Anthony M Harvey

US Patent:

8109008, Feb 7, 2012

Filed:

Nov 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/942894

Inventors:

Stephen Niemczak - Mokena IL, US
Jerome Montgomery, Jr. - Dolton IL, US
Anthony Harvey - Dolton IL, US
Harrison Yuan - Buffalo Grove IL, US

Assignee:

Pelstar, LLC - Alsip IL

International Classification:

A61B 5/107

US Classification:

33832, 33512, 600587

Abstract:

A device and method for determining the length of an object. The device includes a height rod assembly with a uniform marker row and a non-uniform marker row detected by sensors to determine the location of the height rod assembly which is translated to the height or length of the measured object. The uniform marker row includes uniform markers of equal length spaced apart by a uniform length. The non-uniform marker row is divided into equal sections, each section including a non-uniform marker with a unique length adjacent to a non-uniform spacing with a unique length. Upon startup, a controller determines the location of the height rod assembly within a set distance of movement regardless of the position of the height rod assembly. The height rod assembly is telescoping rod assembly including sensors, uniform marker row, and non-uniform marker row for each height rod section.

US Patent:

D667323, Sep 18, 2012

Filed:

Jan 4, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/410078

Inventors:

Stephen Niemczak - Mokena IL, US
Anthony Harvey - Dolton IL, US
Harrison Yuan - Buffalo Grove IL, US

Assignee:

Pelstar, LLC - Alsip IL

International Classification:

1004

US Classification:

D10 70, D10 74, D10 94