Patents by Inventor Barry W. Bearden

Barry W. Bearden 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).

  • Power assist apparatus for use with a hospital bed
    Patent number: 7419019
    Abstract: A power-assist apparatus for use with hospital beds has at least one drive wheel interconnected to a frame of the hospital bed so as to be movable between a first position in which the drive wheel is positioned in spaced relationship to an underlying surface and a second position in which the drive wheel resiliently contacts the underlying surface. A controller is cooperative with the drive wheel so as to move the drive wheel between the first and second positions. A motor is drivably connected to the drive wheel. A handle is connected to the frame of the bed so as to extend upwardly and outwardly therefrom. The handle has control mechanisms for controlling the drive wheel and the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Safe-T-Care Manufacturing, Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mike White, Barry W. Bearden