Patents by Inventor Robert E. Haut

Robert E. Haut 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: 10053131
    Abstract: A basket is detachably mounted on a first mount of a carrier for allowing an infant car seat to be mounted on the carrier. The first mount has a first mounting slot. The basket includes a basket body and a mounting structure. The mounting structure is connected to a side of the basket body. The mounting structure has a body portion, an inserting portion and a mounting portion. The body portion is connected between the mounting portion and the inserting portion. The infant car seat is suspended on a storage space of the basket body when the inserting portion is inserted into the first mounting slot and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Anthony V. Ruggiero, Andrew J. Taylor, Robert E. Haut, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180162436
    Abstract: An expandable child carrier includes a base frame, a pivot frame, at least one first wheel unit and at least one second wheel unit. The pivot frame is pivoted to the base frame. The first wheel unit is mounted to the base frame. The second wheel unit is mounted to the pivot frame. A distance between the second wheel unit and the first wheel unit is adjusted upon the pivotal movement of the pivot frame relative to the base frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Robert E. Haut
  • Patent number: 9986850
    Abstract: A convertible highchair assembly includes a seat frame, a booster seat detachably installable on the seat frame, a tray detachably mountable on the booster seat and having a plurality of sockets, and a plurality of leg extensions selectively attachable to any of the support frame portion and the tray, each of the leg extensions having a connecting end. The seat frame includes a support frame portion and a seat portion affixed with each other, the seat portion being adapted to receive a child. The connecting ends of the leg extensions are attached to the support frame portion for configuring a highchair, and the connecting ends of the leg extensions are respectively inserted into the sockets while the tray is removed from the booster seat for configuring a standalone table, the leg extensions providing standing support for the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert E. Haut, Anthony V. Ruggiero, Colin P. Hansel, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 9988065
    Abstract: A suspension system includes a main pivot housing, a swing arm housing, a linkage assembly, and a resilient component. The main pivot housing is disposed on a lower end of a leg of a stroller. An accommodating space is formed inside the main pivot housing. The swing arm housing is pivoted to a side of the main pivot housing. A wheel of the stroller is pivoted to the swing arm housing. The linkage assembly is movably disposed in the accommodating space. The resilient component is disposed between the linkage assembly and a bracket of the stroller. The swing arm housing can be forced to drive the linkage assembly to pivot relative to the main pivot housing for compressing the resilient component, so as to absorb a shock load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Anthony V. Ruggiero, Robert E. Haut
  • Publication number: 20180029625
    Abstract: A basket is detachably mounted on a first mount of a carrier for allowing an infant car seat to be mounted on the carrier. The first mount has a first mounting slot. The basket includes a basket body and a mounting structure. The mounting structure is connected to a side of the basket body. The mounting structure has a body portion, an inserting portion and a mounting portion. The body portion is connected between the mounting portion and the inserting portion. The infant car seat is suspended on a storage space of the basket body when the inserting portion is inserted into the first mounting slot and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Anthony V. Ruggiero, Andrew J. Taylor, Robert E. Haut, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • 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
  • 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: 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: 20170313339
    Abstract: A child stroller apparatus includes a first and a second leg portion, a handle frame having a side segment that is coupled with the first leg portion via a pivot connection, a child seat assembled on the first leg portion, the child seat being slidable along the first leg portion, and a linkage respectively connected with the side segment and the child seat, whereby a sliding movement of the child seat along the first leg portion is linked to a rotation of the handle frame relative to the first leg portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Anthony V. RUGGIERO, Robert E. HAUT, Andrew J. TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20170295950
    Abstract: An adjusting mechanism includes a first engaging component, a second engaging component and a third engaging component is applied to a child carrier including a supporting component and a seating component. The first engaging component is detachably disposed on the supporting component. The second engaging component is disposed on the seating component. The third engaging component is movably located between the first engaging component and the second engaging component in a switchable manner. The second engaging component drives the third engaging component to move between a first position and a second position. The third engaging component moves to the first position to engage with the first engaging component so as to constrain relative movement between the seating component and the supporting component. The third engaging component moves to the second position to be separated from the first engaging component and the seating component can rotate relative to the supporting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Robert E. Haut
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9756961
    Abstract: An adjusting mechanism includes a first engaging component, a second engaging component and a third engaging component is applied to a child carrier including a supporting component and a seating component. The first engaging component is detachably disposed on the supporting component. The second engaging component is disposed on the seating component. The third engaging component is movably located between the first engaging component and the second engaging component in a switchable manner. The second engaging component drives the third engaging component to move between a first position and a second position. The third engaging component moves to the first position to engage with the first engaging component so as to constrain relative movement between the seating component and the supporting component. The third engaging component moves to the second position to be separated from the first engaging component and the seating component can rotate relative to the supporting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Robert E. Haut
  • Publication number: 20170217471
    Abstract: A child stroller apparatus includes a first frame portion provided with a first wheel assembly, a second frame portion provided with a second wheel assembly, the second frame portion being assembled with the first frame portion for sliding movement along a lengthwise axis extending from a front to a rear of the child stroller apparatus, and a control mechanism operable to adjust a position of the second frame portion relative to the first frame portion, the control mechanism including an actuator assembled with one of the first and second frame portions, the actuator being operable to drive the second frame portion in sliding movement relative to the first frame portion for modifying a distance between the first and second wheel assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert E. HAUT, Andrew J. TAYLOR, Patrick J. BOWERS, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE
  • Publication number: 20170112294
    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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Andrew J. TAYLOR, Anthony V. RUGGIERO, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Robert E. HAUT, Kyle S. MASON
  • Patent number: 9616912
    Abstract: A stroller apparatus includes a front and a rear leg, a side handrail respectively connected pivotally with the front and rear legs, a handle pivotally connected with the side handrail, a seat support frame including a side bar located below the side handrail and pivotally connected with the front leg and the handle, a first seat detachably installable on the side handrail facing rearward at a first position adjacent to the handle, and a second seat detachably installable on the side bar facing rearward at a second position, the second position being located below the first position and adjacent to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Robert E. Haut, Andrew J. Winterhalter, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Joseph F. Fiore, Jr., Linhai Shan
  • Patent number: 9585493
    Abstract: An infant bed apparatus includes a support frame, a bed frame for defining an interior space suitable for receiving a child, and a motorized drive unit. The support frame includes a first and a second housing disposed at two locations spaced-apart from each other along a lengthwise axis of the infant bed apparatus. The bed frame has a first portion anchored with the first housing, and a second portion assembled with the second housing. The motorized drive unit is operable to drive the second portion of the bed frame in movement relative to the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Robert E. Haut, Jonathan K. Mountz
  • Publication number: 20170050662
    Abstract: A suspension system includes a main pivot housing, a swing arm housing, a linkage assembly, and a resilient component. The main pivot housing is disposed on a lower end of a leg of a stroller. An accommodating space is formed inside the main pivot housing. The swing arm housing is pivoted to a side of the main pivot housing. A wheel of the stroller is pivoted to the swing arm housing. The linkage assembly is movably disposed in the accommodating space. The resilient component is disposed between the linkage assembly and a bracket of the stroller. The swing arm housing can be forced to drive the linkage assembly to pivot relative to the main pivot housing for compressing the resilient component, so as to absorb a shock load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony V. Ruggiero, Robert E. Haut
  • Patent number: 9554657
    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 child seat is attached to a support frame at an elevated position above a ground surface, and a second configuration in which the child seat is converted to a booster seat standing independent of the support frame, the first and second support respectively extending forward from the first and second connection in the first configuration, and the first and second support respectively extending rearward from the first and second connection so that the child seat stands on the first and second supports in the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Anthony V. Ruggeiro, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Robert E. Haut, Kyle S. Mason