Patents by Inventor Mark A. LaMantia

Mark A. LaMantia 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: 20120117726
    Abstract: A cover for use with a crib having a headboard, a footboard, and a pair of side rails is provided. The cover includes a dome-shaped top, a first plurality of straps configured to together extend substantially along the height of the crib to secure the dome-shaped top to the crib, and a second plurality of straps configured to together extend substantially along the height of the crib to secure the dome-shaped top to the crib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Mark A. LaMantia
  • Patent number: 6859958
    Abstract: An enclosure for a crib or playpen includes a dome-shaped top and a box-shaped bottom structure completely enclosing the interior of a crib or playpen. The enclosure includes a flap in the dome-shaped top to allowing a parent or guardian to easily place a child in or remove a child from the crib or playpen. The enclosure also has features which prevent a child from opening the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Inventor: Mark LaMantia
  • Publication number: 20030177576
    Abstract: An enclosure for a crib or playpen includes a dome-shaped top and a box-shaped bottom structure for completely enclosing the interior of a crib or playpen. The enclosure includes a flap in the dome-shaped top to allowing a parent or guardian to easily place a child in or remove a child from the crib or playpen. The enclosure also has features which prevent a child from opening the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventor: Mark LaMantia
  • Patent number: 6550083
    Abstract: An enclosure for a crib or playpen includes a dome-shaped top and a box-shaped bottom structure for completely enclosing the interior of a crib or playpen. The enclosure includes a flap in the dome-shaped top to allowing a parent or guardian to easily place a child in or remove a child from the crib or playpen. The enclosure also has features which prevent a child from opening the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Inventor: Mark LaMantia
  • Patent number: 6263894
    Abstract: A protective cover against insects for babies' and toddlers' enclosures such as cribs, playpens, strollers and the like includes an unstructured tubular body portion and an unstructured dome-shaped hood, both made of insect netting material which “breathes” and is transparent. The tubular body at its upper edge and the hood at its periphery each have a stretchable band or fastener that reduces the effective dimensions of the body edge and hood periphery so that the body may be drawn downwardly over the enclosure and be held in place by the reduced dimension of the edge and the hood is drawn downwardly over the top of the enclosure and its periphery overlaps the top edge of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventor: Mark LaMantia
  • Patent number: 5956773
    Abstract: A visor guard for covering the visor of a baseball-type cap having a crown with a headband about the edge of the crown and an adjusting strap at the rear of the headband for altering the cap size. The guard comprises a pocket made of a washable material, preferably terry cloth, defined by upper and lower panels. The shapes of the panels generally conform to the shape of the visor to be covered and the panels are secured together about their edges which conform to the free edge of the visor. The remainder of the edges of the panels are not connected together so as to form an opening through which the visor may be inserted into the pocket. A sweatband is connected to one of the edges of the opening and is positioned to lie against the inside of the headband and against the forehead of the wearer of the cap, and a retainer is connected to the sweatband and may be tucked in between the headband and the crown of the cap to hold the guard in place on the visor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventor: Mark LaMantia
  • Patent number: 5517707
    Abstract: A clip for securing a cover to a crib or playpen includes a first loop for providing a snap-fit onto the top bar of the crib, a cavity for holding a side rod of the cover, and an extension for guiding the clip onto the crib or playpen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Inventor: Mark A. LaMantia
  • Patent number: 5390381
    Abstract: A beach towel/beach bag combination is made of a rectangular sheet of toweling that is folded transversely into three panels which overlie one another. The three panels are folded together along a longitudinal center line of the toweling and a zipper is provided along a portion of the edge of the toweling so as to retain the toweling in the beach bag configuration. A handle is also secured to the toweling so as to facilitate carrying of the beach bag particularly when it is full. The handle may be made of webbing and form an extension of a reinforcing strip that extends from the top to the bottom of the bag. When the bag is unzipped, the towel may be spread flat to serve as a beach towel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Inventor: Mark LaMantia
  • Patent number: 4945584
    Abstract: A cover for a crib or playpen includes a tent-like canopy having a pair of panels extending downwardly from two opposite ends which lie against the inside of a pair of sides of the crib or playpen and are tied in place by straps which extend about the sides. The cover leaves the other sides of the crib or playpen exposed. Ties are provided along the other side edges of the canopy for securing those edges to the tops of those sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Tots-In-Mind, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. LaMantia