Patents by Inventor Larry L. Pestes

Larry L. Pestes 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: 6645127
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus for a wheelchair has a raised platform with an upper surface which will support a wheelchair. Front and rear rollers mounted rotatably on the platform project slightly above the platform upper surface to support the driving wheels of the wheelchair. One of the rollers is connected to a flywheel which provides momentum to even out the movement of the rollers and the driving wheels between strokes of the person driving the wheelchair. One or more attachment arms hold the wheelchair immovably on the platform when the user is exercising. The arm is split into two arm sections which rotate relative to one another through a third joint. The outer end of one of the arm sections is pivotally attached to the platform through a first joint and the outer end of the other arm section is pivotally attached to a clamp through a second joint. The clamp is configured to quickly and easily attach to the wheelchair frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Larry L. Pestes
  • Publication number: 20030203792
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus for a wheelchair has a raised platform with an upper surface which will support a wheelchair. Front and rear rollers mounted rotatably on the platform project slightly above the platform upper surface to support the driving wheels of the wheelchair. One of the rollers is connected to a flywheel which provides momentum to even out the movement of the rollers and the driving wheels between strokes of the person driving the wheelchair. One or more attachment arms hold the wheelchair immovably on the platform when the user is exercising. The arm is split into two arm sections which rotate relative to one another through a third joint. The outer end of one of the arm sections is pivotally attached to the platform through a first joint and the outer end of the other arm section, is pivotally attached to a clamp through a second joint. The clamp is configured to quickly and easily attach to the wheelchair frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventor: Larry L. Pestes
  • Patent number: 5623942
    Abstract: A swab for collecting cell samples from a male urethra including a unitary elongate shaft having a constant diameter cylindrical handle at one end and a tapered circular cross-sectioned probe at the other end. The shaft is injection molded from a glass filled nylon material with the fiberglass being between 5 and 20 percent by volume and preferably being 10 percent by volume. A fiber tip is mounted at the end of the probe to collect cell specimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: MML Diagnostics
    Inventors: Cornelius N. Pestes, Larry L. Pestes