Patents by Inventor Thomas Charles Baloga

Thomas Charles Baloga 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: 7429079
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Patent number: 7322649
    Abstract: A child safety seat, including a seat body having a seat bottom and a seat back. A vehicle seat attachment assembly is carried by the safety seat for securing the safety seat to rigid anchorage units carried by a vehicle proximate to a vehicle seat. The attachment assembly has a transversely-extending coupling assembly carried by the safety seat. First and second connectors are mounted on the coupling assembly for transverse adjustable alignment relative to respective first and second transversely spaced-apart rigid anchorage units. The safety seat may be attached to first and second rigid anchorage units that have differing degrees of spacing between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Patent number: 7300113
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Publication number: 20040004377
    Abstract: A combination of a product having a rigid structure, such as a child safety seat, and a visible information carrier, wherein the product has a recess in the structure and an anchorage secured to the structure, the visible information carrier is dimensioned so as to fit on to the recess and a flexible tether connecting the visible information carrier to the anchorage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Tyson M. Pettigrew, Adrian Simms
  • Patent number: 6623075
    Abstract: A child safety seat comprises a seat body having a seat portion and a backrest portion. A head restraint has a support portion secured to the backrest so as to project beyond the upper end thereof and a restraint portion immovably secured to the upper end of the support portion so as to project therefrom in a direction that remains generally parallel to the seat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Gang Liu
  • Publication number: 20020149242
    Abstract: A child safety seat comprises a seat body having a seat portion and a backrest portion. A head restraint has a support portion secured to the backrest so as to project beyond the upper end thereof and a restraint portion immovably secured to the upper end of the support portion so as to project therefrom in a direction that remains generally parallel to the seat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Gang Liu
  • Patent number: 6457774
    Abstract: A child safety seat has a harness including a pair of shoulder straps extending through respective slots in the seat back and a respective lap strap connected to each shoulder strap. A shoulder pad is slidably mounted on each shoulder strap. Each shoulder pad has an upper loop attached to its upper end and a lower loop attached to its lower end, the corresponding shoulder strap being threaded through said upper and lower loops. A respective fixed-length tether extends between the upper end of each shoulder pad and the seat back. A separable link assembly has a first link part slidably mounted on one shoulder strap between the upper and lower loops and a second link part slidably mounted on the other shoulder strap between the upper and lower loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Charles Baloga
  • Publication number: 20020112327
    Abstract: A seat belt buckle, of the type which is released by depressing a push button, is provided with a cover having a body portion adapted to cover the push button. The cover is retained in place on the buckle by a plurality of resilient clips arranged to engage round the buckle body. The resilient clips are adapted to yield to release the cover when a force tending to dislodge the cover exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas Charles Baloga
  • Publication number: 20010048236
    Abstract: A child safety seat has a harness including a pair of shoulder straps extending through respective slots in the seat back and a respective lap strap connected to each shoulder strap. A shoulder pad is slidably mounted on each shoulder strap. Each shoulder pad has an upper loop attached to its upper end and a lower loop attached to its lower end, the corresponding shoulder strap being threaded through said upper and lower loops. A respective fixed-length tether extends between the upper end of each shoulder pad and the seat back. A separable link assembly has a first link part slidably mounted on one shoulder strap between the upper and lower loops and a second link part slidably mounted on the other shoulder strap between the upper and lower loops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventor: Thomas Charles Baloga
  • Patent number: 6209957
    Abstract: A child safety seat has a seat body with first and second side zones, a first abutment zone extending between the side zones for resting on a seat cushion of a vehicle seat and a second abutment zone extending between the side zones for abutting against a seat back of said vehicle seat. Each side zone carries a strap guide mounted in proximity to both the first abutment zone and the second abutment zone. A strap extends from a strap anchorage mounted on the side zone and located on the opposite side of the strap guide to the abutment zones. The strap extends through each strap guide to a releasable connector for engagement with an anchorage on the vehicle seat. The strap has an adjustment mechanism located on the opposite side of the strap guide to the releasable connector for adjusting the length of strap between such releasable connector and the corresponding strap guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, David William Burleigh
  • Patent number: 6206470
    Abstract: A child safety seat for use in a vehicle, comprises a seat body having a seat portion, a backrest and side wings projecting from each side of the backrest at the level of the head of a child occupant of the seat. The side wings are moveable relative to the backrest so as to be displaceable between a normal position and a fully deployed position in which they project from the backrest to a greater extent than when in their normal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, David William Burleigh
  • Patent number: D564950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Doug Oaks