Patents by Inventor Gregory S. Sellers

Gregory S. Sellers 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: 8882196
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 8870285
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Nathanael Saint
  • Publication number: 20140125099
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Gregory S. SELLERS
  • Publication number: 20140008953
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygood Company limited
    Inventors: Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Gregory S. SELLERS, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Nathanael SAINT
  • Patent number: 8567862
    Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a base and a child seat. The base comprises a shell body, and a support platform provided at an upper side of the shell body on which the child seat can be installed. The shell body includes a first portion having a bottom adapted to provide stable resting support, and a second portion extending upward from the first portion, wherein the shell body includes a storage cavity accessible from an outer side of the second portion. The storage cavity can be sized to receive free end portions of a restrain strap used for holding the base in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygood Company Limited
    Inventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 8556344
    Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a child seat and a base. In one embodiment, the base can include a first portion having a bottom adapted to provide stable resting support, and a second portion extending upward from the first portion. The child seat can be installed on the base, wherein the child seat has a seat portion and a seatback, and is movable relative to adjust a distance between the seat portion and a region of the second portion in front of the seat portion. In other embodiments, a base suitable for use with a child seat is also described. The base can comprise a shell body, and an adjustable platform movably assembled on an upper guide surface of the shell body, wherein the adjustable platform is adapted to attach with the child seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Nathanael Saint
  • Patent number: 8459665
    Abstract: A foldable stroller frame includes a seat frame assembly, and a leg tube assembly including a front leg tube, a rear leg tube, and a pivot joint connected between the front and rear leg tubes and connected pivotally to the seat frame assembly. A link is connected pivotally to a handle tube at one end thereof and to the pivot joint at the other end. Two supporting tubes are connected respectively to the seat frame assembly and the leg tube assembly. A drive member is connected among the rear leg tube, the handle tube, and the supporting tubes, in such a manner to allow for rotation of the handle tube relative to the drive member. When said handle tube is rotated relative to said drive member, said drive member is activated to result in rotation of said seat frame and leg tube assembly, and said stroller frame is converted between unfolded and fully folded states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Gregory S. Sellers, Robert E. Haut
  • Publication number: 20120326474
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Gregory S. SELLERS, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Patent number: 8276988
    Abstract: A child car seat is adapted for use in an automobile, and includes a seat assembly and a backrest unit connected to the seat assembly and including a backrest body, a pair of safety belts, and a guide component. The backrest body has opposite front and rear surfaces, and a plurality of spaced apart pairs of belt slots. Each belt slot has opposite front and rear open ends formed respectively in the front and rear surfaces. Each safety belt has a free end portion. The guide component is coupled to the rear surface of the backrest body and covers the rear open ends of the belt slots. The free end portions of the safety belts are extended respectively through a selected one pair of the belt slots, and along a predetermined route behind the rear surface of the backrest body through guidance of the guide component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Curtis M. Hartenstine, Gregory S. Sellers, Sharon A. Gillett, Robert E. Haut
  • Publication number: 20120181822
    Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a base and a child seat. The base comprises a shell body, and a support platform provided at an upper side of the shell body on which the child seat can be installed. The shell body includes a first portion having a bottom adapted to provide stable resting support, and a second portion extending upward from the first portion, wherein the shell body includes a storage cavity accessible from an outer side of the second portion. The storage cavity can be sized to receive free end portions of a restrain strap used for holding the base in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Gregory S. SELLERS, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Publication number: 20120104808
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gregory S. SELLERS, Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Wanquan ZHU
  • Patent number: 8123295
    Abstract: A car seat is constructed with a car seat member on which the child is transported and a separable base member that is mounted to the vehicle seat via the vehicle seat belt or latch anchor which is passed through side openings in the base member and trapped in a belt latch apparatus to secure the base member to the vehicle seat. The car seat member includes a recline actuation linkage formed with two pivotally mounted link members interconnected so that the upward movement of the recline actuator is translated into an intuitive release of the recline mechanism for adjustment of the recline angle of the car seat member relative to the base member. A level indicator is mounted on the car seat member to provide a positive feedback that the proper orientation of the car seat member has been selected for the rear facing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Gregory S. Sellers
  • Publication number: 20120013159
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Gregory S. SELLERS, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Publication number: 20120013154
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce L. WILLIAMS, Gregory S. SELLERS, Nathanael SAINT, Sharon A. GILLETT
  • Publication number: 20120013160
    Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a child seat and a base. In one embodiment, the base can include a first portion having a bottom adapted to provide stable resting support, and a second portion extending upward from the first portion. The child seat can be installed on the base, wherein the child seat has a seat portion and a seatback, and is movable relative to adjust a distance between the seat portion and a region of the second portion in front of the seat portion. In other embodiments, a base suitable for use with a child seat is also described. The base can comprise a shell body, and an adjustable platform movably assembled on an upper guide surface of the shell body, wherein the adjustable platform is adapted to attach with the child seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Nathanael Saint
  • Publication number: 20110291388
    Abstract: A foldable stroller frame includes a seat frame assembly, and a leg tube assembly including a front leg tube, a rear leg tube, and a pivot joint connected between the front and rear leg tubes and connected pivotally to the seat frame assembly. A link is connected pivotally to a handle tube at one end thereof and to the pivot joint at the other end. Two supporting tubes are connected respectively to the seat frame assembly and the leg tube assembly. A drive member is connected among the rear leg tube, the handle tube, and the supporting tubes, in such a manner to allow for rotation of the handle tube relative to the drive member. When said handle tube is rotated relative to said drive member, said drive member is activated to result in rotation of said seat frame and leg tube assembly, and said stroller frame is converted between unfolded and fully folded states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Gregory S. Sellers, Robert E. Haut
  • Patent number: 7891738
    Abstract: A child seat includes a carrier, an armrest and a flexible connector. The carrier includes a loading surface and a connecting part. The flexible connector is connected between the carrier and the armrest. When the child seat is in an un-assembled state, the armrest is separated from the connecting part. When the child seat is in an assembled state, the armrest is fixed to the connecting part. Alternatively, the child seat includes a carrier, an armrest and a connector. The carrier includes a loading surface and a connecting part. The connector is connected with the carrier and the armrest. When the child seat is in an un-assembled state, the armrest is laid flat on the loading surface. When the child seat is in an assembled state, the armrest is fixed to the connecting part in an upright state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Gregory S. Sellers
  • Patent number: 7819472
    Abstract: A latching mechanism for a car seat that is mountable on a separable base member provides a positive locking of the car seat to the base member. The latch mechanism has a member that is positioned in the seat portion of the car seat to pivot upwardly when the latch mechanism is disengaged. The seating of a child on the seat portion requires the latch mechanism to be retracted into the seat portion, which corresponds to the locking of the latch mechanism. The latch mechanism includes four helical spools rotated by the pivotal movement of the latch lever to cause linear movement of the locking pins into engagement with the base member. A latch indicator has a pre-latch sensor that indicates proper positioning of the seat member and a latch sensor that indicates an engagement of the locking pins. An indicator light illuminates when the seat member is properly latched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Gregory S. Sellers, John T. Sims
  • Publication number: 20100007187
    Abstract: A car seat is constructed with a car seat member on which the child is transported and a separable base member that is mounted to the vehicle seat via the vehicle seat belt or latch anchor which is passed through side openings in the base member and trapped in a belt latch apparatus to secure the base member to the vehicle seat. The car seat member includes a recline actuation linkage formed with two pivotally mounted link members interconnected so that the upward movement of the recline actuator is translated into an intuitive release of the recline mechanism for adjustment of the recline angle of the car seat member relative to the base member. A level indicator is mounted on the car seat member to provide a positive feedback that the proper orientation of the car seat member has been selected for the rear facing configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Gregory S. Sellers
  • Publication number: 20090322138
    Abstract: A child seat includes a carrier, an armrest and a flexible connector. The carrier includes a loading surface and a connecting part. The flexible connector is connected between the carrier and the armrest. When the child seat is in an un-assembled state, the armrest is separated from the connecting part. When the child seat is in an assembled state, the armrest is fixed to the connecting part. Alternatively, the child seat includes a carrier, an armrest and a connector. The carrier includes a loading surface and a connecting part. The connector is connected with the carrier and the armrest. When the child seat is in an un-assembled state, the armrest is laid flat on the loading surface. When the child seat is in an assembled state, the armrest is fixed to the connecting part in an upright state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Gregory S. Sellers