Patents by Inventor Thomas Baloga

Thomas Baloga 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: 20080067843
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Publication number: 20060138824
    Abstract: A child safety seat, including a seat body having a seat bottom and a seat back. A vehicle seat attachment assembly is carried by the safety seat for securing the safety seat to rigid anchorage units carried by a vehicle proximate to a vehicle seat. The attachment assembly has a transversely-extending coupling assembly carried by the safety seat. First and second connectors are mounted on the coupling assembly for transverse adjustable alignment relative to respective first and second transversely spaced-apart rigid anchorage units. The safety seat may be attached to first and second rigid anchorage units that have differing degrees of spacing between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Publication number: 20050278840
    Abstract: A combination sanitary toilet seat handle and toilet tissue roll holder, which is affixed to the toilet seat ring, whereby the toilet paper roll is used as a renewable sanitary grasping surface for the handle, with which the seat may be raised or lowered without touching the seat ring or lid proper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Baloga
  • Publication number: 20050016232
    Abstract: An anti-theft lock assembly for securing a mobile object such as a baby carriage to an immovable structure such as a pole. The lock assembly includes a lock housing adapted for being securely attached to the carriage, and a lock mechanism positioned in the lock housing for being selectively moved between an engaged locked position and a disengaged unlocked position by a user having access means to operate the lock mechanism. An elongate cable is biased into a normally retracted position by a fixed end thereof in the lock housing. The cable is extensible for being extended around the pole. The cable has a head on a free end thereof for engaging with the lock mechanism in the engaged locked position for encircling and securing the lock assembly and the carriage secured thereto to the pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Baloga
  • Publication number: 20050012372
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Baloga, Adrian Simms