Patents by Inventor William A. Horton

William A. Horton 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: 7390064
    Abstract: A juvenile restraint system includes a juvenile seat and a tether coupled at one end to the juvenile seat and at an opposite end to an anchor provided in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: William Horton, Stephen Oltman, Eugene Balensiefer, Richard Glover
  • Patent number: 7360830
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes first and second cup holders and a seat bottom located between the first and second cup holders. The juvenile vehicle seat is adapted to be mounted in a restrained position on a seat in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene R. Balensiefer, Philip W. Burbrink, Ronald F. Munn, William Horton
  • Patent number: 7331633
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat base and a backrest. The backrest is mounted on the seat base and includes a seat back that is retained in an upright fixed seat-forming position relative to a seat bottom included in the seat base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene R. Balensiefer, Philip W. Burbrink, Ronald F. Munn, William Horton
  • Patent number: 7322647
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat unit includes a seat and a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement on a headrest support included in the seat. The seat unit also includes a headrest height-adjustment mechanism coupled to the headrest and to the headrest support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald F. Munn, William Horton, Philip W. Burbrink
  • Patent number: 7306284
    Abstract: A juvenile seat includes a seat shell having a bottom seat portion and a back support portion coupled to the bottom seat portion and positioned at an angle relative to the bottom seat portion. A headrest of the juvenile seat is coupled to the seat shell and arranged for up and down movement relative to the seat shell above the bottom seat portion of the seat shell. The juvenile seat also includes a height-adjustment mechanism coupled to the headrest for up and down movement with the headrest to adjust the height of the headrest above the bottom seat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: William Horton, Philip W. Burbrink, Jason Crowell
  • Patent number: 7303230
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat base and a backrest. The backrest is mounted on the seat base and includes a seat back that is retained in an upright fixed seat-forming position relative to a seat bottom included in the seat base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald F. Munn, William Horton, Philip W. Burbrink
  • Publication number: 20070080569
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back, a pivotable shield, and ajuvenile-restraint harness. The shield includes a barrier coupled to the juvenile-restraint harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: James Kain, Jason Crowell, William Horton, Steven Oltman
  • Patent number: 7178872
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat shell and a child-restraint belt coupled to the seat shell. A seat pad is provided on the seat shell and the child-restraint belt passes through apertures formed in the seat pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene R. Balensiefer, Jason A. Crowell, William Horton
  • Publication number: 20070024103
    Abstract: A juvenile restraint system includes a juvenile seat and a tether coupled at one end to the juvenile seat and at an opposite end to an anchor provided in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: William Horton, Stephen Oltman, Eugene Balensiefer, Richard Glover
  • Publication number: 20060279116
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat base and a backrest. The backrest is mounted on the seat base and includes a seat back that is retained in an upright fixed seat-forming position relative to a seat bottom included in the seat base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Ronald Munn, William Horton, Philip Burbrink
  • Publication number: 20060279117
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat unit includes a seat and a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement on a headrest support included in the seat. The seat unit also includes a headrest height-adjustment mechanism coupled to the headrest and to the headrest support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Ronald Munn, William Horton, Philip Burbrink
  • Publication number: 20060262086
    Abstract: Automatic lighting control systems, devices, and methods that automatically control a light source in response to detected computer usage by a user are disclosed. The automatic lighting control method comprises monitoring usage of a computer and controlling an output of a light based on the usage. The system comprises a computer configured to detect usage of the computer by a user, a central server, a lighting controller unit, and a light source that is controlled based on the usage of the computer. The usage is selected from the group consisting of a key stroke, a mouse movement, a use of a peripheral device operatively coupled to the host computer, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Bray, Michael Grant, William Horton
  • Patent number: 7083237
    Abstract: A juvenile restraint system includes a juvenile seat and a tether coupled at one end to the juvenile seat and at an opposite end to an anchor provided in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: William Horton, Steven Oltman, Eugene Balensiefer, Richard Glover
  • Publication number: 20060138848
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat base and a backrest. The backrest is mounted on the seat base and includes a seat back that is retained in an upright fixed seat-forming position relative to a seat bottom included in the seat base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Eugene Balensiefer, Philip Burbrink, Ronald Munn, William Horton
  • Publication number: 20060123546
    Abstract: A dynamic surgical table system includes any one or combination of a head support system, support systems for each arm, a torso support system, and a leg support system mounted to a frame system to support a patient during surgery. Any one or combination of the support systems is movable relative to the other and to the frame system to facilitate patient repositioning during surgery. Such repositioning may be desirable, for example, to create flexion, extension or rotation of the spine to facilitate access to and surgical treatment of one or more vertebral bodies, disc spaces between vertebral bodies, or other anatomical structures adjacent the spine of the patient. Furthermore, individual support members of any one of the support systems can articulate to conform to the patient anatomy and facilitate repositioning of the particular portion of the patient's body being support thereon while minimizing stress on the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: William Horton, Matthew Morrison, Harold Taylor, Douglas Baker
  • Publication number: 20060118648
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring the status of a steam trap include a device for sensing a process condition of the steam trap and a device for processing the sensed condition. The apparatus can include a processor positioned on a steam trap. The connection of the monitoring device to the steam trap can be to the trap itself or to an adjacent pipe or other apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: David Armstrong, Rex Cheskaty, William Horton, Michael Gaines, Michael Hellman, Lawrence Grubka
  • Publication number: 20060118647
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring the status of at least one steam trap includes at least one monitor including at least one sensor for sensing at least one process condition of the steam trap; at least one means for calculating an average of the at least one monitored process condition; and, at least one transmitter for transmitting at least one signal responsive to the averaged monitored process condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Rex Cheskaty, William Horton, Michael Gaines, Michael Hellman, Lawrence Grubka
  • Publication number: 20060113826
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes first and second cup holders and a seat bottom located between the first and second cup holders. The juvenile vehicle seat is adapted to be mounted in a restrained position on a seat in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Eugene Balensiefer, Philip Burbrink, Ronald Munn, William Horton
  • Publication number: 20060108845
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat shell and a child-restraint belt coupled to the seat shell. A seat pad is provided on the seat shell and the child-restraint belt passes through apertures formed in the seat pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Eugene Balensiefer, Jason Crowell, William Horton
  • Patent number: 7021710
    Abstract: A juvenile seat includes a base and a lower back section coupled to the base. The base includes a bottom seat portion and the lower back section is positioned to lie at an angle relative to the bottom seat portion. The lower back section includes a planar front surface. A headrest of the juvenile seat is coupled to the lower back section for up and down movement relative to the base and the lower back section. The headrest includes a planar front surface and is positioned forward the planar front surface of the lower back section. The headrest and lower back section cooperate to provide a back rest surface for the juvenile seated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: James Kain, Eugene Balensiefer, William Horton