Patents by Inventor Jeffrey B. Quillen

Jeffrey B. Quillen 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).

  • Pressure-normalizing single-chambered static pressure device for supporting and protecting a body extremity
    Patent number: 5489259
    Abstract: A single-chambered static pressure device and method for supporting and protecting a human lower extremity and for normalizing the pressure and forces acting thereon includes an inflatable wrap or boot-like device having a single internal air chamber and including an interior plastic sheet and an exterior plastic sheet joined peripherally together forming said air chamber therebetween, a nozzle valve for admitting air into the air chamber, and fasteners for releasably securing the inflatable device about the lower extremity. The plastics sheets forming the single air chamber have a plurality of aligned openings extending therethrough and the sheets are joined about the circumference of each hole for providing heat and moisture dissipation, ventilation and visibility therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Sundance Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry L. Jacobs, Roy E. Reed, William Purdy, Jeffrey B. Quillen
  • Recliner for medical convalescence
    Patent number: 4685163
    Abstract: An air inflatable recliner including: a back and head support extending upwardly at angles between 30 and 45 degrees, comprised of individually shaped, air inflatable, cushions interconnected together; which back and head support is interconnected together with a leg and foot support, comprised of individually shaped, air inflatable, cushions positioned and interconnected together for elevation of the popliteal fossa through 120 to 150 degrees; and, an air inflatable support for dissipating body heat, which has a plurality of holes extending therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Quillen, James G. Spahn
  • Recliner for medical convalescence
    Patent number: 4639960
    Abstract: An air inflatable recliner including: a back and head support extending upwardly at angles between 30 and 45 degrees, comprised of 3 individual wedge shaped, air inflatable, cushions interconnected together in a single vertical stack; which back and head support is removably interconnected together with a leg and foot support, comprised of individual wedge shaped, air inflatable, cushions positioned and interconnected together in 2 vertical stacks for elevation of the popliteal fossa through 120 to 150 degrees; and, an air inflatable support for dissipating body heat, which has a plurality of holes extending therethrough, and which is positioned atop said back and head support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Quillen, James G. Spahn