Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Severence

Thomas A. Severence 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: 8348868
    Abstract: A leg sling device featuring a foot platform for supporting a user's foot; two half straps extending upwardly from sides of the foot platform, the tops of the half straps connect via a barrel; a hand base having an opening for accommodate the user's fingers; a reel disposed in the hand base; a cable having a first end wrapped around the reel in the hand base and a second end attached to the barrel that connects the half straps; and a motor and control buttons operatively connected to the reel, the motor and control buttons function to rotate the reel in a first direction to retract the cable into the hand base thereby raising the foot platform and a second direction to extend the cable out of the hand base thereby lowering the foot platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas A. Severence