Patents by Inventor Brian Finnestad
Brian Finnestad 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).
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Patent number: 11511656Abstract: A child restraint system includes a shell including an aperture formed therein. The child restraint system further includes a head support member disposed with at least a portion of the shell. The child restraint system further includes a bumper configured to extend through the aperture and contact a part of the head support member when a force is applied to the bumper.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: MONAHAN PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Roger Hsu, Mark Brian Finnestad
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Publication number: 20220305974Abstract: A child restraint system includes a shell including an aperture formed therein. The child restraint system further includes a head support member disposed with at least a portion of the shell. The child restraint system further includes a bumper configured to extend through the aperture and contact a part of the head support member when a force is applied to the bumper.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Roger Hsu, Mark Brian Finnestad
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Publication number: 20210153656Abstract: A folding chair includes a backrest and a pair of armrests pivotally coupled to the backrest. A pair of rear legs are pivotally coupled to the backrest and define a rear leg angle therebetween. A pair of front legs are pivotally coupled to respective armrests and define a front leg angle therebetween. A pair of wheels are coupled to the backrest. The folding chair is positionable in a deployed configuration wherein distal ends of the rear and front legs are in coplanar alignment. The folding chair is also positionable in a folded configuration wherein distal ends of the rear legs and the front legs are in non-coplanar alignment with each other and the wheels are positioned to roll the folding chair on a support surface. The rear and front leg angles decreasing as the folding chair transitions from the deployed configuration toward the folded configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Robert F. Hudiburg, Jared ROSENTHAL, Brian FINNESTAD, Peter SZUCS, Andrew HABEDANK
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Publication number: 20160059746Abstract: In one embodiment, a base for a child safety seat can comprise a base plate having a top surface for receiving a child car seat and a bottom surface adapted to face towards a vehicle seat. A height adjustment assembly can comprise an actuator, a shaft having a first end attached to the actuator, and a retaining member disposed on the shaft. An adjustable foot adapted to be disposed in the cavity can comprise a locking member on an inner surface. The shaft can have a locked position, wherein the retaining member extends from the shaft and cooperates with the locking member to hold the adjustable foot in a first height position, and an unlocked position, where the retaining member retracts from the locking member to allow free movement of the adjustable foot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Mark Brian Finnestad, William Martin, Feng Bo
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Patent number: 9187014Abstract: A novel infant child restraint system includes a base for an infant safety seat that has a height adjustment to allow the base to assume one of a plurality of positions when mounted to the vehicle seat. In one embodiment, a base for an infant safety seat features a height adjustment assembly that includes a release knob accessible from a top surface, a shaft having a first end that is attached to a release knob, a first retaining member disposed on the shaft, and an adjustable foot adapted to be disposed in a cavity and having a locking member on an inner surface. The shaft has a locked position, wherein the first retaining member cooperates with the locking member to hold the adjustable foot in a first height position, and a second, unlocked position where the first retaining member does not contact the locking member.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Goodbaby Child Product Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mark Brian Finnestad
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Publication number: 20150108312Abstract: A novel infant child restraint system includes a base for an infant safety seat that has a height adjustment to allow the base to assume one of a plurality of positions when mounted to the vehicle seat. In one embodiment, a base for an infant safety seat features a height adjustment assembly that includes a release knob accessible from a top surface, a shaft having a first end that is attached to a release knob, a first retaining member disposed on the shaft, and an adjustable foot adapted to be disposed in a cavity and having a locking member on an inner surface. The shaft has a locked position, wherein the first retaining member cooperates with the locking member to hold the adjustable foot in a first height position, and a second, unlocked position where the first retaining member does not contact the locking member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Mark Brian Finnestad
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Patent number: 8875881Abstract: A container for collecting sharps includes an opening adapted to receive sharps in a substantially vertical orientation, and an interior region for storing sharps received through the opening. The container includes a means for reorienting the sharps into an arrangement in which the sharps lie substantially parallel to one another within the interior region of the container. A method for configuring a sharps collection container includes the step of positioning a contoured surface of a guide element beneath an opening of the container to reorient sharps that are deposited through the opening into an arrangement in which the sharps are stored substantially parallel to one another in the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Covidien AGInventors: Anton M. Smudde, John Japuntich, Mark Brian Finnestad
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Patent number: 8813986Abstract: A closure for a waste receptacle is provided. The closure comprises a moveable component mounted to the closure for movement between a closed position, wherein the moveable component prohibits waste from entering the waste receptacle and an open position wherein the moveable component facilitates the entry of waste into the waste receptacle. A motor is coupled to the moveable component and configured to move the moveable component between the open position and the closed position. A sensor is adapted to transmit a signal when waste is proximal or contacting the closure, wherein the sensor communicates with the motor to move the moveable component between the open position and the closed position to deposit the waste into the waste receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Michael Liscio, Donna Moats, Mark Brian Finnestad, Anthony Trupiano, Charyn Miller, Derek Ottaviano
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Patent number: 8727166Abstract: A lid for covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base. The lid includes a cover having a generally circular opening. The opening including an upper rim surrounding an upper central axis and a lower rim surrounding a lower central axis that is non-co-linear with the upper central axis. The lid includes a generally circular closure sized for blocking the opening. The lid includes a guide extending along the cover. In the open position, the closure is at least partially out of alignment with the opening. In the closed position, a center axis of the closure is aligned with the upper central axis to block the opening. The closure is moveable from the closed position to a locked position in which the center axis of the closure is coincident with the lower central axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Mark Brian Finnestad
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Patent number: 8727162Abstract: A cover for a medical waste disposal receptacle and a method of manufacturing a cover for a medical waste disposal receptacle. The cover generally comprises a body portion configured to substantially close an open end of the receptacle and a lid portion hingedly interconnected to the body portion via an integrally formed hinge extending between the lid portion and a portion of the body portion. The body portion includes a covering surface with an access opening therethrough and at least a first, fixed sloped slide surface depending from the covering surface configured to provide a fixed tortuous path extending from the access opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Covidien AGInventor: M. Brian Finnestad
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Publication number: 20140008364Abstract: A lid for covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base. The lid includes a cover having a generally circular opening. The opening including an upper rim surrounding an upper central axis and a lower rim surrounding a lower central axis that is non-co-linear with the upper central axis. The lid includes a generally circular closure sized for blocking the opening. The lid includes a guide extending along the cover. In the open position, the closure is at least partially out of alignment with the opening. In the closed position, a center axis of the closure is aligned with the upper central axis to block the opening. The closure is moveable from the closed position to a locked position in which the center axis of the closure is coincident with the lower central axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: COVIDIEN LPInventor: Mark Brian Finnestad
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Patent number: 8613366Abstract: A container system is provided with a container having a door mounted for pivotal reciprocation about a door pivot axis between opened and closed positions. The container system also has a carrier with a body receiving the container and an arm coupled to the body for pivotal reciprocation about an arm pivot axis that is oriented substantially parallel to the door pivot axis. The arm engages the door of the container, and the pivotal reciprocation of the arm reciprocates the door of the container between the opened and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Brian Finnestad, John Japuntich, Robert Joseph Panek, Jr., Anton M Smudde
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Patent number: 8584885Abstract: A closure (26) for a medical waste receptacle through which medical waste is deposited is provided. The closure comprises a door (20) forming at least a portion of the passage, wherein the door is formed from a molded thermoplastic material comprising a polyolefin resin, a nucleating agent and a siloxane processing aid.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Mark Brian Finnestad, Piyush J. Reshamwala, Robert A. Brown
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Patent number: 8505769Abstract: A lid covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base including a cover for covering the interior of the base. The cover has an opening for passing medical waste through it. The lid includes a chute for directing medical waste into the interior of the base and a closure for blocking the opening operatively connected to the cover for movement between an open position and a closed position. The lid includes a skirt operatively connected to the closure. The skirt sweeps medical waste on the chute toward the waste receptacle base interior as the closure moves from the closed position to the open position.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Mark Brian Finnestad
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Patent number: 8397933Abstract: A lid covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base. The lid includes an intermediate waste repository connected to the cover. The repository is moveable between a holding position adapted for holding waste segregated from the receptacle base interior, and a dumping position adapted for biasing waste by gravity into the receptacle base interior.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Mark Brian Finnestad
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Patent number: 8393488Abstract: A method of medical waste disposal comprising (a) positioning an open end of a container relative to a hood assembly such that the hood assembly substantially covers the open end of the container; (b) depositing medical waste in the container through a passage defined by the hood assembly until the container is at least partially full; (c) placing a lid over the open end of the container such that the open end is substantially closed; (d) disposing of the container; (e) sterilizing the hood assembly; and (f) repeating step (a).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Covidien AGInventors: John C. Japuntich, Mark Brian Finnestad, Anton M. Smudde
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Patent number: 8333292Abstract: A lid for covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base. The lid includes a cover having a generally circular opening. The opening including an upper rim surrounding an upper central axis and a lower rim surrounding a lower central axis that is non-co-linear with the upper central axis. The lid includes a generally circular closure sized for blocking the opening. The lid includes a guide extending along the cover. In the open position, the closure is at least partially out of alignment with the opening. In the closed position, a center axis of the closure is aligned with the upper central axis to block the opening. The closure is moveable from the closed position to a locked position in which the center axis of the closure is coincident with the lower central axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Mark Brian Finnestad
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Patent number: 8201704Abstract: A container system is provided with a container having a door mounted for pivotal reciprocation about a door pivot axis between opened and closed positions. The container system also has a carrier with a body receiving the container and an arm coupled to the body for pivotal reciprocation about an arm pivot axis that is oriented substantially parallel to the door pivot axis. The arm engages the door of the container, and the pivotal reciprocation of the arm reciprocates the door of the container between the opened and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Inventors: Brian Finnestad, John Japuntich, Robert Joseph Panek, Jr., Anton M. Smudde
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Publication number: 20120037627Abstract: A lid for covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base. The lid includes a cover having a generally circular opening. The opening including an upper rim surrounding an upper central axis and a lower rim surrounding a lower central axis that is non-co-linear with the upper central axis. The lid includes a generally circular closure sized for blocking the opening. The lid includes a guide extending along the cover. In the open position, the closure is at least partially out of alignment with the opening. In the closed position, a center axis of the closure is aligned with the upper central axis to block the opening. The closure is moveable from the closed position to a locked position in which the center axis of the closure is coincident with the lower central axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventor: Mark Brian Finnestad
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Publication number: 20120037628Abstract: A lid covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base. The lid includes an intermediate waste repository connected to the cover. The repository is moveable between a holding position adapted for holding waste segregated from the receptacle base interior, and a dumping position adapted for biasing waste by gravity into the receptacle base interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventor: Mark Brian Finnestad