Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Chininis

Stephen P. Chininis 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: 7104661
    Abstract: A viewing panel device, such as an infant entertainment panel, or a mirror device used inside a motor vehicle for observing an infant in a rear-facing child safety seat secured to the rear seat of the vehicle, or a combination entertainment panel and mirror. The viewing panel device may be employed in a plurality of attachment configurations, for use with a plurality of possible vehicle configurations. In one configuration, the top tether anchorage point included in newer vehicles as part of the LATCH anchorage point system is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Blue Ridge International Products Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Kane, Stephen P. Chininis, Jose Longoria
  • Publication number: 20040036992
    Abstract: A viewing panel device, such as an infant entertainment panel, or a mirror device used inside a motor vehicle for observing an infant in a rear-facing child safety seat secured to the rear seat of the vehicle, or a combination entertainment panel and mirror. The viewing panel device may be employed in a plurality of attachment configurations, for use with a plurality of possible vehicle configurations. In one configuration, the top tether anchorage point included in newer vehicles as part of the LATCH anchorage point system is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: Blue Ridge International Products Company
    Inventors: Sandra M. Darling, Michael T. Kane, Stephen P. Chininis, Jose Longoria
  • Patent number: 5672088
    Abstract: An infant mobile or other toy has a main housing which is attached to a crib, travel bed, changing table or other article of infant's furniture. For use with a furniture piece such as a crib with slatted sides, a screw on a pressure knob is threaded into the housing to clamp the slats are clamped between the pressure knob and a vertical clamping surface on the housing. For other furniture items such as travel beds and changing tables which have configurations unsuitable for use with such a pressure knob, a clamping assembly is used. The clamping assembly has a base which is removably attached to the housing, a bracket mounted on the base, and a screw threaded to an arm of the bracket. By rotating the screw, a part of the furniture piece can be clamped between a pressure pad on the screw and a vertical clamping surface on the base. To position the mobile over an infant when the base is attached at or near a corner of the furniture piece, the base is wedge shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen P. Chininis
  • Patent number: 5657809
    Abstract: A security device for obstructing movement of children or animals through an entryway includes a barrier mounted on a frame. The frame is made of substantially linear and rigid bars which are pivoted together to form one collapsible parallelogram which extends substantially entirely across the entryway. A movable pressure member is mounted on a vertical bar of the frame for laterally outward movement when the vertical bar moves down relative to the pressure member. To facilitate collapse of the frame to a position where all of the bars are parallel, each of two diametrically opposed pivots has its axis inwardly offset from the longitudinal axis of one of the bars it interconnects, and the barrier member is a net in which rectangular openings are formed by members which are substantially parallel to the bars. A frame-supporting hinge has a generally vertical hinge axis to permit horizontal swinging movement of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Longoria, Stephen P. Chininis
  • Patent number: 5609389
    Abstract: A collapsible booster seat has a seat member, a back member connected to the seat member, two side members connected to the seat member, and a tray. A backrest portion of the back member is movable from a normal use position which is perpendicular to the seat member to a collapsed position which is parallel to the seat member. The seat member has two rear extensions which are laterally spaced from each other, and the back member has an auxiliary panel which provides a seating area between the rear extensions when the booster seat is in its normal use configuration. The back is supported on the seat for pivotal movement about a transverse pivot axis which extends through the rear extensions and through a forward portion of the auxiliary panel of the back member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Longoria, Stephen P. Chininis
  • Patent number: 5402896
    Abstract: A computer diskette storage file for organization and storage of diskettes. The storage file can be hung in a filing drawer for storage and access at the work station. The diskette storage file comprises a storage plate wherein the diskettes are held in place such that the identification label of the diskette is readable, and the diskette easily retrievable. The diskette storage file includes hangers for supporting the storage file within a filing drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Gould Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Gould, Stephen P. Chininis
  • Patent number: D328951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Scofield, Stephen R. Burns, Stephen P. Chininis
  • Patent number: D362781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Gould Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Gould, Stephen P. Chininis
  • Patent number: D368200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Gould Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Gould, Stephen P. Chininis
  • Patent number: D406386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: GF Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Lee Kuniansky, Stephen P. Chininis, Michael Poppe, David V. Tenenbaum
  • Patent number: D409431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Gould Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Chininis, David S. Gould