Abstract: A game apparatus includes a game board surrounded by a fence, a plurality of pawns which are advanceable along the fence and an action character figure which is moveable on the game board. The action character figure is adapted to randomly move about on the game board surface, and each of the pawns includes an ejectable component which is ejected when the pawn is engaged by the action character figure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 31, 1995
Date of Patent:
July 30, 1996
Assignees:
Howard Kamentsky Design, Stephen Schwartz Design
Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a sound generating mechanism for generating realistic vehicle engine sound and a smoke generating mechanism for generating simulated smoke vapors. The sound generating mechanism and the smoke generating mechanism are simultaneously actuatable by moving an accessory, such as a spoiler, on a cab portion of the vehicle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 3, 1995
Date of Patent:
April 30, 1996
Assignees:
Stephen Schwartz Design, Design Lab
Inventors:
Michael Kent, Thomas P. Hamilton, Stephen Schwartz, Henry Sharpe, III, Ralph Beckman, Bryan Thurston
Abstract: A random play indicator includes a base portion having a light station thereon, a light source in the base portion for illuminating the light station, a manually rotatable randomizer wheel including a plurality of different colored light segments, and a diffuser dome. The randomizer wheel is rotatably mounted on the base portion so that sequential different colored segments thereof sequentially pass over-the light station as the randomizer wheel is rotated, and the diffuser dome is mounted on the base portion over the randomizer wheel for diffusing light passing through the segment of the randomizer wheel aligned with the light station at any given time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 29, 1993
Date of Patent:
November 22, 1994
Assignees:
Stephen Schwartz, Howard Kamentsky
Inventors:
Stephen Schwartz, Howard Kamentsky, Michael Gorker