Patents by Inventor Orley O. Betcher, III

Orley O. Betcher, III 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).

  • Alert system for handicapped individual
    Patent number: 6163249
    Abstract: A device for assisting relocation of a handicapped individual, which device has a frame that is disposed between an individual and a surface underlying the individual to assist movement of the individual across the underlying surface. The frame has a first orientation in which the frame resides with the frame being used by the individual to engage the underlying surface and assist movement of the individual across the underlying surface. The device further includes an alarm system for causing a detectable signal to be produced as an incident of the frame being repositioned from the first orientation into a second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Inventor: Orley O. Betcher, III