Patents by Inventor Janet Villano

Janet Villano 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: 20210137280
    Abstract: A convertible enclosure system includes a rigid structure covered by a flexible liner. The rigid structure includes an upper frame with a first side bar, a second side bar, a front bar, and a rear bar, and legs extending downward from the upper frame and terminating at foot ends. The front and rear bars are adjustable in length between a retracted length and an extended length. The flexible liner includes an upper member surrounding upper frame, a bottom member operably connected to foot ends of each of the legs, and a sidewall extending between the upper member and the bottom member. The flexible liner is configured to adjust in size as the length of the front bar and the length of the rear bar is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Janet VILLANO, Maurits HOMAN, Erin KNOWLTON, Alex GEORG, Chelsea CARTER
  • Publication number: 20210085135
    Abstract: A toilet seat reducer includes a hub disposed on an underside of a lid of a conventional toilet seat, a toilet seat, and at least one pair of complementary magnets configured for detachably coupling the hub and the toilet seat to each other. The toilet seat includes an aperture smaller than an opening in the conventional toilet seat, and the toilet seat is configured for mating with at least a portion of the conventional toilet seat. Each magnet of the pair of magnets is disposed on opposing locations on the hub and the toilet seat. The toilet seat reducer includes a flexible urine guard configured to collapse into at least a portion of the aperture of the toilet seat when the lid is lowered onto the toilet seat and return to an un-collapsed state when the lid and the toilet seat are separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: John Healy, Ben Bearsch, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: 10780364
    Abstract: A children's toy includes a base having an upper portion and a lower portion and a driving mechanism operably connected to the lower portion of the base. The driving mechanism is configured to move the base along a plurality of paths. One or more lights operably connected to the base are configured to display a patterned light display as the base moves along one of a plurality of paths. A removable member is also included for placement on the base with a sensor on the base triggered by the removable member which affects the path of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bearsch, Hui Jin, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: 10463171
    Abstract: An activity jumper for a child includes a base and two vertical supports operably connected to the base. The vertical supports extend upward from the base with each vertical support including two arms that extend away from the vertical support. A plurality of stretchable tension members are each operably connected to one of the two arms of one of the two vertical supports and a tabletop is suspended by the tension members, the tabletop having a top play surface and a central opening with a child seat disposed in the central opening. A method of storing an activity jumper is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: John Healy, Benjamin Bearsch, Petros Stombolis, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: 10456701
    Abstract: A child activity center includes a tabletop having a top play surface and a bottom surface opposite the top play surface, and a central opening. A plurality of legs, are attached to tabletop and a lower platform is attached to the legs by a plurality of straps that are connected to the platform. A child seat is advantageously removably attached to the tabletop via over the central opening, in one form. Optional unique clips attach toys to the tabletop and one or more optional openings or windows in the tabletop allow an infant to see through the tabletop to the observe objects therebelow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: John Healy, Benjamin Bearsch, Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Publication number: 20190216192
    Abstract: A system for drying items stored in a bag is provided including a bag defining an upper compartment and a lower compartment, the lower compartment having one or more openings selectively closed by a door. The lower compartment of the bag is configured to selectively receive a removable container including permeable sides and an open top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Chelsea CARTER, Janet VILLANO, Sierra Seip, Ellen DIAMANT
  • Patent number: 10335697
    Abstract: A toy projector includes a housing and a light projector adapted to project light from the housing. A sheet is associated with the housing to be disposed over the light projector to thereby diffuse light emitted from the housing and to be selectively withdrawn from being over the light projector to allow the projection of light from the housing to be unobstructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Janet Villano, Chelsea Carter, Peter Therrien, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: 10307686
    Abstract: An activity gym with an arch that is readily movable between a first position and a second position. The activity gym includes a base sized to support an infant positioned on the base with the base having a perimeter. The nursing cover further includes an arch pivotally connected to the base along the perimeter of the base. The arch movable between a first position in which the arch is substantially perpendicular to the base and a second position in which the arch is adjacent to the base. The activity gym can also include a means for affixing an image capturing device such that the image capturing device is capable of capturing images of an infant positioned on the base of the activity gym.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bearsch, Peter Therrien, Chelsea Carter, Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: D854853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bearsch, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: D868488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: John Healy, Benjamin Bearsch, Petros Stombolis, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: D868900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: John Healy, Benjamin Bearsch, Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: D876858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bearsch, Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: D882048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Chelsea Carter, Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: D878104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: D892284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: John Healy, Benjamin Bearsch, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: D901981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Malorie Pangilinan, Erin Knowlton, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: D910860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Janet Villano, John Healy
  • Patent number: D922502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bearsch, Hui Jin, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: D923899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: John Healy, Benjamin Bearsch, Janet Villano
  • Patent number: D929853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Skip Hop, Inc.
    Inventors: John Healy, Ben Bearsch, Janet Villano