Patents by Inventor Peter G. Zimmer

Peter G. Zimmer 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: 20170017763
    Abstract: A method of assisting a care recipient in operating a first device, includes providing a care recipient interface configured to be installed on a second device, such that the care recipient can use the second device to operate the first device, and providing a caregiver interface configured to be installed on a third device and configurable to remotely program the care recipient interface to present a custom-selected image to facilitate the care recipient operating the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventor: Peter G. Zimmer
  • Patent number: 4366599
    Abstract: A hinge structure is disclosed which is especially suited for use in a double pivot hinge connecting together two panels for pivotal movement in their common plane. Such panels may be the frame members of a folding chair. In each panel, an aperture is provided having a partly circular socket portion and having two opposed abutment surfaces lying transverse to a circular arc centered on the socket portion, and a bushing is located in each socket portion. The two panels are connected by a rod having its opposite ends forming shaft portions rotatable within the bushings and having a lever portion extending along the outer surfaces of the panels and forming a connection between the panels, and having intermediate portions connecting the lever and shaft portions and configured to contact the abutment surfaces to limit pivotal movement of the rod relative to the two panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Inventors: Peter G. Zimmer, Diethelm von Lieres