Patents Assigned to Mattel
  • Patent number: 9370259
    Abstract: A control system for a child swing that comprises a drive mechanism that includes a motor configured to impart torque to the at least one swing arm so that a child seat moves in an arcuate path. A phase control subsystem generates a motor drive signal configured to maintain a desired lead angle between a phase of the drive mechanism and a phase of the swing arm. An amplitude control subsystem configured to steer the phase control subsystem based on a correlation of an actual height of the child seat to a selected height of the child seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. Pyrce, James P. Meade, Mark Alan Wollen, James Paul Baker, James A. Bishop, Jr., Ross Allan Niver
  • Patent number: 9364765
    Abstract: A toy assembly includes an air blower than can blow air and particles such as glitter. In one embodiment, the toy assembly includes a doll and an air blower that can blow air and glitter particles as well as change the color of the hair of the doll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Erika Kane, Eric Lau, Melissa Ozuna, Catherine Wong
  • Patent number: 9352238
    Abstract: A track set is provided, the track set having: a toy vehicle; a toy airplane; a launcher for launching the toy airplane; a trigger mechanism coupled to the launcher, wherein the trigger mechanism is located in a portion of a track path of the track set; and wherein actuation of the trigger mechanism by the toy vehicle as it travels along the track path launches the toy airplane from the launcher towards an indicator mechanism configured to be contacted by the toy vehicle traveling along the track path and the toy airplane after it has been launched from the launcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Nuttall, Sang Joon Kwak
  • Patent number: 9354020
    Abstract: A projectile launcher includes a housing including a launching section. The launching section includes a first spring and a second spring, a piston coupled with the first and second springs, and a charger that compresses each of the first and second springs against the piston within the launching section. The projectile launcher further includes hollow barrel that extends to a front end of the projectile launcher, a projectile loading area configured to receive and load a projectile in position with a firing end of the piston and the barrel, and a trigger. Compression of the first and second springs by the charger is released in response to actuation of the trigger, where release of the compression of the first and second springs forces movement of the piston toward the projectile loading area so as to launch a projectile loaded within the projectile loading area through the barrel and from the projectile launcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Wing (Edward) Wong, Kin Fai (Edmund) Chang
  • Patent number: 9345979
    Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is provided including a pair of arm members including a first arm member and a second arm member. The pair of arm member are movably mounted to the track set for movement between a first position and a second position. A toy vehicle carriage is pivotally mounted at a distal end of each of the pair of arm members. Each of the pair of arm members is coupled to one another such that as one of the arm members moves from its first position to its second position, the other of the arm members also moves from its first position to its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert William Matthes, Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Sang Joon Kwak
  • Patent number: 9345953
    Abstract: A game assembly involving the arrangement of game pieces on a game board and permitting storage and transportation of the game pieces arranged on the game board in an intermediate stage of game play. The game assembly comprises a case having a plurality of hinged case segments which are foldable from open configuration exposing a game area to a closed configuration enclosing the game area. The hinged case segments includes lateral case segments hingedly joined to opposing edges of an internal case segment. The game area is formed from lateral and internal game elements. The lateral game elements are disposed on the lateral case segments. The internal game element are hingedly connected to one of the lateral game elements and rotatably moveable between being disposed on the internal case segment and being disposed on the one of the lateral game elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Chuang
  • Patent number: 9345980
    Abstract: A toy vehicle track section connector has a main body with opposing planar first and second surfaces defined by a central portion, first and second outer portions, and first and second end portions joining the central, first and second portions together. Two smaller posts and a third larger post project from the first surface at positions along the longitudinal centerline and on opposite sides of the transverse centerline of the connector. A plurality of ribs project outwardly from the second surface along the first and second outer sections and first and second end portions and form a frame sized to be received in a channel provided on the bottom side of each track section. A hole and cutout are provided at each end of each track section to receive either smaller post and half the larger post, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Tai To Lee
  • Patent number: 9345976
    Abstract: A toy figurine is disclosed. The toy figurine includes a body to which one or more plates are coupled. The toy figurine includes a launching mechanism that is used to launch a projectile from the toy figurine. The plates cover the launching mechanism when the plates are mounted to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Josiah To Sang Li, William J. Kerner, James Austin Rucker
  • Patent number: 9339118
    Abstract: An infant support includes a base and a backrest. The base is configured to rest upon a support surface and support an infant on the infant support. The base further includes a seat region and two arm portions. The backrest is pivotally coupled to the base between a storage configuration and an upright configuration. The backrest includes a front portion and a rear portion coupled together. The rear portion is configured to pivot between a closed position, in which the rear portion forms an interior cavity with the front portion, and an open position, where the rear portion is pivoted away from the front portion. The interior cavity is configured to receive and store napkins, wipes, or towels. The rear portion further includes an aperture and an operable door disposed proximate to the aperture. When the door is opened, the aperture provides access to the interior cavity for removing napkins, wipes, or towels from the infant support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Domenic T. Gubitosi, Kurt J. Huntsberger, Maarten Van Huystee
  • Patent number: 9339721
    Abstract: A toy ring is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Kadile
  • Patent number: 9314705
    Abstract: A toy track set includes a vehicle path defined by a track and a gap disposed between a first gap end and a second gap end. The toy track also includes a carriage assembly configured to carry a toy vehicle across the gap such that the toy vehicle travels from the first gap end to the second gap end on the carriage assembly, the carriage assembly being moved from the first gap end to the second gap end by an assembly having an arm rotatable about an axis of rotation and that rotates through an angle equal to or greater than 360 degrees as it carries the toy vehicle from the first gap end to the second gap end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: Julian R. Payne, Alec Tam
  • Patent number: 9314703
    Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is provided including a track segment. The track set having: a movable character located proximate to the track segment, wherein the character includes a torso, a first appendage, and a second appendage, each of the appendages is positioned adjacent the track segment, at least one of the pair of appendages being movably secured thereto and configured to intermittently block portions of the track segment such that a toy vehicle travelling thereon is captured by the character depending on the location of the appendages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W Nuttall, Stacy Lynn O'Connor
  • Patent number: 9314704
    Abstract: A track set for toy vehicles having: a base member; a loop section defined by a plurality of curved segments, each of the curved segments being releasably secured to at least another one of the curved segments at one end when the loop section is defined by the curved segments, each of the curved segments includes a feature at the one end for engagement with another one of the curved segments or the base member of the track set; and a release mechanism being movably secured to the loop section, the release mechanism being capable of movement between a first position in which the curved segments are secured to each other and a second position in which the curved segments are released from each other, wherein a portion of the release mechanism is positionable in a portion of a path defined by the loop section such that an object travelling along the path can move the release mechanism from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Ostendorff
  • Patent number: 9308464
    Abstract: A set of building components includes at least connector components and elongate members. A connector component includes a main body and one or more receptacles. In some embodiments, a connector component may also include male studs and/or female receiving areas configured to couple the connector to other components or conventional building blocks which include the corresponding feature. The elongate members can be secured within the receptacles of the connectors and, in some embodiments, may include slots along a lateral surface to facilitate this connection and provide an additional coupling for further building components. Moreover, in some embodiments, a set of building components may also include sliders configured to be movably coupled around the elongate members. The sliders may also include male studs and/or female receiving areas in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Torres
  • Patent number: 9302193
    Abstract: A corner booster for accelerating toy vehicles includes an entrance to which a toy vehicle enters the booster, and an exit from which the toy vehicle exits the booster. The entrance and exit are orientated so that the toy vehicle turns when traveling from the entrance to the exit. The corner booster further includes a booster member for applying a force to the toy vehicle. The force applied by the booster member increases the speed of the toy vehicle as the toy vehicle travels from the entrance to the exit. The corner booster includes a cocking mechanism that cocks the booster member with preloaded mechanical energy. The preloaded mechanical energy is used to move the booster member to apply the boosting force to the toy vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Kin Fai Chang, Louis Luk Kwok Yau
  • Patent number: 9301904
    Abstract: A feeding kit forming a storage and preparation assembly for infant feeding implements that includes a receptacle to receive a teether and a plurality of wells to form food/drink inserts for the teether. The teether includes a lid that is removably coupled to a feeding portion, such that the inserts may be inserted into the feeding portion, a portion which includes a feeding member with a plurality of apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Paxson, Jacob J. Clark, Domenic T. Gubitosi, Charlie Smith
  • Patent number: 9295350
    Abstract: A lid of a beverage container includes a base portion, a spout framework extending from the base portion, a valve positioned at the end of the spout framework, and a soft spout overmold that leaves the valve exposed. The soft spout overmold is sealingly engaged with the base portion and spout framework to prevent leaking of the contents of a beverage container which may be coupled to the lid. The valve is in fluid communication with the contents of a beverage container which may be coupled to the lid. The valve may contain a slit and when deformed, the slit transforms into an opening to allow contents of an attached beverage container to flow out of the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlie Smith, David Shapiro, Domenic T. Gubitosi
  • Patent number: D752960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robb Fujioka
  • Patent number: D754528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robb Fujioka
  • Patent number: D758345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robb Fujioka