Patents Examined by Laura Fossom
  • Patent number: 6217406
    Abstract: A wire skeleton for a soft sculptured doll comprised of a wire backbone member that extends into the head of the doll and secures within an upward extending sleeve of an inverted t-shaped connector and a unshaped wire that extends through the two sleeves in the horizontal portion of the t-shaped connector to form the leg members of the doll's skeleton. The unshaped wire freely rotates within the t-shaped connector, allowing the leg members to rotate in unison forward and backward on the doll. Also, backbone member and each of the leg members can be bent to pose the doll. Dolls are formed around the wire skeleton by padding the skeleton; placing covering material, such as leotards and lady's knee-high stockings, over the padding; and then securing the covering material together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Shawna Dan'iel Ross
  • Patent number: 5830038
    Abstract: This patent disclosure teaches a moving, vehicle toy having a hand operable selector knob that determines the direction of single guide wheel that is steered by the action of a pivotally mounted steering arm that is rotated by means of a lever arm that engages with any one of several cam surfaces of a powered cam shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventors: Ferenc Fekete, Kai Chung-Ho