Patents Examined by Alyssa M. Hylinski
  • Patent number: 12109449
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hula hoop. The hula hoop includes a track assembly with a plurality of track units interconnected end-to-end and a slider provided with rollers. The track unit includes an outer track having a receiving channel located at a first end and a protruding portion located at a second end opposite to the first end, a pressing component configured to secure two adjacent track units, and an inner track for jointly defining a circular path with the outer track. The rollers of the slider are configured to slide along the circular path. The hula hoop of the present disclosure is easy to assemble and disassemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventor: Kehua Gao
  • Patent number: 12102936
    Abstract: A wearable toy robotic arm, related to a technical field of building toys, including an execution device and a control. The execution device includes a first frame body, a first transmission mechanism, a mechanical gripper, and a first reset elastic component. The mechanical gripper is disposed on the first frame body, the first transmission mechanism includes a first transmission component, the first transmission component is configured to drive the mechanical gripper to open, and the first reset elastic component is configured to drive the first transmission component to reset. The control device includes a second frame body, a first instruction mechanism, at least one second reset elastic component, and a first sliding component. The first instruction mechanism is rotatably disposed on the second frame body, the second reset elastic component is configured to drive the first instruction mechanism to reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Donglong Liao
  • Patent number: 12090417
    Abstract: A remote-control aircraft comprises an aircraft body with a mounting platform provided with a connecting part and first magnet(s), and the connecting part is perforated with a connecting hole; and comprises an aircraft wing with an inserting part and second magnet(s) on its underside close to the aircraft body, the inserting part is rotationally inserted into the connecting hole, the second magnet and the first magnet are connected by magnetic attraction, and the aircraft wing is in close contact with the mounting platform. Thus, the aircraft wing and body can be quickly assembled and disassembled and can be carried conveniently. While the aircraft wing collides with an obstacle, it can be rotated around the inserting part as the center, and the impact force can be unloaded by rotating to prevent the aircraft wing from being damaged and prevent the aircraft wing from being separated from the aircraft body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU ZT MODEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Feng, Xianjun Wu, He Jiang, Qingsong Qiu
  • Patent number: 12087174
    Abstract: One or more transparent or translucent sheets of cellophane are folded and cuts are made to create symmetric patterns and designs. The cellophane creates diffraction, refraction, interference, and reflection pattern of light that become strikingly visible when viewed under polarized light. The cellophane patterns and designs are placed on top of one another such that the holes in the overlapping sheets cause a variation in the path of light traveling through the layers of the cellophane, creating beautiful and varied optical patterns of light that change with the placement of the layers of cellophane and with variation of the angle of polarized light for a kaleidoscope effect. The cellophane is viewed against the backdrop of a blue sky to provide a source of polarized light. Placing the cellophane on glossy black cardboard brings out the prismatic colors created by light refraction and reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Pamela Saha
  • Patent number: 12070699
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an accessory and an inflatable doll, the accessory includes a housing, a plurality of first air blowers at least partially mounted in the housing, and a main controller, the housing includes a first air inlet portion and a first air outlet portion, each first air blower includes a second air inlet portion communicated with the first air inlet portion and a second air outlet portion communicated with the first air outlet portion, the main controller is electrically connected to the first air blowers and configured to control operations of the first air blowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Inventor: Yumin Gu
  • Patent number: 12046152
    Abstract: A simulated crawling robot includes a spider web support frame, an arc-shaped track is fixedly mounted on the spider web support frame via a track fixing screw; a spider bionic robot is movably mounted on the arc-shaped track via a straddle wheel set; the spider bionic robot is connected to a rotary joint at the center of the spider web support frame via a slave connect wire; a gear drive mechanism is provided in the spider bionic robot to drive the spider bionic robot forward; the gear drive mechanism is connected to a spider leg slave mechanism via a gear transmission; and the spider leg slave mechanism is connected to a bionic spider leg via a gear transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HOMETIME INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiang Luo
  • Patent number: 12029994
    Abstract: A footwear accessory apparatus and system disposed on and within shoes to facilitate movement of one or more accessories around a pre-established track via an electric motor is described. The track is equipped with an internal chain drive disposed in communication with the motor via at least one gear. Accessories are preferably mounted to the chain via at least one magnet which protrudes through a top of the track via a groove. A remote control is preferably configured to enable the user to command the movement of the accessories around the track of each shoe independently. The remote is equipped with a speaker to facilitate the playback of audio and sound effects pertinent to the movement of the accessory. Accessories may be also equipped with internal batteries to facilitate the illumination of interior lights and/or headlights of the accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventor: Mtinima Marcus Moyo, III
  • Patent number: 12011673
    Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a toy vehicle body and a pair of wheel supports located on opposite sides of the toy vehicle body. In one embodiment, each of the wheel supports includes a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to the wheel support. The toy vehicle has a drive system that includes a pair of motors, each of which is operable to move one of the wheel supports and the wheels coupled to the wheel support. Each wheel support is movable between a retracted position in which the wheel support extends along a side of the toy vehicle body, and an extended position in which the wheel support extends downwardly from the toy vehicle body with a front end of the wheel support being spaced apart from the toy vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Richard Payne, Gerry Cody, Pitt Lau
  • Patent number: 12005369
    Abstract: Described is a remote control (RC) vehicle having a convertible wheel (e.g., front wheel) with a plurality of blades. The blades are controlled with a controller to cause the blades to transition between retracted and expanded states to create a buzz saw-looking wheel for multi-terrain applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: JAKKS PACIFIC INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Marino, Scott Hart Derman, Erich William Weidetz, Min Jin Kim, Zack Bieber
  • Patent number: 12005372
    Abstract: A toy construction system comprising a plurality of function construction elements, wherein each function construction element comprises a function device adapted to perform a controllable function, and a tag construction element mechanically connectable to at least a first function construction element of the plurality of function construction elements and configured for data communication between the tag construction element and the first function construction element, wherein, responsive to data received from the tag construction element, the function device of the first function construction element is configured to perform the controllable function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard, Henrik Colfach Sørensen, Erik Hansen, Henrik Hautop Lund
  • Patent number: 11992782
    Abstract: A toy vehicle launcher is movable to a plurality of launching locations disposed along one or more pathways of a toy vehicle track set. The toy vehicle launcher is configured to impart a launching force to a toy vehicle when the toy vehicle launcher is disposed in one of the plurality of launching locations, and the toy vehicle launcher is configured to prevent the launching force from being imparted to the toy vehicle while the toy vehicle launcher is moving between the plurality of launching locations. Additionally or alternatively, the toy vehicle launcher may be configured to impart different launching forces of different magnitudes to the toy vehicle at different locations of the plurality of launching locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Jun Hwang, Alex Au, Tsz Kin Lim, Paul Schmid
  • Patent number: 11986745
    Abstract: A toy top launcher for launching a toy top including a launcher adapter, the toy top launcher having a housing; a barrel formed in the housing and configured for receiving the launcher adapter; and a lever arm pivotally connected to the housing, wherein the lever arm has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the first end of the lever arm extends into the barrel, wherein the second end of the lever arm extends out of the housing, and wherein the barrel comprises a first screw thread configured for cooperating with a mating screw thread on the launcher adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Peter de Fine Licht, Ruben Romijnders, Henrik Larsen
  • Patent number: 11951411
    Abstract: An animation module is configured for use on a marble run module of a plurality of physically interconnectable marble run modules. The module includes a connector, an actuator, switch contacts, and a motor. The connector connects to a connector tube of a first marble run module of the plurality of physically interconnectable marble run modules. The actuator has a button and a shaft, and is configured to dispose at least a portion of the button below a bottom of the connector. The shaft extends upward from the button. The switch contacts are mounted at least indirectly on the connector and have a closed state and an open state. The motor is operably coupled to the switch contacts to rotate responsive to the switch contacts transitioning between the open state and the closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Pike Brands LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Forgrave, Chris Suen
  • Patent number: 11938412
    Abstract: A spinner toy with operational autonomy from an outside energy source, increased duration of rotation, and improved entertainment qualities is described. A rotating element of a spinner toy is configured to be centrally balanced relative to a central axis of rotation and is equipped with a means of rotation in the form of a ball bearing and screw converter having a housing in the form of a hollow sleeve, which is capable of converting the reciprocating motion of a pusher of the means of rotation into unidirectional rotational motion without slowing the rotating element. The present method includes imparting rotation to the rotating element without interrupting the use of the spinner toy by a user by means of mechanically converting the reciprocating motion of the pusher of the means of rotation in the form of a ball bearing and screw converter into unidirectional rotational motion without slowing the rotating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Aleksandr Nikolaevich Guidrevitch
  • Patent number: 11922823
    Abstract: An apparatus for demonstrating the use of a medical device includes a body adapted for receiving the medical device. The body includes at least a portion adapted for viewing the medical device when positioned in the body. A cover is provided for selectively covering the portion of the body adapted for viewing the medical device. A kit and related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. BARD, INC.
    Inventors: Edgar Sanchez Garcia, Alexander William Tessmer, Andrea Bly, Nicholas Loren Bajema, Matt Casiraro, Mark Nicholas Wright, Eric Moll, Corey Stapleton, Ricky Mori
  • Patent number: 11918926
    Abstract: In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided, and includes a toy assembly housing, an extensible object inside the toy assembly housing, an extension mechanism, and an extension member power source. The extensible object includes a base, and first and second extension members. The extension mechanism is operable to drive the first and second extension members towards extended positions, and is operatively connected to the second extension member via a lost motion connection. Driving of the extension mechanism by the extension mechanism power source drives the first extension member towards the extended position for the first extension member to break or open the toy assembly housing to expose the extensible object while consuming at least a portion of the lost motion in the lost motion connection. Upon consuming the lost motion, further driving the extension mechanism drives the first and second extension members towards the extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventors: Amy A. Pruzansky, Arta Alagheband, Franklin La Barbara
  • Patent number: 11904251
    Abstract: A top toy includes a first shaft side component and a trunk part. The trunk part includes a trunk body, a moving body being rotatably configured with respect to the trunk body, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is configured to lock releasably the moving member at a first position. The first shaft side component is rotatably configured with respect to the trunk part between first and second rotation positions. The trunk part is rotatably configured with respect to the first shaft side component when an external force is applied to the trunk part. The first shaft side component includes is a first projecting part. When the first projecting part is in contact with the locking mechanism, the locking mechanism is configured to release the moving member from the first position. The first and second shaft side components are interchangeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Muraki, Yohei Bando, Takeaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 11878256
    Abstract: The present invention provides a balloon containment device comprising a central portion having a diameter larger than the diameter of the narrowest part of an expanded opening portion of a balloon. An elongate external retainer extends from the central portion toward a proximate end to the balloon opening portion and having a length enabled for placement of the central portion, extending through a neck portion of the balloon opening portion. An elongate internal retainer extends from the central portion, and toward a distal end from the balloon opening portion, and having a length designed for placement inside of the balloon. Wherein when the balloon is inflated, the central portion is held against the neck portion by manipulation of the external retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Nevin R. Salvino
  • Patent number: 11845014
    Abstract: An interactive modular construction element (100) for a modular construction system (200), the interactive modular construction element (100) comprising a sensor (601) being responsive to a predetermined sensor input and adapted to output a sensor signal (610) corresponding to or representing the predetermined sensor input, a function element (602) adapted to perform at least one controllable function in response to a control signal (611), and a control circuit (603) connected to the sensor (601) to receive the sensor signal (610) and connected to the function element (602) to provide the control signal (611), wherein the control circuit (603) is adapted to provide the control signal (611) in response to the sensor signal (610) thereby controlling the function element (602) in response to the sensor signal (610), wherein the interactive modular construction element (100) comprises an input part (101) and an output part (102), where the input part (101) and the output part (102) are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Benjamin Ma, Henrik Colfach Sørensen, Henrik Engmark Daae, James John Norwood, Jaime Fabregat Vilella, Rasmus Bissenbakker Karsgaard, Simon James Wiscombe, Troels Lange Andersen, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11833439
    Abstract: A magnetic conductive car model includes a frame, a wheel positioned below the frame, a shell magnetically connected with the frame, a power supply arranged on the frame and a power consumption component positioned on the shell, when the frame is magnetically connected with the shell, the power supply is electrically connected with the power consumption component. The present disclosure can not only quickly and conveniently separate and assemble the shell and the frame, but also quickly and conveniently connect or disconnect a circuit between the shell and the frame, which is very convenient for maintenance and installation and improves use experiences of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN DOOHAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Houneng Wei, Jia Luo