Patents by Inventor Gregory P. Allison

Gregory P. Allison 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: 11877977
    Abstract: An improved walker includes an adjustable frame with angled portions that provide an ergonomic interface and enhanced stability for a user. The front of the walker includes a wishbone front support frame. Rather than incorporating multiple front legs extending from the top of the walker to the floor, the wishbone front support frame provides clearance on either side of a center front column. This clearance allows users to position, or maneuver, the walker close to adjacent objects. The handrail portions of the walker are pitched at a downward angle running in a direction from the rear to the front of the walker. This pitch moves the operating position of the user close to the front of walker providing a safe and stable operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Publication number: 20230397775
    Abstract: An improved shower chair having washdown surfaces, reconfigurable arrangements, and enhanced safety features. The shower chair includes a backrest that removably attaches to an underside of the shower chair offset from, and arranged below, a seat pan. Removing the backrest exposes an upper support crossbar that runs from one side of the shower chair to the other. The washdown surfaces include a sloped surface arranged in the seat pan that is angled downward from a front of the shower chair toward a rear of the shower chair and a sloped surface arranged in the backrest of the shower chair angled from a rear of the shower chair toward a front of the shower chair under the seat pan. The washdown surfaces provide an unrestricted fluid flow path running from the seat pan to the backrest and then to the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Patent number: 11771269
    Abstract: An improved shower chair having washdown surfaces, reconfigurable arrangements, and enhanced safety features. The shower chair includes a backrest that removably attaches to an underside of the shower chair offset from, and arranged below, a seat pan. Removing the backrest exposes an upper support crossbar that runs from one side of the shower chair to the other. The washdown surfaces include a sloped surface arranged in the seat pan that is angled downward from a front of the shower chair toward a rear of the shower chair and a sloped surface arranged in the backrest of the shower chair angled from a rear of the shower chair toward a front of the shower chair under the seat pan. The washdown surfaces provide an unrestricted fluid flow path running from the seat pan to the backrest and then to the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Publication number: 20220047123
    Abstract: An improved shower chair having washdown surfaces, reconfigurable arrangements, and enhanced safety features. The shower chair includes a backrest that removably attaches to an underside of the shower chair offset from, and arranged below, a seat pan. Removing the backrest exposes an upper support crossbar that runs from one side of the shower chair to the other. The washdown surfaces include a sloped surface arranged in the seat pan that is angled downward from a front of the shower chair toward a rear of the shower chair and a sloped surface arranged in the backrest of the shower chair angled from a rear of the shower chair toward a front of the shower chair under the seat pan. The washdown surfaces provide an unrestricted fluid flow path running from the seat pan to the backrest and then to the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Publication number: 20220047445
    Abstract: An improved walker includes an adjustable frame with angled portions that provide an ergonomic interface and enhanced stability for a user. The front of the walker includes a wishbone front support frame. Rather than incorporating multiple front legs extending from the top of the walker to the floor, the wishbone front support frame provides clearance on either side of a center front column. This clearance allows users to position, or maneuver, the walker close to adjacent objects. The handrail portions of the walker are pitched at a downward angle running in a direction from the rear to the front of the walker. This pitch moves the operating position of the user close to the front of walker providing a safe and stable operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Publication number: 20150351549
    Abstract: A stool having a center column connecting a domed base and a domed seat is disclosed. The domed seat and/or the domed base may be resiliently deformable during use to provide a user with a “bouncing” sensation. The domed seat and/or domed base also may define or contain inflatable or fillable bladders to give them shape and/or provide the aforementioned “bouncing” sensation. The distance between the domed seat and domed base may be varied in some embodiments to adjust the height of the stool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Humanscale Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Chadwick, Jeffrey Koffman, Todd Brunner, Gregory P. Allison
  • Patent number: 6394553
    Abstract: An armrest assembly for a chair which can be adjusted in multiple aspects with the use of single actuating mechanism. The adjustment aspects of the preferred embodiment include a vertical adjustment with respect to the chair and a horizontal rotational adjustment. Such an armrest assembly can include an armrest base securable to a chair and having a tubular portion, a hollow armrest support slideably and rotationally disposed about the tubular portion and an armpad attached to the top of the hollow armrest support. A handle to disengage the actuating mechanism is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. McAllister, Gregory P. Allison, Harald Wurl
  • Patent number: 5687895
    Abstract: An interlocking arrangement of storage boxes in the rear section of a passenger vehicle such as a sport utility vehicle. The arrangement preferably includes at least three storage boxes. Two of the boxes are respectively secured to the side walls of the vehicle. These side boxes are spaced from each other and the third box is slidably receivable between them. In the preferred embodiment, the third box has lips on its sides that respectively interlock with lips on the two side boxes to prevent the third box from being removed by lifting it upwardly between the two side boxes. Forward stops on the side boxes prevent the third box from being moved forwardly beyond the side boxes and the vehicle's tailgate in its closed position serves to prevent the third box from being moved rearwardly out of the vehicle. In this manner and with the tailgate in its locked, closed position, the three interlocking storage boxes are securely held in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Bestop, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory P. Allison, Dallas L. Vernon
  • Patent number: D444638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl G. Magnusson, Michael L. McAllister, Gregory P. Allison, Lamar V. White, Bryan B. Bray, Jr., William T. Shea
  • Patent number: D520769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Bernett, Nicholas Dodziuk, Gregory P. Allison, Dale W. Mason
  • Patent number: D535112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Bernett, Nicholas Dodziuk, Gregory P. Allison
  • Patent number: D535830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Bernett, Nicholas Dodziuk, Gregory P. Allison
  • Patent number: D635837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Slice, Inc
    Inventors: Gregory P. Allison, Donald S. Strum, Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Michael E. Graves
  • Patent number: D636127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Slice, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory P. Allison, Donald S. Strum, Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Michael E. Graves
  • Patent number: D637647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Slice, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory P. Allison, Donald S. Strum, Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Michael E. Graves
  • Patent number: D966949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Patent number: D977374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Patent number: D977375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison