Patents by Inventor Howard W. F. Derksen

Howard W. F. Derksen 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: 5396816
    Abstract: A single powered dual movement motion device preferably mounted on the distal end of a boom and connected to a platform adapted to carry a wheel chair of a handicapped person. The motion device has a base frame that mounts it on the boom. A first extension frame is pivotally connected to the base frame and a second extension frame is hingedly connected to the first extension frame. A reversible rotatable drive assembly is fixed to the base frame and is driven by a reversible power source. The reversible rotatable drive assembly includes a release and lock means whereby an arcuate path will be given to an extremity of the second extension frame in the release mode and a straight forward path in the locked mode. A reversal of the power source will reverse the sequence of events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Inventors: Howard W. F. Derksen, Roger L. Patterson