Patents by Inventor Robert A. Hines

Robert A. Hines 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: 20180250184
    Abstract: A convertible chair, for example, a hair transplantation chair that permits movement of the patient during a procedure while the patient's head remains substantially stationary. The chair may include a head support and a plurality of body supports that may be mounted on a base, or on a cradle movably attached to the base. The chair can be configured for a follicular unit harvesting procedure and it could be also converted into a hair implantation configuration for hair implantation procedure. The patient remains in the chair during the procedure with his head substantially stationary, while various parts of his body may be repositioned, for example, by rotation of the cradle. The chair may be automated, or assisted with pneumatics, motors, foot pumps and the like. The chair is particularly useful for assisting robotic hair transplantation procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Restoration Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Brinkerhoff, Robert A. Hines, Gary R. Schultheis, Eric R. Winger
  • Patent number: 9962307
    Abstract: A convertible chair, for example, a hair transplantation chair that permits movement of the patient during a procedure while the patient's head remains substantially stationary. The chair may include a head support and a plurality of body supports that may be mounted on a base, or on a cradle movably attached to the base. The chair can be configured for a follicular unit harvesting procedure and it could be also converted into a hair implantation configuration for hair implantation procedure. The patient remains in the chair during the procedure with his head substantially stationary, while various parts of his body may be repositioned, for example, by rotation of the cradle. The chair may be automated, or assisted with pneumatics, motors, foot pumps and the like. The chair is particularly useful for assisting robotic hair transplantation procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark D. Brinkerhoff, Robert A. Hines, Gary R. Schultheis, Eric R. Winger
  • Patent number: 8469757
    Abstract: A fin in one embodiment includes a fin box assembly including a fin box adapted for coupling to a body portion of a water-borne device, and a fin assembly having a base member that is releasably engagable in said fin box. A fin assembly according to one embodiment includes a base member adapted for releasable engagement in a fin box that is coupled to a water-borne device, and a fin member coupled to said base member. A water-borne device in one embodiment includes a body portion, and a fin box assembly coupled to the body portion, the fin box assembly including a fin box adapted for receiving a fin assembly having a base member that is releasably engagable in said fin box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Fin & Fin Surf Board Fin Company
    Inventors: William A. Luke, Robert A. Hines, Leslie Segal Purcell, Stephen Scott Purcell
  • Publication number: 20120158138
    Abstract: A convertible chair, for example, a hair transplantation chair that permits movement of the patient during a procedure while the patient's head remains substantially stationary. The chair may include a head support and a plurality of body supports that may be mounted on a base, or on a cradle movably attached to the base. The chair can be configured for a follicular unit harvesting procedure and it could be also converted into a hair implantation configuration for hair implantation procedure. The patient remains in the chair during the procedure with his head substantially stationary, while various parts of his body may be repositioned, for example, by rotation of the cradle. The chair may be automated, or assisted with pneumatics, motors, foot pumps and the like. The chair is particularly useful for assisting robotic hair transplantation procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Restoration Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Brinkerhoff, Robert A. Hines, Gary R. Schultheis, Eric R. Winger
  • Publication number: 20090057190
    Abstract: A detachable protection system for protecting a data processing system under rough operation environment. The system includes a housing having a surface for supporting the data processing system, a securing device, disposed on the housing, configured to detachably secure the data processing system when the data processing system is supported by the surface, and a handgrip device disposed on each of two opposite sides of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: IDSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon F. Schmeisser, Robert A. Hines
  • Publication number: 20080311807
    Abstract: A fin in one embodiment includes a fin box assembly including a fin box adapted for coupling to a body portion of a water-borne device, and a fin assembly having a base member that is releasably engagable in said fin box. A fin assembly according to one embodiment includes a base member adapted for releasable engagement in a fin box that is coupled to a water-borne device, and a fin member coupled to said base member. A water-borne device in one embodiment includes a body portion, and a fin box assembly coupled to the body portion, the fin box assembly including a fin box adapted for receiving a fin assembly having a base member that is releasably engagable in said fin box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: William A. Luke, Robert A. Hines, Leslie Segal Purcell, Stephen Scott Purcell
  • Patent number: D465476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank E. Golding, Brandon Fletcher, Larry R. Linville, Robert A. Hines, Joseph Vitug