Patents Assigned to Munchkin, Inc.
  • CASSETTE FOR DISPENSING PLEATED TUBING
    Publication number: 20190023512
    Abstract: A cassette to dispense a pleated tubing having an annular body, an annular cover and a plurality of apertures. The annular body may have a generally U-shaped housing with a central cylindrical core. The annular cover may extend over the annular body and define a gap, while being secured to the body. The plurality of apertures may be radially provided in an angular wall in the annular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan DUNN, Kevin D. Johnson
  • Shopping cart cover
    Patent number: 10173707
    Abstract: A versatile cover is described which can be secured onto a shopping cart, high chair, stroller or other similar seating apparatus. The cover is rollable into a low profile, shape with a handle, and can be unrolled to fit within a seat basket of a shopping cart or high chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Arthur Trumbo, Sung Yun Chan, Mark Gerard Tebbe, Tal Zaksenberg
  • Non-spill drinking container
    Patent number: 10165878
    Abstract: A non-spill container having a collar and seal assembly from which drinking can occur at any location around a rim of the collar and seal assembly. The collar has an open upper end, a closed lower end, and a sidewall. The open upper end is proximate to and includes the upper end of a side wall, an upper perimeter and a rim. The closed lower end has a projection extending upward therefrom and at least one passage disposed through the closed lower end to channel a fluid. The sidewall has a tapered shape that extends from the open upper end inward toward the closed lower end and has a support surface provided along an inner surface adjacent to the open upper end. The support surface has at least one radial protrusion is disposed radially adjacent to the support surface to define at least one channel. A fastener assembly is provided on an external wall of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Mark A. Hatherill, Kevin Douglas Johnson, Matthew Joseph Saxton
  • CASSETTE FOR DISPENSING PLEATED TUBING
    Publication number: 20180327182
    Abstract: A cassette for use in dispensing a pleated tubing. The cassette comprises an annular body having a generally U shaped housing with a central cylindrical core. The at least one wall has an upper end with a downturn lip disposed thereon. An annular cover extends radially outward from the central cylindrical core over the annular body defining a gap. The cover has a socket into which the upper end with the downturn lip is secured. A tubing is disposed within the u-shaped housing and withdrawn from the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan DUNN, Kevin Douglas Johnson
  • Container for receiving multiple flexible bag assemblies
    Patent number: 10086996
    Abstract: Containers are described which can accommodate a variety of flexible bag assemblies used for containing waste. Internal accommodating structures are designed to accommodate and secure various types of bag assemblies, including single bag assemblies and cassettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Mark A. Hatherill, Kevin D. Johnson, Matthew Joseph Saxton
  • Infant bather with front drain
    Patent number: 10080464
    Abstract: An infant bather having a top housing and a bottom housing detachably secured to the top housing. The top housing has a cradle with a first surface and a second surface and defines at least one aperture allowing a fluid to flow between the first surface of the cradle and the second surface of the cradle through the at least one aperture. The bottom housing has a basin with an interior surface and exterior surface. The second surface of the cradle coincides with the interior surface of the basin such that the fluid held within the basin submerges a portion of both the first and second surfaces of the cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Daley
  • Educational illumination stacker
    Patent number: 10080978
    Abstract: An illumination stacker game is described having audiovisual signals for placing rings of different colors onto a central core. Upon placement, sensors determine which ring has been placed and provide audiovisual feedback as to whether the ring placed is the one which was requested in the game sequence. Different levels of difficulties and different audiovisual modes of communication are involved including multiple languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gerard Tebbe, Steven Bryan Dunn, Mark Hatherill, Kevin Douglas Johnson, Richard Ernest Scott, Jr.
  • Mesh barrier assembly
    Patent number: 10081980
    Abstract: A pressure fit mesh gate having an outer casing and a mesh barrier door. The outer casing has a pair of upright frame elements connected to a lower cross element. The mesh barrier door is positioned within the outer casing. The mesh barrier door is hingedly connected to one of the upright frame elements. The barrier door has a frame including a first side member and a second side member friction fit connected at their ends by corner joints to an upper member and a lower member. At least one of the corner joints is a two-part corner joint. The two-part corner joint has a first extension that is friction fit into a first end of one of the members, and a second extension friction fit into an adjacent end of another one of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Birkert, Sung Yun Chan, Ruth Hsin-Ju Fang, Nicholas Trumbo
  • Modular pacifier assembly
    Patent number: 10080707
    Abstract: A pacifier assembly including a compressible pacifier, a cover, a clip and a strap. The compressible pacifier has a nipple with a radial base which is secured between a ring and a handle. The cover is adapted to be secured to the compressible pacifier while the clip is adapted to be fastened to a general object. The strap is attached to the clip at a first end and the compressible pacifier at a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Nairi Khachikian, Sung Yun Chan, Matthew Joseph Saxton
  • Car seat cover
    Patent number: 10058194
    Abstract: A protective cover is described which can be secured onto a car seat or other similar seating apparatus. The cover has multiple layers which are rollable to allow different levels of exposure of the infant to the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gerard Tebbe, Maryann Benshin Chi, Steven Bryan Dunn, Mark Hatherill
  • Snap-lock handle for straps
    Patent number: 10058162
    Abstract: A handle device for a strap having a clip and a receiving element disposed within a grip. The clip lockingly engages the grip. The combined structure of the clip and grip forms a slightly curved handle adapted for a user to carry a container by comfortably clasping the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gerard Tebbe, Ruth Hsin-Ju Fang, Quinn Biesinger
  • Container for receiving multiple flexible bag assemblies
    Patent number: 10053284
    Abstract: Containers are described which can accommodate a variety of flexible bag assemblies used for containing waste. Internal accommodating structures are designed to accommodate and secure various types of bag assemblies, including single bag assemblies and cassettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Mark A. Hatherill, Kevin D. Johnson, Matthew Joseph Saxton
  • Cassette for dispensing pleated tubing
    Patent number: 10053282
    Abstract: A cassette for use in dispensing a pleated tubing. The cassette includes an annular body having a generally U shaped housing with a central cylindrical core. The at least one wall has an upper end with a downturn lip disposed thereon. An annular cover extends radially outward from the central cylindrical core over the annular body defining a gap. The cover has a socket into which the upper end with the downturn lip is secured. A tubing is disposed within the u-shaped housing and withdrawn from the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Kevin Douglas Johnson
  • Container agitator and warmer
    Patent number: 10051994
    Abstract: A warming device that heats and agitates a container. The warming device has a housing having an enclosed chamber and a concentric warming chamber adapted to receive a first fluid. A concentric basket is provided that is adapted to fit within the warming chamber. The concentric basket secures the container partially submerged within the first fluid. At least one heating element is provided to heat the first fluid in the warming chamber to warm an exterior surface of the container. A motor is provided to agitate and warm a second fluid in the container by rotating the concentric basket at a predetermined rate. A control panel provides various signal instructions to the heating element and the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Nairi Khachikian, Kevin D. Johnson
  • Container for receiving multiple flexible bag assemblies
    Patent number: 9994393
    Abstract: Containers are described which can accommodate a variety of flexible bag assemblies used for containing waste. Internal accommodating structures are designed to accommodate and secure various types of bag assemblies, including single bag assemblies and cassettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Mark A. Hatherill, Kevin D. Johnson, Matthew Joseph Saxton
  • Carrier transporter
    Patent number: 9963158
    Abstract: A carrier transporter is described which is retractable into a low-profile configuration, and extendable to accommodate a carrier or child seat. An adjustable height bar positions a securing device to coincide with a belt path of the carrier and allow a strap to be lead through the belt path and re-secured back to the bar through a buckle. The base of the carrier is supported by an extendable base platform having grip padding to further secure the base to the transporter. The base platform and wheels move together when retracting the transporter and move away from each other when extending the transporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Quinn Michael Biesinger, Thomas E. Birkert
  • NON-SPILL DRINKING CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20180042415
    Abstract: A non-spill container having a collar and seal assembly from which drinking can occur at any location around a rim of the collar and seal assembly. The collar has an open upper end, a closed lower end, and a sidewall. The open upper end is proximate to and includes the upper end of a side wall, an upper perimeter and a rim. The closed lower end has a projection extending upward therefrom and at least one passage disposed through the closed lower end to channel a fluid. The sidewall has a tapered shape that extends from the open upper end inward toward the closed lower end and has a support surface provided along an inner surface adjacent to the open upper end. The support surface has at least one radial protrusion is disposed radially adjacent to the support surface to define at least one channel. A fastener assembly is provided on an external wall of the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Munchkin Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Mark A. Hatherill, Kevin Douglas Johnson, Matthew Joseph Saxton
  • Non-spill drinking container
    Patent number: 9888796
    Abstract: A non-spill container having a collar and seal assembly from which drinking can occur at any location around a rim of the collar and seal assembly. The collar has an open upper end, a closed lower end, and a sidewall. The open upper end is proximate to and includes the upper end of a side wall, an upper perimeter and a rim. The closed lower end has a projection extending upward therefrom and at least one passage disposed through the closed lower end to channel a fluid. The sidewall has a tapered shape that extends from the open upper end inward toward the closed lower end and has a support surface provided along an inner surface adjacent to the open upper end. The support surface has at least one radial protrusion is disposed radially adjacent to the support surface to define at least one channel. A fastener assembly is provided on an external wall of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Mark A. Hatherill, Kevin Douglas Johnson, Matthew Joseph Saxton
  • Dishwasher basket with adjustable tray
    Patent number: 9848753
    Abstract: A dishwasher basket having a container, an interior frame, at least one height adjustable rack, a lid and a connection assembly that hingedly couples the container, the interior frame and the lid together. The height adjustable rack may be fastened and moved vertically via a tray securing assembly to vary a volume of an upper compartment and a lower compartment. The lid may have at least one slot for securely holding a portion of a nipple or pacifier, at least one of which slots may be spaced to receive the nipple while the lid remains in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Yun Chan, Nicholas Trumbo, Thomas Birkert
  • Cassette
    Patent number: D808680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn, Kevin Douglas Johnson