Patents by Inventor Kevin M. Tucker

Kevin M. Tucker 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: 4712540
    Abstract: A cervical collar including a flexible panel and a member extending therefrom. The member is located against the outer surface of the panel when the panel is flat and flips over the panel to form a chin support member when the panel is formed into a neck encircling band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Jobst Institute
    Inventors: Kevin M. Tucker, Donald Peeler
  • Patent number: 4442834
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pneumatic splint formed of three similarly shaped walls of flexible thermoplastic material. The inner and outer walls are of identical shape and are peripherally bonded to each other. The intermediate wall is of lesser peripheral dimension and has three of its edges bonded to corresponding edges of the inner and outer walls and the fourth edge bonded to an intermediate portion of the outer wall. The intermediate wall is provided with a plurality of spaced apertures and a plurality of equally spaced welded bonds to the outer wall. The application of fluid pressure to the interior of the splint when rolled into an annular configuration to loosely surround a human limb will expand the inner wall into intermittent engagement with the limb and the outer wall into a uniform, quilted cushion configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Jobst Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Tucker, Terry L. Sandman