The Procter Gamble Company

Dart Industries Inc.

Backyard Leisure Holdings, Inc.

Nottingham-spirk Design Associates, Inc.

Other

Tetra Technologies, Inc.

Mag-nif Incorporated

Rhinosystems, Inc.

Conopco, Inc.

Church Dwight & Co., Inc.

The Little Tikes Company

Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc.

Oddzon, Inc.

Tyco Industries, Inc.

Cap Toys, Inc.

Patrick William Brown

John Richard Nottingham

Douglas Alan Gall

John Wilford Spirk

Lawrence A Blaustein

John Spirk

Robert Soreo

Douglas M Laib

Trevor Leslie Jackson

Anthony J Lammers

Carolyn Marie McNeeley

John Keith Caulfield

Robert L Quinlan

John Geoffrey Chan

Jeffrey Silver Taggart

William J Knox, Jr

Robert L Dorsey

Martin R Hoke

Robert D Schilling

Daniel Ray Whyman

Randall Lee Day

William Eugene Rabbitt

Jeffrey Scott Plantz

Carolyn McNeeley

Jeffrey M Kalman

Spencer L Mackay

Nick E Stanca

John W Spirk, Jr

Jerzy Perkitny

John J Pastrick

Jeffrey S Plantz

Paul E Brokaw

Joseph C Cacciola

Cleve A Graham

William Schmid

Brian L Aiken

John Jeffrey Norton

Wang Ping

Daniel J Wanhainen

John Roy Whitney

William K Ford

G Stewart Lenox

Syed J Hasan

Paul Madan

Christopher S Lynch

Raymond J Fritz

Mark Louis Vitantonio

Shane Vanderlinden

Gary R Stephan

Hans R Espig

Paul Tamulewicz

Doug Whitner

Donald Clarence Fuchs, Jr

Timothy Callahan

Donald Clarence Fuchs

Jeffery Michael Kalman

Lawrence Alexander Blaustein

A nasal irrigation device communicates an irrigant to a device user and comprises a mechanics module and a reservoir assembly wherein a source of saline comprising a cartridge is disposed within the mechanics module adjacent a lid assembly for piercing the cartridge upon closing of a lid for releasing the cartridge contents into the reservoir assembly. A faux collapsible cartridge for testing operability of a nasal irrigation device comprises a housing including a shaft, a spring biased rod extending from the housing shaft, and a flange depending from a housing wall whereby the rod and flange are disposed to actuate a trigger assembly of the nasal irrigation device.

Nasal irrigation device and system with faux collapsible cartridge element

A method for pulling a crown plug that includes the steps of providing a subsea lubricator having a longitudinal through bore; providing a jacking string with a landing sub and a crown plug connector; lowering the subsea lubricator to a christmas tree and lowering the jacking string to the lubricator, and, connecting the plug connector to the crown plug; jacking up the jack such that tensile forces cause the crown plug to be released from the christmas tree; raising the jacking string and crown plug and detaching the crown plug from the crown plug connector.

Method for pulling a crown plug

Provided is a method and apparatus for pulling a crown plug from a subsea horizontal christmas tree, the method comprising: (a) providing a subsea lubricator having a longitudinal through bore and a jack attached to the subsea lubricator, the jack having a landing area, and the landing area having an opening which is fluidly connected to the lubricator's through bore; (b) providing a jacking string which includes a landing sub and a crown plug connector, the sub having a landing surface; (c) without the jacking string in step 'b', lowering the subsea lubricator of step 'a', to the horizontal christmas tree and attaching the lubricator to the christmas tree; (d) lowering the jacking string to the lubricator, and, while the landing surface of the landing sub is spaced above and not supported by the landing area of the jack, connecting the plug connector to the crown plug while the landing sub is above and not touching the landing area of the jack; (e) jacking up the jack such that the landing area of the jack contacts the landing surface of the landing sub, and pushes up on the jacking sub and jacking string causing tensile forces to be placed on the crown plug and releasing the crown plug from the profile of the christmas tree; (f) while the lubricator remains attached to the christmas tree, raising the jacking string and crown plug through and out of the lubricator and to the surface of the water to remove the tree; and (g) detaching the crown plug from the crown plug connector.

Method and apparatus for pulling a crown plug

A sleep device for newborns and infants that provides a separate but proximate sleep area near a caregiver or parent's bed and at the same level the caregiver is sleeping at for increased visibility of infant and easier access to the infant without the need for the parent to leave their own bed. The sleep device allows for more convenient access to the infant, better ability to soothe and comfort the infant thru close, yet safe contact, and easier access and egress to the adult bed. The sleep device can include a bumper that slopes downwardly in a direction from a rear bumper portion to a front bumper portion so that a rear side wall portion has a vertical height that is greater than a vertical height of a front side wall portion.

Infant sleep device

Method for pulling a crown plug from a subsea tree

A support component for attachment to a lower edge of a bra, having a generally U-shaped molded body defined in an x-direction, a y-direction perpendicular to the x-direction, and a z-direction perpendicular to both the x-direction and the y-direction, the body being bisected in part by an x-y plane, a lower curved portion of the body extending generally in the x-direction within the x-y plane, a first upper side portion of the body extending from a first end of the lower curved portion in both the y-direction and the z-direction and fully crossing to a first side of the x-y plane, and a second upper side portion of the body extending from a second, opposite end of the lower curved portion in both the y-direction and the z-direction and fully crossing to a second, opposite side of the x-y plane.

Support component for a bra

A convertible child seat includes a seat frame that presents a seat cavity and an open front to allow cavity ingress and egress by the child. The seat also includes a front restraint shiftably attached to the seat frame and shiftable between a storage position and a child-restraining position. In the storage position, the front restraint extends along the bottom wall so as to be positioned below the seated child and thereby permit cavity ingress and egress through the open front. In the child-restraining position, the front restraint at least partly spans the open front to restrict cavity ingress and egress through the open front.

Convertible swing seat

Provided is a method and apparatus for pulling a crown plug comprising: (a) providing a subsea lubricator having a longitudinal through bore and a jack attached to the subsea lubricator, the jack having a landing area; (b) providing a jacking string which includes a landing sub and a crown plug connector, the sub having a landing surface; (c) without the jacking string in step 'b', lowering the subsea lubricator of step 'a', to the horizontal christmas tree and attaching the lubricator to the christmas tree; (d) lowering the jacking string to the lubricator; (e) jacking up the jack such that the landing area of the jack contacts the landing surface of the landing sub; and (f) while the lubricator remains attached to the christmas tree, raising the jacking string and crown plug through and out of the lubricator.

A rotating seat for suspension from a play set structure includes a seat body rotatable about a generally vertical axis with an upper seating surface configured to support a user, an elongated suspending element configured to support the seat body from the play set structure, and a handle assembly operably coupled with the suspending element to cause rotation of the seat body relative to the axis upon actuation by the user. The suspending element extends substantially vertically, presents opposite upper and lower end margins, is configured to operably couple with the play set structure along the upper end margin, and is operably coupled with the seat body at a location spaced from the upper end margin. A damped pivot connection assembly configured to operably secure the suspending element with the play set structure and allow restrained pivoting movement of the suspending element relative to a fixed bracket of the connection assembly is also disclosed.

Rotating seat

An interactive timing system for use with a play system includes a base unit configured for mounting at a base location on the play system and a plurality of remote units each configured for mounting at a location on the play system remote from the base station. The base unit comprises a timer and a switch for activating the timer. Each remote unit comprises an indicator and a manually-activated input for controlling the indicator.

Interactive timing system for a play system

An accessory for a play system comprises a support configured to be suspended from or supported on the play system; and a sound module coupled with the support. The sound module comprises a motion detector for detecting motion of the support and a sound-emitting device for emitting sounds in response to motion of the support as detected by the motion detector.

Play system accessory with motion-activated sound module

An accessory for a play system includes an elongated surface and a plurality of sound modules coupled with the elongated surface. The elongated surface may be a slide, climbing wall, ladder or any other surface across which a child may slide, crawl, or climb. The sound modules are spaced along a length of the elongated surface and are each configured to emit a unique sound when operated by the child while traversing the elongated surface.

Play system accessory with sound modules

A stand-on swing for suspension from a playset structure includes a platform member presenting an upper surface on which the user may stand. The swing also includes a pair of elongated, rigid suspension bars each presenting upper and lower ends. The bars are pivotally connectable to the structure adjacent the upper ends so as to depend therefrom, with the lower ends being spaced from the ground. The swing further includes a pair of lower pivot joints pivotally connecting the suspension bars to the platform member adjacent the lower ends thereof, with the platform member and bars being swingable in a fore-and-aft direction. The bars are bowed so as to present intermediate sections that are spaced further apart than the upper and lower ends. Further, the bars terminate above or generally at the platform member so that the lower ends are prevented from being spaced substantially downward beyond the platform member.

Stand-on playset swing

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Auburn, OH, United States of America

Patrick William Brown