Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. Jelinek

Jeffrey S. Jelinek 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).

  • PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HAVING MOTORIZED WHEELS
    Publication number: 20230277397
    Abstract: A dual-wheel steerable motorized caster has internal motors that are operated at different speeds to swivel a pair of wheels about a caster swivel axis. The motors are operated at the same speed to propel an apparatus to which the dual-wheel steerable motorized caster is coupled along an underlying surface such as a floor in a drive direction without swiveling the pair of wheels about the caster swivel axis. A patient support apparatus has one or more of such dual-wheel steerable motorized casters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Gavin M. Monson, Nolan D. Wanner, Jeffrey S. Jelinek, Jonathan D. Turner, Jonathan K. Moenter, David C. Newkirk, John D. Christie, Matthew R. Knue, Nishita Vanita Shashikant, Jack B. Sing
  • Bed with mobile lift docking
    Patent number: 8336134
    Abstract: A patient support may, among other things, support a person in a laying-down or a seated position. A mobile lift may assist a person with the process of moving from a seated or laying-down position to a standing position, or moving from one type of patient support to another (e.g. from a bed to a wheelchair or vice versa). A docking apparatus may secure the position of the mobile lift relative to the patient support. The docking apparatus may include an electrical connection between the mobile lift and the patient support. The docking apparatus may permit control of the mobile lift by the patient support, and/or permit control of the patient support by the mobile lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Jelinek
  • BED WITH MOBILE LIFT DOCKING
    Publication number: 20120198613
    Abstract: A patient support may, among other things, support a person in a laying-down or a seated position. A mobile lift may assist a person with the process of moving from a seated or laying-down position to a standing position, or moving from one type of patient support to another (e.g. from a bed to a wheelchair or vice versa). A docking apparatus may secure the position of the mobile lift relative to the patient support. The docking apparatus may include an electrical connection between the mobile lift and the patient support. The docking apparatus may permit control of the mobile lift by the patient support, and/or permit control of the patient support by the mobile lift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Jelinek