Earth magnetic-field augmenters

Patent 6203486 Issued on March 20, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 18, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 336271 filed on 06/18/1999

US Classes:

600/9MAGNETIC FIELD APPLIED TO BODY FOR THERAPY

Examiners

Primary: Hindenburg, Max
Assistant: Szmal, Brian

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Wendell E. Miller Patent Agent

International Classes

A61B 017/52
A61N 002/00

Abstract

Magnetic-field-augmented beds (10, 246, 258, 366, 406, 408, 424, 426), mattresses (330, 352), seating furniture (488), desks (542, 574), carrells (278), railings (514) rooms (168, 202, 216A, 216B), and buildings (156, 164, 192, 230, 472) include magnetic-field augmenters (14, 36, 46, 56, 120, 154, 162, 172, 198, 210, 224A, 224B, 234, 250, 262, 282, 304, 334, 360, 380, 386, 412, 430, 466, 476, 492, 524, 550) that, when connected to a source (70) of electrical power, provide a healthful magnetic field for entire bodies of human beings or other living things in living spaces (31, 182, 300, 507, 531, 549, 591). In another embodiment, a magnetic-field augmenter (444) is hung on a wall (446), and in another embodiment, a magnetic-field augmenter (456) is arranged on a floor (458) around seating furniture (462). Included among the various types of magnetic-field augmenters are bundled augmenter coils (390, 414, 430, 444, 476, 492), two-axis augmenters (492, 550), open-sided augmenters (524, 550), and two-axis open-sided augmenters (550). A protective device (594) protects against loose connections and shorts.