Patents by Inventor Bruce L. Williams
Bruce L. Williams has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20170106772Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, and a first and a second belt restraining member respectively connected with the seat shell. The seat shell has a shell surface, and a first and a second opening for selective passage of an anchoring belt to attach the child safety seat on a vehicle seat in two different configurations, which include a rearward and a forward facing configuration. The first belt restraining member is independently operable to press against an anchoring belt passing through the first opening, and the second belt restraining member is independently operable to press against an anchoring belt passing through the second opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Gregory S. SELLERS
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Publication number: 20170001544Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a support base, and a child carrier operable to detachably assemble with the support base. The support base has a shell body that defines a receiving area and includes an upright surface raising upward from a bottom surface, the shell body being assembled with a latch located adjacent to the upright surface. The child carrier includes a seat shell having a foot portion protruding downward, the foot portion having an interior in which are assembled a release arm and a fixed rod. The foot portion is placed on the bottom surface in the receiving area and the latch engages with the rod when the child carrier is locked with the support base, and the release arm is operable to push the latch to disengage from the rod for removal of the child carrier from the support base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventor: Bruce L. WILLIAMS
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Patent number: 9522615Abstract: A travel seat locking system including a travel seat comprising a front seating surface, a back surface, left and right sides, and left and right stroller securing members respectively positioned on the left and right sides of the travel seat. A stroller is provided comprising a frame having at least one front leg, at least one rear leg, a passenger seating area, and a pair of left and right seat securing members connected to the frame for releasable engagement with a respective one of the left and right stroller securing members of the travel seat. At least one of the travel seat or stroller comprising an actuator to release the engagement between the left and right stroller securing members of the travel seat and the left and right seat securing members of the stroller.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: ARTSANA USA, INC.Inventors: Michael L. Longenecker, Bruce L. Williams
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Patent number: 9469222Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a support structure having an upper surface provided with an opening, and a child carrier operable to detachably assemble with the support structure, the child carrier including a seat shell having an outer surface facing downward, and the seat shell being pivotally assembled with a latch. The latch has a stem protruding downward from the outer surface, and a radial projection connected with the stem. The latch is insertable into the opening to lock the child carrier with the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventor: Bruce L. Williams
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Patent number: 9434279Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a support base and a child carrier. The support base includes a shell body, an anti-rebound frame and a latch. The shell body has a bottom surface that supports the support base when resting on a support surface, and an upper surface for installing a child carrier. The anti-rebound frame is assembled with the shell body, the anti-rebound frame being movable up and down relative to the shell body to extend upward past the upper surface and to extend downward past the bottom surface. The latch is operable to lock the anti-rebound frame with the shell body.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Ltd.Inventor: Bruce L. Williams
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Patent number: 9403449Abstract: A carseat system comprising a base, a child seat, and four locking points. The base comprises an upper surface that receives a child seat and a lower surface that rests upon a vehicle seat, left and rights sides, and first and second ends. The child seat comprises a seating surface, an exterior surface, and left and right sides. The four locking points removably engage the child seat to the base and comprise a first pair of locking points positioned toward the first end of the base and a second pair of locking points positioned toward the second end of the base. The first pair of locking points comprise left and right securing members connected to the child seat and extendable in a direction perpendicular to the left and right sides of the child seat, and slots defined in the upper surface of the base that can engage the securing members.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: ARTSANA USA, INC.Inventors: Michael L. Longenecker, Bruce L. Williams
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Publication number: 20160200234Abstract: A child seat includes a shell body, and an object holder including a bracket, a support base, and a flexible linking member having a first and a second end respectively attached to the bracket and the support base. The bracket is movably assembled with the shell body so that the object holder is movable between a storage state and a deployed state, and the support base is movable relative to the bracket between a collapse position where the support base is received within an opening defined through the bracket, and an expanding position where the support base is hung below the bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers
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Publication number: 20160176320Abstract: A child safety seat includes a base having a shell body, a seat shell assembled with the base, the seat shell being adjustable between a plurality of recline positions relative to the base, and a lock mechanism operable to lock the seat shell with the base at any of the recline positions. The lock mechanism includes two latches assembled with the shell body and movable to engage with and disengage from the seat shell, and two release buttons respectively disposed at a left and a right side of the base and respectively coupled with the two latches, each of the two release buttons being independently operable to drive concurrent unlocking displacements of the two latches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Gregory S. SELLERS
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Patent number: 9221365Abstract: A convertible child safety seat assembly includes a seat portion and a removable seatback. The seat portion has a seat portion having an upper surface, and an elongated slot opened on the upper surface. The seatback is affixed with at least one beam that has an elongated shape. The beam has a distal end, and is assembled with a latch movable transversally relative to the beam. The seatback is attached to the seat portion with the beam received in the elongated slot, the distal end engaged under the upper surface, and the latch engaging through a sidewall of the elongated slot.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers
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Patent number: 9156379Abstract: A child safety seat assembly comprises a child seat, a base adapted to assemble with the child seat, wherein the base includes a first portion having an enlarged bottom, and an inclined second portion joined with an upper side of the first portion and provided with a storage pocket, and an abuttal support operable to slide relative to the base between a first position stowed in the storage pocket and a second position deployed outward.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Nathanael Saint, Sharon A. Gillett
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Patent number: 9090181Abstract: A child safety seat comprises a seat shell, two first latches, two second latches and a release handle. An underside of the seat shell has two protruding rails, each of which having an inner side surface facing a gap delimited between the two rails, and an outer side surface opposite to the inner side surface. The two first latches are assembled with the rails, and respectively protrude from the inner side surfaces of the two rails to engage with a base. The two second latches are assembled at positions adjacently opposite to the first latches, and respectively protrude from the outer side surfaces of the two rails to engage with a stroller frame. The release handle is operatively connected with the first and second latches at the two rails, and is operable to switch the first and second latches from a locking to unlocking state.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
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Publication number: 20150102646Abstract: A carseat system comprising a base, a child seat, and four locking points. The base comprises an upper surface that receives a child seat and a lower surface that rests upon a vehicle seat, left and rights sides, and first and second ends. The child seat comprises a seating surface, an exterior surface, and left and right sides. The four locking points removably engage the child seat to the base and comprise a first pair of locking points positioned toward the first end of the base and a second pair of locking points positioned toward the second end of the base. The first pair of locking points comprise left and right securing members connected to the child seat and extendable in a direction perpendicular to the left and right sides of the child seat, and slots defined in the upper surface of the base that can engage the securing members.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: ARTSANA USA, INC.Inventors: Michael L. Longenecker, Bruce L. Williams
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Patent number: 8998312Abstract: An infant safety seat comprises a seat shell, a handle and at least a latch element mounted between the seat shell and the handle. Two sides of the seat shell are provided with first coupling elements, each of which includes multiple locking grooves. Two sides of the handle has second coupling elements that are pivotally connected with the first coupling elements, each of the second coupling elements having an interior defining a guide slot. The latch element is movably assembled in the guide slot and includes at least a first stud, the latch element being operable to switch between a locked state where the first stud is engaged with one of the locking grooves to hold the handle in place, and an unlocked state where the first stud is disengaged from the locking grooves to allow rotation of the handle relative to the seat shell.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Gregory S. Sellers, Bruce L. Williams, Wanquan Zhu
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Publication number: 20150035330Abstract: A travel seat locking system including a travel seat comprising a front seating surface, a back surface, left and right sides, and left and right stroller securing members respectively positioned on the left and right sides of the travel seat. A stroller is provided comprising a frame having at least one front leg, at least one rear leg, a passenger seating area, and a pair of left and right seat securing members connected to the frame for releasable engagement with a respective one of the left and right stroller securing members of the travel seat. At least one of the travel seat or stroller comprising an actuator to release the engagement between the left and right stroller securing members of the travel seat and the left and right seat securing members of the stroller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: ARTSANA USA, INC.Inventors: Michael L. Longenecker, Bruce L. Williams
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Patent number: 8915547Abstract: A multi-point locking system for a carseat including a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, front and rear ends, and left and right sides, the lower surface dimensioned to rest upon a vehicle seat and a seat having a seating surface and an exterior surface, the exterior surface removably engagable with the upper surface of the base. Four locking points removably engage the seat to the base comprising two spaced apart rear locking points positioned toward the rear end of the base and two spaced apart front locking points positioned toward the front end of the base. An actuator control releases the engagement between the seat and the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Artsana USA, Inc.Inventors: Michael L. Longenecker, Bruce L. Williams
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Patent number: 8882196Abstract: A child seat can comprise a seat shell having two protruding rails extending at an underside of the seat shell, at least four latches disposed in two symmetric pairs adjacent to the two rails, wherein the latches are operable to lock the child seat with a base, and a release mechanism operable to drive the latches to unlock from the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
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Patent number: 8870285Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a detachable child seat and a base. The child seat has a seatback, and a foremost end opposite to the seat back. The base includes a shell body, an adjustable platform and a latch mechanism. The shell body has a first and a second end edge opposite to each other. The first end edge is at a height that is greater than that of the second end edge. The adjustable platform is operable to releasibly attach with the child seat. The adjustable platform and the child seat attached with each other are movable in unison between a first state where the foremost end is near the first end edge, and a second state where the foremost end is away from the first end edge and below the first end edge of the shell body.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Nathanael Saint
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Patent number: 8864166Abstract: A travel seat locking system including a seat comprising a front seating surface, an exterior back surface, left and right sides, and left and right retractable securing projections extending from the left and right sides. A stroller is provided comprising a frame having at least one front leg, at least one rear leg, and a passenger seating area. A pair of left and right seat securing members are connected to the frame and have a slot for releasable engagement with the left and right retractable securing projections of the seat. An actuator control is connected to the left and right seat securing members. Actuation of the actuator control withdraws the left and right retractable securing projections toward an interior of the seat to release the locking engagement between the left and right retractable securing projections of the seat and the left and right seat securing members of the stroller.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Artsana USA, Inc.Inventors: Michael L. Longenecker, Bruce L. Williams
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Publication number: 20140284977Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a support base and a child carrier. The support base includes a shell body, an anti-rebound frame and a latch. The shell body has a bottom surface that supports the support base when resting on a support surface, and an upper surface for installing a child carrier. The anti-rebound frame is assembled with the shell body, the anti-rebound frame being movable up and down relative to the shell body to extend upward past the upper surface and to extend downward past the bottom surface. The latch is operable to lock the anti-rebound frame with the shell body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Bruce L. WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20140252829Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a support structure having an upper surface provided with an opening, and a child carrier operable to detachably assemble with the support structure, the child carrier including a seat shell having an outer surface facing downward, and the seat shell being pivotally assembled with a latch. The latch has a stem protruding downward from the outer surface, and a radial projection connected with the stem. The latch is insertable into the opening to lock the child carrier with the support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Bruce L. WILLIAMS