Patents by Inventor Curtis J. Brandl

Curtis J. Brandl 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).

  • Patent number: 8342604
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and a movable headrest mounted on the seat. The seat includes a base, a back, and a child-restraint harness coupled to the base and to the movable headrest. The child-restraint harness includes shoulder belts arranged to pass through openings formed in the seat back and the movable headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan W. Heisey, Curtis J. Brandl
  • Patent number: 8272690
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a juvenile vehicle seat includes a base providing a seat bottom, a backrest extending upwardly from the base, and a movable headrest. The headrest is mounted for up-and-down movement on the backrest. The juvenile vehicle seat also includes a headrest-height controller configured to control the height of the movable headrest relative to the backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Brandl, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Richard W. Glover
  • Patent number: 8038214
    Abstract: A child restraint having a juvenile vehicle seat, a harness for securing a juvenile to the juvenile vehicle seat, and a harness-positioning system for positioning the harness in an open juvenile-receiving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Brandl, Todd C. Midkiff
  • Patent number: 7988230
    Abstract: A seat support for a juvenile restraint adapted to receive a juvenile seat. The seat support includes an anchor belt retainer for anchoring a seat-base anchor belt to the seat support and for anchoring a vehicle anchor belt to the seat support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan W. Heisey, Curtis J. Brandl
  • Publication number: 20100253120
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and a movable headrest mounted on the seat. The seat includes a base, a back, and a child-restraint harness coupled to the base and to the movable headrest. The child-restraint harness includes shoulder belts arranged to pass through openings formed in the seat back and the movable headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan W. Heisey, Curtis J Brandl
  • Publication number: 20100201170
    Abstract: A child restraint having a juvenile vehicle seat, a harness for securing a juvenile to the juvenile vehicle seat, and a harness-positioning system for positioning the harness in an open juvenile-receiving position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Brandl, Todd C. Midkiff
  • Publication number: 20100187879
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a juvenile vehicle seat includes a base providing a seat bottom, a backrest extending upwardly from the base, and a movable headrest. The headrest is mounted for up-and-down movement on the backrest. The juvenile vehicle seat also includes a headrest-height controller configured to control the height of the movable headrest relative to the backrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Brandl, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Richard W. Glover
  • Publication number: 20100187880
    Abstract: A seat support for a juvenile restraint adapted to receive a juvenile seat. The seat support includes an anchor belt retainer for anchoring a seat-base anchor belt to the seat support and for anchoring a vehicle anchor belt to the seat support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan W. Heisey, Curtis J. Brandl
  • Publication number: 20070029845
    Abstract: A high chair including a carriage frame having a backrest connected thereto, a front frame pivotally connected to the carriage frame, the front frame having a seat connected thereto, wherein the carriage frame is lockable with respect to the front frame, at least two legs pivotally connected to the carriage frame, wherein each of the legs is generally U-shaped and includes a right side, a left side and a bottom portion, the bottom portions having approximately equal widths, and a fold release handle positioned on the carriage frame, wherein the fold release handle is adapted to unlock the carriage frame with respect to the front frame, thereby allowing the high chair to move from an upright position to a folded position, wherein, when the high chair is in the folded position, the sides of the legs are partially nested together and the bottoms of the legs are approximately adjacent to each other such that the high chair is compact and stands freely on a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: John Riedl, James M. Kain, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Curtis J. Brandl