Patents by Inventor Preben B. Fich

Preben B. Fich 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).

  • Patent number: 10213354
    Abstract: An autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) for transporting beds and other items. The wheeled transportation device (1) comprises a base, with a lower part having a number of wheels (8, 12, 22). The autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) comprises at least one movable first engagement member (13) adapted to engage a frame part (14) of a bed, the movable first engagement member being movable between a resting engagement member position at or below a plane and horizontal surface (6) of the wheeled transportation device (1), and an activated engagement member position in which the movable first engagement member (15) engages the frame part (14) of the bed. The autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) comprises a further engagement member (19) located above said at least one substantially horizontal and plane surface (6), and adapted to engage a patient support base of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: IDEAssociates (IOM) Limited
    Inventor: Preben B. Fich
  • Publication number: 20170281441
    Abstract: An autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) for transporting beds and other items. The wheeled transportation device (1) comprises a base, with a lower part having a number of wheels (8, 12, 22). The autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) comprises at least one movable first engagement member (13) adapted to engage a frame part (14) of a bed, the movable first engagement member being movable between a resting engagement member position at or below a plane and horizontal surface (6) of the wheeled transportation device (1), and an activated engagement member position in which the movable first engagement member (15) engages the frame part (14) of the bed. The autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) comprises a further engagement member (19) located above said at least one substantially horizontal and plane surface (6), and adapted to engage a patient support base of the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Preben B. Fich
  • Patent number: 5598790
    Abstract: A piece of furniture (1) including an upper part (2) and a lower part, the lower part having rails (8) and legs (3, 4, 5, 6, 7,) made of tubes. The legs have an upper tubular end with a tubular connecting piece (9) fixedly connected with and forming an angle with the leg. An assembly device (10, 11, 12, 13, 14) is provided which has two connecting members (30, 31) each having at least two legs (21, 22), one leg of each member being inserted in an end of the connecting piece (9) and at least one other leg of each member being inserted in a tubular end of a rail (8), wherein one of the legs of the assembly device forms an angle with at least one other leg of the assembly device. The connecting members are pressed against an inner side of the tubular rails and connecting pieces by screws passing through holes in the legs of the connecting members, and the legs of the connecting members have a size and shape which substantially fills up an interior of the tubular ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: IDEAssociates Ltd.
    Inventor: Preben B. Fich