Patents Examined by Robert G. Santos
  • Patent number: 11751668
    Abstract: A baby hammock is provided including: a crib support; a first peripheral crib fence mounted to the crib support and having an opening at a bottom thereof; and a hammock portion, where a periphery of the hammock portion is detachably connected to the first peripheral crib fence by at least one first zipper, and the hammock portion covers the opening of the first peripheral crib fence. A baby crib including the above baby hammock is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Zhengwen Guo, Wuqing Liu, Huan Ning
  • Patent number: 11744381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pillow divider device primarily comprised of a body that is further comprised of at least one base, at least one vertical wall member and at least one cover. In the preferred embodiment, the base is triangular in shape and the vertical wall member is rectangular in shape. The vertical wall member may be inseparably or removably attached to the top surface of the base. The base and vertical wall member are further enclosed by an outer surface. The base may also have at least one weight or can be filled with water such that it becomes stable and difficult to move. The device can be placed between two partners who are sleeping, wherein the shape of the base and vertical wall member prevent any air exhaled by one partner from contacting the other partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Chris Chavez
  • Patent number: 11744754
    Abstract: A nursing bed for defecation and self-cleaning comprises a bed frame, a bed board device, a moveable cushion, a support frame, a bedpan, an excreta container; The bedpan is hung under the movable cushion through a support frame. When the patient wants to defecate, the patient only needs to remove a cushion and make the bedpan mouth of the bedpan facing the defecation hole of the moveable cushion, then the patient can defecate on the nursing bed; and further having a cleaning device a warm water supply device, using an electric heater to heat the cleaning water to an appropriate temperature to clean the patient's buttocks, thereby reducing the infection of germs, and also cleaning the excrement that attached to the bedpan to keeps the bedpan clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-Piao Lai, Ting-Yu Lai
  • Patent number: 11737577
    Abstract: A face cushion includes a hollow-out portion located at a central portion of the face cushion; an inflatable portion having an inner peripheral edge located adjacent to the hollow-out portion, an outer peripheral edge, and two slit edges located between the inner and the outer peripheral edge, with an area between the inner and the outer peripheral edge being divided into a first and a second air bag; a slit section formed between the two slit edges; and a plurality of inflating connections separately connected to the first and the second air bag. The first and the second air bag are inflated alternately with gas supplied from a gas supply device to the inflatable body via different pipelines at different time points to produce on the face cushion a facial configuration similar to a patient's face, allowing different parts of the patient's face to contact with the face cushion intermittently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: PEGASUS MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC.
    Inventor: Tsung-Hsuan Liu
  • Patent number: 11730277
    Abstract: A composite mattress includes a pressurizable layer and a top layer. A coiled spring layer may also be included in the composite mattress. The composite mattress may also include a base layer and/or an intermediate layer. A foundation, or rail, may laterally surround the pressurizable layer and the top layer. The composite mattress may include a cover, including a base panel, a periphery, and a top panel. The cover may encase the other components of the composite mattress. The composite mattress may include a separable top and bottom; these elements may be modular, enabling individuals or couples to customize a mattress by selecting one or more tops from a plurality of available tops for use with one or more bases from a plurality of available bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Brock Keith Harris, James T. Grutta, Brett Pearson, Michael Allen Pierce
  • Patent number: 11730290
    Abstract: A sleeping bag system includes a sleeping bag body and a plurality of poles. The sleeping bag body includes one or more sleeves along perimeter edges thereof, and the plurality of poles interconnect to form a frame. The frame is positioned within the one or more sleeves of the bag body to prevent a twisting movement of the sleeping bag body during use. Each sleeve spans a majority of the respective perimeter edge and includes a tunnel that receives a pole of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Wolffis Procurement and Investments LLC
    Inventor: Brian Claude Wolffis
  • Patent number: 11730651
    Abstract: There is disclosed a patient restraint assembly including a head restraint configured to extend around the patient's head, at least one securement member (4) extending from the first end of the head restraint, and at least one securement member (5) extending from the second end of the head restraint, said securement members (4, 5) being configured to releasably secure said head restraint to a support table, an adjustment unit (15) to adjust the tension in the securement member(s) (4, 5), wherein adjustment of the adjustment unit (15) applies the same force simultaneously to the securement member(s) (4) at the first end and the securement member(s) (5) at the second end of the head restraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Greater Glasgow Healthboard
    Inventors: Jonathan James Gordon, Kevin James Thomson
  • Patent number: 11730279
    Abstract: A mattress includes a foam layer positioned over a platform including a bladder having top and bottom surface joined by threads such that upon inflation the platform stiffens due to strain locking. The foam layer may include an upper layer and a lower layer that is firmer than the upper layer. The foam layer may include a polyurethane foam, such as memory foam. Zipper portions on the edges of the platform may secure to zipper portions on edges of the foam layer. Feet removably mount to a lower surface of the platform, which may include protrusions or straps for securing to the feet. The platform layer may be deflated and rolled with the foam layer for transport and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HEST CORPORATION
    Inventor: Aaron Alan Ambuske
  • Patent number: 11730282
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an outdoor furniture cover. It includes a cover main body and a channel arranged around the side of the cover main body for a full circle, a channel opening is arranged on the channel, and a tightening rope is arranged in the channel. The diameter of the channel is larger than the diameter of the tightening rope, and the tightening rope extends out from the channel opening. The channel opening is provided with a first sewed support element that partially blocks the channel opening. The first sewed support element is arranged below the tightening rope, and the tightening rope is tightened to drive the cover main body to tighten. The present invention has the following advantageous effects: it is ensured that the tightening rope will not rub against the bottom of the channel when the tightening rope is tightened; the tightening rope can be fully tightened, the interior space of the furniture cover is reduced, which reduces the wind force and has good wind proof effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: WJ ETRADE LLC
    Inventor: Joanna Han
  • Patent number: 11723818
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus including a patient litter and a litter support apparatus for supporting the patient litter from a ground surface. The litter support apparatus includes a litter support frame including a pair of litter supports spaced a distance apart to define a loading gap for receiving the patient litter therethrough. A handle system is coupled to the pair of litter supports and includes a handle assembly that is positionable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The handle assembly extends across the loading gap defined between the pair of litter supports in the closed configuration and is positioned away from the loading gap in the open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Shaofei Wilson Xu, Kaitlin Konopacz, Gwynneth Cunningham, Alexander Christopher McDavid, Justin Thomas Mclouth, Shawn Trimble, Neil Feliksa, Christopher Gentile, Jennifer Ryan, Erik P. Eagleman
  • Patent number: 11723816
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus includes a support structure. The support structure includes a base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. One or more handle assemblies are coupled to the frame to maneuver the patient transport apparatus. The handle assemblies include one or more handles to be manipulated by a user. The handles are capable of being adjusted to facilitate maneuvering of the patient transport apparatus, such as pushing/pulling the patient transport apparatus along a floor surface, lifting the patient transport apparatus over obstacles, loading the patient transport apparatus into an emergency vehicle, and/or unloading the patient transport apparatus from the emergency vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Maurice Desjardins, Michael T. Brubaker
  • Patent number: 11723820
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus including a base frame arranged for movement about a floor surface. The base frame defines a foot end and a head end, and includes first and second longitudinal rails extending between the foot end and the head end with a plurality of lateral receivers formed in each of the first and second longitudinal rails. A patient support deck provides support to a patient, and includes a fowler deck section and a base deck section. The fowler deck section is coupled to the base frame for pivoting movement relative to the first and second longitudinal rails. The base deck section is attached to the first and second longitudinal rails, and includes a plurality of lateral braces having notched ends shaped to be inserted into a respective one the plurality of lateral receivers formed in the first and second longitudinal rails to assemble the patient support apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Anish Paul, Mehmet Zihni Gürlek, Mustafa Karasu, William D. Childs, Steven L. Birman, Murat Serkan Kantarci, Berkay Güncan
  • Patent number: 11712120
    Abstract: A leg pillow having an upper edge and lower edge and two convex curved side edges, wherein a recess is defined in the middle of the leg pillow. The leg pillow also includes leg support indentations at the upper edge. The leg support indentations are on both the top and bottom side of the leg pillow to provide support and proper body alignment for side sleeping individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Bob The Pillow Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Burwick, Ryan Mills
  • Patent number: 11707397
    Abstract: A patient warming system for stabilizing and/or heating and cooling a patient includes a plurality of solid-surface sections arranged for attachment to a surgical table and a warming pad layer comprising a plurality of warming pads configured for removable connection to the plurality of solid-surface sections. At least one of the plurality of solid-surface sections includes a power connector for connection to an external power source. Each warming pad of the plurality of warming pads includes a foam insulation layer, a distributed heating element layer having a warming-pad power connection for connection to the power connector, an isothermal layer, and a flexible waterproof layer. Power supplied to the warming-pad power connection of the distributed heating element layer of the respective warming pad can be used to provide a user-selected uniform temperature over the surface of the flexible waterproof layer in order to prevent hot spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Optimus Integrated Surgical Environment AG
    Inventor: John R. Mangiardi
  • Patent number: 11707138
    Abstract: A sofa armrest structure and a sofa are provided. A connection pipe is provided with a connection through hole. A first connection hole is formed in a first fixing frame and corresponds to the connection through hole. A second connection hole is formed in a second fixing frame and corresponds to the connection through hole, and an internal thread structure is formed in the second connection hole. One end of a connection rod is provided with a nut, and the other end of the connection rod is provided with an external thread structure. The end with the external thread structure of the connection rod passes through the connection through hole and the first connection hole and is connected to the internal thread structure in the second connection hole through the external thread structure. An inner chamber protection layer is detachably arranged on a fixing frame body through hook-and-loop fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Genova INC
    Inventor: Peng Wu
  • Patent number: 11701280
    Abstract: A mobility aid including a body assembly, a handle assembly, and electrical assembly. Said body assembly includes a base portion having wheels with locking mechanisms, a telescopic central portion, and a top portion having telescopic portions. The telescopic portions are capable of being extended a predetermined length. The handle assembly includes handles mounted on the top portion. The handles are removable by means of straps attached at the base of each handle. Said straps can be locked when extended. A controller from the electrical assembly performs preconfigured actions such as extend or contract the telescopic members, drive the wheels in a desired direction. The handles are configured to secure a patient in a supine position to the pulled the patient by means of the straps and the wheels to place the patient in a lateral position and permit a caretaker to perform personal care on the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Andrene Wynter
  • Patent number: 11690459
    Abstract: A bed with an adjustable backrest including a bed assembly and a backrest assembly. The bed assembly includes a mattress and a bed frame having lateral rods. The backrest has a plurality of rods defining a rectangular backrest. The backrest assembly further includes a cushion pad attached to the plurality of rods. The backrest has mounting members to slidably attach the backrest to the lateral bars of the bed frame. The backrest can be slidably positioned into any position along the bed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Dana McCloud
  • Patent number: 11684172
    Abstract: A foldable bassinet includes an upper bassinet frame, a pair of leg structures opposite to each other, and a bottom board. Each leg structure has an upper tower portion and a lower ledge portion. The upper bassinet frame is disposed through the upper tower portion of each leg structure to make each leg structure pivotable relative to the upper bassinet frame between a supporting position and a folding position. The bottom board is detachably configured between the two lower ledge portions and defines a containing space cooperatively with the upper bassinet frame and the leg structures. When the bottom board is detached from the two lower ledge portions, the leg structures are rotatable from the supporting position to the folding position to be folded inwardly relative to the upper bassinet frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Daniel A. Sack, Patrick J. G. Bowers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Peter R. Tuckey
  • Patent number: 11684176
    Abstract: A sling which incorporates a cushion for supporting an infant during feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ENNOVATE PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Chi-Pao Liao, Jiwon Yang
  • Patent number: 11684532
    Abstract: A stabilizing pad configured for positioning on a surgical table onto which a patient is placed for a surgical procedure, the stabilizing pad comprising: a high friction top surface; and a high friction bottom surface; wherein the stabilizing pad comprises foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corp.
    Inventors: William Kaiser, Conrad Smith