Patents by Inventor Matthew MACKENZIE

Matthew MACKENZIE 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).

  • Publication number: 20220287896
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system including a pulling strap having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the pulling strap having an integral loop extending across a lateral width of the pulling strap at the proximal end; a slouch correction sheet including: a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first tubular webbing integral with and extending across a first portion of the first end; a second tubular webbing integral with and extending across a second portion of the first end; wherein the first and second tubular webbings are in axial alignment and a gap between the first and second tubular webbings at about a midpoint of the first end is at least as great as the lateral width of the pulling strap at the proximal end; and a rigid connecting bar dimensioned to be simultaneously received within the first and second tubular webbings and the integral loop of the pulling strap while the integral loop is within the gap in axial alignment with the first and second tubular webbings, th
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew MacKenzie, Vincent Wilson, Cong Su, Darrell Luedey
  • Patent number: 11103404
    Abstract: A slouch correction device and method for use on a seating surface of a chair or bed. The device comprises a flexible fabric sheet and a drawing mechanism associated with the fabric sheet. When actuated the drawing mechanism draws the fabric toward the back support, drawing the user's buttocks toward the back support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MACKENZIE HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew MacKenzie, Gabriel J. W. Aliphat
  • Publication number: 20190021927
    Abstract: A slouch correction device and method for use on a seating surface of a chair or bed. The device comprises a flexible fabric sheet and a drawing mechanism associated with the fabric sheet. When actuated the drawing mechanism draws the fabric toward the back support, drawing the user's buttocks toward the back support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew MACKENZIE, Gabriel J. W. ALIPHAT
  • Patent number: 9278665
    Abstract: A slouch correction device and a method of operation is provided for use in a chair, in which the slouch correction device is predominantly a loose seat cover on which a patient would sit, one or more straps from the seat cover which pass through an opening between the chair back and seat to secure to a separate harness or to form a harness about the waist of a caregiver, such that a care giver is able to pull on the harness to slide the seat cover and patient seated thereon back into an improved, upright posture position, while using free hands to hold the chair in a steady position. The slouch correction device provided with various improvements, including dual side handles for two person lifts, means to keep straps in safe and easily accessed position when not in use, and comfort features on the harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    Inventors: Dustin Joseph Amirault, Joshua Douglas Matthews, Jamison Stuart Etter, Shaemus Mullaney, Matthew MacKenzie, Gail Giffin
  • Publication number: 20130320746
    Abstract: A slouch correction device and a method of operation is provided for use in a chair, in which the slouch correction device is predominantly a loose seat cover on which a patient would sit, one or more straps from the seat cover which pass through an opening between the chair back and seat to secure to a separate harness or to form a harness about the waist of a caregiver, such that a care giver is able to pull on the harness to slide the seat cover and patient seated thereon back into an improved, upright posture position, while using free hands to hold the chair in a steady position. The slouch correction device provided with various improvements, including dual side handles for two person lifts, means to keep straps in safe and easily accessed position when not in use, and comfort features on the harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Nova Scotia Community College
    Inventors: Dustin Joseph AMIRAULT, Joshua Douglas MATTHEWS, Jamison Stuart ETTER, Shaemus MULLANEY, Matthew MACKENZIE, Gail GIFFIN
  • Patent number: D874352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew MacKenzie, Gabriel J. W. Aliphat