Patents by Inventor Mitchell Shellenberger

Mitchell Shellenberger 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: 20240025309
    Abstract: A child seat includes a tensioning mechanism that selectively applies tension to a seat belt to secure the child seat to a car seat. The child seat includes a base that defines a receiving region. The tensioning mechanism includes a bottom arm pivotably attached to the base within the receiving region and a top arm pivotably attached to the bottom arm. The tensioning mechanism is adjustable between a first configuration and a second configuration relative to the base. In both the first configuration and the second configuration, the tensioning mechanism defines a tortuous, nonlinear belt pathway. In the first configuration, the tensioning mechanism receives a portion of the seat belt, and in the second configuration, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the seat belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Messner, Mitchell Shellenberger, Quentin G. Walsh, Brandon Hoover
  • Patent number: 11807139
    Abstract: A child seat includes a tensioning mechanism that selectively applies tension to a seat belt to secure the child seat to a car seat. The child seat includes a base that defines a receiving region. The tensioning mechanism includes a bottom arm pivotably attached to the base within the receiving region and a top arm pivotably attached to the bottom arm. The tensioning mechanism is adjustable between a first configuration and a second configuration relative to the base. In both the first configuration and the second configuration, the tensioning mechanism defines a tortuous, nonlinear belt pathway. In the first configuration, the tensioning mechanism receives a portion of the seat belt, and in the second configuration, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the seat belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Messner, Mitchell Shellenberger, Quentin G. Walsh, Brandon Hoover
  • Publication number: 20230339372
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a seat foundation and a juvenile seat including a seat back fixed to the seat foundation for movement therewith and a seat bottom coupled to the seat back. The seat foundation is adapted to rest on a vehicle seat. The juvenile seat is supported by the seat foundation on the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Mitchell SHELLENBERGER
  • Publication number: 20220081971
    Abstract: A folding safety gate includes a pass through door, and an L-frame, the pass through door linked to the L-frame, the L-frame comprising a vertical section and a horizontal section, the pass through door hinged to the vertical section by an upper hinge and a lower hinge, the horizontal section spanning a gap from a bottom of the vertical section to an opposite side on the pass through door and configured to unlatch and fold vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mitchell Shellenberger, Dana E. Chicca, Paul MacPhail Brown
  • Publication number: 20210053471
    Abstract: A car seat configured for attachment to a vehicle seat in a selectable forward facing position or rear-facing position. An example embodiment is a car seat that includes a chassis having a backrest portion coupled to a base portion, a seat portion releasably attached to the base portion, and a release handle coupled to the seat portion for enabling detachment of the seat portion from the base. The seat portion can be detached and used as a stand-alone booster. The car seat includes a tension arm for releasably securing the car seat in a forward-facing position onto a vehicle seat. The car seat can include a belt clamp, configured to be acted on by the tension arm, for releasably securing the car seat in a rear-facing position onto a vehicle seat. The car seat can include a rebound bar that can be retracted or folded into the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Mitchell Shellenberger
  • Patent number: 10737593
    Abstract: An car seat that can be quickly attached and detached to a vehicle seat and a stroller. An example embodiment is a car seat that includes a carrier portion, a base portion, and a release handle coupled to the carrier for enabling detachment of the carrier from the base and stroller. The car seat includes a tension arm for releasably clamping a vehicle belt onto the base and tensioning the belt to secure the base portion to a vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Summer Infant (USA), Inc.
    Inventor: Mitchell Shellenberger
  • Publication number: 20060201118
    Abstract: A system for measuring fume generation rates and total fume emissions of welding and allied processes includes a fume collection chamber and an automated welding assembly. The fume collection chamber includes a fume chamber housing, a door attached to the housing, a filter support connected to the housing, a hood connected to the housing and a connector attached to the housing and/or the hood. The automated welding assembly includes a rail, a carriage moveably mounted on the rail, a gun arm connected to the carriage and a welding gun mounted to the gun arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Dudash, David Fedor, Jason Sattesson, Mitchell Shellenberger