Patents by Inventor Benoit Girard

Benoit Girard 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).

  • Patent number: 7168110
    Abstract: This invention describes a transfer stretcher, harness and method designed to lift, transfer or support a person, more specifically a heavy weight, large size (oversize) person. Stretchers are generally used by hospitals or by rescue/emergency units to lift or carry a person from one location to another. The transfer stretcher covered by the present invention is made of a supporting canvas equipped with lifting straps and rings, a removable washable comfort cloth, and maybe used with a removable safety harness that can be used with a stretcher basket and a sling frame. The transfer stretcher can be used to move a body manually with the help of several persons, or in combination with various lifting equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Inventors: Benoit Girard, Sylvie Charette
  • Patent number: 7160582
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method wherein the substrate (5) to be coated is immersed in an autocatalytic chemical deposit bath (4), for example nickel, contained in a stainless steel vessel (1) and wherein can be optionally mixed a suspended MCrAlY alloy, so as to form a metal deposit (nickel) wherein are optionally included powder particles. The invention is characterised in that, to provide a prolonged operation of the bath, it consists in measuring with a voltmeter (8) the difference of potential between the substrate (5) and a reference electrode (6) immersed in the bath (4), and in imposing between the substrate (5) and the vessel (1) an electric current produced by a generator (10), said current being adjusted by a regulator (11) so as to maintain said potential difference at a selected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales
    Inventors: BenoƮt Girard, Marie-Pierre Bacos, Eric Berger, Pierre Josso
  • Publication number: 20050132495
    Abstract: This invention describes a transfer stretcher, harness and method designed to lift, transfer or support a person, more specifically a heavy weight, large size (oversize) person. Stretchers are generally used by hospitals or by rescue/emergency units to lift or carry a person from one location to another. The transfer stretcher covered by the present invention is made of a supporting canvas equipped with lifting straps and rings, a removable washable comfort cloth, and maybe used with a removable safety harness that can be used with a stretcher basket and a sling frame. The transfer stretcher can be used to move a body manually with the help of several persons, or in combination with various lifting equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Benoit Girard, Sylvie Charette
  • Publication number: 20040241833
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method wherein the substrate (5) to be coated is immersed in an autocatalytic chemical deposit bath (4), for example nickel, contained in a stainless steel vessel (1) and wherein can be optionally mixed a suspended MCrAlY alloy, so as to form a metal deposit (nickel) wherein are optionally included powder particles. The invention is characterised in that, to provide a prolonged operation of the bath, it consists in measuring with a voltmeter (8) the difference of potential between the substrate (5) and a reference electrode (6) immersed in the bath (4), and in imposing between the substrate (5) and the vessel (1) an electric current produced by a generator (10), said current being adjusted by a regulator (11) so as to maintain said potential difference at a selected value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Benoit Girard, Marie-Pierre Bacos, Eric Berger, Pierre Josso
  • Patent number: D575022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Benoit Girard
  • Patent number: D575023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Benoit Girard
  • Patent number: D582621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Inventor: Benoit Girard
  • Patent number: D615724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Adaptaide Inc.
    Inventor: Benoit Girard