Patents by Inventor Daniel Sack

Daniel Sack 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).

  • Publication number: 20210251397
    Abstract: An infant seat includes a seat back member including an outer hub, a seat support member including an inner hub, a seat structure connected to the seat back member, and a locking mechanism including a slide gear and operably disposed on the seat back member. The inner hub is pivotably connected to the outer hub to make the seat back member rotatably connected to the seat support member for forming a cross bar structure. The slide gear is slidable within the outer and inner hubs for engaging with the outer and inner hubs to stop rotation of the inner hub on the outer hub. When the locking mechanism translates the slide gear to an unlocked position, the slide gear is disengaged from the outer hub to make the seat back member rotatable relative to the seat support member for adjusting a tilt angle of the seat structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Daniel A. Sack, Patrick J. G. Bowers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 11019938
    Abstract: An infant seat includes a seat back member having an outer hub, a seat support member, a base member and a seat structure pivoted to the seat back member and the seat support member, and a locking mechanism including a slide gear and operably disposed on the seat back member. The seat support member has an inner hub pivoted to the outer hub to make the seat back member rotatably connected to the seat support member. The slide gear is transversely slidable within the outer and inner hubs for engaging with the outer and inner hubs to stop rotation of the inner hub on the outer hub. When the locking mechanism translates the slide gear to the unlocked position, the slide gear is disengaged from the outer hub to make the seat back member rotatable relative to the seat support member for adjusting a tilt angle of the seat structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Daniel A. Sack, Patrick J. G. Bowers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20200353967
    Abstract: A child stroller apparatus includes a rear and a front leg frame respectively having a first and a second side segment, a handle frame having a grip portion and a third side segment respectively connected fixedly with a first and a second joining part that are pivotally connected with each other, a latching mechanism for locking the rear and front leg frames and the handle frame in an unfolded state, and a latch carried with the third side segment. The latch can engage and disengage the first joining part to lock and unlock the grip portion relative to the third side segment. Moreover, a linking part couples the latch to the rear leg frame or the front leg frame so that a folding rotation of the handle frame relative to the rear leg frame causes the latch to disengage from the first joining part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew J. HORST, Andrew MA, Daniel A. SACK
  • Publication number: 20200353968
    Abstract: A child seat is detachably mounted on a foldable stroller comprising a stroller handle and front and rear leg portions. The stroller handle is foldably connected to the rear leg portion. The front leg portion is foldably connected to the rear leg portion and has a first adaptor. The child seat includes a first pivot and a seat frame having a lower seat portion and an upper seat portion foldably connected to the lower seat portion. The first pivot is pivotably connected to the lower seat portion and detachably mounted on the first adaptor. When the front leg portion and the stroller handle are folded relative to the rear leg portion, the upper seat portion is folded on the lower seat portion, and the lower seat portion is folded on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Daniel A. Sack
  • Patent number: 10674834
    Abstract: A play yard assembly with positioning and securing features for lift off devices is provided. A top rail of a main frame of the play yard assembly has a coupling portion with a crushed cross section where a first engaging piece with alignment feature is provided thereto. The lift off device has a second engaging piece utilized for aligning with the first engaging piece, so at to install the lift off device at the designated location along the top rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sack, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10589643
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sack, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Ryan N. Miller, John Huntley
  • Publication number: 20200077807
    Abstract: A playpen includes an upper frame assembly including a corner joining part, a standing leg pivotally connected with the corner joining part, the standing leg being rotatable relative to the corner joining part between a folded position where the standing leg is folded toward the upper frame assembly and an unfolded position where the standing leg is deployed for providing standing support on a floor surface, and a locking mechanism disposed adjacent to the corner joining part, the locking mechanism having a latch operable to lock the standing leg in the unfolded position and to unlock the standing leg for rotation of the standing leg between the unfolded position and the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew J. TAYLOR, Daniel A. SACK, Patrick J.G. BOWERS, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Publication number: 20190335916
    Abstract: An infant seat includes a seat back member having an outer hub, a seat support member, a base member and a seat structure pivoted to the seat back member and the seat support member, and a locking mechanism including a slide gear and operably disposed on the seat back member. The seat support member has an inner hub pivoted to the outer hub to make the seat back member rotatably connected to the seat support member. The slide gear is transversely slidable within the outer and inner hubs for engaging with the outer and inner hubs to stop rotation of the inner hub on the outer hub. When the locking mechanism translates the slide gear to the unlocked position, the slide gear is disengaged from the outer hub to make the seat back member rotatable relative to the seat support member for adjusting a tilt angle of the seat structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Daniel A. Sack, Patrick J. G. Bowers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20190335917
    Abstract: A foldable bassinet includes an upper bassinet frame, a pair of leg structures opposite to each other, and a bottom board. Each leg structure has an upper tower portion and a lower ledge portion. The upper bassinet frame is disposed through the upper tower portion of each leg structure to make each leg structure pivotable relative to the upper bassinet frame between a supporting position and a folding position. The bottom board is detachably configured between the two lower ledge portions and defines a containing space cooperatively with the upper bassinet frame and the leg structures. When the bottom board is detached from the two lower ledge portions, the leg structures are rotatable from the supporting position to the folding position to be folded inwardly relative to the upper bassinet frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Daniel A. Sack, Patrick J. G. Bowers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Peter R. Tuckey
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9936817
    Abstract: An infant high chair includes a standing frame, a seat assembly, and a lock mechanism operable to lock the seat assembly at a desirable height relative to the standing frame. The standing frame includes a latching part operable to lock the standing frame in an unfolded state, and a release actuator operatively connected with the latching part and arranged near a foot of the standing frame. The seat assembly is connected with the standing frame, and is vertically adjustable relative to the standing frame when the lock mechanism is unlocked. A downward displacement of the seat assembly relative to the standing frame to a predetermined lower position urges the release actuator in movement such that the release actuator actuates the latching part to unlock for allowing folding of standing frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Daniel A. Sack, Ryan N. Miller, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 9855964
    Abstract: A stroller frame includes a seat pan, an operating handle movably coupled to the seat pan, and two opposite foldable side frame units each including a front leg, a handle rod, a rear leg that has a top end pivotally connected to the handle rod, a bottom leg that has a lower end pivotally connected to the rear leg, and a sliding basket tube that is movably coupled to said seat pan and slidably connected to said rear leg. To unfold the stroller frame, said operating handle is pushed downward to drive said seat pan to pivot downward so that an angle between said front leg and said bottom leg of each of said side frame units increases until said stroller frame is converted from a folded state to an unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Daniel Sack, Curtis Hartenstine, Ryan Miller, Andrew Horst
  • Patent number: 9750351
    Abstract: A seat assembly for infant chair includes a seat support frame, a rear and a front seat portion respectively connected with the seat support frame, and a weight-sensitive lock mechanism placed adjacent to the rear and front seat portions. The front seat portion is slidable relative to the rear seat portion along a lengthwise axis between an expanded state and a contracted state, the lengthwise axis extending from a front to a rear of the seat assembly, and the front and rear seat portion when in the expanded state defining a sitting surface adapted to receive a child. The weight-sensitive lock mechanism is activated by the placement of a load on the seat assembly to prevent displacement of the front seat portion relative to the rear seat portion from the expanded state to the contracted state. In one embodiment, the seat assembly including the weight-sensitive lock mechanism is implemented in an infant high chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sack, Andrew J. Horst
  • Publication number: 20170247043
    Abstract: A stroller frame includes a seat pan, an operating handle movably coupled to the seat pan, and two opposite foldable side frame units each including a front leg, a handle rod, a rear leg that has a top end pivotally connected to the handle rod, a bottom leg that has a lower end pivotally connected to the rear leg, and a sliding basket tube that is movably coupled to said seat pan and slidably connected to said rear leg. To unfold the stroller frame, said operating handle is pushed downward to drive said seat pan to pivot downward so that an angle between said front leg and said bottom leg of each of said side frame units increases until said stroller frame is converted from a folded state to an unfolded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel SACK, Curtis HARTENSTINE, Ryan MILLER, Andrew HORST
  • Publication number: 20170174244
    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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Daniel A. SACK, Ryan N. MILLER, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Patent number: 9565950
    Abstract: An infant care apparatus includes a standing frame, and an infant resting support connected with the support frame and having a plurality of bearing surfaces. The infant resting support is rotatable relative to the standing frame to position any of the bearing surfaces facing upward for receiving a child thereon, and the infant resting support is further slidable vertically relative to the standing frame to adjust a height of the infant resting support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Daniel A. Sack, Ryan N. Miller, Curtis M. Hartenstine, William B. Bellows
  • Patent number: 9554658
    Abstract: An infant high chair includes a standing frame, a seat assembly and a side segment. The seat assembly includes a seat support frame movably connected with the standing frame, and a rear and a front seat portion respectively connected with the seat support frame, the front seat portion being respectively connected with the seat support frame and the side segment at two vertically spaced-apart locations. The side segment is pivotally connected with the seat support frame about a pivot axis, and is rotatable between a folded state and a deployed state. A rotation of the side segment in a folding direction drives a rearward sliding displacement of the front seat portion relative to the rear seat portion. Moreover, a downward displacement of the seat assembly to a predetermined lower position while the side segment remains in the folded state can trigger unlocking of the standing frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Daniel A. Sack, Ryan N. Miller, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: D802975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Colin P. Hansel, Daniel A. Sack