Patents Assigned to Catapult Products, LLC
  • Patent number: 11659962
    Abstract: A disposable liner for use with a reusable infant's bathtub. A workable liner may be formed from two parallel flat sheets of plastic film, bonded together around an outside boundary. The liner is disposable in a flat configuration of minimum thickness, and can then be folded to form a space-efficient rectangular package of substantially constant thickness. Certain liners may include a backrest cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Catapult Products, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel B. Blanchard, Dana L. Denton, Marshall T. Denton, William C. Ballard, Mark A. Christensen
  • Patent number: 11406227
    Abstract: A bath tub 100 for neonatal bathing including a backrest 112 that provides support for the baby at an inclined position, and a seat 152 to cooperate with the backrest 112 to flex the baby's hips to suppress the baby's urge to sit up or squirm. Embodiments may include side supports 136, 138 and/or stabilizer ribs 166, 168 to resist baby rotation about the seat 152. The tub 100 may be structured to reduce leverage to the baby to resist baby's turning over during a bath. A drain path 180 is desirably provided to maintain thermal equilibrium in the water during a bath. A system 240 may include a plurality of bathing accessories and a disposable sterile liner 264 to permit reuse of the tub 100, and/or an optional storage bag 268 to store the tub 100, and even a system 240, at a convenient location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Catapult Products, LLC
    Inventors: Dana L. Denton, Daniel B. Blanchard, Marshall T. Denton
  • Patent number: 10966576
    Abstract: A bath tub 100 for neonatal bathing including a backrest 112 that provides support for the baby at an inclined position, and a seat 152 to cooperate with the backrest 112 to flex the baby's hips to suppress the baby's urge to sit up or squirm. Embodiments may include side supports 136, 138 and/or stabilizer ribs 166, 168 to resist baby rotation about the seat 152. The tub 100 may be structured to reduce leverage to the baby to resist baby's turning over during a bath. A drain path 180 is desirably provided to maintain thermal equilibrium in the water during a bath. A system 240 may include a plurality of bathing accessories and a disposable sterile liner 264 to permit reuse of the tub 100, and/or an optional storage bag 268 to store the tub 100, and even a system 240, at a convenient location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Catapult Products, LLC
    Inventors: Dana L. Denton, Daniel B. Blanchard, Marshall T. Denton
  • Patent number: 9550108
    Abstract: A skateboard truck (200, 300), including a hanger (102?, 102??) carrying an axle (104), and a baseplate (108?, 108??). The axle holds a pair of wheels, which are steered in unison by the axle. The baseplate is coupled to the hanger to permit hanger rotation about a dynamic hanger rotation axis (138?). A static mechanism (202, 302) enforces a static pivot point at a locus (111, 109?) through which the dynamic hanger rotation axis passes during turning operation. Also, a dynamic mechanism (204, 402) causes the dynamic hanger rotation axis to pass through a plurality of dynamic hanger pivot points during that turning operation. Roll of the baseplate about a skateboard roll axis (152) is operable to cause a steering rotation of the axle, and also changes the action angle (150) of the truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Catapult Products, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel B. Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20150265907
    Abstract: A skateboard truck (200, 300), including a hanger (102?, 102??) carrying an axle (104), and a baseplate (108?, 108??). The axle holds a pair of wheels, which are steered in unison by the axle. The baseplate is coupled to the hanger to permit hanger rotation about a dynamic hanger rotation axis (138?). A static mechanism (202, 302) enforces a static pivot point at a locus (111, 109?) through which the dynamic hanger rotation axis passes during turning operation. Also, a dynamic mechanism (204, 402) causes the dynamic hanger rotation axis to pass through a plurality of dynamic hanger pivot points during that turning operation. Roll of the baseplate about a skateboard roll axis (152) is operable to cause a steering rotation of the axle, and also changes the action angle (150) of the truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Catapult Products, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel B. Blanchard
  • Patent number: D786570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Catapult Products, LLC
    Inventors: Dana L Denton, Marshall T Denton, Daniel B Blanchard