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).
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Patent number: 7429079Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
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Patent number: 7322649Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
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Patent number: 7300113Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
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Publication number: 20040004377Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Tyson M. Pettigrew, Adrian Simms
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Patent number: 6623075Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Gang Liu
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Publication number: 20020149242Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Gang Liu
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Patent number: 6457774Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2001Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.Inventor: Thomas Charles Baloga
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Publication number: 20020112327Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventor: Thomas Charles Baloga
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Publication number: 20010048236Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2001Publication date: December 6, 2001Inventor: Thomas Charles Baloga
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Patent number: 6209957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 2000Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, David William Burleigh
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Patent number: 6206470Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 1999Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, David William Burleigh
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Patent number: D564950Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Britax Child Safety, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Doug Oaks