Patents by Inventor Semond Levitt

Semond Levitt 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: 5267924
    Abstract: A continuous passive motion (CPM) device includes a foot support plate and a toe plate. The foot support plate pivots back and forth, driven by a rod connected to a motor. A toe plate pivots separately from the foot support plate, and receives its motive power solely from the foot support plate. The engagement of a pair of pins, one pin connected to the foot support plate and the other pin connected to the toe plate, causes the toe plate to pivot at the desired moment. The toe plate pivots in the opposite direction from that of the foot support plate, and pivots only when the foot support plate reaches a predetermined angle. At other times, the toe plate does not move. The latter arrangement enhances the level of comfort felt by the patient, by increasing the effective angle of flexing of the foot, while limiting the amount of flexing of the heel to a comfortable level. The positioning of the pins determines through how many degrees the toe plate pivots for each degree of rotation of the foot support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Advanced Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Miller, Robert P. Wolk, Guido LaPorta, Harold Schoenhaus, William J. Covert, Ray M. Frey, Semond Levitt
  • Patent number: 4918822
    Abstract: A perspective drafting device including a pair of straight edges pivotally connected to a centerpiece removably fixable to the horizontal arm of a drafting machine in place of the horizontal scale. Each of the straight edges is slidable through a vanishing point guide which latter is provided with a pin on its bottom surface extending substantially orthogonally to the drafting table and projectable downwardly for pivotal seating movement within a selected one of a number of holes provided in the surface of the drafting board at the left and right margins in rows spaced vertically along the drafting board. The vertical spacing of the holes selects the particular horizon desired, whereas the horizontal spacing of the holes provides horizontal rotation of the perspective view as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Inventor: Semond Levitt