Patents by Inventor Kelly Runk

Kelly Runk 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: 10800297
    Abstract: A child apparatus can include one or more shells/frames upon which a child can sit or lie. All or a portion of each shell/frame can be covered in soft goods. The soft goods component can include one or more channels or tunnels provided along all or a portion of a perimeter of the soft goods component. One or more stiffening members can be inserted into the one or more channels or tunnels. The shell/frame can include one or more cavities for receiving a portion of the stiffening member therein to couple the soft goods component to the shell/frame. Alternatively, the shell/frame can include soft goods retaining tabs along a back or side of the shell/frame, and the elongated stiffening member can be inserted between each soft goods retaining tab and the back or side of the shell/frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Runk, Maureen Tobin, Brittany Hassler, William Conway, Nicholas James Lombardi, Taylor Daniel Genoway
  • Publication number: 20190168643
    Abstract: A child apparatus can include one or more shells/frames upon which a child can sit or lie. All or a portion of each shell/frame can be covered in soft goods. The soft goods component can include one or more channels or tunnels provided along all or a portion of a perimeter of the soft goods component. One or more stiffening members can be inserted into the one or more channels or tunnels. The shell/frame can include one or more cavities for receiving a portion of the stiffening member therein to couple the soft goods component to the shell/frame. Alternatively, the shell/frame can include soft goods retaining tabs along a back or side of the shell/frame, and the elongated stiffening member can be inserted between each soft goods retaining tab and the back or side of the shell/frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Runk, Maureen Tobin, Brittany Hassler, William Conway, Nicholas James Lombardi, Taylor Daniel Genoway
  • Publication number: 20120326476
    Abstract: A child seat has a seat back portion and a safety harness with a pair of shoulder belts positioned on a front side of the seat back portion. A head support is separate from the seat back portion. The shoulder belts are height adjustable vertically along the seat back portion. The head support is removably attached to the seat back portion with a mounting strap and vertically adjustable positionally along a front side of the seat back portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Runk, Marco Binotto
  • Patent number: 7806472
    Abstract: A seat pad assembly is disclosed including a body pad for placement on the seating surface of a child seating device. The body pad has a front side, a back side, and two spaced apart vertical slots through the pad. The seat pad assembly has a head support with a connecting strip extending between a pair of laterally spaced apart cushions. The head support is generally H-shaped and installed on the pad through the slots with the pair of cushions on one side of the pad and the connecting strip on the other side. The head support is slidable along the slots to adjust the vertical position of the cushions. The seat pad assembly can be used on a child seating device such as a children's car seat, an infant carrier, a stroller, an infant swing, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Runk, Sharon L. Griffiths
  • Publication number: 20100148543
    Abstract: A seat pad assembly is disclosed including a body pad for placement on the seating surface of a child seating device. The body pad has a front side, a back side, and two spaced apart vertical slots through the pad. The seat pad assembly has a head support with a connecting strip extending between a pair of laterally spaced apart cushions. The head support is generally H-shaped and installed on the pad through the slots with the pair of cushions on one side of the pad and the connecting strip on the other side. The head support is slidable along the slots to adjust the vertical position of the cushions. The seat pad assembly can be used on a child seating device such as a children's car seat, an infant carrier, a stroller, an infant swing, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Runk, Sharon L. Griffiths