Patents by Inventor James M. F. Hutchinson

James M. F. Hutchinson 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: 10266078
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and an extension member. The seat shell has a seat portion and a backrest, the seat portion having a front end opposite to the backrest. The extension member is pivotally connected with the seat shell, and is rotatable relative to the seat shell between a retracted position where the extension member is stowed in the seat shell and a deployed position where the extension member deploys forward beyond the front end of the seat shell to expand a leg room at a front of the child safety seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Curtis M. F. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10252646
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an extension member connected with the seat shell, and a front and a rear foot respectively connected with the seat shell and movably linked to the extension member. The seat shell has a bottom surface capable of resting on a vehicle seat. The extension member is movable between a first position where a forward end of the extension member extends forward from the front end of the seat shell, and a second position where the extension member is retracted toward the seat shell. The front foot and the rear foot are movable relative to the seat shell to adjust the seat shell between a first and a second angular position, the seat shell being in the first and second angular position when the extension member is respectively in the first and second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Kyle S. Mason
  • Publication number: 20180370392
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell adapted to receive a child, a belt tightener and a latching mechanism. The seat shell defines a first and a second belt path, the first belt path being configured to receive an anchoring belt for attaching the child safety seat in a forward facing position on a vehicle seat, and the second belt path being configured to receive an anchoring belt for attaching the child safety seat in a rearward facing position on a vehicle seat. The belt tightener is pivotally connected with the seat shell, and is adjustable between a first position for clamping an anchoring belt disposed along the first belt path, and a second position for clamping an anchoring belt disposed along the second belt path. The latching mechanism is operable to lock the belt tightener in the first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Clyde S. HARMES, V, James M.F. HUTCHINSON
  • Publication number: 20180264977
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a support base having a stop, a sliding carriage, a rotary platform having a follower part, and a child seat. The sliding carriage is slidable relative to the support base between a retracted and an extended position, and the child seat and the rotary platform are rotatable together relative to the sliding carriage and the support base between a forward and a rearward facing position. While the sliding carriage is in a position other than the retracted position, a rotational movement of the child seat and the rotary platform is limited by a contact between the follower part and the stop that keeps the child seat and the rotary platform apart from the forward facing position, and the stop is located outside a travel path of the follower part when the sliding carriage is in the retracted position for rotation of the rotary platform to the forward facing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott ANDERSON, James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Clyde V. HARMES
  • Publication number: 20180001797
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an extension member and a foot. The seat shell has a bottom surface capable of resting stably on a vehicle seat. The extension member is connected with the seat shell, and is configurable between a first position where a forward end of the extension member extends forward from a front end of the seat shell, and a second position where the extension member is retracted toward the seat shell. The foot is connected with the seat shell and is disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the seat shell, the foot being movably linked to the extension member. The foot and the seat shell are movable relative to each other to adjust the seat shell between at least a first and a second angular position, the second angular position being reclined rearward relative to the first angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Robert E. HAUT, Kyle S. MASON
  • Publication number: 20180001800
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a shell having a seat portion and a backrest, and a seat board assembled with the shell, the seat board being disposed on the seat portion so that a child placed in the child safety seat sits on the seat board, the seat board being slidable relative to the shell toward or away from the backrest. The seat board can be thereby configurable as an extension member that is movable relative to the shell for adjusting a leg room for a child sitting on the seat board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Robert E. HAUT, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Publication number: 20180001799
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and an extension member. The seat shell has a seat portion and a backrest, the seat portion having a front end opposite to the backrest. The extension member is pivotally connected with the seat shell, and is rotatable relative to the seat shell between a retracted position where the extension member is stowed in the seat shell and a deployed position where the extension member deploys forward beyond the front end of the seat shell to expand a leg room at a front of the child safety seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Robert E. HAUT, Curtis M.F. HARTENSTINE
  • Publication number: 20180001798
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an extension member connected with the seat shell, and a front and a rear foot respectively connected with the seat shell and movably linked to the extension member. The seat shell has a bottom surface capable of resting on a vehicle seat. The extension member is movable between a first position where a forward end of the extension member extends forward from the front end of the seat shell, and a second position where the extension member is retracted toward the seat shell. The front foot and the rear foot are movable relative to the seat shell to adjust the seat shell between a first and a second angular position, the seat shell being in the first and second angular position when the extension member is respectively in the first and second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Robert E. HAUT, Kyle S. MASON
  • Publication number: 20170355287
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a support base, a rotary platform and a child seat. The support base is suitable for placement on a vehicle seat and includes an anchoring portion and a bearing portion connected with each other, the anchoring portion having a belt path for passage of a fastening belt to attach the child safety seat on a vehicle seat. The rotary platform is pivotally connected with the bearing portion of the support base about a pivot axis. The child seat is connected with the rotary platform, wherein the child seat, the rotary platform and the bearing portion are movable in unison relative to the anchoring portion, and the child seat and the rotary platform are rotatable in unison as a seat unit relative to the support base between a plurality of positions including a forward facing position, a rearward facing position and a sideways facing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott ANDERSON, James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Clyde V. HARMES
  • Publication number: 20170355284
    Abstract: A child safety seat is for use on a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a safety belt. The child safety seat includes a seat base, a seat panel, and a seat body. The seat base has a seat assembly portion and a backrest portion. The seat panel is openably pivoted to the seat assembly portion for rotating between an open position and a closed position. The seat body is disposed on the seat panel. When the seat panel rotates to the open position, the safety belt passes over the seat base for attaching the seat base to the vehicle seat. When the seat panel rotates to the closed position, the seat panel clamps the safety belt cooperatively with the seat base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: James M.F. Hutchinson, R. Scott Anderson, CLYDE S. HARMES, V
  • Patent number: 9840169
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a side provided with an elongated slot, an anchor strap portion routed through the seat shell, and a retractor disposed on the side of the seat shell. The anchor strap portion is movable back and forth along the elongated slot relative to the seat shell, the anchor strap portion being connected with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle. Moreover, the anchor strap portion has one end assembled with the retractor, the fastener being connected with the anchor strap portion at a location between the elongated slot and the retractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: BP Children's Products HK Co., Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, James M. F. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 9789791
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a seat portion and a backrest, the seat portion having a front end opposite to the backrest, and an extension member connected with the seat shell and having a forward end. The extension member is configurable between a first position where the forward end deploys forward away from the front end of the seat shell, and a second position in which the extension member is retracted toward or removed from the seat shell. The child safety seat has a rear facing configuration of installation, and the forward end of the extension member when in the first position is configured to provide abuttal contact against a seatback of the vehicle seat in the rear facing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Kyle S. Mason, Gregory S. Sellers, Robert E. Haut
  • Patent number: 9758068
    Abstract: A child restraint with recline includes a base, a seat slidably disposed thereon, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is disposed in the base and the seat correspondingly and includes a pawl, two actuators, and a plurality of holes. The pawl is biased to protrude out to be selectively inserted into one of the plurality of holes. Each actuator includes a manipulation portion and a connecting portion kinematically connecting the manipulation portion and the pawl. The manipulation portions are exposed at the front side and rear sides of the child restraint respectively. The manipulation portion of each actuator is operable to independently drive the pawl through the connecting portion to disengage from the hole which the pawl is engaged with. The recline angle of the seat relative to the base can be adjusted by manipulating the manipulation portions from the front side or rear side of the child restraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, James M. F. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 9688167
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having one side provided with an elongated slot, an anchor strap portion restrictedly held with the seat shell, and a storage pocket provided on the side of the seat shell. The slot communicates with a first opening near a front of the seat shell, and a second opening near a rear of the seat shell. The anchor strap portion is connected with a fastener that is operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle, the anchor strap portion being movable along the slot between a first position adjacent to the first opening, and a second position adjacent to the second opening. The storage pocket is sized to receive the fastener and the anchor strap portion for storage, the storage pocket being adjacent to the elongated slot and located between the first and second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: BP Children's Products HK Co. Limited
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Kyle S. Mason
  • Publication number: 20160375803
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having one side provided with an elongated slot, an anchor strap portion restrictedly held with the seat shell, and a storage pocket provided on the side of the seat shell. The slot communicates with a first opening near a front of the seat shell, and a second opening near a rear of the seat shell. The anchor strap portion is connected with a fastener that is operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle, the anchor strap portion being movable along the slot between a first position adjacent to the first opening, and a second position adjacent to the second opening. The storage pocket is sized to receive the fastener and the anchor strap portion for storage, the storage pocket being adjacent to the elongated slot and located between the first and second openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: BP CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS HK CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Kyle S. MASON
  • Publication number: 20160375804
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a side provided with an elongated slot, an anchor strap portion routed through the seat shell, and a retractor disposed on the side of the seat shell. The anchor strap portion is movable back and forth along the elongated slot relative to the seat shell, the anchor strap portion being connected with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle. Moreover, the anchor strap portion has one end assembled with the retractor, the fastener being connected with the anchor strap portion at a location between the elongated slot and the retractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: BP CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS HK CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, James M.F. HUTCHINSON
  • Publication number: 20160368400
    Abstract: A child restraint with recline includes a base, a seat slidably disposed thereon, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is disposed in the base and the seat correspondingly and includes a pawl, two actuators, and a plurality of holes . The pawl is biased to protrude out to be selectively inserted into one of the plurality of holes. Each actuator includes a manipulation portion and a connecting portion kinematically connecting the manipulation portion and the pawl. The manipulation portions are exposed at the front side and rear sides of the child restraint respectively. The manipulation portion of each actuator is operable to independently drive the pawl through the connecting portion to disengage from the hole which the pawl is engaged with. The recline angle of the seat relative to the base can be adjusted by manipulating the manipulation portions from the front side or rear side of the child restraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, James M.F. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 9381834
    Abstract: The child safety seat disclosed in the present invention includes a seatback, a headrest and a belt. The headrest is disposed on the seatback, and is adapted to move relative to the seatback up and down. The headrest includes an inclined guiding portion disposed on a bottom portion of the headrest, and an indentation of the inclined guiding portion points upward. The belt is disposed between the seatback and the headrest. The belt slidably contacts the headrest when a passenger sits the child safety seat and is constrained by the belt, and the headrest moves downwardly so that the inclined guiding portion drives the belt to be close to a center of the headrest. A height of the headrest is adjustable, a shoulder belt of the belt automatically moves when the height of the headrest is adjusted, and the neck of the passenger can be constrained by the shoulder belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: James M.F. Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20160114706
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a seat portion and a backrest, the seat portion having a front end opposite to the backrest, and an extension member connected with the seat shell and having a forward end. The extension member is configurable between a first position where the forward end deploys forward away from the front end of the seat shell, and a second position in which the extension member is retracted toward or removed from the seat shell. The child safety seat has a rear facing configuration of installation, and the forward end of the extension member when in the first position is configured to provide abuttal contact against a seatback of the vehicle seat in the rear facing configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Kyle S. MASON, Gregory S. SELLERS, Robert E. HAUT
  • Patent number: 9155396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cup holder assembly adapted for a seat and the seat with the cup holder assembly. The cup holder assembly includes a lateral cover installed on a lateral side of the seat, a main body, and a connection portion connected to a lateral side of the main body. The connection portion hangs on the lateral cover so as to hang the main body on the lateral cover, and a cup can be disposed inside the main body of the cup holder assembly. It not only has simple structure and convenient operation but also can prevent from overturning the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: BP Children's Products HK Co., Limited
    Inventors: James M.F. Hutchinson, Kyle Mason