Patents by Inventor Stephen Nye

Stephen Nye 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: 20070078014
    Abstract: Playground equipment may include a variety of different types of components. For example, the playground equipment may include a main structure and one or more components, such as a swing set, a climbing wall, a slide, monkey bars, picnic table, sandbox, a ladder and/or the like. The various components and structures of the playground equipment may be connected in a variety of suitable configurations and arrangements. Advantageously, if the playground equipment includes a climbing wall, the climbing wall may include one or more panels that are adjustably connected and constructed from blow-molded plastic. Additionally, if the playground equipment includes a picnic table, the picnic table top may have a surface that includes one or more generally planar portions and one or more generally offset portions. The offset portions may be sized and configured to be traced, for example, onto a sheet of paper to create a pleasing design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen Nye, Kyle Smith, Jeremy Evans, Jacob Kearl
  • Publication number: 20060243176
    Abstract: A personal table is provided having a table top supported by a support assembly. The table top is preferably constructed from blow-molded plastic and the support assembly preferably includes a first leg and a second leg that are pivotally connected. The legs desirably have a generally X-shaped configuration when the legs are placed in an upright position and the legs can be collapsed into a storage position. Each of the legs may include a lower portion, a body portion and an upper portion that is preferably selectively connected to the table top. The legs, for example, can be connected to the table top by inserting the upper portions of the legs into leg receiving recesses formed in the table top. The leg receiving recesses are preferably integrally formed in the bottom surface of the table top as part of a one-piece construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: David Winter, Jay Jones, Stephen Nye, Brandon Smith, Kent Ashby, L. Strong, S. Nye, Thayne Haney, Jy Jin
  • Publication number: 20060181114
    Abstract: A picnic table may include a table top, bench tops and one or more legs or support assemblies. The support assemblies may be movable between a collapsed or storage position and an extended or use position. When the support assemblies are in the extended or use position, the support assemblies may contact or engage supports that are sized and configured to limit movement of the support assemblies. The picnic table may also include one or more positioning members, which may be sized and configured to help position, locate and/or guide various components of the picnic table. In addition, the picnic table may include one or more retaining members, which may be sized and configured to releasably receive and retain a portion of the legs and/or support assemblies when the legs or support assemblies are in the collapsed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: S. Nye, Stephen Nye
  • Publication number: 20050269845
    Abstract: A collapsible table selectively positionable between an upright position above a surface and a collapsible position for storage. The table includes a table top having an envelope defining an interior cavity that is configured with an internal periphery sufficient for receiving one or more seating members therein when the table is positioned in the collapsed position. In operation, pedestals of the table may be pivoted between an extended position such that the pedestals support the table above a surface and a retracted position such that the pedestals are introduced within the interior cavity of the table and thereby substantially rest against the underside of the table top. The disposition of the seating members within the cavity of the table, and in relation to each other, further facilitates a means for securing the pedestals of the table in a collapsed position within the interior cavity of the table during storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Nye, Lynn Strong
  • Publication number: 20050126451
    Abstract: A personal table is provided having a table top supported by a support assembly. The table top is preferably constructed from blow-molded plastic and the support assembly preferably includes a first leg and a second leg that are pivotally connected. The legs desirably have a generally X-shaped configuration when the legs are placed in an upright position and the legs can be collapsed into a storage position. Each of the legs may include a lower portion, a body portion and an upper portion that is preferably selectively connected to the table top. The legs, for example, can be connected to the table top by inserting the upper portions of the legs into leg receiving recess formed in the table top. The leg receiving recesses are preferably integrally formed in the bottom surface of the table top as part of a one-piece construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: David Winter, Jay Jones, Stephen Nye, Brandon Smith, Kent Ashby, L. Strong