Patents Assigned to Stephen A. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5851119
    Abstract: An interactive electronic graphics tablet is provided which utilizes two windows, one large window for the insertion of a standard sheet of paper or other material allowing the user to draw images on the paper and another smaller second window. A cartridge having various icons, such as animal images, is clicked into place in the smaller window. The device is configured such that the paper overlays a touch sensitive pad. The operation of the present invention allows the user to assign any cell of the drawn page corresponding to XY coordinates to particular sounds correlated to the icons in the smaller second window by touching respective locations and icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Stephen A. Schwartz and Design Lab, LLC
    Inventors: Henry D. Sharpe, III, Ralph A. Beckman, Stephen A. Schwartz, Stanley O. Thompson, Dan R. Morrissey
  • Patent number: 5636995
    Abstract: An interactive electronic graphics tablet is provided which utilizes two windows, one large window for the insertion of a standard sheet of paper or other material allowing the user to draw images on the paper and another smaller second window. A cartridge having various icons, such as animal images, is clicked into place in the smaller window. The device is configured such that the paper overlays a touch sensitive pad. The operation of the present invention allows the user to assign any cell of the drawn page corresponding to XY coordinates to particular sounds correlated to the icons in the smaller second window by touching respective locations and icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignees: Stephen A. Schwartz, Design Lab. LLC
    Inventors: Henry D. Sharpe, III, Ralph A. Beckman, Stephen A. Schwartz, Stanley O. Thompson, Dan R. Morrissey
  • Patent number: 5540439
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a game board surrounded by a fence, a plurality of pawns which are advanceable along the fence and an action character figure which is moveable on the game board. The action character figure is adapted to randomly move about on the game board surface, and each of the pawns includes an ejectable component which is ejected when the pawn is engaged by the action character figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignees: Howard Kamentsky Design, Stephen Schwartz Design
    Inventor: Howard Kamentsky
  • Patent number: 5512001
    Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a sound generating mechanism for generating realistic vehicle engine sound and a smoke generating mechanism for generating simulated smoke vapors. The sound generating mechanism and the smoke generating mechanism are simultaneously actuatable by moving an accessory, such as a spoiler, on a cab portion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignees: Stephen Schwartz Design, Design Lab
    Inventors: Michael Kent, Thomas P. Hamilton, Stephen Schwartz, Henry Sharpe, III, Ralph Beckman, Bryan Thurston
  • Patent number: 5366221
    Abstract: A random play indicator includes a base portion having a light station thereon, a light source in the base portion for illuminating the light station, a manually rotatable randomizer wheel including a plurality of different colored light segments, and a diffuser dome. The randomizer wheel is rotatably mounted on the base portion so that sequential different colored segments thereof sequentially pass over-the light station as the randomizer wheel is rotated, and the diffuser dome is mounted on the base portion over the randomizer wheel for diffusing light passing through the segment of the randomizer wheel aligned with the light station at any given time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignees: Stephen Schwartz, Howard Kamentsky
    Inventors: Stephen Schwartz, Howard Kamentsky, Michael Gorker
  • Patent number: D382307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignees: Design Lab, LLC, Stephen Schwartz
    Inventors: Henry Sharpe, III, Ralph Beckman, Stephen Schwartz, Ming K. M. Wong
  • Patent number: D387823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignees: Design Lab, LLC, Stephen A. Schwartz
    Inventors: Roseann Radosovitch, Stephen Schwartz, Henry Sharpe, III, Ralph Beckman