Mark Andrew Joseph

US Patent:

54294185, Jul 4, 1995

Filed:

Mar 17, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/032669

Inventors:

Carol A. Lipper - Denver CO
Russell Simpson - Denver CO
Mark Joseph - Aspen CO

International Classification:

B60R 2100

US Classification:

297465

Abstract:

A safety restraint system having a body component including a head opening for insertion over the head of a child and a belt which buckles around the lower rib cage of the child to secure the safety restraint system on the child. The safety restraint system can thus be secured to the child prior to the child entering the vehicle. A first strap member is secured to a lower portion of the body component. This first strap is wrapped over a vehicle lap belt until an engaging member having fabric hook elements engages fabric loop elements on a receiving member affixed to the body component. A second strap is affixed to the body component just below the head opening. This strap is folded downward over the vehicle shoulder belt until fabric hook elements engage fabric loop elements on the reverse side of the engaging member on the first strap. The second strap positions the shoulder belt away from the head and neck of the child. This provides a safer restraint as well as a more comfortable situation for the child.

US Patent:

20230038147, Feb 9, 2023

Filed:

Aug 4, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/817415

Inventors:

Kevin R. Stone - San Francisco CA, US
Mark Joseph - Aspen CO, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/32

Abstract:

A joint dislocation reduction device includes an elongated flexible ribbon-like band extending along a central axis from a proximal end to a tapered distal end. A distal end coupling element is disposed at the distal end. A proximal end coupling element is disposed at the proximal end. A cord extends from the tapered distal end to a needle. In a form, the band includes a flexible metallic ribbon disposed within a surrounding flexible, insulating coating element, wherein the band includes one or more resilient shape-memory regions between the proximal and distal ends. With the band under applied axial tension, the proximal end and distal end coupling elements are adapted to form a coupling assembly coupling the proximal and distal ends, forming a closed loop around a clavicle and a coracoid process with a single 180 twist, whereby the band rests flush against the clavicle and the coracoid process.