Patents by Inventor Michael D. Keating

Michael D. Keating 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: 20200179192
    Abstract: A backboard is a device for the manual transport of a patient in need of medical care. The backboard with a tiltable assembly has a rigid body with an adjustable tilt assembly engaged to the upper portion. The adjustable tilt assembly is capable of being set in various positions, and is configured to elevate the torso of an accident victim. It allows first responders to have a consistent way to elevate a patient's head and/or torso in the CPR process (or other medical procedure) while the patient is still on the backboard and being transported. Because the elevation has been shown to increase the chance of the return of spontaneous circulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Michael D. Keating, Eric C. Holt
  • Patent number: 5184820
    Abstract: A hockey puck having a conventional shape and opposite end surfaces, each formed with at least three symmetrically spaced projections preferably having a lower coefficient of friction than the body of the puck. A ring or band of material of a color differing from the remainder of the puck about the periphery of the puck and flush with the periphery of the puck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Inventors: Michael D. Keating, Robert W. Norris
  • Patent number: 5149096
    Abstract: An ice hockey puck has more uniform play during a period when provided with projections positioned circumferentially about the end surfaces which lift the puck from the surface to reduce the snow plowing effect, and the stability of the puck is maintained when the projections are dome-shaped to terminate in arcuate or flat ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Inventors: Michael D. Keating, Robert W. Norris, Ronald K. Jakubas
  • Patent number: 4828249
    Abstract: An exercising device which fits in a hand for exercising the hand, wrist and arm muscles comprises an elastomeric polygonal body member having a plurality of holes such that it can be squeezed and compressed in the hand or stretched with the thumb and fingers in the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Inventor: Michael D. Keating
  • Patent number: D291341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Inventors: Michael D. Keating, Joseph D. Keating