Patents Assigned to Mattell, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4673367
    Abstract: An animated figure toy having a lower torso with a trunnion member coupled for rotatable movement, the trunnion including hinge couplers connectable to mating hinge portions on the interior of front and rear halves of the upper torso. A spring is positioned beneath the trunnion for coaction with an actuating post slidingly captively retained within the trunnion for limited axial movement, the post having pivotably attached thereto a head supporting member with a head thereon. Engaging interlocking fingers on the interior of the front and rear halves of the torso hold the parts together, with an actuating member slidably mounted on one of the fingers engageable by a plate portion on the front torso for separation of the arms and movement of the post under force of the spring to pivot the parts outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Mattell, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald H. MacBain
  • Patent number: 4604074
    Abstract: A push toy having a wheel housing rotatably supporting a pair of wheels with an impeller within the housing actuated upon rotation of the wheels, the impeller coacting with the interior of a generally transparent, continuous loop tube formed partially within the handle with a plurality of colored spheres therein, rotation of the impeller moving the string of spheres up the tube to the apex thereof, whereupon the spheres drop under the force of gravity. The toy may be operated in forward or reverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: Mattell, Inc.
    Inventors: T. Scott Engle, Jeffrey B. Poznick
  • Patent number: D258599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignee: Mattell, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry T. Hodges, Robert W. Nall, William F. Sestito
  • Patent number: D428068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Mattell, Inc.
    Inventor: Karl D. Lerch