Patents by Inventor Rex E. Payne, Jr.

Rex E. Payne, Jr. 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: 4433869
    Abstract: A tray and seat are adjustable vertically with respect to a base on a baby walker. Connecting means extending from the tray to the base is associated with a pawl having teeth meshed with a rack on the bottom surface of the tray. The meshed teeth are shaped so that the tray and seat can be elevated with respect to the base only by applying an upward force on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: Dawn Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Rex E. Payne, Jr., Ronald R. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 4415180
    Abstract: First and second frame members on a stroller partially overlap one another and are generally parallel. A latch member is pivotably connected to the first frame member and biased to a position wherein it embraces an end of the second member. The latch member has a cam surface thereon so that finger pressures may be applied to pivot the latch frame member against the spring bias or so that the end of the second member may contact the surface and pivot the latch member whereby the second member will be snapped to a latched position without finger manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Dawn Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Rex E. Payne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4226452
    Abstract: A latch, particularly for a crib or the like, is spring biased to a latched position. A single fastener secures the latch member to a support and guides the latch for reciprocal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Port-A-Crib, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald R. Hoffman, Rex E. Payne, Jr., David Saint