Patents by Inventor Mark Payette

Mark Payette 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).

  • Apparatus and method for automatic adjustment of a support surface with interwoven support elements
    Patent number: 9763841
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for adjusting an active length of a plurality of interwoven support elements of a weight bearing surface to conform to contours of a user's anatomy. The weight bearing surface overlies a frame to which the plurality of interwoven support elements are connected. The apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism connected to one of the plurality of interwoven support elements, wherein the adjustment mechanism is attached or releasably attached to the frame. The adjustment mechanism allows the active length of the connected interwoven support element to change as a user bears upon the weight bearing surface, thereby conforming the weight bearing surface to the contours of a user's anatomy. In another aspect, a method for adjusting an active length of at least some of a plurality of interwoven support elements of a weight bearing surface to conform to contours of a user's anatomy is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: TAMARACK HABILITATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: J. Martin Carlson, Bryan Flood, Mark Payette, Mark N. Manzella, Wieland Kaphingst
  • Apparatus and method for automatic adjustment of a support surface with interwoven support elements
    Publication number: 20140103687
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for adjusting an active length of a plurality of interwoven support elements of a weight bearing surface to conform to contours of a user's anatomy. The weight bearing surface overlies a frame to which the plurality of interwoven support elements are connected. The apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism connected to one of the plurality of interwoven support elements, wherein the adjustment mechanism is attached or releasably attached to the frame. The adjustment mechanism allows the active length of the connected interwoven support element to change as a user bears upon the weight bearing surface, thereby conforming the weight bearing surface to the contours of a user's anatomy. In another aspect, a method for adjusting an active length of at least some of a plurality of interwoven support elements of a weight bearing surface to conform to contours of a user's anatomy is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Tamarack Habilitation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Martin Carlson, Bryan Flood, Mark Payette, Mark Manzella, Wieland Kaphingst