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).
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Patent number: 11993185Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: E.V.S. Ltd.Inventors: Stewart E. Gardner, Thomas A. Downey, Thomas Rumler
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Patent number: 11498460Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: E.V.S Ltd.Inventor: Thomas Rumler
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Publication number: 20220355712Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventor: Thomas Rumler
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Patent number: 10682930Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Hickory Springs Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Danny Daniels, Thomas Rumler
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Publication number: 20200139858Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Stewart E. Gardner, Thomas A. Downey, Thomas Rumler
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Patent number: 10391896Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Hickory Springs Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Danny Daniels, Thomas Rumler
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Patent number: 5348330Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 1993Date of Patent: September 20, 1994Assignee: Norco Industries, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Few, Thomas Rumler
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Patent number: D349801Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1993Date of Patent: August 16, 1994Assignee: Norco Industries, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Few, Thomas Rumler