Patents by Inventor Kyle S. MASON

Kyle S. MASON 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: 20190232826
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a backrest portion and a sidewall protruding forward from the backrest portion and having a first rod inside the seat shell, an adjustable headrest movable along the backrest portion, the headrest being fixedly connected with a second rod and a spacer that are located adjacent to each other, and a child restraining harness having a harness strap, the harness strap wrapping around the first rod and forming two folded strap portions that extend downward from the first rod, one of the two folded strap portions wrapping around the second rod, and the spacer being disposed between the two folded strap portions for preventing a contact between the two folded strap portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: David A. LEHMAN, Kyle S. MASON
  • Patent number: 10336219
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell body for supporting a child seat, a foot and a recline actuator. The shell body has a first and a second end opposite to each other, an upper surface facing upward, and an end surface extending generally vertical at the first end. The foot is disposed at a bottom of the shell body adjacent to the first end, and is movable to adjust an inclination of the support base. The recline actuator is connected with the shell body, and can engage with the foot to lock the foot in position. The recline actuator has at least an actuating portion exposed on the upper surface, the actuating portion being operable to cause an unlocking movement of the recline actuator for disengaging the recline actuator from the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: WONDERLAND NURSERY GOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Colin P. Hansel, Anthony V. Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 10315538
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an extension member and a foot. The seat shell has a bottom surface capable of resting stably on a vehicle seat. The extension member is connected with the seat shell, and is configurable between a first position where a forward end of the extension member extends forward from a front end of the seat shell, and a second position where the extension member is retracted toward the seat shell. The foot is connected with the seat shell and is disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the seat shell, the foot being movably linked to the extension member. The foot and the seat shell are movable relative to each other to adjust the seat shell between at least a first and a second angular position, the second angular position being reclined rearward relative to the first angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Kyle S. Mason
  • Patent number: 10299609
    Abstract: An infant carrier includes a carrying handle having a coupling shell pivotally connected with a coupling portion of a seat body, and a latch assembled in the coupling shell. The carrying handle is adjustable to multiple angular positions, which include a carry position for facilitating transport of the infant carrier with the carrying handle, and a recline position inclined relative to the carry position. The latch can engage with the coupling portion for locking the carrying handle in position, or disengage from the coupling portion for allowing rotation of the carrying handle. A safety mechanism is disposed in an inner cavity defined at least partially by the coupling shell and the coupling portion, and can interact with the latch for forcing the carrying handle to stop in an intermediate safety position during adjustment of the carrying handle from the carry position toward the recline position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Kyle S. Mason, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Patrick J. G. Bowers
  • Patent number: 10266078
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and an extension member. The seat shell has a seat portion and a backrest, the seat portion having a front end opposite to the backrest. The extension member is pivotally connected with the seat shell, and is rotatable relative to the seat shell between a retracted position where the extension member is stowed in the seat shell and a deployed position where the extension member deploys forward beyond the front end of the seat shell to expand a leg room at a front of the child safety seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Curtis M. F. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10259356
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat body, an armrest, and an actuating mechanism. The seat body includes a seat base. The armrest has a first engaging portion. The actuating mechanism is disposed on the seat body. The actuating mechanism has an actuating portion and a second engaging portion. The actuating portion is exposed from the seat body. The second engaging portion is engaged with the first engaging portion when the armrest is disposed on the seat base. The second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion when the actuating portion is actuated to move the actuating mechanism, such that the armrest is able to be detached from the seat base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: David Andrew Lehman, Kyle S. Mason, R Scott Anderson
  • Patent number: 10252646
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an extension member connected with the seat shell, and a front and a rear foot respectively connected with the seat shell and movably linked to the extension member. The seat shell has a bottom surface capable of resting on a vehicle seat. The extension member is movable between a first position where a forward end of the extension member extends forward from the front end of the seat shell, and a second position where the extension member is retracted toward the seat shell. The front foot and the rear foot are movable relative to the seat shell to adjust the seat shell between a first and a second angular position, the seat shell being in the first and second angular position when the extension member is respectively in the first and second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Kyle S. Mason
  • Publication number: 20190061570
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a support base, a seat shell disposed on the support base and having a front end provided with an opening, a harness system for restraining a child, and a release actuator. The harness system includes a locking device that is concealed inside the child safety seat and has a clamping member, and an adjustment strap passing through the locking device and extending outside the seat shell through the opening, an inner portion of the adjustment strap extending inside the child safety seat between the locking device and the opening. The locking device has a release state where the clamping member unclamps the adjustment strap, and a locking state where the clamping member clamps the adjustment strap. The release actuator is configured to operatively connect with the locking device, and is operable to switch the locking device from the locking state to the release state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, David A. LEHMAN
  • Publication number: 20190061571
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a seat region for receiving a child, two extension parts and a locking mechanism. The two extension parts are respectively disposed at a left and a right side of the seat region, are connected with the seat shell, and are coupled to each other via a linking assembly. The two extension parts are movable together relative to the seat shell to protrude forward from a front of the seat shell or retract toward the seat shell, the two extension parts being disconnected from each other at the front of the seat shell. The locking mechanism is operable to lock the two extension parts in position relative to the seat shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, David A. LEHMAN
  • Publication number: 20180312085
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell body and a belt restraining frame. The shell body is adapted to support a child seat, and has an upper surface provided with a storage cavity sized to receive an attachment strap and two latch connectors. The belt restraining frame is pivotally connected with the shell body, and is rotatable relative to the shell body between a release position where the belt restraining frame rises away from the upper surface of the shell body so that the storage cavity is opened upwardly, and a clamping position where the belt restraining frame is adjacent to the upper surface for holding an anchoring belt that is routed across the storage cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, Colin P. HANSEL, Andrew J. TAYLOR, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Publication number: 20180236904
    Abstract: A child safety seat is for use on a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has two anchors. The child safety seat includes a seat back, a seat bottom, and a latch belt. The seat bottom is connected to the seat back for cooperatively providing a seating space with the seat back. The latch belt has a connection strap, first and second branch straps extending from the connection strap, and two latches respectively connected to the first and second branch straps. The connection strap is connected to the seat back and is routed around the seat back together with the first and second branch straps, so as to make the two latches located at two lateral sides of the seat back respectively to be detachably engaged with the two anchors for fixing the child safety seat on the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: David Andrew Lehman, Kyle S. Mason
  • Patent number: 10051975
    Abstract: A child seat includes a seat body, and a first and a second support respectively assembled with the seat body via a first and a second connection. The seat body has a seating surface and a bottom surface below the seating surface, and the first and second support are extendable below the bottom surface. The child seat has a first configuration in which the first support is configured as a leg resting board and the second support extends forward toward the first support, and a second configuration in which the first support is folded to a substantially horizontal position and the second support extends rearward so that the child seat is able to stand on the first and second supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Anthony V. Ruggiero, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Robert E. Haut, Kyle S. Mason
  • Patent number: 10040377
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell body configured to support a child seat, and a belt restraining frame pivotally connected with the shell body. The belt restraining frame includes a transversal portion, two side portions, and a middle portion located between the two side portions, the two side portions and the middle portion being fixedly connected with the transversal portion and having respective ends pivotally connected with the shell body. The belt restraining frame is rotatable relative to the shell body between a release position where the middle portion rises away from the upper surface of the shell body, and a clamping position where the middle portion is adjacent to the upper surface for pressing against an anchoring belt that is routed transversally across the shell body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Colin P. Hansel, Andrew J. Taylor, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Publication number: 20180015855
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat body, an armrest, and an actuating mechanism. The seat body includes a seat base. The armrest has a first engaging portion. The actuating mechanism is disposed on the seat body. The actuating mechanism has an actuating portion and a second engaging portion. The actuating portion is exposed from the seat body. The second engaging portion is engaged with the first engaging portion when the armrest is disposed on the seat base. The second engaging portion is disengaged from the first engaging portion when the actuating portion is actuated to move the actuating mechanism, such that the armrest is able to be detached from the seat base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: David Andrew Lehman, Kyle S. Mason, R Scott Anderson
  • Publication number: 20180001797
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an extension member and a foot. The seat shell has a bottom surface capable of resting stably on a vehicle seat. The extension member is connected with the seat shell, and is configurable between a first position where a forward end of the extension member extends forward from a front end of the seat shell, and a second position where the extension member is retracted toward the seat shell. The foot is connected with the seat shell and is disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the seat shell, the foot being movably linked to the extension member. The foot and the seat shell are movable relative to each other to adjust the seat shell between at least a first and a second angular position, the second angular position being reclined rearward relative to the first angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Robert E. HAUT, Kyle S. MASON
  • Publication number: 20180001800
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a shell having a seat portion and a backrest, and a seat board assembled with the shell, the seat board being disposed on the seat portion so that a child placed in the child safety seat sits on the seat board, the seat board being slidable relative to the shell toward or away from the backrest. The seat board can be thereby configurable as an extension member that is movable relative to the shell for adjusting a leg room for a child sitting on the seat board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Robert E. HAUT, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Publication number: 20180001798
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an extension member connected with the seat shell, and a front and a rear foot respectively connected with the seat shell and movably linked to the extension member. The seat shell has a bottom surface capable of resting on a vehicle seat. The extension member is movable between a first position where a forward end of the extension member extends forward from the front end of the seat shell, and a second position where the extension member is retracted toward the seat shell. The front foot and the rear foot are movable relative to the seat shell to adjust the seat shell between a first and a second angular position, the seat shell being in the first and second angular position when the extension member is respectively in the first and second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Robert E. HAUT, Kyle S. MASON
  • Publication number: 20180001799
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and an extension member. The seat shell has a seat portion and a backrest, the seat portion having a front end opposite to the backrest. The extension member is pivotally connected with the seat shell, and is rotatable relative to the seat shell between a retracted position where the extension member is stowed in the seat shell and a deployed position where the extension member deploys forward beyond the front end of the seat shell to expand a leg room at a front of the child safety seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. MASON, James M.F. HUTCHINSON, Robert E. HAUT, Curtis M.F. HARTENSTINE
  • Patent number: 9840169
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a side provided with an elongated slot, an anchor strap portion routed through the seat shell, and a retractor disposed on the side of the seat shell. The anchor strap portion is movable back and forth along the elongated slot relative to the seat shell, the anchor strap portion being connected with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle. Moreover, the anchor strap portion has one end assembled with the retractor, the fastener being connected with the anchor strap portion at a location between the elongated slot and the retractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: BP Children's Products HK Co., Limited
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, James M. F. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 9789791
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a seat portion and a backrest, the seat portion having a front end opposite to the backrest, and an extension member connected with the seat shell and having a forward end. The extension member is configurable between a first position where the forward end deploys forward away from the front end of the seat shell, and a second position in which the extension member is retracted toward or removed from the seat shell. The child safety seat has a rear facing configuration of installation, and the forward end of the extension member when in the first position is configured to provide abuttal contact against a seatback of the vehicle seat in the rear facing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Kyle S. Mason, Gregory S. Sellers, Robert E. Haut