Abstract: A child safety barrier is disclosed, including a receptacle assembly rigidly mountable to a structural element on one side of a passageway, a gate comprising a latch housing, the gate being mountable to a structural element on an opposite side of the passageway and positionable to span across the passageway, a retractable plunger assembly disposed at least partially within the latch housing and extendable from the latch housing to engage the receptacle assembly and retain the gate in a closed position, and a knob exposed at a surface of the latch housing for manipulation by an operator, the knob being movable in a first sense to a first position and movable from the first position in a second sense to cause the plunger assembly to retract from the receptacle assembly to release the gate for opening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2001
Date of Patent:
March 25, 2003
Assignee:
First Years Inc.
Inventors:
Robert D. Monahan, Antonio S. Fernandes, Brian D'Amelio, Jon R. Rossman, Thomas A. Hagerty, Bryan R. Hotaling
Abstract: A device includes a base providing an upwardly-directed cavity having a mouth at an upper end thereof and configured to receive a portion of a child and to hold water. A lid is movably coupled to the base and movable into a tub position and a stool position, the lid extending angularly upward and away from the cavity to provide a back rest when in the tub position and the lid being disposed at least partially over the mouth and providing a substantially horizontal top surface when in the stool position. The base and lid provide a bathtub capable of holding a portion of a child therein and water for bathing the child when the lid is in the tub position and provide a step stool adapted to support the weight of a person standing on the substantially horizontal surface when in the stool position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2001
Assignee:
First Years Inc.
Inventors:
Jon R. Rossman, Bryan R. Hotaling, John A. MacNeil