Patents Examined by Madison Emanski
  • Patent number: 11471742
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to yoga mats. In one example, a yoga mat preserver is disclosed, which includes a perimeter with dimensions substantially similar to a yoga mat, and a thickness substantially less than a thickness of the yoga mat. For this example, at least one component of the yoga mat preserver comprises a moisture absorbent material. In another example, a yoga mat carrier is disclosed, which includes a first end configured to wrap around a circumference of a first end of a rolled yoga mat, and a second end configured to wrap around a circumference of a second end of the rolled yoga mat. The yoga mat carrier further includes a strap in which a first end is attached to the first end of the yoga mat carrier, and a second end is attached to the second end of the yoga mat carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Kimberly Lin Bova
  • Patent number: 11471353
    Abstract: A table for use in an autopsy, necropsy, pathology or dissection procedure, wherein the table comprises a base and a carrier rotatably connected to the base. The table also comprises a first tray arranged within the carrier and a second tray arranged within the carrier. The second tray is parallel to the first tray when in a first position and the second tray and the first tray having a predetermined sized gap arranged therebetween when the carrier is in a first position. The rotating autopsy table may allow for a single user of the table to perform an autopsy procedure on the front of a cadaver or body and then rotate the table on their own, such that the autopsy procedure may be continued on the back of the body without help from other equipment or other people to flip or turn the body over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MP Acquisition, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Scott McClain, Stephen Roy Jamison, Jeffery Neil Nutting
  • Patent number: 11471347
    Abstract: Provided is an automatically inflatable patient transfer air mattress designed to enable immobile persons, such as patients with mobility difficulty, to be rapidly laid and transferred thereon in the event of a disaster or an accident, prevent an injury to the patient caused by a falling object dropping from a ceiling or any other place, and reduce impact in the case of movement via stairs. The automatically inflatable patient transfer air mattress includes a main mattress portion forming a plate shape having a predetermined thickness when charged and inflated with air, a protective cover portion provided on one side surface of the main mattress portion in a longitudinal direction, and configured to cover one surface of the main mattress portion when deployed, and a cushion wheel unit disposed on a bottom portion of the main mattress portion to absorb impact from below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Dae Jong Kim
  • Patent number: 11464343
    Abstract: 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 (46) is connected to the at least one riser and secures the bedding to the apparatus. A fan (70) adjacent the clip includes an inflow channel (72) for active passage of airflow therethrough. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: Scott D. Maurer
  • Patent number: 11464698
    Abstract: A surgical table for supporting a patient over a floor and including a base assembly, a support column assembly and a patient support structure. The base assembly supported on the floor and including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a member extending along a base longitudinal axis between the first and second ends. The support column assembly moveably coupled with the base assembly and configured to translate between the first and second ends of the base assembly along the member extending therebetween, the support column assembly being the only support column assembly coupled with the base assembly. The patient support structure including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends, the second end of the patient support structure supported off of the support column assembly in a cantilevered fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence E. Guerra, Trevor A. Waggoner
  • Patent number: 11458057
    Abstract: A surgical operation table capable of operating a table with a large slide width without a slide mechanism interfering with other members in a slide operation of the table is provided. A surgical operation table S including a table 10 movable in a horizontal direction to a base 2 includes a slide mechanism 20 that moves the table 10 in the horizontal direction, and the slide mechanism 20 includes a rack 21a extending in a longitudinal direction of the table 10, a driving gear 26, a driven gear 27 and an idler gear 28 that are meshed with the rack 21a and rotate integrally, and an actuator 23 that supplies a rotational driving force to at least one of the gears 26 to 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MIZUHO Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Obi
  • Patent number: 11432780
    Abstract: X-ray procedure tables with improved structural strength that enable radiation shielding and integrated medical device and monitoring systems. The design allows the incorporation of an integrated patient support structure, radiation shielding and associated devices and conduits for medical care in procedures that employ X-ray imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Egg Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Wilson, John P. Gainor, James Montague, Uma S. Valeti
  • Patent number: 11435776
    Abstract: A surgery table includes a patient support structure coupled to a connection assembly and a base structure coupled to the connection assembly. The connection assembly includes an arm and a locking member that engages the arm. The arm includes spaced apart first and second apertures. The locking member includes spaced apart first and second bores. A first key member and a second key member are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence Guerra, Michael Herron
  • Patent number: 11426015
    Abstract: A sleeping bag may include a top flap with a head opening for the user's head to fit through and the opening may form a comfortable seal around the user's neck. The top flap may transition over the user's shoulders, transition down underneath the user's head, and extend beyond the top of the user's head. Advantageously, the sleeping bag may offer a unique way to comfortably close the top of a sleeping bag to prevent air draft and heat loss. The sleeping bag may allow users to more comfortably sleep in multiple positions, including side sleepers, stomach sleepers, back sleepers, fetal sleepers, etc. The sleeping bag may provide a soft place to lay one's head while allowing the user to sleep in a position with their hands and arms above their shoulders, while still keeping them under cover of the top layer of the sleeping bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Bright Path Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Aaron Hill
  • Patent number: 11419427
    Abstract: A convertible furniture system or futon includes a convertible frame assembly that is mountable in an interior space and is deployable between a bench configuration and a flat, bed configuration. The frame assembly includes a back frame and a bottom frame that are pivotably coupled together and coordinate to form either the bench configuration that provides a user an upright seat or the bed configuration that provides the user a flat, substantially horizontal bed to lie down on. A user can maneuver the system from the bench configuration into the bed configuration and vice versa. The system may be installed inside of various interior living quarters, including inside of mobile vehicles. The system includes various support elements mounted to the interior space, the support element may be selectively engaged to support the system in the bed or bench configurations and during deployment and stowage of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: The Kingstar Company
    Inventors: Cal G. Niemela, Terry L. Lahti, Marcus Niemela
  • Patent number: 11413203
    Abstract: The patient transfer device comprises a base, a central pole, a ceiling support, a lift system, a horizontal handle, and a support belt. The patient transfer device may be adapted to assist a caregiver in moving a patient from a first seated location to a second seated location by holding the patient in an elevated seated position while the patient is moved from a first rotational orientation to a second rotational orientation. The base may rest on a floor to provide stability. The central pole may rise vertically upwards to the ceiling support. The central pole may be extended using the lift system to press the ceiling support against a ceiling to provide additional support. The horizontal handle and the support belt may be adapted to hold the patient in the elevated seated position while the patient is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Patrick Odonnell
  • Patent number: 11400001
    Abstract: A mattress support includes a first section and a second section configured to be coupled to the first section. Each of the first section and the second section includes a base plate configured to be positioned on a box frame of a bed. A top plate is pivotable relative to the base plate. A bladder structure is positioned between the base plate and the top plate and inflatable to adjust a height of the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ribble, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Zapfe, John V. Harmeyer, Xuan Teng, Jotpreet Chahal, Thomas F. Heil, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Bedel, Kenneth L. Lilly, Nicholas Mann, Andrew Robert Taylor, Alistair Andrew James Ward, Martyn Thomas Mitchell, Ibne Soreefan
  • Patent number: 11382433
    Abstract: Provided is a device for changing a frame angle of a foldable article. The device combines frames using a connecting and assembling member and an elastic string and makes up a leg or a support frame of the foldable article. The connecting and assembling member with which a first end of the elastic string is combined and which has multiple combination grooves in such a manner that the frame combined with a second end of the elastic string is selectively combined with the connecting and assembling member. The first end of elastic string is combined with the connecting and assembling member, and the second end of the elastic string is combined with the frame such that the frame can be elastically operated. The frame is combined with the first end of the elastic string and is elastically insertable into or separable from the connecting and assembling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Characin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Kwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11369537
    Abstract: Multi-part displaceable head plate (1) for an operating table (30), comprising: a coupling arrangement (2), a positioning segment (3) for positioning the head plate (1), a head support segment (4) for supporting the head of the patient, and an unlocking device (24) for unlocking two joint arrangements (5), (6). The positioning segment (3) and the head support segment (4) are each pivotably connected to the coupling arrangement (2) and to the positioning segment (3), via a first (5) and a second (6) joint arrangement respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MAQUET GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Katzenstein, Immanuel Gaiser, Jens Schröter, Rodrigo Del Alcazar Von Buchwald, Thomas Krickeberg
  • Patent number: 11369212
    Abstract: A system includes a support frame of a foldable playard, and bassinet fabrics attached to the support frame of the playard. The support frame includes a central hub and a plurality of rods, each of the rods having a first end pivotably attached to the central hub and a second, free end opposite the first end. The support frame is configured to enable the bassinet fabrics to fold with the foldable playard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SUMMER INFANT (USA), INC.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Fusco, Anthony Carbone, Sean Foster, Dana E. Chicca, Paul Macphail Brown
  • Patent number: 11357682
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a bed assembly. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a bed assembly that is compatible with a traditional consumer bed and can enhance the traditional consumer bed so it provides features of a traditional hospital bed. The bed assembly of the present disclosure may include pneumatic components to move portions of the bed assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ribble, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Zapfe, John V. Harmeyer, Xuan Teng, Jotpreet Chahal, Thomas F. Heil, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Bedel, Kenneth L. Lilly, Nicholas Mann
  • Patent number: 11351077
    Abstract: A receiving module for a ceiling patient lift including a housing defining an internal cavity configured to hold a motor unit, a door hingedly connected to a side face of the housing, the door movable between an open position and a closed position, a slider element operatively connected to the housing, at least one retaining member connected to the slider element and slidably receiving in a side face of the housing, at least one counter support provided on an upper surface of the housing, and at least one ramp member provided in the internal cavity of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ArjoHuntleigh Magog Inc.
    Inventors: Jocelyn Patry, Olivier Custeau-Boisclair, Martin Faucher, Michel Leduc, Francis Lapointe
  • Patent number: 11344462
    Abstract: A person lifting apparatus includes a first lifting strap feeding device including a first drum and a first lifting strap wound on the first drum. A second lifting strap feeding device includes a second drum and a second lifting strap wound on the second drum. A controller is communicatively coupled to the first lifting strap feeding device and to the second lifting strap feeding device. The controller includes logic that controls operation of the first lifting strap feeding device and the second lifting strap feeding device based on a comparison of current draws of the first lifting strap feeding device and the second lifting strap feeding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Liko Research & Development AB
    Inventors: Joseph Tari, Derek Strassle
  • Patent number: 11344132
    Abstract: A bracket is provided for an adjustable bed base that distributes the load of an actuator across a moveable panel of the adjustable bed. The bracket is coupled to a moveable panel of the adjustable bed, and has a width that is greater than one-third the width of the moveable panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LEGGETT & PLATT, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Weibel, Scott Washburn, Von W. Brottlund
  • Patent number: 11333185
    Abstract: A mounting structure for a bedstead includes a side rail and a cross rail of the bedstead. The side rail and the cross rail are connected by a connecting member. The connecting member includes a body. The body is provided with a first U-shaped groove in which the side rail is clamped. The opening of the first U-shaped groove faces downward. The body lateral to the first U-shaped groove is further provided with a second U-shaped groove in which the cross rail is clamped. The opening of the second U-shaped groove faces sideward. The side rail and the cross rail are quick and easy to connect, and the manufacturing cost can also be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi