Patents by Inventor Mark G. Diller

Mark G. Diller 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).

  • Procedure chair with interchangeable headrests
    Patent number: 8641147
    Abstract: A patient procedures chair is provided with a system that permits ready interchangeability of patient headrests with ease of positioning and locking in position while at the same time guarding against inadvertent axial removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventor: Mark G. Diller
  • Floating bearing and clamp system for patient procedures chair mounting and positioning posts
    Patent number: 7770977
    Abstract: The headrest and side rails of a patient procedures chair are mounted on posts which are slidably received in elongated, self-aligning or floating plastic bearings. With this construction, any misalignment of the posts due to manufacturing tolerances will be accounted for as the bearings readjust themselves. Clamping devices engage the bearings and cause deformation to increase the frictional engagement of the bearings with the posts to the point where the posts are locked into place. In this regard, actuation of the clamps is accomplished by large knobs that protrude from the back of the chair for ready accessibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventor: Mark G. Diller
  • FLOATING BEARING AND CLAMP SYSTEM FOR PATIENT PROCEDURES CHAIR MOUNTING AND POSITIONING POSTS
    Publication number: 20090079251
    Abstract: The headrest and side rails of a patient procedures chair are mounted on posts which are slidably received in elongated, self-aligning or floating plastic bearings. With this construction, any misalignment of the posts due to manufacturing tolerances will be accounted for as the bearings readjust themselves. Clamping devices engage the bearings and cause deformation to increase the frictional engagement of the bearings with the posts to the point where the posts are locked into place. In this regard, actuation of the clamps is accomplished by large knobs that protrude from the back of the chair for ready accessibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: MIDMARK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark G. Diller
  • PROCEDURE CHAIR WITH INTERCHANGEABLE HEADRESTS
    Publication number: 20090001799
    Abstract: A patient procedures chair is provided with a system that permits ready interchangeability of patient headrests with ease of positioning and locking in position while at the same time guarding against inadvertent axial removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Mark G. Diller
  • Foot control
    Patent number: 7058998
    Abstract: A foot control for controlling power-driven functions of a medical apparatus which positions a patient in a variety of examination and treatment positions. The foot control includes a membrane switch and a flexible keypad overlying the membrane switch. The flexible keypad is configured to actuate switch elements of the membrane switch in response to selective pressure applied on the keypad by a user's foot. Different configurations of keypads are interchangeable on the foot control to change the control functionality of the foot control while the membrane switch remains unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventors: Mark G. Diller, Randall H. Evers
  • Clamp with mounting stud
    Patent number: D509726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventor: Mark G. Diller