Patents by Inventor Cindy L. Berkey

Cindy L. Berkey 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: 8210610
    Abstract: A child seat for a juvenile product has a seating surface with a first section, a second section, and a seat bight region between the first and second sections. A lap belt is coupled to the child seat near the seat bight region. A first crotch strap is coupled to the child seat on the first section side of the seat bight region and is connectable to the lap belt in a first harness configuration rendering the first section as the seat bottom of the seating surface. The child seat has a removable pad insert with a second crotch strap. With the pad insert installed over the first section of the seating surface, the pad insert positions the second crotch strap on the second section side of the seat bight region. The second crotch strap is connectable to the lap belt in a second harness configuration rendering the second section as the seat bottom of the seating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy L. Berkey, John (Jason) C. Arnold, IV
  • Publication number: 20100231019
    Abstract: A child seat for a juvenile product has a seating surface with a first section, a second section, and a seat bight region between the first and second sections. A lap belt is coupled to the child seat near the seat bight region. A first crotch strap is coupled to the child seat on the first section side of the seat bight region and is connectable to the lap belt in a first harness configuration rendering the first section as the seat bottom of the seating surface. The child seat has a removable pad insert with a second crotch strap. With the pad insert installed over the first section of the seating surface, the pad insert positions the second crotch strap on the second section side of the seat bight region. The second crotch strap is connectable to the lap belt in a second harness configuration rendering the second section as the seat bottom of the seating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy L. Berkey, John (Jason) C. Arnold, IV
  • Patent number: 7614930
    Abstract: A child activity center has a body structure that can be deflated and inflated. The body structure has a bottom end and a top end spaced upward from the bottom end when inflated. An opening is in the top end of the body structure and a child retaining region is accessible through the opening and defined within the body structure when inflated. A sealed air space is in the body structure and an air inlet is in communication with the air space and configured to permit inflation of the body structure. A seat is suspended in the retaining region and configured to support a child in the retaining region above the bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy L. Berkey, Michael A. Dotsey, Thomas J. Pollack, William B. Bellows, Brian Kincaid
  • Publication number: 20030199329
    Abstract: A child swing is described. The swing may have an object hanger for use with the child swing. The object hanger includes a support bar coupled to the seat; and a decorative object coupled to the support bar such that the decorative object is positionable above a child seating area of the seat, wherein motion is imparted to the decorative object by the motion of the swing. The swing may have a display supported by a support member and facing toward a front of the child swing; and function activators supported by the forward facing support member and facing toward the front of the child swing, each function activator activating a function of the swing upon a user activating the activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Steve Wood, Christopher W. Campbell, Sheila Dubell, Gregory Kaplun, Cindy L. Berkey, Dennis R. Stauffer, James M. Dillner
  • Patent number: D412468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy L. Berkey, Devon T. Siesholtz