Gardell W Bearl

US Patent:

7029069, Apr 18, 2006

Filed:

Jul 14, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/890587

Inventors:

Ronald D. Hendren - Hopkins MN, US
Gardell W. Bearl - New Hope MN, US

Assignee:

Universal Technologies, Inc. - Hopkins MN

International Classification:

A47D 1/10

US Classification:

29725612

Abstract:

A child safety seat for use in combination with a vehicular seat includes a retractable harnessing apparatus for securing the child safety seat to the vehicular seat. The retractable harnessing apparatus has a safety strap retractably extending out from the strap housing, and is integrally mounted within the child safety seat. The retractable harnessing apparatus further includes a locking mechanism for responsively locking the safety strap in a fixed degree of extension from the housing upon incursion of a sudden force urging the safety strap out from the housing.

US Patent:

6938954, Sep 6, 2005

Filed:

Jan 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/762419

Inventors:

Ronald D. Hendren - Hopkins MN, US
Gardell W. Bearl - New Hope MN, US

International Classification:

A47C001/08

US Classification:

29725612, 2972561, 29725616

Abstract:

A rotatable child safety seat mounting apparatus for use in combination with a vehicular child safety seat includes a base structure and an interface structure that is removably and rotatably engageable with the base structure. The interface structure and the base structure each include respective guide structures disposed thereon which enable relative rotational motion therebetween while remaining in an engaged relationship one another. The interface structure is specifically configured or adaptation to conventional vehicular child safety seats.