Patents by Inventor Curtis Hartenstine

Curtis Hartenstine 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).

  • Publication number: 20230311723
    Abstract: An infant car seat system includes an infant car seat with an integrated anchor system to conveniently secure the infant car seat to a vehicle seat, without using a detachable vehicle installation base and without using a vehicle seat belt. The anchor system is coupled to the infant car seat at one or more mechanical constraining points positioned based on the center of gravity of the infant car seat and respective anchor points at which the anchor system engages with vehicle lower anchors. The anchor system may be a rigid anchor system or a belted anchor system, and the system may include one or more of a release actuator for a quick disconnect mechanism, an adjustment foot to accommodate different vehicle seats and ensure a tight fit, and/or one or more storage compartments to store parts of the anchor system when unused. Such features render the infant car seat system particularly useful for ride-hailing and ridesharing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Nathaniel W. Keebler, Curtis Hartenstine, Bruce Williams, Brad Bickley
  • Publication number: 20230242017
    Abstract: An infant car seat system includes an infant car seat with an integrated anchor system to conveniently secure the infant car seat to a vehicle seat, without using a detachable vehicle installation base and without using a vehicle seat belt. The anchor system is coupled to the infant car seat at one or more mechanical constraining points positioned based on the center of gravity of the infant car seat and respective anchor points at which the anchor system engages with vehicle lower anchors. The anchor system may be a rigid anchor system or a belted anchor system, and the system may include one or more of a release actuator for a quick disconnect mechanism, an adjustment foot to accommodate different vehicle seats and ensure a tight fit, and/or one or more storage compartments to store parts of the anchor system when unused. Such features render the infant car seat system particularly useful for ride-hailing and ridesharing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Nathaniel W. Keebler, Curtis Hartenstine, Bruce Williams, Brad Bickley
  • Patent number: 11618353
    Abstract: An infant car seat system includes an infant car seat with an integrated anchor system to conveniently secure the infant car seat to a vehicle seat, without using a detachable vehicle installation base and without using a vehicle seat belt. The anchor system is coupled to the infant car seat at one or more mechanical constraining points positioned based on the center of gravity of the infant car seat and respective anchor points at which the anchor system engages with vehicle lower anchors. The anchor system may be a rigid anchor system or a belted anchor system, and the system may include one or more of a release actuator for a quick disconnect mechanism, an adjustment foot to accommodate different vehicle seats and ensure a tight fit, and/or one or more storage compartments to store parts of the anchor system when unused. Such features render the infant car seat system particularly useful for ride-hailing and ridesharing services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Nathaniel W. Keebler, Curtis Hartenstine, Bruce Williams, Brad Bickley
  • Publication number: 20220250513
    Abstract: An infant car seat system includes an infant car seat with an integrated anchor system to conveniently secure the infant car seat to a vehicle seat, without using a detachable vehicle installation base and without using a vehicle seat belt. The anchor system is coupled to the infant car seat at one or more mechanical constraining points positioned based on the center of gravity of the infant car seat and respective anchor points at which the anchor system engages with vehicle lower anchors. The anchor system may be a rigid anchor system or a belted anchor system, and the system may include one or more of a release actuator for a quick disconnect mechanism, an adjustment foot to accommodate different vehicle seats and ensure a tight fit, and/or one or more storage compartments to store parts of the anchor system when unused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Nathaniel W. Keebler, Curtis Hartenstine, Bruce Williams, Brad Bickley
  • Publication number: 20220194271
    Abstract: An infant car seat system includes an infant car seat with an integrated anchor system to conveniently secure the infant car seat to a vehicle seat, without using a detachable vehicle installation base and without using a vehicle seat belt. The anchor system is coupled to the infant car seat at one or more mechanical constraining points positioned based on the center of gravity of the infant car seat and respective anchor points at which the anchor system engages with vehicle lower anchors. The anchor system may be a rigid anchor system or a belted anchor system, and the system may include one or more of a release actuator for a quick disconnect mechanism, an adjustment foot to accommodate different vehicle seats and ensure a tight fit, and/or one or more storage compartments to store parts of the anchor system when unused. Such features render the infant car seat system particularly useful for ride-hailing and ridesharing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Nathaniel W. Keebler, Curtis Hartenstine, Bruce Williams, Brad Bickley
  • Patent number: 10266077
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat back having a routing opening, a seat bottom connected to the seat back for cooperatively providing a seating space with the seat back, a bridge plate having a slot portion and a bending portion, and a safety harness having a shoulder strap and a central adjusting strap. The shoulder strap has two shoulder strap portions slidably routed from a front side of the seat back to a rear side of the seat back through the routing opening. Two rear ends of the two shoulder strap portions located at the rear side of the seat back are permanently coupled to each other through the slot portion. The central adjusting strap is slidably routed to the rear side of the seat back through the seat bottom to be detachably attached to the bending portion for adjusting tightness of the safety harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Kyle Mason, David Andrew Lehman, Curtis Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10189381
    Abstract: A safety belt assembling device is designed to assemble a child restraint system with a vehicle seat. The safety belt assembling device includes a child restraint having a sunken structure, a panel and a fastener mechanism. The child restraint is connected with the child restraint system. The panel is rotatably disposed on the child restraint and adapted to press a safety belt of the vehicle seat inside the sunken structure. The fastener mechanism includes a locking rod, at least one latching hook and a releasing actuator. The locking rod is disposed inside the sunken structure. The latching hook is rotatably disposed on the panel and utilized to detachably catch on the locking rod. The releasing actuator is rotatably disposed on the panel and connected with the latching hook. The releasing actuator is rotated from a flush position to a protruding position to disengage the latching hook from the locking rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Bruce Williams, Gregory Sellers, David Andrew Lehman, Kyle Mason, R. Scott Anderson, Curtis Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20180134187
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat back having a routing opening, a seat bottom connected to the seat back for cooperatively providing a seating space with the seat back, a bridge plate having a slot portion and a bending portion, and a safety harness having a shoulder strap and a central adjusting strap. The shoulder strap has two shoulder strap portions slidably routed from a front side of the seat back to a rear side of the seat back through the routing opening. Two rear ends of the two shoulder strap portions located at the rear side of the seat back are permanently coupled to each other through the slot portion. The central adjusting strap is slidably routed to the rear side of the seat back through the seat bottom to be detachably attached to the bending portion for adjusting tightness of the safety harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kyle Mason, David Andrew Lehman, Curtis Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20180079330
    Abstract: A safety belt assembling device is designed to assemble a child restraint system with a vehicle seat. The safety belt assembling device includes a child restraint having a sunken structure, a panel and a fastener mechanism. The child restraint is connected with the child restraint system. The panel is rotatably disposed on the child restraint and adapted to press a safety belt of the vehicle seat inside the sunken structure. The fastener mechanism includes a locking rod, at least one latching hook and a releasing actuator. The locking rod is disposed inside the sunken structure. The latching hook is rotatably disposed on the panel and utilized to detachably catch on the locking rod. The releasing actuator is rotatably disposed on the panel and connected with the latching hook. The releasing actuator is rotated from a flush position to a protruding position to disengage the latching hook from the locking rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce Williams, Gregory Sellers, David Andrew Lehman, Kyle Mason, R. Scott Anderson, Curtis Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 9855964
    Abstract: A stroller frame includes a seat pan, an operating handle movably coupled to the seat pan, and two opposite foldable side frame units each including a front leg, a handle rod, a rear leg that has a top end pivotally connected to the handle rod, a bottom leg that has a lower end pivotally connected to the rear leg, and a sliding basket tube that is movably coupled to said seat pan and slidably connected to said rear leg. To unfold the stroller frame, said operating handle is pushed downward to drive said seat pan to pivot downward so that an angle between said front leg and said bottom leg of each of said side frame units increases until said stroller frame is converted from a folded state to an unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Daniel Sack, Curtis Hartenstine, Ryan Miller, Andrew Horst
  • Publication number: 20170247043
    Abstract: A stroller frame includes a seat pan, an operating handle movably coupled to the seat pan, and two opposite foldable side frame units each including a front leg, a handle rod, a rear leg that has a top end pivotally connected to the handle rod, a bottom leg that has a lower end pivotally connected to the rear leg, and a sliding basket tube that is movably coupled to said seat pan and slidably connected to said rear leg. To unfold the stroller frame, said operating handle is pushed downward to drive said seat pan to pivot downward so that an angle between said front leg and said bottom leg of each of said side frame units increases until said stroller frame is converted from a folded state to an unfolded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel SACK, Curtis HARTENSTINE, Ryan MILLER, Andrew HORST
  • Publication number: 20070262566
    Abstract: A collapsible stroller has a frame assembly that is reconfigurable between an in-use configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame assembly has a fold latch on a side of the frame assembly and has two latch parts that are pivotally coupled to one another. A push arm of the frame assembly has a lower end connected to one of the latch parts and is movable with the one latch part relative to the other latch part. The push arm extends upward and rearward to a handle of the stroller. A front leg of the frame assembly has a lower end and extends upward and rearward to an upper end. The front leg is a hollow tube and has a necked-down portion at the upper end received in the other latch part and is movable with the other latch part relative to the one latch part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Hartenstine, Daniel Newhard, Matthew Ransil
  • Publication number: 20070257472
    Abstract: A collapsible stroller has a frame assembly that is reconfigurable between an in-use configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame assembly has a fold latch on a side of the frame assembly and has two latch parts that are pivotally coupled to one another. A plunger is slidable within a cavity in one of the latch parts and has an end extendable from the cavity. A receiver in the other of the latch parts is positioned to receive the end of the plunger in the in-use configuration. A push arm of the frame assembly has a lower end that is connected to the one latch part. The push arm extends upward and rearward to a handle of the frame assembly. A front leg of the frame assembly has a lower end and extends upward and rearward to an upper end that is connected to the other of the latch parts. A support strut of the frame assembly has an upper end that is pivotally coupled to the one latch part at a pivot defining a pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Hartenstine, Daniel Newhard, Matthew Ransil
  • Publication number: 20070204404
    Abstract: The apparatus is a height adjustment assembly for a child's changing table with support tubes inserted into sockets at the top of a supporting structure such as a play yard. A height adjustment fixture external to the support tubes rests on top of the supporting structure and has a vertical series of recesses such as slots or holes and a ring through which the changing table's support tube slides. The changing table has an attached latching device that locks into the recesses to hold the table at several heights above the supporting structure. Alternate embodiments include a structure in which the height adjustment fixture contains the latching device and the recesses are in the changing table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventor: Curtis Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20070204403
    Abstract: The apparatus is a height adjustment assembly for a child's changing table with support tubes inserted into sockets at the top of a supporting structure such as a play yard. A height adjustment fixture external to the support tubes rests on top of the supporting structure and has a vertical series of recesses such as slots or holes and a ring through which the changing table's support tube slides. The changing table has an attached latching device that locks into the recesses to hold the table at several heights above the supporting structure. Alternate embodiments include a structure in which the height adjustment fixture contains the latching device and the recesses are in the changing table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventor: Curtis Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20070057545
    Abstract: A head rest for a car seat used to transport a child in an automobile is positionally adjustable vertically along the seat back on which the head rest is mounted. A latching mechanism, actuated by a button at the top of the head rest, is located within the frame of the head rest and includes a releasable latch engagable with the channels slidably supporting the support rails of the head rest. A retainer clip is mounted at the top of the channels to prevent the head rest from being separated from the seat back once assembled thereon. The head rest includes a pair of laterally spaced wings that are pivotally connected to the rear support portion of the head rest to be positionally adjustable relative to the child's head through an angular displacement of approximately 45 degrees. The pivot mechanism is operable to lock the wings in the selected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Curtis Hartenstine, Sharon Gillett
  • Publication number: 20070057547
    Abstract: A car seat is formed with a seat member pivotally connected to a base member for positional adjustment in desired reclined positions controlled by an intuitively operable adjustment mechanism. The seat back is pivotally connected to the seat member to be oriented in a shipping position or an operative position. A latching mechanism secures the seat back to the seat member in the operative position. The seat back is provided with a head rest that is vertically movable relative to the seat back to uncover routing openings in the seat back as the child grows and the head rest is positioned accordingly. The harness is routed through selected routing openings in the seat back before passing over a hanger at the top of the seat back so that the length of the harness remains constant irrespective of the positioning of the harness in conjunction with the size of the child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Curtis Hartenstine, Sharon Gillett, Robert Haut
  • Publication number: 20070052269
    Abstract: A child safety seat assembly for mounting on a vehicle seat includes: a seat body having two opposite lateral sides; and a buckle-positioning member that is provided on the seat body and that is operable to hold a buckle provided on the vehicle seat at one of the lateral sides of the seat body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Shun-Min Chen, Curtis Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20060255565
    Abstract: A collapsible stroller has a frame assembly with a front, a back, and left and right sides when in an in-use configuration. A seat is positioned between the left and right sides. Each of the left and right sides has an elongate bottom part and each bottom part has a front end and a back end. A back wheel is supported for rotation at the back end of each of the bottom parts. Each of the left and right sides has a front leg with a lower end pivotally connected to the front end of the respective bottom part. Each front leg extends upward from the bottom part and rearward toward the back of the frame assembly and terminates at an upper end. Each of the left and right sides also has a push arm pivotally coupled relative to the upper end of the respective front leg. Each push arm extends upward and rearward from the upper end of the respective front leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Hartenstine, Daniel Newhard, Matthew Ransil
  • Publication number: 20060163847
    Abstract: The apparatus is a child's stroller that maintains all the wheels on the ground while it is being folded. The rear legs are interconnected with but separated from the armrests and move on circular paths, the centers of which are pivot points on the armrests. Therefore, the tops of the rear legs move around to a height different from the position of the front leg pivot point, and the location of the tops of the rear legs are determined by the position of the attached wheels rather by the pivot point of the front legs. Another linkage lowers the canopy support frame as the stroller is being folded in order to reduce the stroller's overall folded length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Curtis Hartenstine, Robert Haut