Patents by Inventor Stephen Boyer Lehan

Stephen Boyer Lehan 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).

  • Child carrier having adaptive leg supports
    Patent number: 8701949
    Abstract: A carrier for transporting a child by a transporting individual The carrier includes a torso support part configured for supporting at least part of the torso of the child if the child is seated in the carrier, a seat support part coupled to the torso support part and configured for supporting the posterior of the child, and a hip belt coupled to the seat support part and configured for securing about the hips of the transporting individual. The seat support part is configured for enabling one or both upper legs of the child to hang substantially unsupported and in at least one alternative configuration at least one upper-leg-support part is coupled to the seat support part and to the hip belt and is configured for supporting at least part of one or both upper legs of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventors: Lisbeth Hals Lehan, Stephen Boyer Lehan
  • Child carrier having adaptive leg supports
    Patent number: 8424732
    Abstract: A carrier for transporting a child by a transporting individual The carrier includes a torso support part configured for supporting at least part of the torso of the child if the child is seated in the carrier, a seat support part coupled to the torso support part and configured for supporting the posterior of the child, and a hip belt coupled to the seat support part and configured for securing about the hips of the transporting individual. The seat support part is configured for enabling one or both upper legs of the child to hang substantially unsupported and in at least one alternative configuration at least one upper-leg-support part is coupled to the seat support part and to the hip belt and is configured for supporting at least part of one or both upper legs of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventors: Lisbeth Hals Lehan, Stephen Boyer Lehan
  • Child carrier having adaptive leg supports
    Patent number: 8172116
    Abstract: A carrier for transporting a child by a transporting individual. The carrier includes a torso support part configured for supporting the torso of the child, a seat support part coupled to the torso support part, and at least one strap coupled to the torso support part and/or to the seat support part and with the torso support part and the seat support part configured to encircle at least part of the torso of the transporting individual. The seat support part is configured for supporting the posterior of the child in a sitting position in a first configuration, and the seat support part is configured for supporting the posterior of the child in a hanging position in a second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Inventors: Lisbeth Hals Lehan, Stephen Boyer Lehan