Patents by Inventor Herbert Mudrow

Herbert Mudrow 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).

  • Light-weight wheel assembly and static brake for wheelchairs
    Patent number: 5379866
    Abstract: A lightweight wheel assembly intended primarily for use on wheelchairs including an injection-moldable fiber-reinforced plastic push rim, injection-moldable fiber-reinforced plastic wedge-bottom spokes, and a lockable static in-hub brake. Important advantages of the invention include very light weight compared to prior art wheel assemblies while achieving the high component strength desired, shock absorption qualities beneficial to wheelchair users not provided by other wheel assemblies, a convenient and easy-to-operate positive-engaging static brake, and components which may be made from the inexpensive injection molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Genesis Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony M. Pearce, Terry V. Pearce, Robert K. Rasmussen, Herbert Mudrow