Patents by Inventor Douglas Catton

Douglas Catton 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).

  • Publication number: 20140083476
    Abstract: A physical assistance device is configured as a walking aid and to support a user in a seated position. The physical assistance device has a frame including a pair of spaced front legs and a pair of spaced rear legs and defining a front and a rear and an interior area in which a user may stand when walking when facing the front of the physical assistance device. The physical assistance device also comprises a seat connected to the frame, the seat movable between a seating position in which it is positioned at the interior area at the rear of the physical assistance device with a seating surface thereof facing the front of the physical assistance device, whereby a user may sit upon the seating surface while still facing the front of the physical assistance device, and a retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventor: Douglas Catton
  • Patent number: 8584689
    Abstract: A physical assistance device is configured as a walking aid and to support a user in a seated position. The physical assistance device has a frame including a pair of spaced front legs and a pair of spaced rear legs and defining a front and a rear and an interior area in which a user may stand when walking when facing the front of the physical assistance device. The physical assistance device also comprises a seat connected to the frame, the seat movable between a seating position in which it is positioned at the interior area at the rear of the physical assistance device with a seating surface thereof facing the front of the physical assistance device, whereby a user may sit upon the seating surface while still facing the front of the physical assistance device, and a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Douglas Catton
  • Publication number: 20100263697
    Abstract: A physical assistance device is configured as a walking aid and to support a user in a seated position. The physical assistance device has a frame including a pair of spaced front legs and a pair of spaced rear legs and defining a front and a rear and an interior area in which a user may stand when walking when facing the front of the physical assistance device. The physical assistance device also comprises a seat connected to the frame, the seat movable between a seating position in which it is positioned at the interior area at the rear of the physical assistance device with a seating surface thereof facing the front of the physical assistance device, whereby a user may sit upon the seating surface while still facing the front of the physical assistance device, and a retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: Douglas Catton
  • Publication number: 20100163087
    Abstract: A physical assistance device is configured as a walking aid and to support a user in a seated position. The physical assistance device may have a pair of spaced front legs and a pair of spaced rear legs connected to the front legs, and at least one handle supported by the pair of front legs, so as to have a front and a rear and an interior area in which a user may stand when walking when facing the front of the physical assistance device. The physical assistance device also comprises a seat with legs connected to the frame and movable between a seating position in which it is positioned at the interior area at the rear of the physical assistance device with a seating surface thereof facing the front of the physical assistance device, whereby a user may sit upon the seating surface while still facing the front of the physical assistance device, and a retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Douglas Catton
  • Publication number: 20060157972
    Abstract: A reducing bushing comprises a body having a first end and a second end, a passage there through, and a flange extending outwardly at the first end. The body is configured to accept over an exterior thereof, at the second end, a first pipe member. The body is configured to accept within the passage, at the first end, a second pipe member. The reducing bushing is effective in connecting pipes of differing sizes, in an overlapping and space-saving configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventor: Douglas Catton