Patents by Inventor Curtis M. Hartenstine

Curtis M. Hartenstine 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: 10299609
    Abstract: An infant carrier includes a carrying handle having a coupling shell pivotally connected with a coupling portion of a seat body, and a latch assembled in the coupling shell. The carrying handle is adjustable to multiple angular positions, which include a carry position for facilitating transport of the infant carrier with the carrying handle, and a recline position inclined relative to the carry position. The latch can engage with the coupling portion for locking the carrying handle in position, or disengage from the coupling portion for allowing rotation of the carrying handle. A safety mechanism is disposed in an inner cavity defined at least partially by the coupling shell and the coupling portion, and can interact with the latch for forcing the carrying handle to stop in an intermediate safety position during adjustment of the carrying handle from the carry position toward the recline position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Kyle S. Mason, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Patrick J. G. Bowers
  • Patent number: 10258165
    Abstract: An infant support seat includes an upper structure, a lower frame structure, and a seat structure. The lower frame structure is connected to the upper frame structure to define a containing space with the upper frame structure and be located under the containing space. The seat structure is disposed in the containing space. The seat structure includes a seat back and a seat bottom. The seat back is rotatable relative to the lower frame structure for rotating between a lying position and a sitting position. The seat bottom is pivotally joined to the seat back. The seat bottom is rotatable relative to the lower frame structure to form a lying surface cooperatively with the seat back when the seat back rotates to the lying position and rotate to be tilted upward relative to the lower frame structure when the seat back rotates to the sitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Aj Horst, Curtis M Hartenstine, Ryan Miller
  • Publication number: 20190053636
    Abstract: A bassinet includes amain frame and a bassinet frame. The bassinet frame is detachably installed on the main frame. The bassinet frame is vertically movable between a first position and a second position relative to the main frame. When the bassinet frame is located at the first position, a supporting surface of the bassinet frame is located in close proximity to a top surface of the main frame, so that the bassinet provides an unhindered view of a child in the bassinet frame. The bassinet can be used as a normal bassinet when the bassinet frame is located at the second position. The main frame and the bassinet frame can be used as a standard play yard and a stand-alone bassinet when the bassinet frame is detached from the main frame. Therefore, the bassinet of the present invention has multiple purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Patrick J. G. Bowers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10207731
    Abstract: An expandable child carrier includes a base frame, a pivot frame, at least one first wheel unit and at least one second wheel unit. The pivot frame is pivoted to the base frame. The first wheel unit is mounted to the base frame. The second wheel unit is mounted to the pivot frame. A distance between the second wheel unit and the first wheel unit is adjusted upon the pivotal movement of the pivot frame relative to the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Robert E. Haut
  • Publication number: 20190009811
    Abstract: A child stroller apparatus includes a first frame portion provided with a first wheel assembly, a second frame portion provided with a second wheel assembly, the second frame portion being assembled with the first frame portion for sliding movement along a lengthwise axis extending from a front to a rear of the child stroller apparatus, and an expandable storage basket spanning across the first and second frame portions. The storage basket includes a first and a second basket frame portion respectively attached to the first and second frame portion, the first and second basket frame portions being movable away or toward each other for expanding or contracting the storage basket as the second frame portion slides relative to the first frame portion for increasing or reducing a distance between the first and second wheel assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert E. Haut, Andrew J. Taylor, Patrick J. Bowers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10172479
    Abstract: A collapsible playpen includes an upper frame assembly, four standing legs and a bottom linkage assembly. The upper frame assembly includes a first and a second side opposite to each other that respectively have a first and a second coupling bracket. The four standing legs have lower end portions respectively provided a plurality of foot members. A first and a second standing leg are respectively coupled with the upper frame assembly via a first and a second leg linkage that are assembled with the first coupling bracket, and a third and a fourth standing leg are respectively coupled with the upper frame assembly via a third and a fourth leg linkage that are assembled with the second coupling bracket. The bottom linkage assembly is connected with the foot members of the four standing legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Ryan N. Miller, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10154737
    Abstract: An infant care apparatus includes a support frame and an infant resting support rotationally connected with each other, and a first and a second latch. The infant resting support is provided with a first and a second bearing surface oriented in different directions, and has an angular position between a first and a second position, the first bearing surface facing upward in the first position, and the second bearing surface facing upward in the second position. The first latch can lock the infant resting support in the first and second positions. The second latch is switchable from a disengaged to an engaged state to stop the infant resting support in the angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Ryan N. Miller, Daniel A. Sack, William B. Bellows, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20180345827
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell, a belt clamp, a latching mechanism and a belt retaining structure. The shell is adapted to receive a child seat thereon, and has a panel at an end thereof. The belt clamp is pivotally connected with the shell and is disposed adjacent to the panel, the panel rising above the belt clamp, the belt clamp being operable to clamp a lap belt portion of a vehicle safety belt adjacent to a surface of the shell. The latching mechanism is operable to lock the belt clamp in a clamping state. The belt retaining structure is provided on the panel, and is configured to hold a shoulder belt portion of a vehicle safety belt adjacent to the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott ANDERSON, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Patrick J.G. BOWERS
  • Publication number: 20180312085
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell body and a belt restraining frame. The shell body is adapted to support a child seat, and has an upper surface provided with a storage cavity sized to receive an attachment strap and two latch connectors. The belt restraining frame is pivotally connected with the shell body, and is rotatable relative to the shell body between a release position where the belt restraining frame rises away from the upper surface of the shell body so that the storage cavity is opened upwardly, and a clamping position where the belt restraining frame is adjacent to the upper surface for holding an anchoring belt that is routed across the storage cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, Colin P. HANSEL, Andrew J. TAYLOR, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Patent number: 10077063
    Abstract: A child stroller apparatus includes a first frame portion provided with a first wheel assembly, a second frame portion provided with a second wheel assembly, the second frame portion being assembled with the first frame portion for sliding movement along a lengthwise axis extending from a front to a rear of the child stroller apparatus, and a control mechanism operable to adjust a position of the second frame portion relative to the first frame portion, the control mechanism including an actuator assembled with one of the first and second frame portions, the actuator being operable to drive the second frame portion in sliding movement relative to the first frame portion for modifying a distance between the first and second wheel assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert E. Haut, Andrew J. Taylor, Patrick J. Bowers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20180251051
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a coupling structure coupled to a shell and a latch device operable to engage with an anchor structure of a vehicle. The coupling structure includes a carrier pivotally connected with the latch device. The latch device is rotatable relative to the carrier and the shell between a storage position and multiple deployed positions for use, and the carrier is slidable relative to the shell in a first direction for displacing a distal end of the latch device outward and away from an end edge of the shell and in a second direction for displacing the distal end of the latch device toward the end edge of the shell. The support base further includes an adjustment latch movable to engage with the carrier for preventing its sliding in the first direction, and to disengage from the carrier for its sliding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott ANDERSON, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, David H. LEHMAN, Patrick J.G. BOWERS
  • Patent number: 10053131
    Abstract: A basket is detachably mounted on a first mount of a carrier for allowing an infant car seat to be mounted on the carrier. The first mount has a first mounting slot. The basket includes a basket body and a mounting structure. The mounting structure is connected to a side of the basket body. The mounting structure has a body portion, an inserting portion and a mounting portion. The body portion is connected between the mounting portion and the inserting portion. The infant car seat is suspended on a storage space of the basket body when the inserting portion is inserted into the first mounting slot and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Anthony V. Ruggiero, Andrew J. Taylor, Robert E. Haut, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10051975
    Abstract: A child seat includes a seat body, and a first and a second support respectively assembled with the seat body via a first and a second connection. The seat body has a seating surface and a bottom surface below the seating surface, and the first and second support are extendable below the bottom surface. The child seat has a first configuration in which the first support is configured as a leg resting board and the second support extends forward toward the first support, and a second configuration in which the first support is folded to a substantially horizontal position and the second support extends rearward so that the child seat is able to stand on the first and second supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Anthony V. Ruggiero, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Robert E. Haut, Kyle S. Mason
  • Patent number: 10040377
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell body configured to support a child seat, and a belt restraining frame pivotally connected with the shell body. The belt restraining frame includes a transversal portion, two side portions, and a middle portion located between the two side portions, the two side portions and the middle portion being fixedly connected with the transversal portion and having respective ends pivotally connected with the shell body. The belt restraining frame is rotatable relative to the shell body between a release position where the middle portion rises away from the upper surface of the shell body, and a clamping position where the middle portion is adjacent to the upper surface for pressing against an anchoring belt that is routed transversally across the shell body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Colin P. Hansel, Andrew J. Taylor, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10023217
    Abstract: An infant stroller apparatus includes a front leg frame having a first side segment, a handle frame having a second side segment pivotally coupled with the first side segment via a first pivot connection, a rear leg frame having a third and a fourth side segment pivotally coupled with each other via a second pivot connection, the third side segment being further pivotally coupled with the first side segment via a third pivot connection, and the fourth side segment being further pivotally coupled with the second side segment via a fourth pivot connection, a seat portion pivotally coupled with the first side segment via a fifth pivot connection, and a support frame portion respectively coupled with the seat portion and the fourth side segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sack, Ryan N. Miller, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20180194252
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat base and a belt-positioning seat. The seat base has a bottom surface suitable for placement on a vehicle seat, and two armrests protruding upward from an upper surface of the seat base. The belt-positioning seat is installable in a receiving region of the seat base between the two armrests and removable therefrom for independent use, the belt-positioning seat including a seat body having a bottom surface adapted to be placed on a vehicle seat, and a belt guide connected with the seat body, the belt guide having a deployed position protruding upward from the seat body and a storage position stowed in a storage cavity in the seat body, the belt-positioning seat being placed in the receiving region of the seat base with the belt guide in the storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Daniel A. SACK, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Ryan N. MILLER, John HUNTLEY
  • Publication number: 20180192786
    Abstract: A child bassinet includes a support frame supporting an enclosure, the support frame and the enclosure delimiting at least partially an interior space for receiving a child, and a playpen coupling mechanism provided on the support frame. The playpen coupling mechanism is operable to engage with and disengage from a playpen for installation and removal of the child bassinet on the playpen at different heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. HORST, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Patrick J. BOWERS
  • Publication number: 20180192785
    Abstract: A travel bassinet includes a first side structure, a second side structure, a fixed end structure and a pivoting end panel. The fixed end structure is disposed between ends of the first side structure and the second side structure. The pivoting end panel is movably disposed between the first side structure and the second side structure and opposite to the fixed end structure. The pivoting end panel is utilized to switch between a first operation mode and a second operation mode for adjusting an accommodating space of the travel bassinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Horst, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Patrick J. Bowers, Ryan N. Miller
  • Publication number: 20180162436
    Abstract: An expandable child carrier includes a base frame, a pivot frame, at least one first wheel unit and at least one second wheel unit. The pivot frame is pivoted to the base frame. The first wheel unit is mounted to the base frame. The second wheel unit is mounted to the pivot frame. A distance between the second wheel unit and the first wheel unit is adjusted upon the pivotal movement of the pivot frame relative to the base frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Robert E. Haut
  • Patent number: 9986850
    Abstract: A convertible highchair assembly includes a seat frame, a booster seat detachably installable on the seat frame, a tray detachably mountable on the booster seat and having a plurality of sockets, and a plurality of leg extensions selectively attachable to any of the support frame portion and the tray, each of the leg extensions having a connecting end. The seat frame includes a support frame portion and a seat portion affixed with each other, the seat portion being adapted to receive a child. The connecting ends of the leg extensions are attached to the support frame portion for configuring a highchair, and the connecting ends of the leg extensions are respectively inserted into the sockets while the tray is removed from the booster seat for configuring a standalone table, the leg extensions providing standing support for the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert E. Haut, Anthony V. Ruggiero, Colin P. Hansel, Curtis M. Hartenstine