Patents by Inventor Gina Krahn

Gina Krahn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Prize dispenser and prize dispensing hook assembly therefor
    Patent number: 9541120
    Abstract: A prize dispensing hook assembly is provided for retaining a prize suspended from a base of a prize dispenser and releasing the prize therefrom at a predetermined release location. The hook assembly includes a hook structure mounted on the base for movement relative thereto. The hook structure is engageable with the prize in a prize retaining position and is disengagable from the prize in a prize releasing position corresponding to the predetermined release location. The biasing arrangement is continuously engaged with both the base and the hook structure, and provides a biasing force continuously urging an open of the hook structure into direct engagement with the base. An actuator arrangement is mounted within the prize dispenser and is provided with a movable release element which is selectively engageable with the hook structure to move the hook structure to the prize releasing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Bay Tek Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Lasee, Mark Johnson, Gina Krahn
  • PRIZE DISPENSER AND PRIZE DISPENSING HOOK ASSEMBLY THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20140231447
    Abstract: A prize dispensing hook assembly is provided for retaining a prize suspended from a base of a prize dispenser and releasing the prize therefrom at a predetermined release location. The hook assembly includes a hook structure mounted on the base for movement relative thereto. The hook structure is engageable with the prize in a prize retaining position and is disengagable from the prize in a prize releasing position corresponding to the predetermined release location. The biasing arrangement is continuously engaged with both the base and the hook structure, and provides a biasing force continuously urging an open of the hook structure into direct engagement with the base. An actuator arrangement is mounted within the prize dispenser and is provided with a movable release element which is selectively engageable with the hook structure to move the hook structure to the prize releasing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BAY TEK GAMES, INC.
    Inventors: Randy Lasee, Mark Johnson, Gina Krahn