Patents by Inventor Paul M. Fowler
Paul M. Fowler 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).
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Patent number: 12369703Abstract: An oral care regimen kit includes a packaging unit. The packaging unit includes an oral care system, which includes a toothbrush and an oral fluid container, and a clip configured to engage a first portion of the oral care system such that the toothbrush cannot be depressed into the oral fluid container while the oral care system is engaged by the clip.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Paul M. Fowler, Ronald C. Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Timothy J. Rapinchuk, Catherine S. Boulos, Abhi R. Patel
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Publication number: 20250186285Abstract: A patient support device includes a sheet configured to support an upper body of a patient when the sheet and the upper body of the patient are lifted. The sheet has a plurality of peripheral edges. The plurality of peripheral edges includes a head edge. The patient support device includes a head support connected to a portion of the head edge of the sheet, such that the head support extends outwardly from the sheet. The patient support device further includes one or more head support straps connected to the head support. The head support is configured to support a head of the patient when the one or more head support straps and the head of the patient are lifted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Gregory T. Davis, Paul M. Fowler
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Patent number: 12324778Abstract: A patient support device includes a sheet configured to be placed beneath the patient in use and a plurality of straps connected to the sheet and configured for use in moving, lifting, turning, and/or positioning the patient. The straps may include one or more retractable straps that each have a stretchable retraction strap connected thereto and configured for retracting the retractable strap. The straps may also include one or more central support straps connected to the sheet in an area positioned between the legs of the patient. The sheet may also include a head support for supporting the patient's head, which head support may also include one or more straps. The straps may be connected to a hoist, which is then used to lift the patient.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Gregory T. Davis, Paul M. Fowler
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Publication number: 20250152439Abstract: An apparatus includes a sheet, a first flap, a second flap, and a first bundling assembly. The sheet includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is connected to the first portion along a connection edge. The connection edge extends along a first axis. The first flap is coupled to the first portion. The second flap is coupled to the second portion. The first bundling assembly includes a first cover. The first cover is coupled to the first portion and extends along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The first cover includes a first cover first open end and a first cover second open end. The first bundling strap includes a first cover first strap portion, a first cover second strap portion, and a first cover third strap portion. The first cover first strap portion extends from the first cover first open end.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Hester C. Fletcher, Daniel Robert Ulreich, Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis
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Publication number: 20250151878Abstract: A method of providing an oral care regimen kit includes packaging an oral care system in a packaging unit. The packaging unit includes the oral care system comprising a toothbrush and an oral fluid container. The packaging unit also includes a clip configured to engage a first portion of the oral care system such that the toothbrush cannot be depressed into the oral fluid container while the oral care system is engaged by the clip. The method also includes enclosing the packaging unit in a wrapper.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Paul M. Fowler, Ronald C. Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Timothy J. Rapinchuk, Catherine S. Boulos, Abhi R. Patel
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Patent number: 12295896Abstract: An apparatus including a sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. The sheet further includes a first strap coupled to the sheet proximate the first lateral side, a second strap coupled to the sheet proximate the second lateral side, and longitudinally offset from the first strap, and an opening in the sheet providing a passage between the top surface and the bottom surface of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Hester C. Fletcher, Daniel Robert Ulreich, Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis
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Patent number: 12295897Abstract: A system for use with an inflatable device includes an air output and a nozzle at a distal end of the air output. The nozzle includes a lip extending radially from the nozzle and configured to retain the nozzle in a port of the inflatable device. The lip has a non-circular shape around the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis, Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Paul H. Hanifl, Craig S. Golden, Mark D. Olson
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Publication number: 20250143943Abstract: A patient-positioning wedge includes a base wall, a back wall, and a ramp surface. The base wall has a first end and a second end. The second end is opposite the first end. The back wall has a third end and a fourth end. The fourth end is opposite the third end. The ramp surface extends from the fourth end. The ramp surface includes a first directional stitching material that is configured to resist movement of the patient-positioning wedge in a first direction extending along the ramp surface while facilitating movement of the patient-positioning wedge in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The ramp surface further includes a glide material which is configured to resist movement of the patient-positioning wedge in the first direction and the second direction while facilitating movement of the patient-positioning wedge in a third direction opposite the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Paul M. Fowler
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Patent number: 12220366Abstract: An inflatable device includes a top sheet, a bottom sheet, a cavity formed by the top sheet and the bottom sheet, wherein the top sheet and the bottom sheet are coupled together along a peripheral edge, a port in communication with the cavity and with an exterior of the device, and a valve, including a pocket located in a cavity having an entrance opening and an exit opening to deliver air to the cavity. The pocket is formed by a first and a second layer of material and is positioned along a first portion of the peripheral edge. The device further includes a second port in communication with the cavity, and a second valve in communication with the second port and the cavity. The second valve comprises a second pocket located within the cavity and positioned along at least a second portion of the peripheral edge.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Paul M. Fowler
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Publication number: 20240325225Abstract: A system for use with an inflatable device includes an air output and a nozzle at a distal end of the air output. The nozzle includes a lip extending radially from the nozzle and configured to retain the nozzle in a port of the inflatable device. The lip has a non-circular shape around the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis, Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Paul H. Hanifl, Craig S. Golden, Mark D. Olson
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Publication number: 20240307245Abstract: A system for use with a bed having a frame and a supporting surface includes a sheet having a bottom surface configured to be placed above the supporting surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and a wedge having a wedge body with a base wall, a ramp surface, and a back wall, wherein the base wall has a base engagement member configured to engage a surface of the bed to form a selective gliding assembly that resists movement of the wedge with respect to the bed in a direction extending from the back wall toward the apex, and wherein the base engagement member is configured as a patch, the patch covering only a first portion of the base wall such that edges of the engagement members are spaced from edges of the base wall to allow a second portion of the base wall to be exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Paul M. Fowler, Craig S. Golden
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Publication number: 20230346617Abstract: An inflatable device includes a top sheet, a bottom sheet, a cavity formed by the top sheet and the bottom sheet, wherein the top sheet and the bottom sheet are coupled together along a peripheral edge, a port in communication with the cavity and with an exterior of the device, and a valve, including a pocket located in a cavity having an entrance opening and an exit opening to deliver air to the cavity. The pocket is formed by a first and a second layer of material and is positioned along a first portion of the peripheral edge. The device further includes a second port in communication with the cavity, and a second valve in communication with the second port and the cavity. The second valve comprises a second pocket located within the cavity and positioned along at least a second portion of the peripheral edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Paul M. Fowler
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Publication number: 20230277395Abstract: An apparatus including a sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. The sheet further includes a first strap coupled to the sheet proximate the first lateral side, a second strap coupled to the sheet proximate the second lateral side, and longitudinally offset from the first strap, and an opening in the sheet providing a passage between the top surface and the bottom surface of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Hester C. Fletcher, Daniel Robert Ulreich, Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis
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Patent number: 11696862Abstract: A valve for an inflatable device includes a pocket configured to be located in a cavity of the inflatable device. The pocket includes an entrance opening to receive air from an air output. The pocket further includes a first layer of material having at least a first aperture, wherein the first aperture is positioned entirely within the first layer of material, a second layer of material having at least a second aperture in fluid communication with the first aperture, wherein the second aperture is positioned entirely within the second layer of material. The first aperture and the second aperture are in fluid communication with the entrance opening and the cavity such that airflow passes through the valve by flowing from the entrance opening into the pocket, and out of the pocket and into the cavity through at least one of the first aperture or the second aperture.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Paul M. Fowler
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Patent number: 11654063Abstract: A method for turning and positioning a patient includes placing a sheet under the patient, the sheet including a top surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first strap coupled proximate to the first lateral side, and a second strap coupled proximate to the second lateral side, and providing a pulling force to the first strap and the second strap, wherein the pulling force to the first strap and the pulling force to the second strap are in opposing directions across the patient. The pulling force to the first strap is greater than the pulling force to the second strap whereby the pulling force to the first handle causes movement of the patient in the direction of the pulling force to move the patient from a first position to a second position, and the pulling force to the second handle is a resistance force.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Hester C. Fletcher, Daniel Robert Ulreich, Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis
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Publication number: 20220304874Abstract: A method for turning and positioning a patient includes placing a sheet under the patient, the sheet including a top surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first strap coupled proximate to the first lateral side, and a second strap coupled proximate to the second lateral side, and providing a pulling force to the first strap and the second strap, wherein the pulling force to the first strap and the pulling force to the second strap are in opposing directions across the patient. The pulling force to the first strap is greater than the pulling force to the second strap whereby the pulling force to the first handle causes movement of the patient in the direction of the pulling force to move the patient from a first position to a second position, and the pulling force to the second handle is a resistance force.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Hester C. Fletcher, Daniel Robert Ulreich, Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis
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Patent number: 11357681Abstract: An apparatus includes a sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side, a first flap coupled to the bottom surface proximate the first lateral side, a second flap coupled to the bottom surface proximate the second lateral side and longitudinally offset from the first flap, a first strap coupled to the first flap, and a second strap coupled to the second flap.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Hester C. Fletcher, Daniel Robert Ulreich, Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis
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Publication number: 20220142842Abstract: A patient support device includes a sheet configured to be placed beneath the patient in use and a plurality of straps connected to the sheet and configured for use in moving, lifting, turning, and/or positioning the patient. The straps may include one or more retractable straps that each have a stretchable retraction strap connected thereto and configured for retracting the retractable strap. The straps may also include one or more central support straps connected to the sheet in an area positioned between the legs of the patient. The sheet may also include a head support for supporting the patient's head, which head support may also include one or more straps. The straps may be connected to a hoist, which is then used to lift the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Gregory T. Davis, Paul M. Fowler
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Patent number: D988868Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Paul M. Fowler, Ronald C. Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Timothy J. Rapinchuk, Catherine S. Boulos, Abhi R. Patel
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Patent number: D1044501Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Paul M. Fowler, Ronald C. Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Timothy J. Rapinchuk, Catherine S. Boulos, Abhi R. Patel