Infant's Toy And Means For Retaining, Attaching, Or Supporting Toy In Infant's Environment Patents (Class 446/227)
  • Patent number: 10981077
    Abstract: An infant play mat with a flexible central mat portion having a fabric surface that forms a first infant play area including multiple flexible flaps. The infant play mat has a polygonal perimeter with multiple straight edges, with two of the edges defining a corner therebetween. Multiple flexible flaps extend from a respective one of the perimeter edges and define a fold line. Each flap has an upper flap surface exposed when the flap is extended, and hidden when the play mat is folded at the fold line to cover a region of the central mat portion. The central mat portion and lower surfaces of the flaps together form a second infant play area when the play mat is folded at all of the fold lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Roderick Neal Morris, Seth Thomas Murray
  • Patent number: 10966557
    Abstract: An eating utensil organizer is provided having a base providing a lower support surface adapted to provide a stabilized surface for placement on a table or high chair tray. The housing forms an outer perimeter, and a vertical housing support connects the housing to the base. A plurality of utensil supports each connect a utensil to the outer perimeter in a cantilevered fashion. The lower support surface may include an attachment mechanism such as a suction cup or a weighted ballast. A rotatable hinge allows the housing to rotate radially relative to the base in a manner adapted to allow access to each of said utensil supports. Each utensil support is tethered between the housing and a utensil to a length sufficiently short such as to prevent the utensil from hitting a floor if dropped from a table top or high chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Kristin Gieck
  • Patent number: 10940363
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to a device and method of using the device for shoulder rehabilitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Abraham Valdez, Joshu Raiten
  • Patent number: 10706705
    Abstract: A child monitor device system which collects visual and audio data at a first location [and also transmits visual and auditory signals at this first location], ideally a baby's crib, then provides access to [and displays] this data at a second location (e.g. a touchscreen monitor-&-speaker-system on the dashboard of a parent's vehicle) via specially-tailored systems and device(s) which additionally alert the parent to hazards, and wherein the monitor device system may be detached and moved to a third location (e.g. a car's back seat) so the parent can continuously monitor [and entertain] the child throughout the day. The device itself is portable via removable couplings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventor: Paula Holt
  • Patent number: 10486076
    Abstract: An infant play mat with a flexible central mat portion having a fabric surface that forms a first infant play area including multiple flexible flaps. The infant play mat has a polygonal perimeter with multiple straight edges, with two of the edges defining a corner therebetween. Multiple flexible flaps extend from a respective one of the perimeter edges and define a fold line. Each flap has an upper flap surface exposed when the flap is extended, and hidden when the play mat is folded at the fold line to cover a region of the central mat portion. The central mat portion and lower surfaces of the flaps together form a second infant play area when the play mat is folded at all of the fold lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Roderick Neal Morris, Seth Thomas Murray
  • Patent number: 10456701
    Abstract: A child activity center includes a tabletop having a top play surface and a bottom surface opposite the top play surface, and a central opening. A plurality of legs, are attached to tabletop and a lower platform is attached to the legs by a plurality of straps that are connected to the platform. A child seat is advantageously removably attached to the tabletop via over the central opening, in one form. Optional unique clips attach toys to the tabletop and one or more optional openings or windows in the tabletop allow an infant to see through the tabletop to the observe objects therebelow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: John Healy, Benjamin Bearsch, Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: 10323789
    Abstract: An infant item holder for holding one or more infant items. The infant item holder may include a base with a passage. The infant item holder may also include an elongated member that is longer than the passage and includes first and second ends. The elongated member may be positioned in the passage with the first end extending from a first side of the passage and the second end extending from a second side of the passage. The elongated member may be movably positioned within the passage and adjustable between a first orientation with the first end in closer proximity to the base than the second end, and a second orientation with the second end in closer proximity to the base than the first end. Infant items may be positioned at the ends of the elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Julie Tabor Thompson
  • Patent number: 10076197
    Abstract: A baby blanket for keeping a baby warm and having a detachable burp cloth. The present baby blanket preserves a baby's body heat, thereby keeping the baby warm, yet allows for non-confining, natural movement of the baby's arms and hands. Further, the present blanket of the present invention includes a detachable burping cloth, and, in one embodiment, includes a coordinating cap, sometimes referred to as a beanie or toboggan, that includes a strap for securing a pacifier to the cap. The blanket conforms to the infant's body providing warmth and comfort for the baby and peace of mind for the mom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Inventor: Lisa Montanari
  • Patent number: 9741268
    Abstract: A point of purchase display for coupling to a commercial product on display at a retail store. The point of purchase display includes a flexible and wrinkle-resistant sheet material having indicia displayed thereon and at least one coupling member for coupling the sheet material to the commercial product. In example forms, the indicia being displayed on the sheet material is provided for advertisement or instructional purposes of the commercial product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventor: Anthony Stephanopoulos
  • Patent number: 9526230
    Abstract: A pet toy is constructed of a resilient material that stretches and returns to its original shape when at rest. The toy further has a spiral, coiled, or wound shape that channels or directs stretch in a particular direction. The toy has stretch or shape-changing ability and can change in length by one and one-half times or more. In some instances an object can be used with the toy and be retained within an interior space of the toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Zigoo LLC
    Inventor: Steven Z. Day
  • Patent number: 9464646
    Abstract: A male inserter and a female receiver fixed to a toy bar and a child-support device for relative movement between upright locked and inclined unlocked positions. The male inserter includes a lock element and the female receiver includes a catch surface. In the upright unlocked position, the male inserter can pass through the female receiver. But in the inclined locked position, the lock element engages and locks against the catch surface. If a child in the child-support device pulls down and/or forward on the toy bar in the locked position, it does not move to the unlocked position. But an upward lifting force applied to the toy bar causes it to pivot from the locked position to the unlocked position and to then detach from the child-support device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Burns, Mark Mendes
  • Patent number: 9295920
    Abstract: Provided is an infant toy mobile including a hub rotatable about a first axis and at least one object support articulated to the hub and being configured for articulation thereto of at least two geometric objects, and further being configured for rotation with respect to the hub about a second axis different from the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: TINY LOVE LTD.
    Inventors: Frederik Meir Aboukrat, Ido Segal
  • Patent number: 9282388
    Abstract: The present invention is a sound system made from a repurposed vessel. The repurposed vessel is separated into two or more pieces for installation of a speaker assembly and then the pieces are put back in their original form. A hole is created in the vessel wall through which sound waves may pass. The speaker assembly has a connector allowing connection to an audio source. The space between the top and bottom pieces and the speaker assembly may be adjusted to tune for a desired frequency response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: Adam Stephen Wegener
  • Patent number: 9149732
    Abstract: A mobile or stabile has rotatable elements comprising a solar cell, a beam, and an electric motor. The solar cell is electrically connected to the electric motor in the same rotatable element. The rotatable elements are linked by attaching the rotating shaft of the electric motor of one rotatable element to the beam of the rotatable element above. Each rotatable element produces its own movement. When a solar cell receives light it powers the connected electric motor to rotate its rotatable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Lloyd Kent Konneker
  • Patent number: 9011196
    Abstract: A developmental toy for infants including an infant support surface having an open and a folded operative orientation, a first pair of circumferential elements associated therewith and having an open and a folded operative orientation and a second pair of elements, generally similar in configuration to the first pair of circumferential elements, arranged to support toy objects above the infant support surface and having an open and a folded operative orientation and a locking assembly for selectably locking the first and second pairs of circumferential elements in their respective open operative orientations, the open operative orientation of the infant support surface being an angular separation of 180 degrees, the open operative orientation of the first pair of circumferential elements being an angular separation of 180 degrees and the open operative orientation of the first pair of circumferential elements being an angular separation of substantially less than 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Global Marketing Enterprise (GME) Ltd.
    Inventors: Zafrira Weisman, Roni Golos
  • Patent number: 8992283
    Abstract: This present invention relates generally to an infant seat and, in particular, to an infant seat that provides a stable, enhanced seating position for an infant and includes a sensory stimulus unit with a slide switch that, when actuated, effectuates a change in visual appearance of the stimulus unit and a corresponding change in the sensory output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Piwko, Jr., John F. Rhein, Michael Thomas Kane
  • Patent number: 8992282
    Abstract: A toy which simply yet uniquely varies the height and curvature of a flexible ramp uniquely supported on a pivoting ramp frame. The toy includes a frame for resting on a horizontal surface, spaced apart horizontally and extending upwardly from the frame defining an open area therebetween above the frame, and first and second pivoting assemblies at the frame engaging first and second arm members for adjustably pivoting the arm members between varying angles with respect to the frame. A bendable ramp is adjustably supported at the frame, secured to the arm members and sitting in the open area defined by the arm members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Nash Desent, John Boyce
  • Patent number: 8968048
    Abstract: An infant activity device comprising two or more arches configured for creating an activity space therebelow defined by a location of articulation of the arches, and further comprising an arch configuration member configured for displacement between different articulation configurations of the arches by sliding with respect to at least one arch and further configured for retaining the arches at any desired articulation configuration to thereby alter the activity space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tiny Love Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoshana Oren, Fredrik Aboukrat, Giora Shachal
  • Patent number: 8936502
    Abstract: Sensory wall systems are provided. In one embodiment, a sensory wall system includes one or more middle sections, one or more end sections, and an insert panel. The one or more middle sections have sides that are configurable to be attached to other middle sections or to the end sections. The one or more end sections are connected to the one or more middle sections. The insert panel is within the one or more middle sections and includes an activity for a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Steven G. King, Thomas L. Keller
  • Publication number: 20150017871
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for retaining and storing a child's pacifier or teething-ring are provided wherein a flexible pocket can store a pacifier/teething-ring when not in use and a tether can be used to retain the pacifier/teething-ring to child's clothing whether or not the pacifier/teething ring is in use. In some embodiments, the pocket can be formed in a caddy which can comprise, or can be retrofit to, a tether having a clothing fastening means at one end and a pacifier/teething-ring fastening means at the other, wherein the tether has sufficient length for the attached pacifier/teething-ring to be placed in the pocket, or in the child's mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Janet Noreen Deane
  • Publication number: 20150004872
    Abstract: What is presented is a device that is aesthetically attractive to juveniles of all ages. The device comprises a flexible fabric body, which is shaped to not block the nasal passages of a juvenile when using the device. The body has a first end and a second end. The first end has a detachable secure holder that releasably fastens to the body, creating an attachment site at the first end. The detachable secure holder is also adapted to attach a pacifier to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Raquel Lynn Taylor
  • Patent number: 8920208
    Abstract: A collapsible play gym for infants, the gym having a base and a bar assembly. The bar assembly includes an array of permanently attached flexible bars that are collapsible to a compact aligned configuration for storage and transport. The bars can be flexed into an upright configuration for suspending toys or other entertainment items over the base, and the bar assembly retained in the upright configuration by releasable attachments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventor: Brittany Elson
  • Publication number: 20140370778
    Abstract: A toy support including a connecting element disposed at first end of the toy support, a stopper element disposed at a second end of the toy support opposite the first, at least one flexible member disposed between the first end and the second end, and at least one rigid member disposed between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Amanda M. Sinclair-Nitschke
  • Patent number: 8882557
    Abstract: A child play gym system includes a canopy that may be formed by a number of rods. A canopy track may be fixedly coupled to a particular rod, and a canopy clip may be slidingly coupled with the canopy track. A base may be coupled to the canopy so that the canopy arches over the base. A base track may be fixedly coupled to the base, and a base clip may be slidingly coupled with the base track. An item may include a body and a coupling member and may be coupled to the body by a tether. The coupling member may be resilient so that the item may be coupled to the canopy clip or the pad clip when the coupling member is compressed and inserted within an opening of the one of the clips so that the tether extends at least partially through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Boppy Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Kristin A. Tidwell, Catherine P. McNeil, Clarice Bonzer, Haley Gibbons
  • Publication number: 20140315467
    Abstract: A mobile kit that revolves from the airflow of a ceiling fan. The mobile kit comprises a display structure that is attached to a balancing platform by one or more bridles, which permits balancing and rebalancing of the mobile when ornaments are added, removed or relocated. The balancing platform is attached to the lower end of a fan attachment device, which is a swivel chain with attachment means, or a similar device with one or more swivel attachment means that permits continuous rotation of the display structure in the airflow. A wide variety of designs for ornaments, display structures, and balancing platforms permit limitless design themes for home, office, or any place where ceiling fans are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Margaret Marilyn Smith
  • Patent number: 8864547
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism for suspending one or more toys or other objects from a child-support apparatus such as a crib, bassinet, car seat, stroller, swing, bouncer, play gym, play yard, jumper, or the like. Typically, the child-support apparatus includes one or more beams or other supports where the toy-attachment mechanism is located. The toy-attachment mechanism includes a repositioning track and a slide coupling that is repositionable along the track and from which toys can be suspended. In typical embodiments, the track and the coupling include mating teeth that interlock to hold the coupling in place but that can be disengaged to reposition the coupling and the toys suspended therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventors: Brittany Elson, Bradford Reese
  • Publication number: 20140308873
    Abstract: A sensory stimulation device is provided for infants capable of communicating wirelessly with a wireless communication device. The sensory stimulation device includes a mobile unit having a housing having an array of lights, at least one speaker, and a control unit for selectively operating the array of lights and the speaker. The sensory stimulation device includes a support arm having a first end and an opposite free end. The free end removably attaches to the mobile unit and the first end removable attaches to a crib rail such that the mobile unit hangs over the crib. The control unit uses wireless communication technology to obtain a wireless signal from the wireless communication device to selectively illuminate the array of lights and to output sound through the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Kimberly Smith Spacek
  • Patent number: 8845441
    Abstract: An infant support structure includes a support frame having a lower member configured to engage a support surface. First and second spaced arcuate posts extend upwardly from the lower member, each of the posts having a distal end portion. A seat portion is disposed between and coupled to the posts. A first end of a toy bar is secured to the distal end portion of one of the posts, and a second end of the toy bar is secured to the distal end portion of the other of the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Trapp, John DeRubes, Domenic T. Gubitosi, Brian S. Kelly, John Martin Maul, Philip R. Pyrce, Robert W. Salmon
  • Patent number: 8845383
    Abstract: Disclosed is an interchangeable stimulation system for child carriers that integrates an easily interchangeable stimulation device with a child carrier, such as a car seat, a carriage or stroller, a child swing, a crib, a playpen, or other child carrying device. The interchangeability of the system allows for display of stimulation devices that are particularly configured to stimulate children that are within distinct, defined age groups without requiring replacement of the stimulation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: American Posterity LLC
    Inventors: Macey D. Schoen, Katherine F. Richardson, Max R. Beach, Jesus Galaz, Clint Woesner
  • Publication number: 20140273719
    Abstract: A developmental toy for infants including an infant support surface having an open and a folded operative orientation, a first pair of circumferential elements associated therewith and having an open and a folded operative orientation and a second pair of elements, generally similar in configuration to the first pair of circumferential elements, arranged to support toy objects above the infant support surface and having an open and a folded operative orientation and a locking assembly for selectably locking the first and second pairs of circumferential elements in their respective open operative orientations, the open operative orientation of the infant support surface being an angular separation of 180 degrees, the open operative orientation of the first pair of circumferential elements being an angular separation of 180 degrees and the open operative orientation of the first pair of circumferential elements being an angular separation of substantially less than 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GLOBAL MARKETING ENTERPRISE (GME) LTD.
    Inventors: Zafrira WEISMAN, Roni GOLOS
  • Publication number: 20140242872
    Abstract: Provided is a baby mobile. The baby mobile includes a body module, an object module, and a cam module. The body module is fixed on a ceiling. The object module is equipped with an object attracting the attention of a baby and coupled to the body module. The cam module is disposed in the body module and mutually interferes with the object module to relatively move the object in a vertical direction. Here, the body module includes a cam body with the cam module disposed inside and a ceiling fixing member that fixes the cam body and a ceiling. The object module includes an operation bar disposed to penetrate the cam body and an object hanging on the operation bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Sung Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8814625
    Abstract: A tactile, visual and aural toy for entertainment and learning includes a base with receptacles for receiving a corresponding three dimensional shapes. Each shape is provided with lights and sounds which are energized when motion of the shape is detected. The placing of the first shape in its corresponding receptacle determines which musical rendition will be played by the base when all of the receptacles have been filled by their correct corresponding three dimensional shape. The three dimensional shapes may be coordinated with sections of the base related to a particular receptacle by color or animal. The base also provides a light show visible through a translucent dome on the base. The particular light show which occurs is determined in the same manner as the determination of which musical rendition is played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Pamela Long
  • Patent number: 8801490
    Abstract: A smart stuffed toy includes a head portion, a torso portion and four limbs. An air flow ventilation device is embedded within the torso portion of the smart stuffed toy to provide air circulation and reduce the settlement of carbon dioxide. The air ventilation device comprises no blades or safe fan blades. Preferably, the front torso surface covering the air flow ventilation device is made of material different from the remaining surfaces of the smart stuffed toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: LCAIP, LLC
    Inventor: Leonard Achan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8795023
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a children's play gym configured for being converted between different configurations providing unique functionalities. In certain embodiments, the convertible play gym is provided with one or more adaptable entertainer components including various entertainment features (e.g., lights and sound producing devices). In a first configuration adapted for infants, at least one of the entertainer components is suspended above the play gym's mat and configured for reacting to movement, sound, or other input provided by an infant child laying on the play gym's mat. In a second configuration adapted for toddlers, the suspended entertainer component may be detached from the play gym's support members and reconfigured as a children's entertainment table (e.g., by itself or as part of an assembly with other entertain components).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventor: Brittany Elson
  • Publication number: 20140194031
    Abstract: Provided is an activity center including a floor mat having a base portion and at least one auxiliary portion articulated to the base portion along a fold line and a frame assembly articulated at least to the base portion; the auxiliary portion being configurable between a first position in which it is coplanar with the base portion, and at least a second position in which it is folded along the fold line to be at least partially attached to the frame assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TINY LOVE LTD.
    Inventors: Noam TOBIAS, Shoshana OREN
  • Patent number: 8771033
    Abstract: A mobile mountable to an infant support structure includes a housing having a drive mechanism, a support arm extending from the housing, and an assembly supported from the support arm. The support arm is connected to the drive mechanism and movable relative to the housing in first and second opposite directions. The assembly includes a hub, a motion portion, and a hanging portion. The motion portion has a resilient component coupled to the hanging portion, which drives the hanging portion in a third direction when the support arm moves in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Goszewski, Patrick J. Murphy, David E. Moomaw
  • Patent number: 8696400
    Abstract: A shopping cart liner includes a body configured to nest in the child seat portion of a shopping cart. The body may define one or more openings positioned to enable the feet of a child seated in the shopping cart to protrude through the body, and the shopping cart liner includes a track at least partially embedded in a portion of the shopping cart liner. A clip is slidingly engaged with the track, and defines an opening for attaching an item to the shopping cart liner. An item such as a toy, teething ring, pacifier, or other item may be attached. The body may be padded, and, and may include one or more pockets. The shopping cart liner may include a seat belt for securing a child to the shopping cart liner, and may be used in combination with a pillow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Boppy Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Kristin A. Tidwell, Catherine P. McNeil, Clarice Bonzer
  • Patent number: 8684785
    Abstract: An infant gym includes a first support member having opposite ends engageable with a support surface, a hub located between the ends of the first support member, and a second support member having a first end pivotally coupled to a rear portion of the hub and a second end engageable with the support surface. The second end of the second support member is movable toward and away from the ends of the first support member, thereby changing the orientation of the hub relative to the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Carol Snyder
  • Patent number: 8667626
    Abstract: A baby play station has a planar mat portion having a plurality of side edges, and a plurality of walls, each wall having incorporated therewith a panel, and each wall having a lower side that is hingedly coupled to one of the plurality of side edges of the mat portion. Each panel includes a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, the frame member defining a periphery for the panel with an interior space inside of the peiphery, and a fabric material covering the interior space defined by the frame member to form the panel when the frame member is in the unfolded orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Patent Category Corp
    Inventor: Yu Zheng
  • Publication number: 20140065925
    Abstract: Provided is an entertainment mobile including a base unit accommodating an electric power source, a motor and an illumination system, said base unit configurable between a suspended position and a table top position; a canopy arm detachably attachable to the base unit at a base end thereof and configured for supporting a canopy at a canopy end thereof; and a canopy post for supporting the canopy over the base unit; a canopy detachably attachable to the canopy end of the canopy arm and to the canopy post; the entertainment mobile is configurable between at least a suspended position and a table-top position and the illumination system is configurable between illuminating the canopy and projecting over a wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: TINY LOVE LTD.
    Inventors: Shoshana OREN, Maya BERCU
  • Patent number: 8647165
    Abstract: A panel installation provides a panel spaced between first and second uprights. The panel has first and second wings having wing wall portions preferably contacting the uprights above spaced side wall portions spaced from the uprights. Cutouts in the wings allow for insertion of a connector through the wings into threaded bores in the uprights. A deck between the uprights can receive connector(s) for connecting a lower portion of the panel to the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Playcore Wisconsin, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim Blackwood, Pedro Jose Pascuales
  • Publication number: 20140024284
    Abstract: A play mat as an upper surface that comprises at least one pocket adapted such that at least one sheet bearing indicia may be removably positioned therein. When the play mat is in use the indicia are displayed to a user of the play mat. The play mat may have means to record, store and playback sounds. Activation of the playback of sounds may occur by pressing buttons located under the sheets of indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Helen Keenan
  • Patent number: 8628375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile for an infant, and more particular, to a mobile available of both sides, comprising a mobile body including a lower face formed as a black and white face (11) and an upper face formed as a color face (12); rings (20, 20?) formed, respectively, on the centers of the black and white face (11) and the color face (12); and a rim (30) formed suturingly on an outer peripheral surface of the mobile body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Inventor: Young Ho Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140011425
    Abstract: A child's interactive track play set includes a tower having a first track portion and a second track portion. The first track portion and the second track portion are separate from each other. The track play set includes a platform with elastic member located below the first track portion. Objects are transferred off of the first track portion and onto the platform, which redirects the objects onto the second track portion. Furthermore, the first and second track portions may contain a plurality of switches that actuate a plurality of lights and sounds located throughout the track play set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Karl Christopherson, Gary E. Weber
  • Patent number: 8616932
    Abstract: A collapsible umbrella gym for an infant or toddler which is highly portable, and combines the desirable attributes of an activity arch and support mat such as an activity mat. The gym comprises a frame assembly which is selectively movable between collapsed and uncollapsed states. When in its fully deployed, uncollapsed state, the frame assembly assumes a configuration which provides the functional attributes of an activity gym or activity arch, with multiple toys or mobiles being suspended from the frame assembly at locations which are easily accessible to an infant or toddler lying underneath the frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Infantino, LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Ellen Gelfond, Maureen Anne O'Connor, Eric Christopher Sugalski
  • Publication number: 20130295817
    Abstract: An infant entertainment apparatus includes an upper frame with a housing for a portable electronic device that can be configured to multiple positions to provide entertainment to a child via the portable electronic device. In one embodiment, the infant entertainment apparatus may include two pivotally coupled arcuate members. A housing for a portable electronic device may be coupled to one of the arcuate members and house a portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Gary E. Weber, Karl Christopherson, Daniel J. Damon, Christine A. Drosendahl, Anthony Favorito, Jared P. Pardi, John Thaddeus Smokowski
  • Publication number: 20130288562
    Abstract: A rattle-tumbler toy, comprising a ball-shaped thin-walled body having two parts, one is a transparent reservoir and another is a non-transparent leak-proof cover connected to the first part of the body, a membrane on which a playing element is mounted and connected to the body cover. The transparent reservoir has a neck whose external surface has a collar for connection to mating parts on an internal surface of the cover when fastening the cover on the reservoir. When the body is assembled, the playing element is mounted in the transparent reservoir. The membrane is a thin-walled tumbler. The membrane is mounted in the inner space of the neck to place the playing element in the transparent part of the body. The transparent part of the body has freely arranged balls, and in the place of connection of the cover's wall to the transparent reservoir's wall there is a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Vladimir Nikolaevich Efremenko
  • Publication number: 20130280983
    Abstract: A child play gym system includes a canopy that may be formed by a number of rods. A canopy track may be fixedly coupled to a particular rod, and a canopy clip may be slidingly coupled with the canopy track. A base may be coupled to the canopy so that the canopy arches over the base. A base track may be fixedly coupled to the base, and a base clip may be slidingly coupled with the base track. An item may include a body and a coupling member and may be coupled to the body by a tether. The coupling member may be resilient so that the item may be coupled to the canopy clip or the pad clip when the coupling member is compressed and inserted within an opening of the one of the clips so that the tether extends at least partially through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Kristin A. Tidwell, Catherine P. McNeil, Clarice Bonzer, Haley Gibbons
  • Publication number: 20130280984
    Abstract: A play mat is formed from a cushion material enclosed by fabric. A flexible rod-like element with a substantially continuous outer surface may be fixedly coupled to a portion of the mat. A slidable member is slidingly coupled with the rod-like element. In some cases, at least one article is coupled to the slidable member. The article includes a first item coupled to a second item by a length of material. The first item may be resilient so that the article is coupled to the slidable member when the first item is compressed and passed through an opening of the slidable member so that at least a portion of the length of material is positioned within the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Kristin A. Tidwell, Catherine P. McNeil, Clarice Bonzer
  • Publication number: 20130244533
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a children's play gym configured for being converted between different configurations providing unique functionalities. In certain embodiments, the convertible play gym is provided with one or more adaptable entertainer components including various entertainment features (e.g., lights and sound producing devices). In a first configuration adapted for infants, at least one of the entertainer components is suspended above the play gym's mat and configured for reacting to movement, sound, or other input provided by an infant child laying on the play gym's mat. In a second configuration adapted for toddlers, the suspended entertainer component may be detached from the play gym's support members and reconfigured as a children's entertainment table (e.g., by itself or as part of an assembly with other entertain components).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventor: Brittany Elson