Patents Assigned to Lawrence L. Reiner
  • Patent number: 4159594
    Abstract: A toy feeding spoon is provided for use with a baby doll having a head with a permanent magnet mounted therein adjacent the mouth portion thereof. The spoon includes a hollow bowl portion with a circular disc rotatably mounted therein and a top wall covering over and concealing a portion of said disc. A bar magnet is mounted on the under side of said disc and cooperates with the magnet in said doll head to turn said disc to a first selected position in which said spoon appears to be empty, when the spoon is brought to the doll mouth. The bar magnet on said disc also cooperates with a permanent magnet mounted within a simulated food container to turn said disc to a second selected position in which said spoon appears to be filled with food, when said spoon is lowered into the interior of said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Reiner, John O'Shaughnessy
  • Patent number: 4026066
    Abstract: An optical illusion-producing rotating toy includes a rectangular support housing and a generally cylindrical rotatable housing mounted on the support housing for free rotation about a vertical axis. The rotatable housing has at least two three-dimensional display areas, chambers of compartments angularly disposed about the axis. An axis extension of the rotatable housing projects beyond the support housing for gripping to impart rotation of the rotatable housing. The rotatable housing is provided with a resilient pair of engageable fingers proximate the support housing, and a pair of selection latching members are provided on the support housing each of which has a portion which may be selectively moved for engaging one of the fingers to almost instantaneously stop the rotation of the rotatable housing in a predetermined position. This brings into view one of the display areas at a fixed point of observation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Reiner, John P. McNett
  • Patent number: 4023705
    Abstract: Card dispenser for participating games involving an element of chance sequentially dispenses a stack of random cards placed into the device. The dispenser includes a hopper having a dispensing opening and a track divided by uniformly spaced upwardly directed transverse ribs into a series of adjacent co-planar card receiving surfaces. Elongate guide members on the track and mating channels on downwardly depending skirts on the hopper permit the hopper to move relatively to and along the track to bring the dispensing opening into registry with successive ones of the card receiving surfaces, the hopper advancing the lower-most cards in the stack until deposited on a surface while the transverse ribs prevent movement of the deposited cards in the direction of hopper movement and therefore retain the cards in the deposited positions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Reiner, John P. McNett
  • Patent number: 4008895
    Abstract: A maze has two opposing substantially coextensive walls one of which forms an inner three-dimensional form or shell and the other which forms an outer form or shell. Each of the shells is generally in the form of a cube and the inner shell is fixedly positioned within the outer shell so as to maintain a predetermined, uniform distance between the inner and outer walls. The outer wall is formed with a network of channels which, together with the inner wall, define a corresponding network of passageways. The passageways on each side of the outer cube are connected to the passageways on the adjacent sides of the cube so as to form interconnected passageways which permit one or more marbles, for example, to move through the passageways on one or more sides of the cube with changes in orientation of the maze in space. Apertures are provided in at least one passageway on each side of the cube for providing points of entry and exit for the marbles into and out of the maze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1977
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Reiner, John P. McNett
  • Patent number: 3953935
    Abstract: A toy power supply having a battery power pack and a pair of conductive leads extending therefrom; each lead having an output contact element connected thereto and the electrical output contact elements may be individual elements or form part of a glove, mitten or prong-like electric power wand or "prod". The output contact elements are compatible with pairs of input contact elements on electrically actuated toys and accessories, such as dolls. In operation, the output contact elements operate in effect as a kind of switch, and upon said contacts properly engaging a pair of input contact elements of a toy, whatever toy one is operating will then start to function, whether it is a motor or light or other accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Reiner, John P. McNett
  • Patent number: 3949517
    Abstract: A toy power supply having a battery power pack and a pair of conductive leads extending therefrom; each lead having an output contact element connected thereto and the electrical output contact elements may be individual elements or form part of a glove, mitten or prong-like electric power wand or "prod". The output contact elements are compatible with pairs of input contact elements on electrically actuated toys and accessories, such as dolls and vehicles. In operation, the output contact elements operate in effect as a kind of switch, and upon said contacts properly engaging a pair of input contact elements of a toy, whatever toy one is operating will then start to function, whether it is a motor or light or other accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Reiner, John P. McNett
  • Patent number: D250906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Reiner, Michael Hennig
  • Patent number: D263028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1982
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventor: Ira B. Gilford
  • Patent number: D263407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventor: Ira Gilford
  • Patent number: D266747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Lawrence L. Reiner
    Inventor: Ira B. Gilford