Summer Infant Products, Inc. v. Playskool Baby Products, Inc.

OPINION

FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Senior District Judge.

Summer Infant alleges that Playskool manufactured and sold a “baby bouncer” device which infringed upon Summer Infant’s previously issued patent for such a device, U.S. Patent to Lockett III et al. No. 4,553,-786. (“the patent”). A baby bouncer is a chair for infants with one or more supports resting on the ground or other solid surface, and holding up a frame, usually rectangular in shape, over which a plastic or cloth cover is stretched, on which an infant can be placed. The frame of the device is flexible enough so that the infant can safely…