Patents by Inventor Evelyn M. Friel

Evelyn M. Friel 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).

  • Patient adjustment device
    Patent number: 6662388
    Abstract: A patient lifting device designed to impart a vertical and corresponding horizontal force component upon a load, namely an ill or incapacitated person in a bed. This vertical and horizontal force results in an incapacitated bed ridden patient being physically adjusted substantially horizontally in a hospital bed, for instance being pulled towards the top of the bed after having migrated towards the bottom of the bed as is quite common. The device utilizes a lifting assembly, a base supporting said lifting assembly, a vertically adjustable shaft, a horizontal load bearing boom-like member for attaching said horizontal load bearing member and a generally flat flexible sheet upon which the patient is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventors: Evelyn M. Friel, John D. Friel
  • Patient adjustment device
    Publication number: 20030110560
    Abstract: A patient lifting device designed to impart a vertical and corresponding horizontal force component upon a load, namely an ill or incapacitated person in a bed. This vertical and horizontal force results in an incapacitated bed ridden patient being physically adjusted substantially horizontally in a hospital bed, for instance being pulled towards the top of the bed after having migrated towards the bottom of the bed as is quite common. The device utilizes a lifting assembly, a base supporting said lifting assembly, a vertically adjustable shaft, a horizontal load bearing boom-like member for attaching said horizontal load bearing member and a generally flat flexible sheet upon which the patient is supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Evelyn M. Friel, John D. Friel