Patents by Inventor Robert J. Metcalfe

Robert J. Metcalfe 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).

  • Apparatus for moving and/or transporting loads
    Patent number: 4255823
    Abstract: A transporter for handling invalids and the like capable of lifting patients off a bed, move them on to a toilet, move them into a bath or move them into a motor vehicle. The transporter comprises a wheeled base frame having mounted thereon means for holding a patient above the base frame. This holding means comprises lifting means for moving the patient up and down and pivot means for moving the patient in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignees: Adrion J. Boyer, William R. Richardson, Robert J. Metcalfe
    Inventors: Adrian J. Boyer, William R. Richardson, Robert J. Metcalfe, Peter J. Foden