Patents Assigned to Imagic, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7329167
    Abstract: A multi-axle running toy includes: a flywheel to serve as a driving source; three or more drive axles driven by rotation of the flywheel; a gear train to transmit the rotation of the flywheel to the drive axles; and traveling wheels installed on both ends of each of the drive axles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignees: Tomy Company, Ltd., Imagic, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshizo Nagasaka, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20050090180
    Abstract: A multi-axle running toy includes: a flywheel to serve as a driving source; three or more drive axles driven by rotation of the flywheel; a gear train to transmit the rotation of the flywheel to the drive axles; and traveling wheels installed on both ends of each of the drive axles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicants: Tomy Company, Ltd., Imagic, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshizo Nagasaka, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6450857
    Abstract: A four-wheel drive toy including a chassis, front wheels operably connected with the chassis, and rear wheels operably connected with the chassis. A flywheel is operably connected to the front wheels and the rear wheels and operable to drive the toy. A front wheel axle is operably connected to the chassis so as to vertically pivot relative to the chassis such that when driving over an uneven surface the front wheels and the rear wheels all contact the uneven surface, thereby ensuring that a driving force from the front wheels and the rear wheels is transmitted to the uneven surface and that the toy runs over the uneven surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Imagic, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6406350
    Abstract: A device for moving a car toy in and out, comprising: a base member (50) which can place a car toy (20) thereon, an arm member (51) which can come in and out of a periphery of the base member, and a placing member (53) which is provided on a top end portion of the arm member and can go down under a body of the car toy with sliding on the body of the car toy when the car toy advances onto the placing member relatively; wherein the placing member (53) is movable back and forth reciprocally with respect to the arm member (51) and is biased in approximately an upper direction by a spring (55); and when the placing member (53) is on a first position in a front side of the arm member (51), it goes down a little against a biased force of the spring (55) by a weight of the car toy to lose a force for supporting the car toy thereon, and when the placing member (53) is on a second position in a rear side of the arm member (51), the going down thereof against the biased force is stopped to support the car toy thereon; a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignees: Tomy Company, Ltd., Imagic, Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Yoneda, Katsumi Kakizaki
  • Patent number: 6402583
    Abstract: A parking area toy comprising: a body (10); a turn table (50) which can be rotated around a vertical axis and can be moved up and down along the vertical axis; a plurality of parking spaces (1-7) for parking a plurality of car toys (20), which are disposed on a plane around a passage for the turn table; a turn table rotating member (M, 20h, 80) for rotating the turn table around the vertical axis; a turn table lifting member (M, 10n, 12a) for moving the turn table up and down along the vertical axis; and a member for driving a car toy in and out (51, 52, 53, 54), which has a placing member (53) for placing a car toy (20) thereon and which is for moving a car toy into or out of a predetermined parking space by operating the placing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignees: Tomy Company, Ltd., Imagic, Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Yoneda, Katsumi Kakizaki
  • Patent number: 5794936
    Abstract: A game apparatus in which the spiral spring is wound up by only operation of a handle or the like. The game apparatus comprises an operation member; a movement body for moving reciprocally in accordance with an operation of the operation member; a spiral spring used as a power source; a spiral spring winding-up mechanism for winding up the spiral spring by the operation of the operation member so as to store an energy in the spiral spring; a rotating member which has a display of a path for the movement body and is rotatable; and a power transmitting gear for transmitting the stored energy of the spiral spring to the rotating member to rotate; wherein one end of the spiral spring is engaged with a shaft of the spiral spring winding-up mechanism, which is rotated by the operation of the operation member, and the other end of the spiral spring is engaged with the power transmitting gear so as to enable rotation of the rotating member while the spiral spring is wound up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignees: Toybox Corporation, Imagic, Inc.
    Inventor: Katsumi Kakizaki
  • Patent number: 5658198
    Abstract: A pneumatic toy including a board provided with a runway, a body for running along the runway, an air chamber formed within the board, a blower for supplying air to the air chamber, a plurality of holes associated with the board which communicate with the air chamber and which are inclined relative to the board to direct air against the running body to propel same along the runway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignees: Imagic, Inc., Tomy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshizou Nagasaka, Katsumi Kakizaki
  • Patent number: D400935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignees: Toybox Corporation, Imagic, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Murasaki, Hiroshi Okawa