William E Jenkins

US Patent:

20220176414, Jun 9, 2022

Filed:

Dec 4, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/112641

Inventors:

William Vaughn Jenkins - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

B07C 5/34
A63B 47/00
B07C 5/36

Abstract:

Embodiments of the disclosure can relate to systems and methods for sorting balls. The systems and methods may involve the use of a ball-feeding mechanism for receiving one or more balls, and feeding the one or more balls to a projection element. The projection element may be located beneath the ball-feeding mechanism such that the balls drop from the ball-feeding mechanism to the projection element, and the balls then project from the projection element to a ball-sorting apparatus. The balls may then subsequently be sorted into a sorting container of one or more sorting containers based on the projected height of the ball.

US Patent:

20160113828, Apr 28, 2016

Filed:

Oct 28, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/526323

Inventors:

William Jenkins - Loganville GA, US
Mark Heflin - Jasper GA, US

International Classification:

A61G 7/015
A61G 7/018

Abstract:

A sliding thorax assembly subframe is mounted to a thorax assembly main frame section of an articulating bed and is adapted to descend as the torso section of the bed is raised to an inclined position. The mechanism, which is optionally combined with a slideback mechanism to extend the pelvic area of the bed in a longitudinal direction, reduces compressive and shear forces on the patient during bed articulation.