Patents Assigned to Safe Strap Company, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11161537
    Abstract: An infant carrier holder has a floor with a ramp and sidewalls and is mounted to a shopping cart. The ramp and sidewalls can contribute to stably supporting an infant carrier. The holder serves as a mechanical interface between an infant carrier, which can be received in the holder, and the shopping cart. The holder can be concavely shaped to assist in shopping cart nesting in addition to supporting a received infant carrier at a desired angle. The holder can be adjustably mounted to a gate or a basket of the shopping cart and may/may not interfere with nesting operations. The holder permits an infant carrier to be supported on a shopping cart without using a significant amount of shopping cart space or interfering with nesting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFE-STRAP COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9688299
    Abstract: An infant carrier holder has a floor with a ramp and sidewalls and is mounted to a shopping cart. The ramp and sidewalls can contribute to stably supporting an infant carrier. The holder serves as a mechanical interface between an infant carrier, which can be received in the holder, and the shopping cart. The holder can be concavely shaped to assist in shopping cart nesting in addition to supporting a received infant carrier at a desired angle. The holder can be adjustably mounted to a gate or a basket of the shopping cart and may/may not interfere with nesting operations. The holder permits an infant carrier to be supported on a shopping cart without using a significant amount of shopping cart space or interfering with nesting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9540026
    Abstract: An infant carrier holder has a floor with a ramp and sidewalls and is mounted to a shopping cart. The ramp and sidewalls can contribute to stably supporting an infant carrier. The holder serves as a mechanical interface between an infant carrier, which can be received in the holder, and the shopping cart. The holder can be concavely shaped to assist in shopping cart nesting in addition to supporting a received infant carrier at a desired angle. The holder can be adjustably mounted to a gate or a basket of the shopping cart and may/may not interfere with nesting operations. The holder permits an infant carrier to be supported on a shopping cart without using a significant amount of shopping cart space or interfering with nesting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140319889
    Abstract: An infant carrier holder has a floor with a ramp and sidewalls and is mounted to a shopping cart. The ramp and sidewalls can contribute to stably supporting an infant carrier. The holder serves as a mechanical interface between an infant carrier, which can be received in the holder, and the shopping cart. The holder can be concavely shaped to assist in shopping cart nesting in addition to supporting a received infant carrier at a desired angle. The holder can be adjustably mounted to a gate or a basket of the shopping cart and may/may not interfere with nesting operations. The holder permits an infant carrier to be supported on a shopping cart without using a significant amount of shopping cart space or interfering with nesting operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAFE-STRAP COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8789475
    Abstract: A terminator for a pallet guard assembly is composed of a thin panel portion that can enclose a portion of a pallet directly adjacent another structure without spacing the pallet substantially from the structure. The pallet may be enclosed on one or more sides by a pallet guard assembly, with the terminator permitting an open or free side that can be placed directly adjacent a structure while maintaining the pallet guard assembly in position around the pallet. The pallet guard terminator may be constructed to have multiple orientations to permit attachment to the pallet guard assembly members having different orientations. The pallet guard terminator may be constructed to have a single orientation to interfit with specific members of a pallet guard assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M Johnson
  • Patent number: 8528916
    Abstract: An infant seat mounted on a shopping cart permits an infant to be carried while avoiding interference with a nesting function of the shopping cart. The infant seat includes a mounting plate that can be fastened to the shopping cart at a gate that can pivot about an axis to permit the infant seat to pivot with the gate during shopping cart nesting. The infant seat can be mounted to the shopping cart at a desired mounting angle with the optional use of wedges that have particular angles of inclination. The combination of wedges can be used to produce a desired mounting angle for different types of shopping carts to which the infant seat is fastened. Mounting angle indicia can be provided on the infant seat to help determine a proper or desired mounting angle for the infant seat. A gauge to determine a proper or desired mounting angle can be used with the indicia to obtain the desired mounting angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7591510
    Abstract: A seatbelt for a child in a child seat provides a broad range of adjustment by configuring a belt to be threaded through an adjustment cleat with a loose end. The seatbelt adjustment range can be increased by supplying adjustments on two sides of a claspable belt. A sleeve surrounds a portion of the belt to reduce the size of any free loops. The seatbelt retainers can be placed close to one another so that a snug fit for the child in the child seat can be obtained with the seatbelt. The seatbelt configuration provides a secure, simple to manipulate adjustment mechanism that fits a wide range of children for a variety of child seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Giampavolo
  • Patent number: 6408768
    Abstract: A pallet guard includes a plurality of modular pallet guard sections. Each pallet guard section comprises a connecting piece and a wall. The connecting pieces are adjustable. The walls are matable with another pallet guard section so that the pallet guard is adjustable to accommodate varying size pallets and/or spill-over merchandise on the pallet. Each connecting piece may be moveable between a first position, wherein the connecting piece is straight, and a second angled position where the pallet connecting piece forms a corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Safe Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Robert N. Shelton
  • Patent number: 6101687
    Abstract: The child seatbelt assembly is provided on-site as a single piece and includes two nylon web seatbelt portions which latch to each other by way of a releasable buckle. Both seatbelt portions are permanently affixed to strap retainers by means of sewing or attaching permanently through the seatbelt portions or through a sew-tab included as part of the strap retainers. This provides that the seatbelt portions are affixed to the strap retainers regardless of whether or not the strap retainers are in the open or closed position. This further allows the child seatbelt assembly to be provided to an installation site, such as a grocery store, as a single assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Safe Strap Company Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Giampavolo, John S. Pontaoe
  • Patent number: 5564778
    Abstract: A highchair for infants has a support structure having four legs, an infant seat disposed on the support structure adapted to cradle an infant's body so as to provide support for the infant's back from below and to conform to the contour of the back of an infant who is to young to sit up without support with the infant's back in an erect position, the support structure having a height which enables the infant to be supported in the infant seat at a height substantially above floor level, and further including a latch detachably coupling the infant seat to the support structure. When the infant seat is detached a convenient infant carrier is thus provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine R. Shimer, Robert N. Shelton
  • Patent number: 5527096
    Abstract: An infant highchair including a support structure having four legs, respective pairs of the legs each forming an inverted generally U-shaped member, the U-shaped members having an apex region, a molded plastic infant seat, a pair of hubs, each coupled to a side of the infant seat, the hubs each enclosing a mechanism for pivotally attaching the infant seat to the apex region of respective ones of the U-shaped members, the pivoting mechanism defining at least two positions of the infant seat, the positions including an upright position and a reclined position and a locking device being provided for locking the infant seat in each of the positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Safe Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Christine R. Shimer
  • Patent number: D460850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Robert N. Shelton
  • Patent number: D620221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: D648501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: D655880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: D408189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine R. Shimer, Gregory S. Cook
  • Patent number: D669317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: D686664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: D724852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: D770716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson