Patents by Inventor Rody Myron Hardy

Rody Myron Hardy 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).

  • Medical carts with touch-sensitive foot panels, and associated apparatuses and methods
    Patent number: 9475514
    Abstract: Embodiments of medical carts and associated apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein. A medical cart configured in accordance with one embodiment includes a cart base assembly, a work platform, and a height adjustment assembly carrying the work platform above the cart base assembly. The cart base assembly includes an upper portion and a touch-sensitive foot panel generally below the upper portion. The touch-sensitive foot panel includes a resilient cover having a contact surface and a contact switch underlying the resilient cover. The contact switch is operably coupled to the height adjustment assembly, and the contact switch is configured to detect for operator foot contact at the contact surface and to raise or lower the work platform via the height adjustment assembly when the operator foot contact is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: CAPSA SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Rody Myron Hardy, Adam William Landis, Timothy Charles Rothwell, Eric John Webb
  • MEDICAL CARTS WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE FOOT PANELS, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUSES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150166090
    Abstract: Embodiments of medical carts and associated apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein. A medical cart configured in accordance with one embodiment includes a cart base assembly, a work platform, and a height adjustment assembly carrying the work platform above the cart base assembly. The cart base assembly includes an upper portion and a touch-sensitive foot panel generally below the upper portion. The touch-sensitive foot panel includes a resilient cover having a contact surface and a contact switch underlying the resilient cover. The contact switch is operably coupled to the height adjustment assembly, and the contact switch is configured to detect for operator foot contact at the contact surface and to raise or lower the work platform via the height adjustment assembly when the operator foot contact is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Rody Myron Hardy, Adam William Landis, Timothy Charles Rothwell, Eric John Webb