Patents by Inventor Roy M. Little

Roy M. Little 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).

  • Patent number: 5678798
    Abstract: A swing support bracket assembly for mounting support pads to wheelchairs. The assembly includes a housing, an axle mounted for rotation in the housing, a toggle pivotally mounted in the housing and having a tapered protrusion adapted to engage a cooperating tapered recess in the axle. The support pad may be mounted either directly or by a number of adjustable clamps and support rods to the housing. In another embodiment it is mounted by such rods and clamps to the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Inventor: Roy M. Little
  • Patent number: 4997154
    Abstract: A quick release clamp assembly for retaining a hook type support bracket on a shaft. The clamp assembly can be used, for example, to secure a seat and backrest to the frame of a foldable wheelchair. The clamp assembly includes a clamp adapted to be attached to a frame member of the chair and a cam rotatably mounted to the clamp for operation between an open and a closed position for retaining the bracket on the frame member. In the preferred embodiment the cam also includes an over the center protrusion which tends to prevent the inadvertent opening of the cam and release of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Inventor: Roy M. Little