Patents by Inventor Adrian Simms

Adrian Simms has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7429079
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Publication number: 20080067843
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Patent number: 7322649
    Abstract: A child safety seat, including a seat body having a seat bottom and a seat back. A vehicle seat attachment assembly is carried by the safety seat for securing the safety seat to rigid anchorage units carried by a vehicle proximate to a vehicle seat. The attachment assembly has a transversely-extending coupling assembly carried by the safety seat. First and second connectors are mounted on the coupling assembly for transverse adjustable alignment relative to respective first and second transversely spaced-apart rigid anchorage units. The safety seat may be attached to first and second rigid anchorage units that have differing degrees of spacing between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Patent number: 7300113
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Publication number: 20060138824
    Abstract: A child safety seat, including a seat body having a seat bottom and a seat back. A vehicle seat attachment assembly is carried by the safety seat for securing the safety seat to rigid anchorage units carried by a vehicle proximate to a vehicle seat. The attachment assembly has a transversely-extending coupling assembly carried by the safety seat. First and second connectors are mounted on the coupling assembly for transverse adjustable alignment relative to respective first and second transversely spaced-apart rigid anchorage units. The safety seat may be attached to first and second rigid anchorage units that have differing degrees of spacing between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Publication number: 20050012372
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Publication number: 20040004377
    Abstract: A combination of a product having a rigid structure, such as a child safety seat, and a visible information carrier, wherein the product has a recess in the structure and an anchorage secured to the structure, the visible information carrier is dimensioned so as to fit on to the recess and a flexible tether connecting the visible information carrier to the anchorage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Tyson M. Pettigrew, Adrian Simms