Patents by Inventor Charles Turner Price

Charles Turner Price 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).

  • Infant hip joint positioning device and associated methods
    Patent number: 9504594
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for positioning an infant's hips, and for maintaining the hip joint in a physiological position, during early months of life. The hip-positioning device includes a flexible base having a pair of opposed, outwardly extending side portions. The side portions are dimensioned for supporting thighs of an infant at an acute angle greater than zero relative to a dorsal plane of the infant, with knees of the infant in a flexed position. The base further has a downwardly extending, generally central portion that is adapted for positioning between the infant thighs and dimensioned for retaining the infant thighs in an abducted position. The device additionally includes an element for retaining the base on the infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Halo Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Schmid, Charles Turner Price, Dawn Griffin
  • INFANT HIP JOINT POSITIONING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130023810
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for positioning an infant's hips, and for maintaining the hip joint in a physiological position, during early months of life. The hip-positioning device includes a flexible base having a pair of opposed, outwardly extending side portions. The side portions are dimensioned for supporting thighs of an infant at an acute angle greater than zero relative to a dorsal plane of the infant, with knees of the infant in a flexed position. The base further has a downwardly extending, generally central portion that is adapted for positioning between the infant thighs and dimensioned for retaining the infant thighs in an abducted position. The device additionally includes an element for retaining the base on the infant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: HALO INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: William R. Schmid, Charles Turner Price, Dawn Griffin