Patents Represented by Law Firm Coffee and Sweeney
  • Patent number: 3939602
    Abstract: A hand propelled circular air glider or flying saucer type aerodynamic toy. The toy includes a solid upper disc portion and a concentric, substantially larger lower annular disc portion having an aperture therein approximately equal to the diameter of the upper disc portion. The upper disc portion and lower annular portion are disposed generally parallel and are connected together by a plurality of radially directed, generally trapezoidal, evenly spaced fins. A depending, short cylindrical flange circumscribes the outer perimeter of the lower annular portion to stabilize the flight of the toy as it precesses through a gaseous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Harry E. Burke, Burton C. Meyer
  • Patent number: 3940140
    Abstract: A vibratory board game apparatus including a plurality of playing pieces and a game board with a playing surface having a plurality of stations defining a confined playing piece path of travel. Some of the stations are destination stations having indicia representative of different locations. Simulated money is provided which may be acquired by having a playing piece stop on a given destination station. The game board mounts a selectively actuatable vibratory motor for vibrating the board and thereby moving all of the playing pieces simultaneously along the playing piece path of travel from one station to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Burton C. Meyer, Gordon A. Barlow, Jeffrey D. Breslow
  • Patent number: 3939418
    Abstract: A walkie-talkie unit having a speaker connected to a radio transceiver for normal transmitting and receiving functions, plus a selectively actuatable audio signal generator. The generator generates one of a plurality of distinct signals of different frequency in response to a hand manipulatable actuator. When the walkie-talkie is in a transmitting mode the signal is transmitted to another walkie-talkie. When the walkie-talkie is in a receiving mode the signal is amplified by the generating walkie-talkie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Howard J. Morrison, Albert G. Keller
  • Patent number: 3932957
    Abstract: A self-propelled toy vehicle wherein at least one driving wheel also provides a gyroscopic effect on the travel of the vehicle. In the preferred embodiment, the toy vehicle has a single supporting and driving wheel in the form of a rotatable flywheel which is capable of storing sufficient energy to provide a gyroscopic directional effect on the vehicle. The axle of the flywheel is rotatably mounted in a frame which is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis on and relative to the toy vehicle body. Rapid rotation of the flywheel to drive and direct the vehicle is achieved by the use of a flexible rack engageable with a pinion gear on the axis of the wheel. During travel, the vehicle body can rotate in a horizontal plane about said vertical axis relative to the flywheel and its frame, and thus give the impression of a vehicle skidding out of control even though the flywheel continues to move along a straight line under the gyroscopic effect of the flywheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Howard J. Morrison, Donald F. Nix