Patents by Inventor William A. Hillenbrand, II
William A. Hillenbrand, II 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).
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Patent number: 9248064Abstract: A sheet receiver for a patient repositioning system includes a housing adapted to be supported at a first end of a bed deck and a pulling device located primarily within an internal compartment of the housing. The housing has an access door adapted to open and to close so as to provide access to the internal compartment via an opening, and the housing also has an elongated slot extending along a first end thereof, and spaced from the opening. A connector has an innermost end secured to the pulling device within the internal compartment and an outermost end removably attachable to a sheet located on a mattress supported on the bed deck. The connector spans substantially the length of the slot and may include at least one window near the innermost end, to facilitate cleaning of the internal compartment. The housing includes impeding structure which prevents the inadvertent insertion of the connector and/or the sheet into the internal compartment via the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Hillenbrand Management Company LLCInventors: William A. Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Dale Foster, Antonio Belton, Joseph Kummer, Jeffrey Woodall, Andrew Rogier, David Hornbach, Glenn Suttman
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Patent number: 9205012Abstract: A patient repositioning system for pulling a patient toward a head end of a bed includes a sheet, a mattress, and a housing which contains at least a part of a drive mechanism for operatively coupling to and pulling the sheet. The housing resides below a head end piece of the mattress, and is secured to the bed deck. The sheet pulling structure extends out of the housing via a slot and releasably attaches to the sheet, in a manner which has a low profile so as to pass through the slot. The sheet is longer than and wider than the mattress, and has beaded longitudinal side edges which are retained within rows of spaced retainers located on opposite sides of the mattress. During pulling of the sheet, the contoured shape of the housing facilitates movement of the sheet into the housing via the slot, even though the sheet width extends beyond the lateral edges of the mattress.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Hillenbrand Management Company LLCInventors: William A Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Joseph Kummer, Dale Foster, Jeffrey Woodall, Andrew Rogier, Antonio J Belton
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Patent number: 9173798Abstract: A patient repositioning system for pulling a patient toward a head end of a bed includes a sheet, a mattress, and a housing which contains at least a part of a drive mechanism for operatively coupling to and pulling the sheet. The housing resides below a head end piece of the mattress, and is secured to the bed deck. The sheet pulling structure extends out of the housing via a slot and releasably attaches to the sheet, in a manner which has a low profile so as to pass through the slot. The sheet is longer than and wider than the mattress, and has beaded longitudinal side edges which are retained within rows of spaced retainers located on opposite sides of the mattress. During pulling of the sheet, the contoured shape of the housing facilitates movement of the sheet into the housing via the slot, even though the sheet width extends beyond the lateral edges of the mattress.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Hillenbrand Management Company LLCInventors: William A. Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Joseph Kummer, David Hornbach, Glenn Suttman
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Publication number: 20150182404Abstract: A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: HILLENBRAND MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLCInventor: William A. Hillenbrand, II
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Patent number: 9003578Abstract: A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Hillenbrand Management Company LLCInventor: William A. Hillenbrand, II
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Publication number: 20150026882Abstract: A patient repositioning system for pulling a patient toward a head end of a bed includes a sheet, a mattress, and a housing which contains at least a part of a drive mechanism for operatively coupling to and pulling the sheet. The housing resides below a head end piece of the mattress, and is secured to the bed deck. The sheet pulling structure extends out of the housing via a slot and releasably attaches to the sheet, in a manner which has a low profile so as to pass through the slot. The sheet is longer than and wider than the mattress, and has beaded longitudinal side edges which are retained within rows of spaced retainers located on opposite sides of the mattress. During pulling of the sheet, the contoured shape of the housing facilitates movement of the sheet into the housing via the slot, even though the sheet width extends beyond the lateral edges of the mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: William A. Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Joseph Kummer, David Hornbach, Glenn Suttman
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Publication number: 20140373273Abstract: A sheet receiver for a patient repositioning system includes a housing adapted to be supported at a first end of a bed deck and a pulling device located primarily within an internal compartment of the housing. The housing has an access door adapted to open and to close so as to provide access to the internal compartment via an opening, and the housing also has an elongated slot extending along a first end thereof, and spaced from the opening. A connector has an innermost end secured to the pulling device within the internal compartment and an outermost end removably attachable to a sheet located on a mattress supported on the bed deck. The connector spans substantially the length of the slot and may include at least one window near the innermost end, to facilitate cleaning of the internal compartment. The housing includes impeding structure which prevents the inadvertent insertion of the connector and/or the sheet into the internal compartment via the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: William A. Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Dale Foster, Antonio Belton, Joseph Kummer, Jeffrey Woodall, Andrew Rozier, David Hornbach, Glenn Suttman
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Publication number: 20140259389Abstract: A patient repositioning system for pulling a patient toward a head end of a bed includes a sheet, a mattress, and a housing which contains at least a part of a drive mechanism for operatively coupling to and pulling the sheet. The housing resides below a head end piece of the mattress, and is secured to the bed deck. The sheet pulling structure extends out of the housing via a slot and releasably attaches to the sheet, in a manner which has a low profile so as to pass through the slot. The sheet is longer than and wider than the mattress, and has beaded longitudinal side edges which are retained within rows of spaced retainers located on opposite sides of the mattress. During pulling of the sheet, the contoured shape of the housing facilitates movement of the sheet into the housing via the slot, even though the sheet width extends beyond the lateral edges of the mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: William A. Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Joseph Kummer, Dale Foster, Jeffrey Woodall, Andrew Rogier, Antonio J. Belton
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Publication number: 20140090167Abstract: A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventor: William A. Hillenbrand, II
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Patent number: 8453276Abstract: A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Inventor: William A. Hillenbrand, II
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Publication number: 20120096640Abstract: A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventor: William A Hillenbrand, II
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Patent number: 8087109Abstract: A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Inventor: William A. Hillenbrand, II
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Publication number: 20100281613Abstract: A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2009Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventor: William A. Hillenbrand, II
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Patent number: D748536Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Hillenbrand Management Company LLCInventors: William A. Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Joseph Kummer, Jeffrey Woodall, David Hornbach, Antonio Belton
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Patent number: D748537Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Hillenbrand Management Company LLCInventors: William A. Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Joseph Kummer, Jeffrey Woodall, Andrew Rogier, David Hornbach, Antonio J. Belton
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Patent number: D749015Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Hillenbrand Management Company LLCInventors: William A. Hillenbrand, II, Timothy Savage, Joseph Kummer, Jeffrey Woodall, Andrew Rogier, David Hornbach