Patents by Inventor Wilbur E. Gilbert

Wilbur E. Gilbert 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: 4547092
    Abstract: An improved clamp for releasably and adjustably securing accessories, such as hanger rods for parenteral solution containers, to medical tables. The clamp has a generally cylindrical body comprising two main sections arranged in axial alignment: a base section and a cup section. Annular rows of intermeshing teeth are provided along the opposing end faces of the respective sections to prevent relative rotation of those sections unless such movement is accompanied by slight axial separation. The cup section includes a chamber terminating in an enlarged end opening that rotatably receives the cylindrical shank of a first operating knob. The knob is threadedly supported upon a hollow stem which is joined at one end to the base section and which extends axially through the chamber of the cup section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Hamilton Industries
    Inventors: Gary V. Vetter, Leonard J. Yindra, Wilbur E. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 4508387
    Abstract: A medical examination table having a leg and foot support assembly that may be pivoted between a raised position, where it is generally coplanar with the seat section of the table, and any of a variety of lowered positions. The assembly includes a frame pivotally connected to the seat section and a footrest extension which is capable not only of being extended and retracted in the general plane of the frame but also of being pivoted into foot-supporting positions disposed at substantially right angles to the frame. Such adjustments are accomplished without the need for attaching or detaching any components of the assembly. Should the assembly be in a generally vertical position and engage an obstruction as the table is lowered (as where the table is equipped with a power drive for raising and lowering), the support assembly will retract automatically to avoid injury that might otherwise result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Assignee: Hamilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilbur E. Gilbert, Robert E. Martin, Donald P. Belonger