Patents Assigned to Marvlee Inc.
  • Patent number: 5161798
    Abstract: A toy ball having a soild body of foam plastic material and a noisemaker completely embedded within the foam plastic body. The noise maker includes a hollow rigid housing, which may be formed of a hard plastic, and a marble within the housing free to roll around therein so as to create a clattering sound when the ball is shaken, thrown, and caught. The internal surface of the housing has inwardly-projecting ridges to enhance the clatter produced as the marble, which may be a steel ball, rolls around within the housing. The foam plastic body of the ball is made in a mold cavity having the shape of the ball to be produced. While the mold is open, the noisemaker is resiliently suspended along the centerline of the mold cavity so that the center of the noisemaker substantially coincides with the midpoint of the mold cavity centerline. Plastic material is placed within the mold cavity, the mold is closed, and the plastic foam expands to fill the mold cavity, at the same time completely surrounding the noisemaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Marvlee Inc.
    Inventors: Philip E. Orbanes, Edward G. Margolis, Henry Delach
  • Patent number: D335906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Marvlee Inc.
    Inventor: Marvin Hellerman