Patents by Inventor Elbert D. Turner, III

Elbert D. Turner, III 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).

  • Versatile health care apparatus
    Patent number: 7060013
    Abstract: A versatile health care apparatus that can be used for physical therapy, or to exert a desired pulling force on a patient's body and maintain the pulling force, is disclosed. Beneficially, in a first aspect, the apparatus includes a power spring, a pull-line connected to the power spring, and mounting apparatus for securing the apparatus to varied support structures. Beneficially, this apparatus further includes when used for physical therapy, a pair of ergonomically spaced apart guide wheels. In accordance with a second aspect of the invention, the apparatus includes a pull-line, and a rotatable pull-line wheel mounted on an axle and operatively connected to a power spring in connection with the axle, and the pull-line has an end in connection with the pull-line wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Bedside Rehabilitation Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Steinbach, Kevin F. Bulson, Elbert D. Turner, III
  • Handle for an electric outboard engine
    Patent number: D298253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Shakespeare Company
    Inventors: James T. Erwin, III, Clifford G. Mecklenburg, Elbert D. Turner, III
  • Combined pressure washer motor and pump
    Patent number: D354753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Elbert D. Turner, III, Henry K. Arnette, Jan J. Reiss, Graylon D. Smith