Patents by Inventor Michael Warren Lokken

Michael Warren Lokken 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).

  • WHEEL LOCK
    Publication number: 20220280362
    Abstract: A wheel lock device includes a base, a first arm, and a second arm. A base/first-arm mating portion includes a base/first-arm mating portion cross-sectional profile that changes along a length of the base/first-arm mating portion. A base/second-arm mating portion includes a base/second-arm mating portion cross-sectional profile that changes along a length of the base/second-arm mating portion. The first arm includes a first-arm/base mating portion that includes a first-arm/base mating portion cross-sectional profile that changes along a length of the first-arm/base mating portion in a direction toward the first-arm first aperture in a manner complementary to the base/first-arm mating portion cross-sectional profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Warren Lokken, Wesley Lee Ovre
  • Cable actuators and cable actuated apparatuses and systems
    Patent number: 9695917
    Abstract: A cable actuator includes a housing and a cam disposed in the housing. The cam includes a first cable retaining portion and a second cable retaining portion. The cam is movable between a first position in which the first cable retaining portion is in an actuated position and the second cable retaining portion is in a return position, and a second position in which the first cable retaining portion is in a return position and the second cable retaining portion is in an actuated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Texas Capital Bank National Association
    Inventor: Michael Warren Lokken
  • Seat
    Patent number: 9079089
    Abstract: Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs when the seat is in the standing orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Altimate Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Warren Lokken, Wesley Lee Ovre, Jeffrey Vernon Schmidt, Mathew Allan Haugen, Leo Joseph Schweiss
  • CABLE ACTUATORS AND CABLE ACTUATED APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140339858
    Abstract: A cable actuator includes a housing and a cam disposed in the housing. The cam includes a first cable retaining portion and a second cable retaining portion. The cam is movable between a first position in which the first cable retaining portion is in an actuated position and the second cable retaining portion is in a return position, and a second position in which the first cable retaining portion is in a return position and the second cable retaining portion is in an actuated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Warren Lokken
  • Seat
    Patent number: 8388505
    Abstract: Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs when the seat is in the standing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Invacare Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Warren Lokken, Wesley Lee Ovre, Jeffrey Vernon Schmidt, Mathew Allan Haugen, Leo Joseph Schweiss
  • SEAT
    Publication number: 20120146378
    Abstract: Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs when the seat is in the standing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: INVACARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Warren Lokken, Wesley Lee Ovre, Jeffrey Vernon Schmidt, Mathew Allan Haugen, Leo Joseph Schweiss
  • Seat
    Patent number: 8123664
    Abstract: Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs when the seat is in the standing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Invacare Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Warren Lokken, Wesley Lee Ovre, Jeffrey Vernon Schmidt, Mathew Allan Haugen, Leo Joseph Schweiss
  • SEAT
    Publication number: 20090186747
    Abstract: Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs when the seat is in the standing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Lokken, Wesley Lee Ovre, Jeffrey Vernon Schmidt, Mathew Allan Haugen, Leo Joseph Schweiss