Patents by Inventor Thomas Rumler

Thomas Rumler 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: 11498460
    Abstract: A child carrier restraint that allows the upper ends of the shoulder straps to be adjustably positioned to properly secure children having varying torso lengths within the child carrier. The child restraint includes a traditional five point belt harness and pair of shoulder belt location adjusters, which allows the shoulder strap to be selectively positioned over and behind the child regardless of the length of the child's torso. The shoulder location adjusters are mounted to the back of the child carrier and includes a strap loop trained about a locking slide and a bottom strap loop anchor. The end of the shoulder strap is sewn directly to the strap loop. The locking slide can be manually disengaged to allow the strap loop to slide freely, thereby selectively positioning the end of the shoulder strap along the back of the child carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: E.V.S Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas Rumler
  • Publication number: 20220355712
    Abstract: A child carrier restraint that allows the upper ends of the shoulder straps to be adjustably positioned to properly secure children having varying torso lengths within the child carrier. The child restraint includes a traditional five point belt harness and pair of shoulder belt location adjusters, which allows the shoulder strap to be selectively positioned over and behind the child regardless of the length of the child's torso. The shoulder location adjusters are mounted to the back of the child carrier and includes a strap loop trained about a locking slide and a bottom strap loop anchor. The end of the shoulder strap is sewn directly to the strap loop. The locking slide can be manually disengaged to allow the strap loop to slide freely, thereby selectively positioning the end of the shoulder strap along the back of the child carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Rumler
  • Patent number: 10682930
    Abstract: A bus seat is provided. The bus seat includes a backrest frame having a curve in part and a lumbar support coupled to the backrest frame by the curve. The bus seat also includes a horizontal seat that is pivotable from a seat position, where a seat frame is locked onto a base frame, to a stowed position. The bus seat is provided in a modular configuration to allow multiple backrests to be used for the bus seat. The backrests may include changeable seat belt configurations and child restraint system configurations. The bus seat also includes a seat belt retractor having a vertical configuration and a horizontal configuration for retracting and extending the seat belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Danny Daniels, Thomas Rumler
  • Publication number: 20200139858
    Abstract: The vehicle seat includes an integral child carrier that deploys and unfolds for use as either a child seat or an infant cradle for safely transporting infants while being conveniently stowed when not in use. The child carrier includes a folding seat/cradle that in certain embodiments doubles as both an upright child seat and reclined infant cradle. The folding seat/cradle rides on its own carrier sub-frame that is mounted to the main seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame allows the seat/cradle movement between a stowed position where the folded seat/cradle lies flat within or against the seat back frame and a deployed position where the unfolded seat/cradle extends outward from the seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame includes one or more slide rails, slide blocks, a linkage member and a latch assembly. The seat/cradle includes a seat panel hinged to a back panel that unfold to form a secure seat or cradle from a flat stowed package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Stewart E. Gardner, Thomas A. Downey, Thomas Rumler
  • Patent number: 10391896
    Abstract: A bus seat is provided. The bus seat includes a backrest frame having a curve in part and a lumbar support coupled to the backrest frame by the curve. The bus seat also includes a horizontal seat that is pivotable from a seat position, where a seat frame is locked onto a base frame, to a stowed position. The bus seat is provided in a modular configuration to allow multiple backrests to be used for the bus seat. The backrests may include changeable seat belt configurations and child restraint system configurations. The bus seat also includes a seat belt retractor having a vertical configuration and a horizontal configuration for retracting and extending the seat belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Danny Daniels, Thomas Rumler
  • Patent number: 5348330
    Abstract: A recreational vehicle with a floor support design that integrates two pair of jack assemblies into the undercarriage frame. The jack mounting housing is a load bearing frame member to which the jack assemblies are mounted. The jacks in one embodiment are placed in a diagonal direction to the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle at the four corners of the carriage floor. The jack assembly incorporates a channel shaped leg and linkage arrangement which internest upon retraction in covering relation under a jack screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Norco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Few, Thomas Rumler
  • Patent number: D349801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Norco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Few, Thomas Rumler