Patents by Inventor Robert L. Hildebrant

Robert L. Hildebrant 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).

  • Weighing bed
    Patent number: 5269388
    Abstract: A weighing bed (10) which includes a patient support assembly (12), an upper bed frame (14) and a lower bed frame (16). Linkage assemblies and actuators, powered by motors, provide movement capability for the bed (10). Mounted on both sides of the lower frame (16) are load cells (52, 53), each of which has connected thereto a U-shaped rigid bracket (72). First link member (84) connects one end (76) of bracket (72) to a foot portion of the upper bed frame (14), while second and third link members (90, 92) connect the other end (75) of the bracket (72) to a head end of the upper bed frame (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Stress-Tek, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith W. Reichow, Robert L. Hildebrant, Richard A. Butler