Patents by Inventor Melvin Thomas

Melvin Thomas 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: 11938067
    Abstract: A patient containment system for securing a patient to a patient transport apparatus, comprising a first lower strap and a second lower strap. Each of the first lower strap and the second lower strap have a thigh region, a waist region, and a connection region arranged between the thigh region and the waist region. A first connector is coupled to the connection region of the first lower strap. A second connector is coupled to the connection region of the second lower strap, and is configured to releasably attach to the first connector to at least partially limit movement of the first lower strap relative to the second lower strap. The connection region defines a connection width, and the thigh region defines a thigh width larger than the connection width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel V. Brosnan, Melvin Gottschalk, Jr., Zachary Baker, Scott I. Biba, Erik P. Eagleman, Cory P. Herbst, Nathan W. Matheny, Trey Thomas Pfeiffer, Kelly Sandmeyer, Jeffrey R. Staszak, John Wallace, James K. Galer, James Robert Tumavich, Jr., Kevin M. Patmore, Scott Zufall
  • Patent number: 4058318
    Abstract: A backgammon game board for simultneous play of at least three players. The game board is divided by transverse and longitudinal lines to provide eight adjoining boards, each of said boards including six points. Each player has a pair of said boards and color coded playing pieces. The complete board contains forty-eight playing points, and each player moves his playing pieces through both his pair of boards and those of an opponent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Inventors: Robert Melvin Thomas, Robert Edward Thomas
  • Patent number: 4058319
    Abstract: Backgammon game board for the simultaneous play of four players. The game board is divided by transverse and longitudinal line to provide eight boards, each board including six points, said boards being symmetrically disposed about a central playing area. The central playing area contains selectively eight, 10 or 12 playing points through which each player must move his playing pieces from his two outer boards to his two inner boards. The eight boards contain 48 playing points which may be color coded in a manner corresponding to the color coding of the playing pieces so as to identify the flow of each player's playing pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Inventors: Robert Melvin Thomas, Robert Edward Thomas
  • Patent number: D440269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: MBR Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Melvin Thomas
  • Patent number: D597874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Mumser, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick R. Dahlin, Melvin Thomas Jackson
  • Patent number: D639685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Mumser, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick R. Dahlin, Francis N. Lyons, Melvin Thomas Jackson, Edward R. Blades