Patents by Inventor Philip J. Fouts

Philip J. Fouts 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: 11865466
    Abstract: A child play puzzle includes a set of pieces each defining a non-circular aperture therethrough. The child play puzzle also includes a base and a pole extending from the base along a pole axis. The pole sequentially receives each piece of the set of pieces with the pole extending through the aperture of each piece to form a stack of the pieces along the pole. The pole has multiple sections spaced along its length. Each section is of non-circular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the pole axis. At least one of the sections is rotatable about the pole axis with respect to an adjacent one of the sections, such that moving a piece from about the rotatable section to about the adjacent section requires rotationally aligning the rotatable section with the adjacent section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby, Sara Hall Richins
  • Publication number: 20230211229
    Abstract: A separable assembly includes a cellulose member having a side surface and an end face forming an edge with the side surface. The cellulose member defines an elongated sliding track that extends from an end opening at the end face and has a T-shaped transverse cross-section. The cellulose member defines a side opening along the sliding track at the side surface of the cellulose member. The sliding track further defines a detent recess spaced from the end surface and extending into the cellulose member. The separable assembly includes a rigid plastic member having an edge configured to be received within the end opening of the cellulose member and slid along the sliding track with the plastic member extending through the side opening. The plastic member includes a detent protrusion configured to engage the detent recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Creason Rigby, Philip J. Fouts
  • Patent number: 11634934
    Abstract: A door hinge assembly includes: a door frame defining a frame opening and a jamb at one side of the frame opening, the jamb including two frame corners protruding into the frame opening and a jamb brace connecting the two frame corners across the frame opening, the jamb brace defining two spaced-apart hinge holes therethrough; a door movable to selectively provide access through the frame opening, and an elastic cord connecting the door to the door frame, the cord extending sequentially through a first of the two hinge passages, through a first of two passage openings at the jamb edge, through a first of the two hinge holes, across the jamb brace, through a second of the two hinge holes, through a second of the two passage openings at the jamb edge, and through the second of the two hinge passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby
  • Publication number: 20230107814
    Abstract: A children’s puzzle including a rigid frame and a set of removable, rigid, non-interlocking pieces. The rigid frame has two opposite broad sides defining a thickness with multiple recesses which are sized to simultaneously accommodate all of the pieces of the set. Each recess is surrounded by one or more elevated surfaces of the rigid frame. At least one of the recesses on at least one broad side of the rigid frame loosely contains multiple pieces of the set. The recesses of the two opposite broad sides of the rigid frame are arranged differently, so as to form respective arrangements of the pieces of the set when accommodated in the recesses. The pieces each have a flat bottom surface. At least three of the pieces have different perimeter shapes. The pieces are retained in the recesses only by gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby, Sara Hall Richins, Stephen Blaise Lawless
  • Publication number: 20230104388
    Abstract: A child play puzzle includes a set of pieces each defining a non-circular aperture therethrough. The child play puzzle also includes a base and a pole extending from the base along a pole axis. The pole sequentially receives each piece of the set of pieces with the pole extending through the aperture of each piece to form a stack of the pieces along the pole. The pole has multiple sections spaced along its length. Each section is of non-circular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the pole axis. At least one of the sections is rotatable about the pole axis with respect to an adjacent one of the sections, such that moving a piece from about the rotatable section to about the adjacent section requires rotationally aligning the rotatable section with the adjacent section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby, Sara Hall Richins
  • Publication number: 20220049529
    Abstract: A door hinge assembly includes: a door frame defining a frame opening and a jamb at one side of the frame opening, the jamb including two frame corners protruding into the frame opening and a jamb brace connecting the two frame corners across the frame opening, the jamb brace defining two spaced-apart hinge holes therethrough; a door movable to selectively provide access through the frame opening, and an elastic cord connecting the door to the door frame, the cord extending sequentially through a first of the two hinge passages, through a first of two passage openings at the jamb edge, through a first of the two hinge holes, across the jamb brace, through a second of the two hinge holes, through a second of the two passage openings at the jamb edge, and through the second of the two hinge passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby
  • Patent number: 11162285
    Abstract: A door hinge assembly includes: a door frame defining a frame opening and a jamb at one side of the frame opening, the jamb including two frame corners protruding into the frame opening and a jamb brace connecting the two frame corners across the frame opening, the jamb brace defining two spaced-apart hinge holes therethrough; a door movable to selectively provide access through the frame opening, and an elastic cord connecting the door to the door frame, the cord extending sequentially through a first of the two hinge passages, through a first of two passage openings at the jamb edge, through a first of the two hinge holes, across the jamb brace, through a second of the two hinge holes, through a second of the two passage openings at the jamb edge, and through the second of the two hinge passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby
  • Patent number: 10987605
    Abstract: A child development toy including a box and a set of flexible sheets. The box defines an interior compartment and an aperture extending into the interior compartment through a side of the box. Each flexible sheet has a corner with a bounded slit surrounded by material of the sheet configured to receive the corner of another sheet inserted through the slit. The set of sheets is configurable as a chain of sheets. Each two adjacent sheets of the chain is releasably connected by a connection formed by a corner of one of the two adjacent sheets inserted into the slit of the other of the two adjacent sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Roderick Neal Morris, Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Sara Richins, Philip J. Fouts
  • Publication number: 20200347654
    Abstract: A door hinge assembly includes: a door frame defining a frame opening and a jamb at one side of the frame opening, the jamb including two frame corners protruding into the frame opening and a jamb brace connecting the two frame corners across the frame opening, the jamb brace defining two spaced-apart hinge holes therethrough; a door movable to selectively provide access through the frame opening, and an elastic cord connecting the door to the door frame, the cord extending sequentially through a first of the two hinge passages, through a first of two passage openings at the jamb edge, through a first of the two hinge holes, across the jamb brace, through a second of the two hinge holes, through a second of the two passage openings at the jamb edge, and through the second of the two hinge passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby
  • Publication number: 20200346130
    Abstract: A child play pitcher-container set includes a pitcher and a container that defines an interior volume and an upper rim. The pitcher includes a base upon which the pitcher is supportable, a side wall, and a handle. The side wall extends from the base and forms a spout extending outwardly to a spout tip at an upper edge of the side wall, the spout having an outer surface defining in side view a slope. The handle is secured to the side wall opposite the spout. The outer surface of the spout defines a notch extending across the spout at an elevation along the slope. The notch is configured to interface with the upper rim of the container during pouring of liquid from the pitcher to the container. The interior volume is sufficient to receive all liquid volume containable in the pitcher with the pitcher upright on a horizontal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Roderick Neal Morris, Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby, Sara Richins
  • Publication number: 20190308113
    Abstract: A child development toy including a box and a set of flexible sheets. The box defines an interior compartment and an aperture extending into the interior compartment through a side of the box. Each flexible sheet has a corner with a bounded slit surrounded by material of the sheet configured to receive the corner of another sheet inserted through the slit. The set of sheets is configurable as a chain of sheets. Each two adjacent sheets of the chain is releasably connected by a connection formed by a corner of one of the two adjacent sheets inserted into the slit of the other of the two adjacent sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Roderick Neal Morris, Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Sara Richins, Philip J. Fouts
  • Patent number: D896320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby
  • Patent number: D939028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby
  • Patent number: D946341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby
  • Patent number: D951117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Thomas Creason Rigby, Stephen Blaise Lawless
  • Patent number: D977593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Thomas Murray, Stephen Blaise Lawless, Philip J. Fouts
  • Patent number: D980339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Creason Rigby, Seth Thomas Murray, Philip J. Fouts
  • Patent number: D1002747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Israel David Catz, Sara Hall Richins, Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby