Patents by Inventor Francis Xavier Keane

Francis Xavier Keane 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).

  • Hospital beds
    Patent number: 4107490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hospital beds of the type in which an electric motor is used to produce oscillation of the supporting structure relative to the bed frame. In the present invention there is provided a locking pin to lock the supporting structure at an angle to the bed frame. The movement of the locking pin to lock or to release the supporting structure, is adapted to actuate a switch to the electric motor to cut off or cut in respectively the said electric motor to stop oscillation or produce oscillation of the supporting structure relative to the bed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Inventor: Francis Xavier Keane