Patents by Inventor Paul K. Meeker

Paul K. Meeker 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: 5407246
    Abstract: A seat for receipt of a child capable of providing exercise and entertainment comprising a seat having a rigid upper support and a lower support therebeneath and a circular bearing surface therebetween, the lower support having leg openings for passage of the legs of a child supported therein. An upper supporting tray has a radially interior opening in a circular configuration for receiving and supporting the seat, the upper supporting tray having a radially exterior periphery with projections extending downwardly therefrom. A bowl-shaped base is provided, the upper periphery of the base having spaced upstanding towers with openings depending from the upper ends thereof. Upstanding posts are also provided, each post having a lower end received within the upper end of a tower, each post having an upper end with a recess for receiving a downwardly depending projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Meeker, William R. Gibson, John C. Riedl
  • Patent number: 5288283
    Abstract: A doorway exerciser comprising a scissor-type spring-biased clamp for securing the exerciser above the upper doorframe and a strap adjustable in length removably secured to the clamp and extending downwardly. The strap passes downwardly into a tube having a compression spring therein, through a slotted plate at the bottom of the spring, and returns upwardly and is secured to itself. The tube is preferably of plastic and has opposed ears extending therefrom with a slotted orifice in each ear. A loop at one end of each of two flexible straps passes through each orifice. The other ends of the straps are removably secured to the ends of slats which support a fabric seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: 5183311
    Abstract: A high chair and/or booster seat is disclosed which comprises two modular side panels, a modular back panel, a modular seat panel, and a tray which is easily assembled and disassembled by interlocking side panels without the use of screws or the like. To assemble, the back panel is interlocked between the two side panels and the seat is interlocked with the side panels and back panel. The seat is adjustable in height to three different positions. The tray is removably secured to the upper edges of the side panels and is adjustable to three different positions along the upper edges of said side panels. A harness system is provided for securing the seat to an adult chair and for securing the child within the chair. The seat may be used alone with or without the tray or may be secured to an adult chair and used with or without the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Meeker, William R. Gibson
  • Patent number: 5181761
    Abstract: A restraining system for a child comprising in combination a child seat having a foot end and a head end and side edges therebetween, the seat having downwardly extending projections with aligned apertures; a base having a front end and a back end and side edges therebetween, the base having upwardly extending projections with aligned apertures; a cylindrical pivot shaft located within the apertures of the seat and base to allow the pivoting of the seat with respect to the base; a latch rod pivotally secured to the base with a latch mounted adjacent to each end thereof, each latch having a plurality of recesses adapted to receive pins of the seat to thereby secure the seat in any one of a plurality of angular positions; and springs to hold the recesses in contact with the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D311281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Spalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D311822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Spalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D311823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Spalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D321449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: Spalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D322001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Spalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D324962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D328239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D329472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Meeker, William R. Gibson
  • Patent number: D329757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Paul K. Meeker
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D329758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Paul K. Meeker
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D330842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Meeker, William R. Gibson
  • Patent number: D336168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D338344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D355533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul K. Meeker
  • Patent number: D355939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Meeker, William R. Gibson, John C. Riedl
  • Patent number: D358730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Meeker, Nora J. Meeker