Patents Assigned to Mattel
  • Repositionable Child Support Device
    Publication number: 20070205646
    Abstract: An infant glider device is disclosed. The glider includes a base, a carriage that moves in an oscillatory motion along a predetermined path with respect to the base, and seat connected to the carriage. The seat is rotationally repositionable about an axis generally perpendicular to the carriage, and is adapted to be reoriented from a first seat facing position to a second seat facing position, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: David Bapst, Emily Schoenfelder
  • Adjustable Child Support Device
    Publication number: 20070205639
    Abstract: A child support device including adjustable features is disclosed. The support device may be a high chair including an adjustable foot support and/or tray portion. The child support device may include a base, a frame attached to the base, and a seat attached to the frame. The seat may include a primary restraint such as a crotch post. The footrest may be telescopically connected to the primary restraint such that its position relative to the seat may be altered. The tray, moreover, may include a secondary restraint that cooperates with the primary restraint to provide an additional safety feature. The tray and the secondary restraint may be repositioned with respect to the primary restraint to accommodate children of various sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Brian S. Kelly
  • Interactive Multi-Sensory Reading System Electronic Teaching/Learning Device
    Publication number: 20070190511
    Abstract: An electronic learning/teaching device operates with and without a printed sheet element having an arrangement of selectable content by means of a user responsive sensor array beneath a surface configured to receive the element. The sensor array is formed by cross-points of two sets of crossing conductive lines, one set being driven sequentially with a radio frequency square wave and the other set being sampled sequentially though a high impedance amplifier connection with an asynchronous detection circuit. Where more than one cross-point location is user activated, algorithms are used to identify one cross-point sensor location as the user activated selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Ernst, John Taylor, Dagan Galarneau, Joseph Hoppy, James Bishop, Philip Pyrce, James Meade
  • Screw drive vehicle
    Patent number: 7255618
    Abstract: A screw drive vehicle has a main housing with forward and aft ends and first and second lateral sides. A first support arm rotatably supports a first pontoon assembly from the first lateral side of the main housing. A second support arm rotatably supports a second pontoon assembly from the second lateral side of the main housing. A reversible motor in the housing simultaneously rotates the support arms from positions parallel to one another and the main housing to non-parallel positions. Each pontoon assembly includes a tubular housing with exterior screw thread supported for rotation between distal ends of the arm and a reversible pontoon drive motor operably coupled with the tubular housing so as to rotate the housing and thread in a selected rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Leonov, Ong Kenlip
  • Melding Card Games With Solving Component
    Publication number: 20070182100
    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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Brian Yu
  • Infant support structure with an entertainment device
    Patent number: 7252594
    Abstract: An infant support structure with an entertainment device that may be used to pacify and/or entertain an infant is disclosed. In one embodiment, the infant support structure is an infant swing. In one embodiment, the entertainment device includes a toy aquarium. The entertainment device may be removably coupled to the infant support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Armbruster, Ronald M. Asbach, Jennifer A. Schroth, Maarten Van Huystee
  • Entertainment device and method of using the same
    Patent number: 7252510
    Abstract: An entertainment device that includes an output generator that produces audible outputs is disclosed. The output generator produces outputs in response to user inputs. In one embodiment, the entertainment device includes several actuators that can be activated by a user. The output generator produces different outputs in response to different user inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott K. Basu, Nancy M. Cariffe
  • TOYS WITH VIEW PORTS
    Publication number: 20070173174
    Abstract: A toy including a housing and at least one view port disposed within the housing and adapted to permit a user to view objects through the at least one view port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Steed Sun, Ruben Martinez, Peter Fan
  • Convertible game apparatus
    Patent number: 7247105
    Abstract: A reconfigurable multi-sport, game apparatus is disclosed. The reconfigurable multi-sport, game apparatus includes multiple, separate target portions and a ball return portion. The multi-sport, game apparatus a basketball basket, a first target portion configured to receive a first sports implement thrown by a user, and a second target portion configured to receive a second sports implement propelled along the supporting surface by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt J. Huntsberger
  • Rotatable entertainment device
    Patent number: 7247078
    Abstract: A rotatable entertainment device includes a mobile arm rotatably coupled to the entertainment device, and a motion translation device coupled to the entertainment device and the mobile arm to convert an oscillatory motion of the entertainment device into a rotational motion of the mobile arm. The entertainment device is mountable to an oscillating device (e.g., a swing) that conveys the oscillatory motion from the oscillating device to the entertainment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Bapst, Maarten Van Huystee, John F. Rhein, Robert J. Sonner
  • Entertainment toy having multiple configurations
    Patent number: 7244165
    Abstract: An entertainment toy that can be disposed in multiple configurations is disclosed. In one embodiment, the entertainment toy includes a base having an upper surface, a support frame coupled to the base, and a seat that is configured to hold an infant. The seat is movably mounted on the support frame. The entertainment toy includes an output generating system. In one embodiment, the entertainment toy includes an actuator disposed on the base. The actuator is connected to the output generating system and is disposed to be engaged by a foot of the infant. The output generating system is configured to generate audible and/or visual outputs in response to activation of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Domenic T. Gubitosi, Brian S. Kelly
  • Activity device
    Patent number: 7238026
    Abstract: A multiple-sided activity device for toy blocks is disclosed. The activity device has a first side including a first activity adapted to interact with at least one of the plurality of toy blocks. The activity device also has a second side distinct from the first side, the second side including a block recognition mechanism configured to selectively interact with any of the plurality of toy blocks to identify which of the plurality of toy blocks is interacting with the block recognition mechanism and to produce block-specific sensory stimulating output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Brown, Bradley M. Clark, Gary E. Weber
  • Remotely controlled toy vehicles with light(s)
    Patent number: 7234992
    Abstract: A toy vehicle including at least an on-board power supply, a plurality of wheels supporting the vehicle for itinerant movement, at least one motor operably coupled to at least one of the wheels to provide at least part of an itinerant movement, at least one light and a controller circuit configured to selectively supply power from the power supply to the motor(s) in response to commands from a transmitter remote from the toy vehicle and to selectively supply power to the at least one light in response to a signal indicating the vehicle is performing a particular maneuver, for example, either a special stunt or a transformation or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen N. Weiss, Eric D. Listenberger, Joseph T. Moll
  • End caps for a star-shaped toy block
    Patent number: D544925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Christine A. Drosendahl
  • Toy remote controller
    Patent number: D546904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Bowen, Paulo Kang
  • Nesting packaging for a toy
    Patent number: D547174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Neil Fireman
  • Set of wheels and hubs for a toy vehicle
    Patent number: D547398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Parsey, Nathan Proch
  • Bellows action water gun
    Patent number: D548290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Chuang, George Eden, Kevin Hou, Francis Ponton, Chiu Wah Wong
  • Bellows action water gun
    Patent number: D548805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Chuang, George Eden, Kevin Hou, Francis Ponton, Chiu Wah Wong
  • Set of hubs and wheels for a toy vehicle
    Patent number: D549788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Parsey, Nathan Proch