Patents by Inventor Gordon B. Gardner

Gordon B. Gardner 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).

  • Patent number: 5176598
    Abstract: An apparatus to simulate typical walking and ambulation of an individual includes a housing formed with a drive motor directed through a gear housing, with the gear housing including output shafts mounted in turn fixedly to respective right and left cam flanges that are arranged in a parallel relationship rotatably offset relative to one another one hundred eighty degrees. The cam flanges are linked to rear foot support plates of a pair of foot support members, wherein the rear foot support plates are hingedly mounted relative to forward foot support plates and the forward foot support plates are pivotally mounted through a slotted arrangement relative to the housing, whereupon actuation of the drive motor effects simulation of walking. Spring biased securement bands are provided about each foot plate to secure an individual's feet thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Inventor: Gordon B. Gardner