Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128165 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8104829 | Juvenile motion-inhibitor system A juvenile motion-inhibitor system in accordance with the present disclosure includes a juvenile seat including a seat bottom and a seat back that is arranged to extend upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile motion-inhibitor system also includes one or more cus... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8061768 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056972 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056971 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052210 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8038209 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029054 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7967376 | Child safety seat with load limited base A load-limited seat base for a child safety seat, including an attachment element carried by the seat base for attaching the seat base to a seating element, and a transversely-extending load absorbing assembly positioned in the base and cooperating with the seating ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959223 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7850234 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7753442 | Spherically guided safety seating system A base for fixing the safety seating system in a passenger car has an external guiding member that more than equatorially encompasses an internal guiding member for a direct spherical guiding of a removable seated newly born infant. The infant is seated with respect... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7744154 | Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorpt... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7726734 | Juvenile seating with resilient side impact protection A child safety seat including a seat bottom and seat back first and second resilient side elements carried on laterally-opposed sides of the seat back, and including walls defining an enclosed chamber. The walls have sufficient rigidity to maintain a nominal shape a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7717506 | Child restraint apparatus for vehicle A child restraint apparatus relates to holding a child within a vehicle interior. The apparatus has a body with an internal area for receiving a child. An energy absorbing member extends in use over at least part of an external surface of the body. This energy absor... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7699393 | Load limiting (energy management) child restraint seat A child restraint seat which changes the position of the occupant and dissipates kinetic energy during a collision. An exemplary embodiment rearward-facing child restraint seat shifts the occupant to translate forward and/or move from a relatively reclined position ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7658444 | Energy absorbing seat anchor restraint system for child safety seats An energy-absorbing deformable structure to attach a child safety seat to a mounting portion of a vehicle comprises a bracket. The bracket includes a base configured to be coupled to the mounting portion of the vehicle, a metal strap positioned in the base such that... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7648199 | Energy absorbing tether for child safety seat An energy absorbing tether assembly for use with a child safety seat of the type having a pair of spaced apart slots in a shell. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7644985 | Spherically guided safety seating system A base for fixing the safety seating system in a passenger car has an external guiding member that more than equatorially encompasses an internal guiding member for a direct spherical guiding of a removable seated newly born infant. The infant is seated with respect... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644986 | Child restraint device with energy absorbing regions Energy absorbing webbing is provided for use in child safety seat and child restraint devices. A harness system includes energy-absorbing regions into the construction of the harness to allow some release or extension of the harness during use. The energy-absorbing ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7488034 | Anti-rebound bar for child safety seat A child safety seat assembly, including a base for being positioned on a vehicle seat bottom. An anti-rebound bar is carried by the base and extends outwardly and upwardly from a foot end of the base for engaging a seat back of the vehicle seat to which the seat is ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7472952 | Safety seat A seat for providing an improved level of protection to a child by reducing the amount of force restraining straps exert upon the child during a collision. The seat includes a seat frame and a cover positioned over the seat frame to provide comfort to a seat occupan... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7467824 | Safety seat A seat for providing an improved level of protection to a child by reducing the amount of force restraining straps exert upon the child during a collision. The seat includes a seat frame and a cover positioned over the seat frame to provide comfort to a seat occupan... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7461893 | Latching means for a safety seat An infant restraint for a motor vehicle comprising a base (10) located on and secured to the seat of a motor vehicle, an infant seat (12) releasably attached to the base (10) and a hook arrangement between the base (10) and the infant sea... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7445281 | Head guard structure and head guard pad of child equipment, and vehicular child safety seat A head guard arrangement includes a flexible pad (10A) in direct contact with and enclosing the head top region and temporal region of the head of a baby (100), an impact absorption pad (20A) at an outer side of the flexible pad (10A), en... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7413246 | Safety device for motor vehicle A safety device for a motor vehicle seat comprising a seat surface which extends along a longitudinal direction of the seat, a securing element assigned to the seat surface and a drive device which is operatively connected to the securing element and is activated in... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407226 | Childrens safety seat A car seat for several children and to sit on top of a regular car seat has leg assemblies arranged to absorb energy and reduce pitching in the event of a car crash. ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7390064 | Shock absorber for juvenile vehicle seat tether 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. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7354049 | Infant carrying system An infant carrying system including a bag defining an interior compartment and having an opening for selectively providing access to the interior compartment. A pair of wheels are rotatably attached to the bag so that the bag can be rolled along the ground. A handle... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354105 | School bus passenger seat with integrated restraints The invention provides a seat for a bus that has a movable front frame or seat back that a seat occupant rests his or her back against normally. The front frame is the mounting point for the upper portion of a three-point seat belt. The seat frame contains a rear pa... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350862 | Belt guiding mechanism and child vehicle seat A belt guiding mechanism, for example for a child vehicle seat, which is suitable for guiding a belt extending through the belt guiding mechanism and locking said belt against movement. The belt guiding mechanism comprises a cam that is capable of pivoting movement ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325870 | Child restraint system with in-motion belt status monitoring A child restraint system includes a belt assembly for restraining a child occupant and a control unit for monitoring proper adjustment of the belt assembly. The belt assembly may include a belt harness affixed to the child restraint system or a vehicle belt seat. Th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322648 | Child seat A child seat is constructed such that when the child seat is set facing the rear of the car on a car seat, the child seat is securely fixed on the seat. A handle surrounding the front of a sitting occupant is provided in a seat back portion of the child seat, and a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316451 | Wearable side impact protector A side impact protector is configured to be worn by a youth seated in a child-restraint system anchored in place on a vehicle seat. Such a protector may also be worn by a person of any age seated in a vehicle and restrained using a seat belt harness of the type foun... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309103 | Vehicle passenger seat with tear-away upholstery cover A vehicle passenger seat with an upholstery cover having a fabric seam designed to absorb energy from a seat occupant upon impact. Means for progressively absorbing energy from the seat belt occupant are disclosed. Use of the fabric seam to absorb vehicle passenger ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293828 | Child seat with deployable side airbags A child seat includes a seat body having a seat portion, a rear portion, and left and right side panels; airbags to be inflated at sides of a head of a child; and hollow cushions disposed along inner surfaces of the side panels. When an automobile equipped with the ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288009 | Apparatus and method for interconnecting a child seat and monitoring system A child seat adapted for use in a vehicle, the child seat comprising: a base portion; a carrier portion configured to be removably secured to the base portion; a restraint system component; a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a state of the restraint syste... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284792 | Cushion system for multi-use child safety seat A cushion system for use with a child safety seat has a plurality of bladders assembled to form a seat cushion that cooperates with the seat's safety harness. One or more sensors coupled to the safety harness sense tension therein and generate a signal indicative of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270372 | Infant carrier frame The infant carrier frame provides additional comfortable lifting points and a contoured shape facilitating easier holding or carrying. Handles are included at the sides, the head end, and the foot end to provide options to enable easier lifting, holding, and carryin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270373 | Child car seat A child car seat includes a seat body, in which a child sits, and a base for supporting the seat body, such that the seat body is tiltable in a reclining direction. When forward force larger than a predetermined level is applied to a weight from deceleration larger ... | 09/18/2007 |
