Patents by Inventor John P. Kearney

John P. Kearney 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: 6692072
    Abstract: A booster seat comprises a base having a lower surface sized to rest upon a chair seat and an upper surface generally parallel to the lower surface, a seat back hinged connected to the base at a rearward portion of the booster seat and constructed to be folded toward and secured against the base for storage, an adjustable strap extending from the booster seat a length sufficient to secure the booster seat upon a chair, wherein the upper surface and the lower surface are spaced apart by at least about 1 inch when supporting a child weighing about 20 pounds thereupon to provide an elevated seating position, and wherein, with the seat back folded against the upper surface of the base for storage, the booster seat has an overall thickness, measured perpendicularly to the lower surface of the base, of less than about 3 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Nelson, Gerry J. Kaeblein, Vincent J. DeSanto, John P. Kearney, Dana L. Padula, Kyle A. Nanna, Susan M. Grassel, James J. Britto
  • Publication number: 20020167214
    Abstract: A booster seat comprises a base having a lower surface sized to rest upon a chair seat and an upper surface generally parallel to the lower surface, a seat back hingedly connected to the base at a rearward portion of the booster seat and constructed to be folded toward and secured against the base for storage, an adjustable strap extending from the booster seat a length sufficient to secure the booster seat upon a chair, wherein the upper surface and the lower surface are spaced apart by at least about 1 inch when supporting a child weighing about 20 pounds thereupon to provide an elevated seating position, and wherein, with the seat back folded against the upper surface of the base for storage, the booster seat has an overall thickness, measured perpendicularly to the lower surface of the base, of less than about 3 inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Elizabeth Nelson, Gerry J. Kaelblein, Vincent J. DeSanto, John P. Kearney, Dana L. Padula, Kyle A. Nanna, Susan M. Grassel, James J. Britto
  • Patent number: 4366957
    Abstract: An upright rearwardly inclined game-piece receiving panel is carried by a panel receiving socket in a base and is movable to a vertical position by a biasing spring acting on the socket. Game-pieces applied to the panel are ejected therefrom upon the expiration of a predetermined period of time when a timer mechanism also carried by the base member releases a latch mechanism holding the socket inclined against the bias of the spring. The panel is preferably shaped like a human head. The game-pieces preferably resemble facial features and have bases shaped complementary to recesses formed in the panel at appropriate locations and are selected by the player as a component of a face by reference to a design on a card. The game is won by first selecting the appropriate game pieces and applying them to the panel to produce the prescribed composite design and then manually stopping the timer mechanism before it causes the game-pieces to be ejected from the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: Leisure Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary T. Aldcroft, Robert L. Claussen, A. Edward Fogarty, Bonnie R. Fogarty, John P. Kearney
  • Patent number: D291790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Coleco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Clarke, Paul S. Santarsiero, John P. Kearney
  • Patent number: D293901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Coleco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Clarke, Paul S. Santarsiero, John P. Kearney