Patents Assigned to Mattel
  • Patent number: 8986068
    Abstract: A vehicle track play set includes a base, a plate coupled to and extending upwardly from the base, and first and second tracks extending along the plate toward the base. The first track includes a first curved portion extending outwardly from a first surface of the plate and a second curved portion extending outwardly from an opposite second surface of the plate. The first track extends through a first opening in the plate between the first and second curved portions. The second track includes a third curved portion extending outwardly from the second surface and a fourth curved portion extending outwardly from the first surface. The second track extends through a second opening in the plate between the third and fourth curved portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert William Jourdian, William J. Maloney, II, Larry R. Nagode, Timothy J. Trapp
  • Patent number: 8986066
    Abstract: A rotating top assembly toy play set includes at least one track segment having a starter section, a launch section and a guiding path therebetween. Also included is a rotatable top configured to translate along the guiding path. Further included is a top receiving structure positionally spaced from the launch section for receiving the rotatable top subsequent to a flight of the rotatable top, wherein the flight extends along an aerial trajectory between the launch section and the top receiving structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gustavo Ricardo Ferreyra, Anthony M. Martino
  • Patent number: 8985363
    Abstract: A food/drink container includes a receptacle, a lid removably secured to the receptacle and a handle movably coupled to the container such that the handle may move between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, at least a portion the handle is disposed below the receptacle and in the second configuration, at least a portion of the handle is rotatable with respect to receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Domenic T. Gubitosi, David Shapiro, Charlie Smith
  • Publication number: 20150072589
    Abstract: A lens assembly for a doll with an illuminated torso, including a light-diffusing layer formed from a plurality of co-joined spherical translucent bodies. The assembly may also include a translucent window configured in a shape of a part of the torso, and the light-diffusing layer may be interposed between the translucent window and a light source inside the torso.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia Chan, Steven D Ryniker, Todd Gionet, James P Zielinski
  • Patent number: 8970960
    Abstract: An augmented reality electronic head gear is disclosed. The head gear includes an electronic device compartment configured to receive and support an electronic device such as an iPhone®. The head gear further includes a reflective surface configured to reflect the display of the electronic device to the eyes of a user. The head set is configured to rest upon a user's head, keeping the user's hands free and able to interact with the surrounding environment, while the user's eyes view real-time images of the surrounding environment being augmented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Yu
  • Patent number: 8968110
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a support frame, a resilient member, a seat, and a retainer. The resilient member has a first end portion configured to be coupled to the support frame and a second end portion, opposite from the first end portion. The seat is configured to be coupled to the second end portion such that the seat is suspended from the support frame by the resilient member. At least one of the first end portion and the second end portion includes multiple sleeves, each defining an opening therein. A portion of the retainer is configured to be disposed within a first one of the sleeves and coupled to at least one of the seat and the support frame such that a position of the seat relative to the support frame is adjustable by disposing the portion of the retainer within a second one of the sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Bapst, John DeRubes, Domenic T. Gubitosi, Brian S. Kelly, John Martin Maul, Philip R. Pyrce, Robert W. Salmon
  • Patent number: 8961259
    Abstract: A toy building block set includes multiple polyhedron blocks of different lengths removably attachable together. Each block includes at least a top and four side walls. At least one connector extends from the top and includes opposing interior and exterior surfaces. A recessed area is provided at the bottom of each block. Engagement projections or depressions are provided on the connector and the remaining engagement structure are provided in the recessed area of each block where they might fully or partially engage or not engage with structures on the connector. The mechanical interference engagements and resulting engagement forces provided between any two of the blocks are less than three and even less than two times the number of engagements and resulting engagement forces provided by a mated pair of the smallest polyhedron blocks of the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert P. Maggiore, Edward C. Teter
  • Patent number: 8956198
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a toy, the toy having: a main body portion; a first leg pivotally secured to the main body portion for reciprocating movement between a forward position and a rearward position with respect to the main body portion; a first foot pivotally secured to the first leg; a second leg pivotally secured to the main body portion for reciprocating movement between a forward position and a rearward position with respect to the main body portion; and a second foot pivotally secured to the second leg, wherein the first foot is spring biased with respect to the first leg and the second foot is spring biased with respect to the second leg such that a center of mass of the toy is intermittently aligned with and supported solely by either the first foot or the second foot as the first leg and the second leg move between the forward position and the rearward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Kin Fai Chang, Louis Luk
  • Patent number: 8951091
    Abstract: A toy vehicle playset has a color changing device or mechanism that can be used to activate a color change on a toy vehicle. In one embodiment, the playset includes a chamber configured to receive the toy vehicle. In another embodiment, the playset includes a launching mechanism that propels the toy vehicle along a track member and into a chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Julian Payne
  • Publication number: 20150038047
    Abstract: A building set and method of play include a base piece and building blocks. The building blocks have an end face and a longitudinal side with planar exterior walls spaced apart at a first width. A first building block has a first connector type with two parallel planar members extending from the end face. The planar members include a rib along an outward face, and are configured to have a snug fit into the first width of another block. A second building block includes a second connector type located on either the end face of the second building block or a top surface of the base. The second connector type has a circular arrangement of pressure hinges, where the other of the end face of the second building block or the top surface of the base has a protrusion configured to be detachably inserted into the pressure hinges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: Leo Shen, Soon Y. Park, Stephen P.K. Lau, Rawn Trinidad
  • Patent number: 8944434
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to card games, and more particularly to card games in which players play to form certain card combinations or “melds,” in order to collect information that in turn allows the players to solve a puzzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian M. Yu
  • Patent number: 8944882
    Abstract: A track set configured to be mounted to a wall by a plurality of wall mounts, the track set having: a tower: a first upper track section configured to receive toy vehicles from a top portion of the tower; a second lower track section, wherein the first upper track section is angularly positioned such that toy vehicles traveling along the first track section move towards a second lower track section, wherein the second lower track section is configured to direct the toy vehicles towards a bottom portion of a tower; a corkscrew rotationally secured to the tower; and a motor coupled to the corkscrew, wherein operation of the motor causes the corkscrew to rotate, wherein rotation of the corkscrew causes the toy vehicles to move from the bottom portion of the tower to the top portion of the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy L. O'Connor, Eric Ostendorff, Paul Schmid, Michael Nuttall, Sun Leung, Eric So, Glenn Yu, Amanda L. Bright
  • Patent number: 8944877
    Abstract: A toy having a humanoid body and a jet pack is provided. The toy includes a first fabric portion partially ejected from a first aperture in the jet pack in response to a lever being moved from a first position to a second position. The toy further includes a fan disposed in the body that blow airs across the first fabric portion. The toy further includes a first light emitting diode that illuminates the first fabric portion when the first fabric portion is partially ejected from the first aperture such that the first fabric portion simulates flames being emitted from the jet pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Terence Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8944927
    Abstract: A child's swing support structure includes a seat assembly having a first configuration and a second configuration. The seat of the swing support structure is able to be configured in a reclined configuration for infants or an upright configuration for toddlers. The seat can be locked into the upright configuration when a tray is connected to the seat of the swing support structure. The seat is rotatably coupled to a frame of the swing support structure, where the swing is free to swing back and forth with respect to the frame. Furthermore, a drive mechanism may be attached to the frame for mechanically swinging the seat back and forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt J. Huntsberger, Kevin Crane, Philip R. Pyrce
  • Patent number: 8944881
    Abstract: A toy track set is disclosed herein, the toy track set having: a vehicle path defined by a track and a gap disposed between a pair of ends of the track; a carriage assembly configured to carry a toy vehicle across the gap such that the toy vehicle may travel from one of the pair of ends of the track to another one of the pair of ends of the track on the carriage assembly; a ferromagnetic material disposed in the track; wherein the toy vehicle has at least one magnet disposed on the toy vehicle such that the toy vehicle may travel on the track in anyone of an inverted or vertical fashion; and a release mechanism positioned on the carriage assembly, the release mechanism being configured to engage one of the pair of ends of the track when the release mechanism is in a first position and release the release mechanism from the one of the pair of ends of the track when the release mechanism is moved to a second position from the first position by the toy vehicle travelling onto the carriage assembly; and wherein t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Julian R. Payne
  • Patent number: 8944339
    Abstract: A track set for toy vehicles is provided herein, the track set having: a first track segment coupled to a first curved track segment; a second track segment coupled to a second curved track segment; a third curved track segment having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end being wider than the outlet end, the inlet end being configured to receive the toy vehicles traveling on the first curved track segment and the second curved track segment; and a snare trap mechanism located at the outlet end of the third curved track segment, wherein the snare trap mechanism is configured to capture a first one of the toy vehicles traveling through the outlet end of the third curved track segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Ostendorff, Kevin Cao
  • Patent number: 8936501
    Abstract: A toy figure is disclosed. The toy figure includes a portion that is configured to be illuminated by a light source. The portion includes a panel member that is transparent or translucent. The panel member has a light input surface and a light output surface. The panel member also includes a reflecting surface that redirects light in the panel member. Light from the light source enters the light input surface and exits from the light output surface. In one embodiment, the light output surface includes several deformities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Bell
  • Patent number: 8932143
    Abstract: A control system for a child swing that comprises an amplitude control subsystem configured to use one or more electrical signals from a swing sensor to compare an actual amplitude of the child swing to a pre-set amplitude of the child swing to generate an adjustment signal representing a desired adjustment to the phase of the drive mechanism. The child swing also comprises a phase control subsystem configured to use an electrical signal representative of a phase of the drive mechanism and the adjustment signal to generate a motor drive signal configured to cause the desired adjustment to the phase of the drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    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: 8932100
    Abstract: Animated toy figures including a torso having a neck and an interior body cavity, a head that is pivotally coupled to the neck, a vertically oriented lifting structure, where an upward movement of the lifting structure results in a backward pivoting of the head, first and second arm members disposed on opposing sides of the torso, a cross-connector rotatably disposed within the interior body cavity connected to and extending between the first and second arm members and configured to drive the lifting structure upward upon rotation of the cross-connector, and an activating member disposed on the torso that is operatively coupled to the cross-connector. Activation of the activating member rotates the cross-connector, thereby rotating the first and second arm members and vertically displacing the lifting structure, so that the upward movement of the arm members is coupled to a backward pivoting of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A Saunders, James P Zielinski
  • Patent number: 8925537
    Abstract: A reconfigurable toy gun includes a handle portion, a guide member coupled to the handle portion, and a barrel portion. The barrel portion is slidably coupled to the guide member and movable along the guide member between a first end portion of the guide member and second end portion of the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Kit Chuen Fan, Fraser Paterson, Brandon Sopinsky