Patents by Inventor Steven Bereyso

Steven Bereyso 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).

  • Apparatus for aiding persons in rising from a seated position to a standing position
    Patent number: 5794284
    Abstract: Apparatus for aiding persons in rising or descending between seated and standing positions provides stability to a conventional walker. In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus has a platform portion and two flexible connection members. The platform portion is substantially rigid and includes two parallel rails. At forward end portions of the rails, openings are formed for pivotable attachment therethrough of the connection members. The connection members are also pivotably attached to a forward portion of the walker, so that when a person places his or her weight on the platform portion, the connection members transmit the weight to the walker, thereby stabilizing the walker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Walker Sled, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Ray Southwell, Jr., Deborah Ann Southwell, Ruth Ann Southwell, Joseph Ray Southwell, III, Kathryn A. Sikorski, Paul Robinson, James Edward Petkovsek, Steven Bereyso