Patents Assigned to Trendmasters, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6672934
    Abstract: An amusement device is disclosed having an animal body portion and a remote control portion. The animal body portion may be a lizard having horns and a tail. A user may use the remote control to cause the animal to move. The animal body has at least one motor operably connected to the animal's head, legs, and tail. The motor causes the animal to walk forward, walk backward, or dance in place at the selection of the user, and causes the tail to move and the mouth of the animal's head to move. An extendable tongue protrudes from the mouth. The tongue may have a magnetic tip for connecting with a magnetic or metallic object. The device may also contain a speaker that plays music and/or words as selected by the user through the remote control. In one embodiment, the lizard dances while playing music.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Hornsby, Daniel J. Beckman, Marcellus R. Benson, William H. Bronson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6527610
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interactive electronic, digital device (16), largely an amusement device, including a display (20) of animated characters with sound effects housed in a unit (19) to be worn or carried by a wearer or user. The characters and sound effects are interactive with the wearer or user, for example, in response to wearer or user movement or selective actuation (e.g., through a button or touch panel). The interactivity could also be responsive to ambient sounds (e.g., music or voice) or movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Hornsby, Christian M. Mouser, Jason E. Emde
  • Patent number: 6474507
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toy water gun including a pump for pressurizing the gun for shooting out a stream of water, a trigger for controlling the flow of the water, and a source of electricity and at least one light source for illuminating the stream, wherein the device is adapted to provide a lighted coherent stream of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Hornsby, Ryan A. Wolfinbarger, Joseph L. McGowan, Chad P. Stuemke, Marcellus R. Benson, David B. Midgett, Kurt V. Ulmer
  • Patent number: 6409019
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blister for a blister type package, and a blister package, wherein the blister is generally transparent and has two separate pockets. The first pocket receives and contains a product to be sold. The second pocket has an irregularly shaped front surface and contains a figural item preferably related to the product. The irregularly shaped front surface of the second pocket substantially conforms to the figural item, thereby creating the appearance that the second pocket contains an article associated with the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Hornsby, Marcellus R. Benson
  • Patent number: D454378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph L. McGowan, William H. Bronson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D454926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Paul M. Brown, Chad P. Stuemke
  • Patent number: D454928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph L. McGowan, William H. Bronson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D457205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph L. McGowan, William H. Bronson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D457572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Marcellus R. Benson, Joseph L. McGowan, Timothy S. Brakensiek, David Niehaus
  • Patent number: D458975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Paul M. Brown, Chad P. Stuemke
  • Patent number: D461209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph L. McGowan, William H. Bronson, Jr.
  • Toy
    Patent number: D461511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph Lee McGowan, Christopher Neal Hall, David Michael Niehaus
  • Patent number: D461857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph L. McGowan, William H. Bronson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D461858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph L. McGowan, William H. Bronson, Jr.
  • Toy
    Patent number: D463834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph Lee McGowan, Christopher Neal Hall, David Michael Niehaus
  • Toy
    Patent number: D464090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph Lee McGowan, Christopher Neal Hall, David Michael Niehaus
  • Toy
    Patent number: D464382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph Lee McGowan, Christopher Neal Hall, David Michael Niehaus
  • Patent number: D465530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph Lee McGowan, Christian M. Mouser, Jason E. Emde
  • Patent number: D466958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Hornsby, Paul M. Brown, Chad P. Stuemke
  • Toy
    Patent number: D469827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Joseph Lee McGowan, Christopher Neal Hall, David Michael Niehaus