Patents by Inventor André Trepanier

André Trepanier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Emergency stop (lockout) system for patient hoists/lifts
    Patent number: 9877885
    Abstract: A patient lift including a lifting member and a hoist assembly connected to the lifting member. The hoist assembly has an enabled state to move the lifting member between a raised position and a lowered position, and a disabled state wherein the hoist assembly cannot move the lifting member between the raised and lowered positions. An elongated switch member descends from the hoist assembly such that the switch member is reachable by an operator. Urging the switch member in a first direction in an axial sense along the length of the elongated switch member or a rotational sense about the length of the elongated switch member, places the hoist assembly in the enabled state or the disabled state. Urging the switch member in a second direction different from the first direction places the assembly in the other of the enabled state and the disabled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ArjoHuntleigh Magog Inc.
    Inventors: André Trepanier, Olivier Custeau-Boisclair, Martin Faucher, Serge Lang, Stéphane Lebrun
  • Emergency Stop (Lockout) System For Patient Hoists/Lifts
    Publication number: 20140143952
    Abstract: A patient lift including a lifting member and a hoist assembly connected to the lifting member. The hoist assembly has an enabled state to move the lifting member between a raised position and a lowered position, and a disabled state wherein the hoist assembly cannot move the lifting member between the raised and lowered positions. An elongated switch member descends from the hoist assembly such that the switch member is reachable by an operator. Urging the switch member in a first direction in an axial sense along the length of the elongated switch member or a rotational sense about the length of the elongated switch member, places the hoist assembly in the enabled state or the disabled state. Urging the switch member in a second direction different from the first direction places the assembly in the other of the enabled state and the disabled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ArjoHuntleigh Magog Inc.
    Inventors: André Trepanier, Olivier Custeau-Boisclair, Martin Faucher, Serge Lang, Stéphane Lebrun