Patents by Inventor Christopher Arens

Christopher Arens 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: 5752283
    Abstract: In a playyard of the type having a frame with an upper rail assembly positionable in a horizontal orientation, the frame also including a lower rail assembly positionable in a horizontal orientation beneath the upper rail assembly, the frame also including four vertically extending corner rails with fixed upper and lower corner brackets pivotally coupled to the upper rail assembly and to the lower rail assembly, the playyard also having vertical fabric panels between the upper and lower frame assembly and a horizontal floor panel coupled to the lower extent of the vertical fabric panels and a support for the lower floor panel including a plurality of straps stitched to the lower surface of the floor panel and secured with respect to the lower frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Arens
  • Patent number: 5644806
    Abstract: A playyard system with a handle and wheels comprising a floor separable from a playyard and formed of a plurality of similarly shaped rigid rectangular segments. The floor is adapted to be placed around a collapsed playyard to form a generally rectilinear configuration with an upper end and a lower end. A handle is secured to one of the segments of the floor adjacent to the upper end. The handle includes a gripping portion at the upper extent and a generally rigid intermediate wire formed with parallel vertical extents and an enlarged lower extent. The handle also has associated therewith apertured brackets secured to the floor for allowing for the sliding of the wire within the brackets to lower the handle toward the floor when in the stowed orientation and to raise the handle from the floor when in the elevated orientation for transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: James F. Mariol
    Inventors: John V. Mariol, Christopher Arens