Patents Assigned to Mattel
  • Electronic board game
    Patent number: 4300770
    Abstract: An electrical board game is disclosed which includes a track described on a foldable game board and having starting and finishing points and dividing into multiple parallel paths at various points along the track.The players moves a players piece along one of the multiple paths and the game detects which path was chosen by the use of electrically conductive circuitry on the board in conjunction with a conductive players piece.The game includes the ability of the players to randomly designate which of the parallel paths are safe and which are danger through the use of conductive switching elements placed on the game board in a physical orientation which determines the designation of the paths.An electronic sound generator is provided which is placed on the board and electrically responds to the players choice of path and the designation of that path, and generates either a safe or a danger sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Knetzger
  • Toy casting machine
    Patent number: 4299548
    Abstract: A toy casting machine including a base which has mounted thereon a crucible into which plastic materials may be placed for melting. The crucible is rotatably mounted to a sidewall and may be duped by an actuating mechanism which also moves a predesigned mold into position below the crucible. The crucible and machinery are entirely covered by transparent material to allow viewing the operation and to protect a child operating the machine. An isolating loading apparatus is provided to allow the machine to be loaded with raw material and molds without endangering the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary M. Saffer, Hubert A. Rich, David N. Carman, Ferenc Fekete
  • Shape-simulating toy
    Patent number: 4299049
    Abstract: A toy which generates bubbles and shapes those bubbles into a recognizable form. The toy has a unique pump mechanism which injects air under pressure into a stream of liquid soap then forces the aerated stream through a screen to break up the stream into a multiplicity of bubbles. A removable shaper is arranged at the exit for bubbles from the pump mechanism. The shaper has an exterior which is the incomplete shape of an object recognizable to a child and a series of conduits which conduct the bubbles into porisions in which they complete the recognizable form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Pimentel, Jeffrey B. Poznick, Robert W. Atwood
  • Red light - green light game
    Patent number: 4296926
    Abstract: A hand-held electronic game of skill. First and second columns of LED's display the positions and movements of the piece indicia of respective first and second players between respective starting and finishing positions. During the first state of a stop/go indicator, the manipulation of either of two player input switches causes the piece indicium displayed on the respective column to advance toward its finishing position. During the second state of the stop/go indicator, the manipulation of either of the two player input switches causes the piece indicium displayed on the respective column to be returned to its starting position. The first and second states of the stop/go indicator are established alternately, and continue for periods the durations of which vary randomly between predetermined minimum and maximum values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon H. Buck, Martha K. Hardwick
  • Ball throwing machine
    Patent number: 4291663
    Abstract: A machine for throwing a ball with a cylindrical aperture. The machine comprises an arrangement for mounting a rod which carries the ball and which is rotatably mounted to fall from an initial vertical position to a selected angular position after a preselected period. At the selected angular position, a spring drive projects the ball through the air. In a preferred embodiment the ball, which may be of any type, is projected with a spiral motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon H. Buck, Otto L. Gabler, Eugene J. Kilroy, Richard Leoncavallo
  • Board game apparatus and method of playing
    Patent number: 4291884
    Abstract: A game construction including a game board having a plurality of positions to be occupied by playing pieces belonging to different players, the positions during a path to be followed from a start to a finish. The game has a number of different identifiable playing pieces which are molded from a pliable material. Various ones of the positions are identified with the different ones of the playing pieces, and a piece landing on a position identified as that of another player is flattened by the owner of the space. The degree of flattening caused is measured to determine later movements of the piece on the game board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney Bass, Gary W. Pimentel
  • Electronic game
    Patent number: 4288537
    Abstract: A toy for playing a number of different games having a housing containing a sound generating circuit and a number of removable game boards providing connections to the circuit. A laminate path affixed to the board and a probe provide means for connecting a resistor to the circuit and for carrying the value of resistor to change the frequency of the sound generated. In specific embodiments the path is broken so that a graphite path defined by a pencil may connect the parts of the circuit. The path is included in each of the games as a key to the play thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Knetzger
  • Spinning top pinball-type game
    Patent number: 4286406
    Abstract: A top and spinning mechanism, the top having an enlarged body portion and a stub base portion with an irregular configuration for coacting with a sleeve member of a top spinning mechanism, the sleeve member being configured for releasably receiving therein the stub base portion, rotation of the sleeve member rotating the top with a release lever on the top spinning mechanism manually operable for axially sliding the sleeve out of engagement with the base portion with the release lever having an arm member contacting the body of the top for directing the top onto a playing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry A. Sims, Gerald L. Lambert, Raymond J. Gross, Harold B. Collins
  • Toy shaving set for a doll
    Patent number: 4285155
    Abstract: A toy shaving kit to be used with a doll including a toy razor and a felt tip pen containing water soluble ink for applying "hair" to the face of a doll. The toy razor includes a holder and a face-conforming sponge blade which may be dipped in water and applied to "shave" the "hair" from the face of the doll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Stephen Lewis
  • Toy racing set
    Patent number: 4285157
    Abstract: A toy racing set including at least one powered vehicle, a length of flexible track, and a carrying case. The carrying case folds out to form a track upon which the vehicle may run. The case may also be used when closed with the flexible track to provide a loop-the-loop track for a powered vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerard L. Lambert
  • Direction reversing crib toy
    Patent number: 4285159
    Abstract: A crib toy having a shaped outer shell with a downward facing U-shaped aperture adapted to fit over a crib rail. The shell houses an automatic reversing mechanism which drives an output roller positioned in the aperture for moving the toy back and forth along the rail.In a preferred embodiment, the reversing mechanism includes a motor which rotates first and second cam surfaces at a first speed and first and second cam followers at a second speed causing the cam followers to drive first and second gears to operate the output roller. The preferred embodiment combines a music box with the reversing mechanism to provide a synthesis of music and movement for a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney Bass, John S. Cook, Herbert May
  • Electronic horoscope game casing or similar article
    Patent number: D260660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Mayer
  • Electronic word game casing or similar article
    Patent number: D260785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Mayer
  • Basketball game display and control panel or similar article
    Patent number: D261402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert B. Lovejoy
  • Electronic game housing or similar article
    Patent number: D261669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Luan G. Tran, Edward Mayer
  • Toy calliope or similar article
    Patent number: D261670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Melzian, Aaron G. Cohen, Mike Nuttall
  • Toy play case or similar article
    Patent number: D261671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Livesey
  • Hockey game display and control panel or similar article
    Patent number: D261779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert B. Lovejoy
  • Simulative toy house
    Patent number: D262047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Stephen Lewis, Janice E. Rosenthal, Virginia R. Sargent, Juanito O. Villanueva
  • Soccer game display and control panel or similar article
    Patent number: D262122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert B. Lovejoy