Patents by Inventor Richard Henry Ferneau

Richard Henry Ferneau 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: 7302718
    Abstract: A multiple level elevating cot adapted to be rolled into emergency vehicles, the cot having a wheeled undercarriage supporting a cot frame having a leading end and a trailing end, The leading end comprises a drop frame adapted to be positionable in extended, middle, collapsed, and lengthened positions. Leg members interconnect the cot frame and the undercarriage. A latching device is adapted to selectively secure the leg members in a plurality of elevational positions. The cot further comprises a pair of sidearm supports provided to the cot frame between the leading end and the trailing end, each of the sidearm supports being adapted to be positionable in vertically-up, vertically-down, substantially horizontal, and folded positions relative to the cot frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Henry Ferneau, William Harry Benedict, Eugene Van Dyne, Elroy Edwin Bourgraf, Irvin Pollock
  • Patent number: 7131151
    Abstract: A multiple level elevating cot adapted to be rolled into emergency vehicles, the cot having a wheeled undercarriage supporting a cot frame having a leading end and a trailing end, and adapted to selectively secure the cot frame in a plurality of elevational positions. The cot frame includes a pair of side extension arms provided between the leading end and the trailing end, each of the side extension arms being adapted to slidably extend outwardly from a stowed position adjacent the cot frame to an extended position substantially perpendicular to the cot frame. The cot further includes a drop frame that may be lengthened and sidearm supports positionable in vertically-up, vertically-down, substantially horizontal, and a folded position relative to the cot frame. The cot frame may form a part of an integral stretcher or may serve as a carrier to which a separable top structure mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Henry Ferneau, William Harry Benedict, Eugene Van Dyne, Elroy Edwin Bourgraf, Irvin Pollock, Abe Arnold
  • Patent number: 6701545
    Abstract: A multiple level elevating cot adapted to be rolled into emergency vehicles, the cot having a wheeled undercarriage supporting a cot frame having a leading end and a trailing end, and adapted to selectively secure the cot frame in a plurality of elevational positions. The cot frame includes a pair of side extension arms provided between the leading end and the trailing end, each of the side extension arms being adapted to slidably extend outwardly from a stowed position adjacent the cot frame to an extended position substantially perpendicular to the cot frame. The cot frame may form a part of an integral stretcher or may serve as a carrier to which a separable top structure, such as a stretcher/stair chair, may be detachably secured, the cot frame including seats for slidably receiving the top structure and latching means for securing the top structure to the cot frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Henry Ferneau, Bret William Smith, William Harry Benedict, Eugene VanDyne