Patents by Inventor Eugene Fullenkamp

Eugene Fullenkamp 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).

  • Bed locator having an integral electric socket and a plug ejector
    Patent number: 4314735
    Abstract: A floor-mounted bed locator is used to removably retain a hospital bed of the type which carries electrically powered equipment having an electric plug. The locator comprises an electrical socket for receiving the plug, and a disconnector for ejecting the plug from the socket when the bed is removed from the locator. The disconnector includes at least one ejector pin disposed beneath the plug when the latter is connected to the socket, and a movably mounted treadle engageable and moved by a castor of the bed as the latter is removed from the locator to lift said pin into pushing engagement with the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Fullenkamp, Dale Foster