Patents Assigned to The First Years Inc.
  • Patent number: 6026528
    Abstract: An apparatus, adapted to be attached to a crib having a mattress, includes includes a frame configured to receive and hold an object while allowing the object to be seen, fasteners connected to the frame and adapted to releasably secure the frame to the crib above the mattress, and a depending member connected to the frame and having a length sufficient to extend underneath the mattress from the frame when the frame is secured to the crib by the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventor: Lynn M. Pina
  • Patent number: 6000750
    Abstract: Convertible furniture for children for use in different configurations as either a table or child's seat. The furniture comprises a base, vertical supports, and a removable top. The top includes a rotating fabric sling seat for very young children. With the top removed, the furniture may be inverted for use as a play table. Rockers, rocker locks and means to prevent seat rotation are also disclosed. The vertical supports are telescopically extendable to adjust the height of the furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Rossman, Bryan R. Hotaling
  • Patent number: 5993478
    Abstract: A teether includes a frame adapted for teething by a child, the frame including a base, a first side extending upwardly from a first end of the base, and a second side extending upwardly from a second end of the base, wherein the first and second sides are integrally connected to the base and are connected to each other remote from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph M. Nowak
  • Patent number: 5993285
    Abstract: A teething device is provided, including a web of sheet material constructed to be positioned around an infant's hand without substantially confining the infant's fingers, and a toy, mounted on the web of sheet material in a position so that it rests on the back of the infant's hand when the device is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Sofia, Deborah H. Levenson
  • Patent number: 5833189
    Abstract: An attachment system for attaching a children's article, e.g., a toy or feeding bowl, to another object is provided. The attachment system includes (a) a children's article, and (b) an attachment device. The children's article includes (i) a base having a substantially planar base surface having a predetermined length and width, and a first interlocking portion; and (ii) a children's article mounted on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Rossman, Bryan R. Hotaling
  • Patent number: 5772088
    Abstract: An infant carrier including a sack of flexible sheet material dimensioned to receive an infant, an elongate crotch portion extending from the lower front portion of the sack to the rear of the sack and positioned to be placed between the infant's legs to support the infant during carrying, and, positioned on the crotch portion, an adjustment device that is movable between a plurality of positions to vary the length of the elongate crotch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth Nelson
  • Patent number: 5765715
    Abstract: A drinking cup and a cup holder having mating radially extending flanges and tabs permitting the cup to be inserted into and removed from the holder in one rotative position of the cup and in a second rotative position of the cup permitting engagement of the flanges and tabs to secure the cup and holder together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Hughes
  • Patent number: 5761756
    Abstract: A portable bed rail is provided including first and second foot members, each having a first end dimensioned for insertion under a mattress and a second end spaced from said first end, and a side panel positioned to provide a barrier to falling from the bed. The side panel includes first and second vertical members extending upwardly from the second ends of the foot members, first and second spaced horizontal rails extending between the vertical members to define a frame, each of the rails having a first and second end, which ends are received by the first and second vertical members, and a flexible cover removably mounted on the frame. The flexible cover is dimensioned to extend around the first and second ends of the horizontal rails and thereby retain the ends in engagement with the first and second vertical members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Nowak, John B. Morse
  • Patent number: 5763796
    Abstract: A box having a base, a top rotatable relative to the base, and a motor connected within the box to the base and the top for causing the relative rotation thereof. The base and top are each covered with fabric secured thereto within the interior of the box. A retainer is connected to one of the base and top, positioned within the box and holding the fabric coverings substantially apart for reduced rotary friction. Resilient locking members secure the retainer to the top and the top to the base. In a preferred embodiment, the motor is a music-playing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: James Joseph Britto, Lai Ying Wong
  • Patent number: D395832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Rossman, Bryan R. Hotaling, Carl J. Conforti
  • Patent number: D396292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph M. Nowak
  • Patent number: D396717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Sidman, Ralph M. Nowak, Bruce J. Benedetto
  • Patent number: D403842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Alma B. Bair, Susan Sofia
  • Patent number: D411349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventor: Scott A. Johnstone
  • Patent number: D412292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Nowak, Carl J. Conforti, Bruce P. Popek
  • Patent number: D413792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan R. Hotaling, Jon R. Rossman
  • Patent number: D417275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl J. Conforti
  • Patent number: D417914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph M. Nowak
  • Patent number: D419785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventors: Carl J. Conforti, Scott A. Johnstone, Glen Nielsen
  • Patent number: D421126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: The First Years Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph M. Nowak