one or more elements of the blanket.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Inventor: Matthew Friscia
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Patent number: 11930932Abstract: An adjustable bed base has a stationary frame. An articulated deck is attached to the frame. The deck may be flat or fully articulated depending upon the position of linear actuators which are secured to the frame at one end and to a brace at the other end. The deck may be further inclined due to slotted mounting brackets, thereby allowing access to components below the deck members.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventor: Isaac T. Freelend
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Patent number: 11930933Abstract: An adjustable bed base has a subframe assembly including a subframe which may be inclined relative to a stationary frame by a primary linear actuator. An articulating deck is attached to the subframe. Secondary linear actuators articulate the deck. The subframe assembly is pivotally secured to a portion of the stationary frame. The subframe may be inclined by extending the primary linear actuator which moves ramps, causing wheels attached to the subframe to ride upwardly along the ramps, thereby raising the head end of the subframe relative to the stationary frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventors: Jason J. Stokesbary, Jacob J. Neuenswander, Isaac T. Freelend, Galen B. Wilkinson
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Patent number: 11925597Abstract: A lift system has a back panel and a seat panel to provide a seat for a user. The back panel is slidably mounted on a support column via slider so that the back panel can be moved up and down to adjust the seat height. The seat panel can be flipped back to accommodate a user in a standing posture. With the support column, the lift system can be attached to a wheeled frame, a pole, a rotatable arm, a wall or a ceiling depending on the need of the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Bala R. Vatti
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Patent number: 11925268Abstract: A foldout bed is described. The foldout bed has a left side wall, a right side wall, and a top panel that extends between and attached to the top ends of the two side walls. The bottom end of each side wall is coupled with a counterbalance mechanism. A bed tray is pivotally coupled with a the counterbalance mechanisms and is transitionable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The bed tray provides a unitary planar surface that is configured to support a mattress and a person when in the open configuration. Each counterbalance mechanism has a frame and a piston that attaches the frame to the bed tray. The frame has a base flange disposed perpendicular to the side walls and located at the bottommost end of the counterbalance mechanism against a base plate of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Jeffrey A. Grubb
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Patent number: 11925266Abstract: A wall bed is configured to allow a user to maximize a living space with a functional bed that can transform from daytime use to nighttime use. The wall bed is configured to function and serve a plurality of purposes as an entertainment center, a bedroom, or an office and is easily operable between these purposes with simple movements. The wall bed system comprises of a fireplace that has an embedded television which can function both as a television and be used to simulate an active fire via an external source connected to the television. The wall bed also comprises of an adjustable workstation where a height of the workstation may be adjusted to suit a user to work either standing up or sitting down. The wall bed also comprises of a bed and other fixtures such as and not limited to a mirror and an artwork.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: William J. Kelly
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Patent number: 11925586Abstract: A surgical platform and trolley assembly and an interface of a robotic system are provided. The surgical platform and trolley assembly includes a trolley portion and a surgical platform portion. The trolley portion supports the surgical platform portion, and affords positioning and repositioning of the surgical platform portion relative to the interface of the robotic system. An end portion of the surgical platform portion is attachable relative to the robotic system via engagement to the interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MAZOR ROBOTICS LTD.Inventors: Roy K. Lim, Arik A. Levy, Katharine E. Darling, Mark C. Dace, Yonatan Ushpizin
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Patent number: 11918119Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 11918517Abstract: A cover system for selectively blocking insertion of unauthorized objects through an aperture of a restraint mount of a patient support apparatus is provided. The cover system includes a cover and an instrument having an interface. The cover includes a brace and a restrictor coupled to the brace. The brace attaches to the patient support apparatus adjacent to the aperture and the restrictor operates in a restrict mode blocks access to the aperture and a permit mode where the restrictor permits access to the aperture. The cover also includes a lock mechanism, which includes a keeper movable between a locked state where movement of the restrictor is inhibited and an unlocked state where movement of the restrictor is permitted. The keeper moves from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to selective engagement between the interface of the instrument and a receiver of the lock mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Michael W. Graves, Matthew A. Cutler, Anish Paul, Christopher Ryan Sweeney
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Patent number: 11918519Abstract: Several solutions are described for making it easier to move a surgical robotics patient table, either from rest or to turn it. The table has a base, a support, and a table top on which the patient is supported. A number of casters are mounted to a body of the base. In one case, controllable jacks lift the body to release the casters thereby allowing them to swivel to a desired orientation. In another case, a drive assembly is rotatably coupled to the body of the base and includes an electric drive motor and a drive wheel to drive the table across the floor. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Verb Surgical Inc.Inventors: Karen Shakespear Koenig, Pablo Garcia Kilroy, Richard W. Timm, Wayne Grout, Robert T. Wiggers
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Patent number: 11918527Abstract: A sling bar assembly allows variable positioning of a sling on the sling bar assembly. Some sling bar assemblies include opposing sling bar members that are movable with respect to one another in a lateral direction. Some opposing sling bar members are repositionable between a locked position, in which movement of the sling members with respect to one another is restricted, and an unlocked position. Some sling bar assemblies include multiple sling hooks positioned on a sling bar member. Some sling bar assemblies include a biasing member that permits movement of a sling hook with respect to the sling bar assembly in the lateral direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LIKO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Jesse Newman, Marcus Linde, Andrew Dole, Jeffrey Scott Jelinek, Jonathan D. Turner, Jonathan K. Moenter, Sriharsha Garapati