Patents Assigned to Mattel
  • Doll with dress that transforms to wings
    Patent number: 9168462
    Abstract: Interactive and reconfigurable toy dolls are disclosed. The toy dolls have one or more associated movable components that may be actuated through user manipulation so as to transform a doll's dress into wings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Jung
  • Toy track set
    Patent number: 9168463
    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: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: Julian R. Payne, Alec Tam
  • CONFIGURABLE GAME ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150283452
    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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter CHUANG
  • Chassis assemblies with repositionable gearbox for children's ride-on vehicles, and assembly methods
    Patent number: 9150102
    Abstract: Chassis assemblies for children's ride-on vehicles, children's ride-on vehicles including said chassis assemblies, and methods for configuring a children's ride-on vehicle for operation are disclosed. The chassis assembly may include a chassis configured to at least partially define a passenger region sized for a child, a gearbox coupled to the chassis, and an electric motor coupled to the gearbox. The gearbox may be configured to be selectively moved with respect to the chassis, along a path of movement, from a storage configuration to an operating configuration. A greater portion of the gearbox may extend beneath a lower plane defined by the chassis when the gearbox is in the operating configuration than when the gearbox is in the storage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin M. Gastle
  • Toy with locating feature
    Patent number: 9144746
    Abstract: A toy set is disclosed herein the toy set including: a first object configured to transmit a plurality of codes wirelessly, each of the plurality of codes being transmitted at a different predetermined power level; a second object configured to detect the plurality of codes, the second object providing one of a plurality of audio outputs when at least one of the plurality of codes is detected by the second object; and wherein the one of the plurality of audio outputs is selected by determining which of the plurality of codes detected by the second object has a weakest predetermined power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce James Cannon
  • Protective case for portable electronic device
    Patent number: 9141138
    Abstract: A protective case for an electronic device includes a cover with a cavity and a back plate that fits within the cavity of the cover. The cover has an aperture that displays either the back plate or an electronic device, if an electronic device is housed in the protective case. The cover may contain at least one locking latch with three orientations, the locking latch includes a tab. In the first orientation, the tab protrudes into the cavity, engages the back plate, holding the back plate within the cavity of the cover. The locking latch may slide across a portion of the cover to the second orientation, where the tab continues to protrude into the cavity and engage the back plate. Once in the second position, the locking latch is free to rotate to the third position, where the tab no longer protrudes into the cavity, allowing the back plate to be removed from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald W. Stucke, Jr., Daniel J. Damon, Travis William Eckler, Anthony Favorito, Ross Rumfola, III, Rachel A. Wiatrowski-Pardi
  • Expandable playset
    Patent number: 9138655
    Abstract: An expandable playset that provides a setting for imaginative play with character toys. The playset includes a base and a platform connected by pivoting supports and is convertible between a collapsed configuration wherein the platform rests on the base, and an expanded configuration wherein the platform is held a substantial distance above the base by the pivoting supports. A play area is accessible between the platform and the base when the playset is in the expanded configuration, but is not accessible when the playset is in the collapsed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwok Shing Yeung, James M Geirczak
  • Toy playset
    Patent number: 9114327
    Abstract: A play set configured for use with an item removably secured to a base item having a plurality of wheels and a ferromagnetic material disposed therein is disclosed herein, the play set having: a plurality of launchers each being configured to launch the item and the base item along one of a plurality of track segments, wherein each of the track segments terminate at a central area; and at least one magnet disposed in the central area, wherein the base item is attracted to the at least one magnet when it reaches the central area after traversing along one of the plurality of track segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: Richelle Moh, Garrett Sander, Ivy Bleser, David Sheltman, Sang Kwak, Elena Velasquez
  • Toy vehicle track set
    Patent number: 9114323
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a toy vehicle track set for use with at least one toy vehicle is provided, the toy vehicle track set having: a first vehicle path through the toy vehicle track set when the toy vehicle track set is in a first configuration; a second vehicle path through the toy vehicle track set when the toy vehicle track set is in a second configuration; and a trigger mechanism for converting the toy vehicle track set from the first configuration into the second configuration, wherein the trigger mechanism is actuated by a toy vehicle travelling along only one of two paths of the first vehicle path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Berrigan August Romig Lennon
  • Restraint system for child support
    Patent number: 9113721
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a restraint system for an infant support such as a highchair. The restraint system includes a restraining member adapted to pass through an aperture formed into the infant support. The restraining member includes a stop member selectively operable to pass through the aperture. Specifically, the stop member is configured to pass through the aperture when in a first orientation relative to the slot, but cannot pass through aperture when positioned in a second (e.g., opposite) orientation relative to the slot. With this configuration, the unintended separation of the restraint system from the infant support may be prevented. Additionally, with this configuration, the accidental tightening of the shoulder straps on a restrained child by a sibling pulling on the straps from behind the seat is also prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Dignitti, John S. Canna
  • Toy vehicle monorail track set
    Patent number: 9114324
    Abstract: A carrier and a conventional toy vehicle have mating structures to releasably connect the two together. The carrier is configured to support the vehicle to run along a T shaped portion of the monorail track. The carrier has a main housing having the mating structure and a through channel on upper and lower sides. Rollers support the carrier to move on the upper running surface of the track while other structures extend beneath the running surface to capture the surface in the through channel. Weights are supported from the main housing in legs extending below the main housing, through channel and running surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Chuang, Steven Verbera
  • Doll with reconfigurable garment portion
    Patent number: 9101846
    Abstract: A reconfigurable doll includes a body having a torso defining a cavity, and a garment member coupled to the body. The garment member is movable between an extended position extending outwardly from the torso, and a retracted position substantially disposed within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Patricia Chan
  • Reconfigurable toy vehicle
    Patent number: 9101849
    Abstract: A toy vehicle is disclosed. The toy vehicle includes a body and portions or mechanisms that are movably coupled to the body. The movable portions are repositionable with respect to the body. The toy vehicle includes an actuator that can be moved relative to the body. Movement of the actuator causes at least one of the movable portions to be repositioned or moved relative to the body. The repositioning of the movable portions results in the toy vehicle having different configurations. The actuator can be placed in one of several positions relative to the body. The movement of the actuator from a first position to a second position causes a movable portion to move from a first position to a second position. The movement of the actuator from its second position to a third position causes another movable portion to move from its first position to its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Mauricio Bedolla, Glenn Yu, Kwun Chung Mo, Michael Finizza
  • Launching toy game
    Patent number: 9095770
    Abstract: A skills game includes a game set with a deck of cards, various-shaped building blocks, a projectile launcher, projectiles, and target pieces. Players take turns selecting a card, building structures, launching projectiles, and knocking down targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Kit Ho, Nicole Ashley Jenkins, Erich William Weidetz
  • Toy
    Patent number: 9084942
    Abstract: A toy figure is disclosed herein, the toy figure having: an upper body portion; a lower body portion, the upper portion being rotatably secured to the lower portion; at least one appendage movably secured to the lower portion; and a drive mechanism coupling the at least one appendage to the upper portion, wherein movement of the at least one appendage causes rotation of the upper portion with respect to the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael O'Hare
  • Projectile launcher
    Patent number: 9061217
    Abstract: A toy includes a magazine and a movable arm having a launching end. A plurality of disks are configured to be stacked face to face in the magazine, where each disk has a recess in its face and an engagement element near an edge of the disk. The launching end of the arm includes a retractable extension that is insertable into the recess in the disk, such that the arm is capable of receiving the disk. A protrusion on the magazine engages the engagement element in the disk, causing the disk to rotate around the retractable extension as the arm removes the disk from the magazine. A mechanism in the arm causes the retractable extension to protrude when the arm is adjacent to the magazine, and to retract to release the disk when the arm is moved away from the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Strauss
  • Toy with persistance of view components
    Patent number: 9061220
    Abstract: An amusement device includes a rotating assembly display rotatably mounted about a center point configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect. The rotating assembly includes a sensor disposed on the rotating assembly at a location closer to an end of the rotating assembly than to the center point. The amusement device also includes a device for rotating the rotating assembly and a control circuit including a first microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor. The microcontroller controls a speed at which the device for rotating the rotating assembly rotates the rotating assembly based on communications with the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce James Cannon
  • Toy vehicle track portion
    Patent number: D734403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Dustee Womack
  • Bubble blower
    Patent number: D735275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Yana Krivulin
  • Toy launching device
    Patent number: D738962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek S. Handy, Michael Kadile, Steed Sun, Michael L. Strauss