Patents by Inventor LaVonne Strand

LaVonne Strand 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: 20240032741
    Abstract: A toilet seat adapter device that is configured to be positioned on a rear section of a standard toilet seat in order to reduce the size of the seat opening. The adapter has a main body that is configured to be seated within the toilet seat opening. A first pair of movable arms extend form the right side of the main body and a second pair of movable arms extend form the left side of the main body. Each pair of movable arms terminate in clamp or similar gripping interface to capture a toilet seat and maintain the main body securely positioned on the toilet. The pairs of movable arms may be secured at any of various points to allow a user to apply the adapter to any of various sized toilet seats. One more LEDs may be encapsulated in or embedded on the toilet seat adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ruth Wallberg, LaVonne Strand
  • Patent number: 11779170
    Abstract: A toilet seat adapter device that is configured to be positioned on a rear section of a standard toilet seat in order to reduce the size of the seat opening. The adapter has a main body that is configured to be seated within the toilet seat opening. A first pair of movable arms extend form the right side of the main body and a second pair of movable arms extend form the left side of the main body. Each pair of movable arms terminate in clamp or similar gripping interface to capture a toilet seat and maintain the main body securely positioned on the toilet. The pairs of movable arms may be secured at any of various points to allow a user to apply the adapter to any of various sized toilet seats. One more LEDs may be encapsulated in or embedded on the toilet seat adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Happy Penguin, LLC
    Inventors: Ruth Wallberg, LaVonne Strand
  • Publication number: 20220125251
    Abstract: A toilet seat adapter device that is configured to be positioned on a rear section of a standard toilet seat in order to reduce the size of the seat opening. The adapter has a main body that is configured to be seated within the toilet seat opening. A first pair of movable arms extend form the right side of the main body and a second pair of movable arms extend form the left side of the main body. Each pair of movable arms terminate in clamp or similar gripping interface to capture a toilet seat and maintain the main body securely positioned on the toilet. The pairs of movable arms may be secured at any of various points to allow a user to apply the adapter to any of various sized toilet seats. One more LEDs may be encapsulated in or embedded on the toilet seat adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ruth Wallberg, LaVonne Strand
  • Patent number: 11219342
    Abstract: A toilet seat adapter device that is configured to be positioned on a rear section of a standard toilet seat in order to reduce the size of the seat opening. The adapter has a main body that is configured to be seated within the toilet seat opening. A first pair of movable arms extend form the right side of the main body and a second pair of movable arms extend form the left side of the main body. Each pair of movable arms terminate in clamp or similar gripping interface to capture a toilet seat and maintain the main body securely positioned on the toilet. The pairs of movable arms may be secured at any of various points to allow a user to apply the adapter to any of various sized toilet seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Ruth Wallberg, LaVonne Strand
  • Publication number: 20210000309
    Abstract: A toilet seat adapter device that is configured to be positioned on a rear section of a standard toilet seat in order to reduce the size of the seat opening. The adapter has a main body that is configured to be seated within the toilet seat opening. A first pair of movable arms extend form the right side of the main body and a second pair of movable arms extend form the left side of the main body. Each pair of movable arms terminate in clamp or similar gripping interface to capture a toilet seat and maintain the main body securely positioned on the toilet. The pairs of movable arms may be secured at any of various points to allow a user to apply the adapter to any of various sized toilet seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ruth Wallberg, LaVonne Strand
  • Patent number: 9649572
    Abstract: A positioning mechanism for use in conjunction with rod and connector construction toy sets, such as K'NEX, to enable incrementally adjustable positioning of rods relative to associated connectors. The new mechanism includes first and second positioning members. The first, positioning member is, mounted on a rod for angular movement and includes a cylindrical outer surface with multiple detent notches. The second positioning member has a convergent pair of resilient fingers engaged with a spaced pair of the detent notches to releasably retain the first positioning member in any incrementally adjusted position. The second positioning member includes mounting studs engageable with laterally spaced connectors of an assembly, and a separate locating element engageable with at least one of the connectors to fix the second positioning member against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Partnership Group
    Inventor: LaVonne Strand
  • Publication number: 20150147934
    Abstract: A positioning mechanism for use in conjunction with rod and connector construction toy sets, such as K'NEX, to enable incrementally adjustable positioning of rods relative to associated connectors. The new mechanism includes first and second positioning members. The first, positioning member is, mounted on a rod for angular movement and includes a cylindrical outer surface with multiple detent notches. The second positioning member has a convergent pair of resilient fingers engaged with a spaced pair of the detent notches to releasably retain the first positioning member in any incrementally adjusted position. The second positioning member includes mounting studs engageable with laterally spaced connectors of an assembly, and a separate locating element engageable with at least one of the connectors to fix the second positioning member against rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: LaVonne Strand
  • Publication number: 20060073761
    Abstract: A vehicle toy combination includes a wireless controlled toy vehicle having a mobile platform configured to move over a surface. A central controller on the platform is configured to control at least one aspect of the toy vehicle. A hand-held manually actuable wireless controller is configured to remotely control user selected movement of the toy vehicle. An optical receiver is attached to the platform to look downward on the surface and is coupled to the central controller. The receiver is configured to read a predetermined reflective pattern located on the surface over which the toy vehicle moves. Multiple vehicles can be controlled simultaneously with multiple wireless, manually operated controllers operating at the same frequency by initially synchronizing the controllers to transmit in non-overlapping windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Weiss, LaVonne Strand, Joseph Moll, Vikas Kumar Sinha, Justin Discoe, David Helmlinger, Gregory Nungester, Charles McCall, Jesse Dorogusker
  • Patent number: D712487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: K'Nex Limited Partnership Group
    Inventor: LaVonne Strand
  • Patent number: D712488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Partnership Group
    Inventor: LaVonne Strand