Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Stocker

Jeffrey A. Stocker 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: 20240049677
    Abstract: A pet booster seat comprising a base and an attachment member configured to detachably couple the base to a car seat of a vehicle. The base can include a shell, a liner removably coupled to the shell and configured to cover an interior of the shell, and a frame configured to maintain at least a shape of an upper portion of the base. The pet booster seat can be further configured to transition from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration automatically when no upward pulling force is exerted at or near the upper portion of the base. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Ferrara, Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Xue Hai Shen
  • Patent number: 11399509
    Abstract: A maze for a small animal habitat is provided. The maze includes a base having a floor and a plurality of sidewalls. The floor includes a plurality of slots therein. In another aspect, a plurality of dividers have a notched area on a bottom portion that are configured to be inserted into the slots. The bottom surface of the floor includes one or more feet positioned at the corner of adjoining sidewalls. Each of said feet are configured to be received in a nesting relationship into an upper portion of a lower maze at the corner of two adjoining sidewalls such that an outer face of each leg is coincident with an inner surface of each adjoining sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PETSMART HOME OFFICE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Paul Tamulewicz
  • Patent number: 11206808
    Abstract: A hide for a small animal habitat is provided. The hide includes a base, four side panels, a roof and one or more coupling mechanisms for removably coupling the hide to the base. A plurality of coupling mechanisms is contemplated and include tabs having a radially extending flange, an L-shaped in cross section clip, and a rotatable disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: PETSMART HOME OFFICE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Ji Liu, Paul Tamulewicz, Peng Qiu
  • Patent number: 11172647
    Abstract: A small animal habitat and a method for coupling an exercise wheel assembly to a small animal habitat. The small animal habitat includes a primary habitat portion, the primary habitat portion having a bottom portion, a central portion, and a top portion. The small animal habitat also includes an external hide structure coupled to the top portion of the primary habitat portion. An exercise wheel assembly is also provided, wherein the exercise wheel assembly is coupled to, and suspended from, the external hide structure. Additionally, a portion of the exercise wheel extends outside of the external hide structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: PETSMART HOME OFFICE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Paul Tamulewicz
  • Patent number: 11134661
    Abstract: A fish tank includes a first water chamber for providing living space for fish; a second water chamber in fluid connection with the first water chamber with a grating therebetween. The openings of the grating are sized to keep the first water chamber and the second water chamber fluidly connected but prevent fish or other aquatic animals from entering the second water chamber. In an embodiment, a one-way valve allows water to flow out of the second water chamber and prevents water from flowing back into the first water chamber. A removable syringe with a plunger, a barrel and an orifice is provided such that when the orifice is connected to the one-way valve means and the plunger is pulled out of the barrel, water in the second water chamber flows into the barrel of the removable syringe through the one-way valve means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Steven Chattin, Lisa Beilke, Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: 10897879
    Abstract: A combination aquarium with an eye-catching design is disclosed. The apparatus includes a bowl that is removably received and supported by a lower receptacle having first sidewalls which curve in a concave-up fashion and are dimensioned to receive and support a lower portion of the body of the bowl, and an upper receptacle dimensioned to be removably positioned over an upper portion of the body of the bowl and having an opening which substantially aligns with an opening at the top of the bowl, where the upper receptacle has second sidewalls which curve in a concave-down fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: 10631526
    Abstract: An aquarium including a first water chamber providing a habitat for aquatic species, a second water chamber, wherein the second water chamber is fluidly coupled to the first water chamber, and a third water chamber, wherein the third water chamber is fluidly coupled to the second water chamber. The aquarium also includes a water discharge arrangement housed at least partially within the third water chamber, wherein the water discharge arrangement includes a pump and a discharge outlet coupled to the pump such that water within the third water chamber may discharged from the discharge outlet, and further wherein the discharge outlet is selectively rotatable such that water may be discharged either a) into one of the first water chamber or the third water chamber, or b) out of the aquarium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PETSMART HOME OFFICE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Gary Steven Chattin, Guangyu Tan
  • Publication number: 20200100456
    Abstract: A small animal habitat and a method for coupling an exercise wheel assembly to a small animal habitat. The small animal habitat includes a primary habitat portion, the primary habitat portion having a bottom portion, a central portion, and a top portion. The small animal habitat also includes an external hide structure coupled to the top portion of the primary habitat portion. An exercise wheel assembly is also provided, wherein the exercise wheel assembly is coupled to, and suspended from, the external hide structure. Additionally, a portion of the exercise wheel extends outside of the external hide structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Paul Tamulewicz
  • Publication number: 20200100467
    Abstract: A maze for a small animal habitat is provided. The maze includes a base having a floor and a plurality of sidewalls. The floor includes a plurality of slots therein. In another aspect, a plurality of dividers have a notched area on a bottom portion that are configured to be inserted into the slots. The bottom surface of the floor includes one or more feet positioned at the corner of adjoining sidewalls. Each of said feet are configured to be received in a nesting relationship into an upper portion of a lower maze at the corner of two adjoining sidewalls such that an outer face of each leg is coincident with an inner surface of each adjoining sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Paul Tamulewicz
  • Publication number: 20200100457
    Abstract: A small animal habitat and method of coupling at least one decorative assembly to the small animal habitat. The small animal habitat includes a top portion, a base portion, and a central portion positioned therebetween, wherein the central portion includes a plurality of horizontally-extending wire tines. The small animal habitat also includes at least one exterior structural assembly, wherein the at least one exterior structural assembly has at least one upward-facing clip extending from an inner surface of the at least one exterior structural assembly, and at least one downward-facing extended tab extending from the inner surface of the at least one exterior structural assembly. The at least one upward-facing clip is configured to be removably coupled to at least one of the plurality of horizontally-extending wire tines, and the at least one downward-facing extended tab is configured to be removably coupled to the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Paul Tamulewicz
  • Patent number: D882885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Reyna Jew, Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: D882886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Reyna Jew, Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: D882887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Reyna Jew, Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: D883583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Reyna Jew
  • Patent number: D883584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Reyna Jew, Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: D884990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Reyna Jew, Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: D890442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PETSMART HOME OFFICE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stocker Watson, Ji Liu, Paul Tamulewicz
  • Patent number: D890451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Reyna Jew, Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: D890452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Reyna Jew, Jeffrey Stocker Watson
  • Patent number: D891009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PetSmart Home Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Hannah Seadler, Reyna Jew, Jeffrey Stocker Watson