Patents by Inventor Rick Wheadon

Rick Wheadon 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: 20220257025
    Abstract: A mattress assembly includes a base layer, a coil layer disposed over the base layer, an upper layer disposed over the coil layer, and an elastomeric cushioning element disposed over the upper layer. The coil layer may include a plurality of pocketed coils. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may have a thickness within a range of about 2.0 inches to about 4.5 inches. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may form between about 15.0% and about 32.0% of an overall thickness of the mattress assembly. A method of forming a mattress assembly includes disposing a coil layer over a base layer, disposing an upper layer over the coil layer, disposing an elastomeric cushioning element over the upper layer, and disposing an outer covering over at least the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Tony M. Pearce, Lars Christen Hamilton, Tanner Rick Wheadon
  • Patent number: 11317733
    Abstract: A mattress assembly includes a base layer, a coil layer disposed over the base layer, an upper layer disposed over the coil layer, and an elastomeric cushioning element disposed over the upper layer. The coil layer may include a plurality of pocketed coils. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may have a thickness within a range of about 2.0 inches to about 4.5 inches. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may form between about 15.0% and about 32.0% of an overall thickness of the mattress assembly. A method of forming a mattress assembly includes disposing a coil layer over a base layer, disposing an upper layer over the coil layer, disposing an elastomeric cushioning element over the upper layer, and disposing an outer covering over at least the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Tony M. Pearce, Lars Christen Hamilton, Tanner Rick Wheadon
  • Publication number: 20210076835
    Abstract: A mattress assembly includes a base layer, a coil layer disposed over the base layer, an upper layer disposed over the coil layer, and an elastomeric cushioning element disposed over the upper layer. The coil layer may include a plurality of pocketed coils. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may have a thickness within a range of about 2.0 inches to about 4.5 inches. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may form between about 15.0% and about 32.0% of an overall thickness of the mattress assembly. A method of forming a mattress assembly includes disposing a coil layer over a base layer, disposing an upper layer over the coil layer, disposing an elastomeric cushioning element over the upper layer, and disposing an outer covering over at least the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Tony M. Pearce, Lars Christen Hamilton, Tanner Rick Wheadon
  • Publication number: 20190150632
    Abstract: A mattress assembly includes a base layer, a coil layer disposed over the base layer, an upper layer disposed over the coil layer, and an elastomeric cushioning element disposed over the upper layer. The coil layer may include a plurality of pocketed coils. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may have a thickness within a range of about 2.0 inches to about 4.5 inches. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may form between about 15.0% and about 32.0% of an overall thickness of the mattress assembly. A method of forming a mattress assembly includes disposing a coil layer over a base layer, disposing an upper layer over the coil layer, disposing an elastomeric cushioning element over the upper layer, and disposing an outer covering over at least the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Tony M. Pearce, Lars Christen Hamilton, Tanner Rick Wheadon
  • Publication number: 20190150631
    Abstract: A method of forming a cushioning element including forming a large cushioning element, and then dividing the large cushioning element into four equal smaller cushioning elements. The four smaller cushioning elements may be substantially the same size. Each of the smaller cushioning elements may be used as separate cushioning elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Tony M. Pearce, Lars Christen Hamilton, Tanner Rick Wheadon
  • Publication number: 20190021514
    Abstract: A cushion includes a cushioning element and a coating material provided on a surface of the cushioning element. The cushioning element includes an elastomeric material forming a plurality of intersecting buckling walls defining a plurality of hollow columns in an expanded form. The coating material includes stearic acid, a metal stearate, propylene glycol, and triethanolamine. The cushioning element is configured to be compressed, such as by a roll-packing machine, into the compressed form and subsequently released from the compressed form to transform to the expanded form. Methods of forming the cushion include forming the cushioning element comprising an elastomeric material, coating a surface of the cushioning element with the coating material, and compressing the cushioning element into a compressed form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Lars Christen Hamilton, Tanner Rick Wheadon, John Nathan Abel, Terry V. Pearce
  • Publication number: 20070034566
    Abstract: The present invention may be used for treatment of waste streams using domestic wastewater. A concentrate waste stream containing one or more of perchlorate, nitrate, bromate, selenate and chromate may be combined with a domestic wastewater stream. The concentrate waste stream may have not less than 3000 mg/l of total dissolved solids. The concentrate waste stream and domestic wastewater stream may be combined at a ratio of between 20% volumetric flow rate and 75% volumetric flow rate to produce a blended stream. The blended stream may be processed in a bioreactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Jess Brown, Brandon Heidelberger, Rick Wheadon, Edwin Hansen
  • Publication number: 20060196828
    Abstract: The oxidant waste stream treatment may provide for treatment of oxidant laden waste streams. A screened or clarified wastewater stream may be combined with an oxidant stream to produce a blended stream. The blended stream may be processed in a bioreactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Jess Brown, Brandon Heidelberger, Rick Wheadon, Edwin Hansen