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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Graco Children's Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Brandon Michael Burkholder, Atlanta, GA (US);
Brandon Seth Cross, Atlanta, GA (US);
David Thomas Hotard, Peachtree Corners, GA (US);
Karl Hewson, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Claire Georgina Radha Wilkinson, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Andrew Wynne, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Neil Lester Campbell, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Paul Edward Hopkinson, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Conor Mark Devine, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Graco Children's Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A winch reel system is provided for use in child containment devices. The winch reel systems can include a one-way winch reel, a two-way winch reel, a multi-cord winch reel, and/or a drawstring winch reel. The winch reel systems can be included in various child containment devices, including strollers, infant rockers, children's car seats, playards, infant swings, baby carriers, bouncers, jumpers, high chairs, play mats, baby gates, children's booster seats, and/or other types of infant carrier or containment systems and devices. Each winch reel system can include one or more wires that are engaged with a winch reel in order to adjust at least one feature of a child containment device. In other embodiments, the one or more wires can be replaced with one or more lines, cables, or straps. In some embodiments, each winch reel system can include at least one toothed pawl to engage the winch reel.