Patents by Inventor Steve Wood

Steve Wood 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).

  • Publication number: 20040198515
    Abstract: A non-motorized object hanger for use with a swing having a seat hanger tube supported from a hub and a seat coupled to the seat hanger tube. The object hanger comprises a support member coupled to one of the seat hanger tube and seat. A hanger is coupled to the support member. A decorative object is coupled to the hanger, wherein motion is imparted to the support member by the motion of the swing. Another embodiment provides the support member is offset from the axis of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Wood, Dennis Stauffer, Jesslyn E. Tankel
  • Publication number: 20040198513
    Abstract: A non-motorized object hanger for use with a swing having a seat hanger tube supported from a hub and a seat coupled to the seat hanger tube. The object hanger comprises a support member coupled to one of the seat hanger tube and seat. A hanger is coupled to the support member. A decorative object is coupled to the hanger, wherein motion is imparted to the support member by the motion of the swing. Another embodiment provides the support member is offset from the access of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Wood, Dennis Stauffer, Jesslyn E. Tankel
  • Patent number: 6705950
    Abstract: A non-motorized object hanger for use with a swing having a seat hanger tube supported from a hub and a seat coupled to the seat hanger tube. The object hanger comprises a support member coupled to one of the seat hanger tube and seat. A hanger is coupled to the support member. A decorative object is coupled to the hanger, wherein motion is imparted to the support member by the motion of the swing. Another embodiment provides the support member is offset from the access of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Wood, Dennis Stauffer, Jesslyn E. Tankel
  • Publication number: 20030199328
    Abstract: A non-motorized object hanger for use with a swing having a seat hanger tube supported from a hub and a seat coupled to the seat hanger tube. The object hanger comprises a support member coupled to one of the seat hanger tube and seat. A hanger is coupled to the support member. A decorative object is coupled to the hanger, wherein motion is imparted to the support member by the motion of the swing. Another embodiment provides the support member is offset from the access of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Steve Wood, Dennis Stauffer, Jesslyn E. Tankel
  • Publication number: 20030199329
    Abstract: A child swing is described. The swing may have an object hanger for use with the child swing. The object hanger includes a support bar coupled to the seat; and a decorative object coupled to the support bar such that the decorative object is positionable above a child seating area of the seat, wherein motion is imparted to the decorative object by the motion of the swing. The swing may have a display supported by a support member and facing toward a front of the child swing; and function activators supported by the forward facing support member and facing toward the front of the child swing, each function activator activating a function of the swing upon a user activating the activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Steve Wood, Christopher W. Campbell, Sheila Dubell, Gregory Kaplun, Cindy L. Berkey, Dennis R. Stauffer, James M. Dillner
  • Patent number: 6098241
    Abstract: An accessory holder for a vacuum cleaner having a base member for supporting a plurality of vacuum accessories. The base member has a pair of arms for attaching the holder to a support structure on the vacuum cleaner. The arms include a tapered wedge projecting from the base member for intermeshing with a tapered channel in the support structure to provide a frictional retaining attachment of the base member to the support structure. The holder further includes a cradle portion extending from the base member for selectively engaging a portion of the vacuum cleaner wand to detachably secure the holder to the wand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Rexair, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Wood
  • Patent number: 6032328
    Abstract: A crevice cleaning tool having an elongated hollow body portion extending between a first end configured for attachment to a wand of a vacuum cleaner and a second end providing an opening for passage of vacuum cleaning air. The body portion has a base section slidably coupled to an extension section for movement between a retracted and extended position and a locking mechanism selectively locks the extension section to the base section in each of the retracted and extended positions. The body portion includes a first air channel for providing passage of vacuum cleaning air through the body and a second air channel adjacent the body portion extending to the opening of the second end to provide a secondary air inlet into the body portion. A passageway passes between the first and second air channels for providing fluid communication therebetween and to prevent blockage of vacuum cleaning air through the opening of the second end into the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Rexair, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Grant Harmon, Steve Wood
  • Patent number: 5943731
    Abstract: An accessory holder for a vacuum cleaner having a base member for supporting a plurality of vacuum accessories. The base member has a pair of arms for attaching the holder to a support structure on the vacuum cleaner. The arms include a tapered wedge projecting from the base member for intermeshing with a tapered channel in the support structure to provide a frictional retaining attachment of the base member to the support structure.The holder further includes a cradle portion extending from the base member for selectively engaging a portion of the vacuum cleaner wand to detachably secure the holder to the wand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Rexair, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Wood
  • Patent number: D419731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Rexair, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Bates, Gert Trauernicht, John Costello, Steve Wood