Patents by Inventor Shirley Pepys

Shirley Pepys 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: 5979981
    Abstract: An adjustable head support for use with a child ranging in size from a small infant to a toddler. A soft pliable body structure has a main body portion and an upper portion, and a pair of flanking openings provided on opposite sides between the main body portion and the upper portion. A pair of fastener elements is located on the main body portion adjacent a different one of a pair of flanking openings. The upper portion has a cushion element permanently arranged along the periphery and terminating in a pair of ends. Each end has a fastener engagement member adapted to be secured by a corresponding one of the fastener elements. A plurality of supplemental fastener elements is arranged on the upper portion inboard of the cushion element, and a supplemental cushion element having mating fastener elements removably attached to the upper portion inboard of the cushion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Noel Joanna Inc.
    Inventors: Debra L. Dunne, Shirley Pepys
  • Patent number: 5735576
    Abstract: A head support which grows with the child from small infant to advanced toddler. A soft body structure has a central portion comprising an upper, intermediate and lower section and a pair of flanking padded wing portions secured to the upper central portion and having a fold seam at the junction with the upper central portion. The intermediate central portion has a pair of flanking tab portions each provided with a fastener strip, and the lower central portion terminates in a pair of leg portions separated by a gap. The upper side edges of the lower central portion are provided with a plurality of fastener strips. A plurality of fastener tabs are attached to the lower edge of each wing portion in order to provide adjustment in three dimensions of the relative attitudes of the wing portions in the central body portion. The support can be used in a folded attitude or an upstanding attitude, depending on the size of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Noel Joanna, Inc.
    Inventors: Shirley Pepys, Debra L. Dunne