Patents by Inventor Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner
Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner 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).
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Patent number: 7762867Abstract: A lever activated toy vehicle includes a body, a chassis and a lever. The chassis accommodates the body and has a front wheel and a rear wheel. A motor is disposed within the chassis and is drivingly coupled to at least one of the wheels. The lever is movably supported on the toy vehicle so as to be accessible by a user for movement between a first position and a second position. The toy vehicle further includes a moveable part and an actuator mechanism. The moveable part has at least a portion on the exterior of the body and a portion on the interior of the body. The actuator mechanism is operably coupled with the motor and the moveable part and is configured to move the moveable part from the concealed position to the revealed position after the lever is moved from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Felix Agostini, Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner, Robert Jude Henry, Gregory John Sisolak, William Francis Michael Dougherty
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Patent number: 6764376Abstract: The invention is a spring-driven toy vehicle having front and rear chassis portions, at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel. The front chassis portion is hingably connected to the rear chassis portion. The chassis portions are capable of a pivotal motion relative to one another from a first undeflected position to a second deflected position. A drive motor is mounted to one of the front and rear chassis portions. The motor contains a motor spring. A drive axle is operably connected with the motor spring. The drive axle is connected to at least one front wheel or one rear wheels to rotate the at least one connected wheel. A rotational coupling is configured to transfer the pivotal motion of the chassis portions relative to one another into a rotational motion to wind the motor spring.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Felix Agostini, Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner, Gregory John Sisolak, William Francis Michael Dougherty
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Patent number: 6755716Abstract: A projectile shooting toy comprises a body housing, a projectile delivery tube formed with an interior of the housing and a motor driven projectile firing apparatus having a trigger and projectile cannon pivotally mounted to the body housing. Activation of the trigger causes the cannon to move from a stored position to a deployed position, allowing a projectile to enter an inlet of the projectile cannon from the projectile delivery tube. Activation of the trigger further causes a firing ram to abruptly strike the projectile and fire it from the cannon. In a preferred embodiment, the projectile shooting toy is in the form of a helicopter.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Felix Agostini, William F. M. Dougherty, Robert Jude Henry, Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner, Jeremy S. Robotham
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Publication number: 20040087241Abstract: A projectile shooting toy comprises a body housing, a projectile delivery tube formed with an interior of the housing and a motor driven projectile firing apparatus having a trigger and projectile cannon pivotally mounted to the body housing. Activation of the trigger causes the cannon to move from a stored position to a deployed position, allowing a projectile to enter an inlet of the projectile cannon from the projectile delivery tube. Activation of the trigger further causes a firing ram to abruptly strike the projectile and fire it from the cannon. In a preferred embodiment, the projectile shooting toy is in the form of a helicopter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Applicant: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Felix Agostini, William F. M. Dougherty, Robert Jude Henry, Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner, Jeremy S. Robotham
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Publication number: 20040002286Abstract: The invention is a spring-driven toy vehicle having front and rear chassis portions, at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel. The front chassis portion is hingably connected to the rear chassis portion. The chassis portions are capable of a pivotal motion relative to one another from a first undeflected position to a second deflected position. A drive motor is mounted to one of the front and rear chassis portions. The motor contains a motor spring. A drive axle is operably connected with the motor spring. The drive axle is connected to at least one front wheel or one rear wheels to rotate the at least one connected wheel. A rotational coupling is configured to transfer the pivotal motion of the chassis portions relative to one another into a rotational motion to wind the motor spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Felix Agostini, Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner, Gregory John Sisolak, William Francis Michael Dougherty
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Patent number: 6663463Abstract: A sound activated toy vehicle includes a body, a chassis, and a motor. The chassis accommodates the body and has at least a front wheel and a rear wheel. The motor is drivingly connected to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel. The toy vehicle also includes a sound transducer configured to generate an electrical signal in response to detected sound. The toy vehicle also includes a controller having an input electrically connected to the sound transducer and an output electrically connected to the motor. The controller changes the output to the motor when the electrical signal is received by the input from the sound transducer. The toy vehicle also includes a vehicle accessory having an exterior portion. The vehicle accessory is mounted for movement between a first position and a second position by mechanical power from the motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: William Francis Michael Dougherty, Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner, Robert Jude Henry, Matthew Felix Agostini, Gregory John Sisolak
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Publication number: 20030228826Abstract: A sound activated toy vehicle includes a body, a chassis, and a motor. The chassis accommodates the body and has at least a front wheel and a rear wheel. The motor is drivingly connected to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel. The toy vehicle also includes a sound transducer configured to generate an electrical signal in response to detected sound. The toy vehicle also includes a controller having an input electrically connected to the sound transducer and an output electrically connected to the motor. The controller changes the output to the motor when the electrical signal is received by the input from the sound transducer. The toy vehicle also includes a vehicle accessory having an exterior portion. The vehicle accessory is mounted for movement between a first position and a second position by mechanical power from the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2002Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: William Francis Michael Dougherty, Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner, Robert Jude Henry, Matthew Felix Agostini, Gregory John Sisolak
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Patent number: 6565411Abstract: A key activated toy vehicle includes a body having a front end, a rear end and an exterior. The toy vehicle also includes a chassis that accommodates the body. At least one of the body and the chassis defines an opening to an interior of the toy vehicle. The toy vehicle includes a spring supported within the vehicle so as to be compressed by a key inserted through the opening and to propel the toy vehicle away from the key upon decompressing. The toy vehicle includes a moveable part being supported on one of the chassis and the body for movement between a first position and a second position. The toy vehicle includes an actuator mechanism operably coupled with the spring and moveably mounted within the vehicle so as to be coupled with the moveable part to move the part from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Mary Ellen Gertrude Fosbenner, Robert Jude Henry, Matthew Felix Agostini, William Francis Michael Dougherty, Gregory John Sisolak