Stephen R Burns

US Patent:

7247100, Jul 24, 2007

Filed:

Jan 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/036199

Inventors:

Peter D. Jackson - Alpharetta GA, US
Jeffrey S. Tadin - Canton GA, US
Stephen R. Burns - Cumming GA, US
Jacob M. Sclare - Dacula GA, US
James E. Cartabiano - Gainesville GA, US

Assignee:

Kids II, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

A63G 1/12

US Classification:

472 14, 472135, 482 66, 297137

Abstract:

The invention is directed to a children's exercise and activity apparatus for providing cognitive development activities for small children and exercise functionality. The apparatus includes an activity table adapted for receiving one or more children's activity items, a seat for supporting a child above the floor, a connecting beam for connecting the seat to the activity table, and one or more legs connected to and depending downwardly from the seat to the floor to support the seat and prevent the seat from tipping over when a child is supported therein. The seat has a pair of leg openings that allow the child to touch the floor with its legs, and the connecting beam is rotatably connected to the activity table so that the child in the seat can travel in an orbital path around the activity table.

US Patent:

7507162, Mar 24, 2009

Filed:

Apr 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/740666

Inventors:

Peter D. Jackson - Alpharetta GA, US
Jeffrey S. Tadin - Canton GA, US
Stephen R. Burns - Cumming GA, US
Jacob M. Sclare - Dacula GA, US
James E. Cartabiano - Gainesville GA, US

Assignee:

Kids II, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

A63G 1/12

US Classification:

472 14, 472135, 482 66, 297137

Abstract:

Various embodiments are directed to a children's exercise and activity apparatus. The apparatus includes an activity table, a seat, a connecting beam for connecting the seat to the activity table, and one or more legs connected to and depending downwardly from the seat to the floor to support the seat and prevent the seat from tipping over when a child is supported therein. The seat has a pair of leg openings that allow the child to touch the floor with its legs, and the connecting beam is rotatably connected to the activity table so that the child in the seat can travel in an orbital path around the activity table. In addition, the angular rotation of the seat may be limited to prevent the child from rotating the seat to a point at which the child could walk along the floor and move the apparatus along with the child.

US Patent:

7740560, Jun 22, 2010

Filed:

May 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/136158

Inventors:

Jeffrey S. Tadin - Canton GA, US
Stephen R. Burns - Cumming GA, US
Jacob M. Sclare - Dacula GA, US
James E. Cartabiano - Gainesville GA, US

Assignee:

Kids II, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

A63B 5/11

US Classification:

482 27

Abstract:

The invention is directed to a stationary exercise apparatus for small children. The apparatus includes an activity table adapted for receiving one or more children's activity items, one or more legs, a seat supported by the legs, and a resilient support surface suspended generally horizontally from at least one of the legs. The seat has a pair of leg openings that allow the child to touch the resilient support surface with its legs, and the resilient support surface has a resiliency that allows the child to bounce vertically by pushing its legs downwardly against the resilient support surface. Furthermore, the distance between the resilient support surface and the seat can be increased or decreased to account for the height of the child placed within the apparatus by moving the resilient support surface, and a tension element of the resilient support surface can be adjusted to account for the child's strength.

US Patent:

7882579, Feb 8, 2011

Filed:

Sep 24, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/236973

Inventors:

Peter D. Jackson - Alpharetta GA, US
Stephen R. Burns - Cumming GA, US
Mark Mendes - Loganville GA, US

International Classification:

A47D 7/00

US Classification:

5 931, 5 991, 5 981

Abstract:

Various embodiments include a bassinet assembly that includes one or more rods and a floor that includes an inclinable flap. Each rod has a static portion and an inclined portion, and the rods are disposed below upper surfaces of the floor and the inclinable flap. A first longitudinal axis of the static portion and a second longitudinal axis of the inclined portion intersect at an angle greater than 0 and less than about 90. When the inclinable flap is raised above the floor, the rods rotate about the first longitudinal axis such that the first and second longitudinal axes are in a plane substantially perpendicular to the support surface, and when the inclinable flap is allowed to lay substantially flat against the floor, the rods rotate about the first longitudinal axis such that the first and second longitudinal axes are in a plane substantially parallel to the support surface.

US Patent:

20070200397, Aug 30, 2007

Filed:

May 3, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/743952

Inventors:

Peter Jackson - Alpharetta GA, US
Jeffrey Tadin - Canton GA, US
Stephen Burns - Cumming GA, US
Jacob Sclare - Dacula GA, US
James Cartabiano - Gainesville GA, US

International Classification:

A47B 83/02

US Classification:

297170000

Abstract:

The invention is directed to a children's exercise and activity apparatus for providing cognitive development activities for small children and exercise functionality. The apparatus includes an activity table adapted for receiving one or more children's activity items, a seat for supporting a child above the floor, a connecting beam for connecting the seat to the activity table, and one or more legs connected to and depending downwardly from the seat to the floor to support the seat and prevent the seat from tipping over when a child is supported therein. The seat has a pair of leg openings that allow the child to touch the floor with its legs, and the connecting beam is rotatably connected to the activity table so that the child in the seat can travel in an orbital path around the activity table.

US Patent:

20090205140, Aug 20, 2009

Filed:

Feb 20, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/070659

Inventors:

Bradford Reese - Atlanta GA, US
Stephen Burns - Cumming GA, US
Mark Mendes - Loganville GA, US
Brice weeter - Alpharetta GA, US

International Classification:

A47D 13/06
A47D 15/00

US Classification:

5714

Abstract:

An infant play environment includes a padded mat on which the infant can be supported, a plurality of wall members foldably attached to the mat and supported by removable and reducible rigid members, with at least an opposing pair of said wall members engaging a toy bar extending over and above the mat. The environment is reconfigurable for use as a mat, a tunnel, a four walled enclosure and is foldable for storage.

US Patent:

20130102404, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 16, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/653348

Inventors:

Kids II, Inc. - Atlanta GA, US
Stephen R. Burns - Cumming GA, US
Peter D. Jackson - Alpharetta GA, US
Charles Simons - Atlanta GA, US
Chen Jing Ru - Foshan City, CN

Assignee:

KIDS II, INC. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A47D 13/10

US Classification:

472119

Abstract:

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a powered children's swing. In various embodiments, the swing includes a seat, swing frame, one or more swing arms, a first magnetic component, second magnetic component, swing motion sensor, and swing control circuit. The magnetic components are configured to generate a magnetic force that drives the seat along a swing path. The swing control circuit is configured to control the magnetic components based at least on input from the swing motion sensor and generate control signals causing the seat to swing with a substantially constant amplitude as specified by a user.

US Patent:

20130198952, Aug 8, 2013

Filed:

Feb 7, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/762029

Inventors:

KIDS II, INC. - Atlanta GA, US
Stephen R. BURNS - Cumming GA, US

Assignee:

KIDS II, INC. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A47D 13/06

US Classification:

5 991, 5 931

Abstract:

A play yard for children, including a rigid support frame and a removable, flexible liner. The frame includes one or more fasteners configured to engage the liner in order to form a bounded play yard space. By securing the liner to the frame via the fasteners, a user is able to easily secure the liner to the frame for use and remove the liner from the frame for washing or replacement.