Patents by Inventor Steven B. Schrand

Steven B. Schrand 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: 7520347
    Abstract: A stair chair for transporting a person up and down a flight of stairs and over a surface is disclosed. The stair chair comprising a main frame and a glide track assembly to support the stair chair for movement on the flight of stairs. The glide track assembly is pivotally connected to the main frame for pivotal movement between open and closed positions. The glide track assembly has at least one endless glide track. The stair chair also provides an adjustable glide track resistance and braking device which engages the endless glide track and is configured to infinitely adjust the amount of resistance applied to the endless glide track between 0 to 100% resistance and to set a desired rolling resistance applied to the endless glide track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Scott Chambliss, Timothy J. Dietz, Steven B. Schrand
  • Patent number: 6111231
    Abstract: A temperature control system for electric range surface heating elements including an infinite switch electrically coupled to a surface heating element and a second switch, which selectively couples 120 VAC or 240 VAC power across the infinite switch and heating element. Alternatively, the second switch selectively couples either the infinite switch or an electronic controller to a surface heating element, wherein the electronic controller has timing circuits for cycling power supplied to the surface heating element according to a preset timing scheme within the timing circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David N. Corson, Mark A. Baker, Steven B. Schrand
  • Patent number: D519064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven B. Schrand, Donald Charles Bierman, Timothy J. Dietz, Charles Scott Chambliss