Patents by Inventor Robert Beale Van Varick

Robert Beale Van Varick 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: 20220047445
    Abstract: An improved walker includes an adjustable frame with angled portions that provide an ergonomic interface and enhanced stability for a user. The front of the walker includes a wishbone front support frame. Rather than incorporating multiple front legs extending from the top of the walker to the floor, the wishbone front support frame provides clearance on either side of a center front column. This clearance allows users to position, or maneuver, the walker close to adjacent objects. The handrail portions of the walker are pitched at a downward angle running in a direction from the rear to the front of the walker. This pitch moves the operating position of the user close to the front of walker providing a safe and stable operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Publication number: 20220047128
    Abstract: An illustrative commode is described to include a seat having an opening therein, a seat base connected with the seat and configured to allow the seat to move between an open position and a closed position, a leg assembly configured to support the seat base, where the leg assembly is configured to adjust a height of the seat base, and an armrest configured to at least partially rotate about the seat base and the leg assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner
  • Publication number: 20220047129
    Abstract: An improved toilet seat includes an upper body includes an upper sitting surface; a lower body coupled with the upper body, where the lower body includes a lower contact surface; and at least one slideable clamp positioned between the upper sitting surface and the lower contact surface, where the at least one slideable clamp includes a clamp arm and clamp paddle coupled to the clamp arm, and where the clamp arm is configured to move between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner
  • Publication number: 20220047123
    Abstract: An improved shower chair having washdown surfaces, reconfigurable arrangements, and enhanced safety features. The shower chair includes a backrest that removably attaches to an underside of the shower chair offset from, and arranged below, a seat pan. Removing the backrest exposes an upper support crossbar that runs from one side of the shower chair to the other. The washdown surfaces include a sloped surface arranged in the seat pan that is angled downward from a front of the shower chair toward a rear of the shower chair and a sloped surface arranged in the backrest of the shower chair angled from a rear of the shower chair toward a front of the shower chair under the seat pan. The washdown surfaces provide an unrestricted fluid flow path running from the seat pan to the backrest and then to the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison
  • Publication number: 20210059365
    Abstract: A compact and collapsible cane includes a handle, a tip, and at least two collapsible cane segments joining the handle to the tip. In some aspects, the cane segments are configurable in an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, where, in the folded configuration, a flat or nesting surface of one of the cane segments abuts a corresponding flat or nesting surface of an adjacent cane segment. In various examples, the collapsible cane includes a hinge with two parallel pivot axes between the two collapsible cane segments. In some examples, the cane includes a connector system with a male connector and a female connector connected by a shock cord between the two collapsible cane segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Donald Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, Matthew Mead Schmitt, Vladimir Anokhin, William Robert Parcells
  • Patent number: 10889995
    Abstract: A wall assembly comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a rear wall, wherein a plurality of non-porous tiles are affixed to the first sidewall, the second sidewall and the rear wall of the wall assembly. Each first sidewall tile, second sidewall tile, and rear wall tile extends the full length of one dimension of the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the rear wall, respectively. Both upper and lower edges of the first sidewall tiles, second sidewall tiles, and rear wall tiles comprise a chamfer optionally terminating short of a first end and a second end of the first and second sidewall tiles and rear wall tiles. The rear wall tiles comprise a dado located at each end of the rear wall tile that provides a hidden connection with the first and second sidewall tiles. The first and second sidewall tiles and the rear wall tiles are of a synthetic or natural material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
    Inventors: Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Matthew Schmitt, Donald Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, Barry D Olson, Jeffrey Hutchins, Kevin Urbanski
  • Patent number: 10863803
    Abstract: A compact and collapsible cane includes a handle, a tip, and at least two collapsible cane segments joining the handle to the tip. In some aspects, the cane segments are configurable in an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, where, in the folded configuration, a flat or nesting surface of one of the cane segments abuts a corresponding flat or nesting surface of an adjacent cane segment. In various examples, the collapsible cane includes a hinge with two parallel pivot axes between the two collapsible cane segments. In some examples, the cane includes a connector system with a male connector and a female connector connected by a shock cord between the two collapsible cane segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MICHAEL GRAVES DESIGN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, Matthew Mead Schmitt, Vladimir Anokhin, William Robert Parcells
  • Publication number: 20200131782
    Abstract: A wall assembly comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a rear wall, wherein a plurality of non-porous tiles are affixed to the first sidewall, the second sidewall and the rear wall of the wall assembly. Each first sidewall tile, second sidewall tile, and rear wall tile extends the full length of one dimension of the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the rear wall, respectively. Both upper and lower edges of the first sidewall tiles, second sidewall tiles, and rear wall tiles comprise a chamfer optionally terminating short of a first end and a second end of the first and second sidewall tiles and rear wall tiles. The rear wall tiles comprise a dado located at each end of the rear wall tile that provides a hidden connection with the first and second sidewall tiles. The first and second sidewall tiles and the rear wall tiles are of a synthetic or natural material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Matthew Schmitt, Donald Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, Barry D. Olson, Jeffrey Hutchins, Kevin Urbanski
  • Publication number: 20200008545
    Abstract: A compact and collapsible cane includes a handle, a tip, and at least two collapsible cane segments joining the handle to the tip. In some aspects, the cane segments are configurable in an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, where, in the folded configuration, a flat or nesting surface of one of the cane segments abuts a corresponding flat or nesting surface of an adjacent cane segment. In various examples, the collapsible cane includes a hinge with two parallel pivot axes between the two collapsible cane segments. In some examples, the cane includes a connector system with a male connector and a female connector connected by a shock cord between the two collapsible cane segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Donald Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, Matthew Mead Schmitt, Vladimir Anokhin, William Robert Parcells
  • Patent number: D935182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: POLDER PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Samuel Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, George Benjamin Wintner, Kerry Cooper
  • Patent number: D941583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Polder Products, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Samuel Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, George Benjamin Wintner, Kerry Cooper
  • Patent number: D944012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Polder Products, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Samuel Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, George Benjamin Wintner, Kerry Cooper
  • Patent number: D944014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Polder Products, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Samuel Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, George Benjamin Wintner, Kerry Cooper
  • Patent number: D966949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner, Ryan Crist, Gregory P. Allison