Patents Examined by Vishu K. Mendiratta
  • Patent number: 10493369
    Abstract: A toy vehicle track set according to present invention includes a first track portion, a second track portion, a base to which the first and second track portions are coupled, and a carriage. At least one of the first track portion and the second track portion is repositionable about the base with respect to the other track portion and the carriage is movably coupled to the base. The carriage is positionable proximate to the first track portion, the second track portion, or both the first and second track portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Schmid
  • Patent number: 10478676
    Abstract: A golf ball including a spherical body, first regions, and second regions. The spherical body includes a core layer and a cover layer made from a synthetic resin covering the core layer. Dimples are formed in a surface of the cover layer. First regions that are electrically conductive are formed on a surface of the spherical body. The first regions are formed on a spherical surface having a center of the spherical body as a center. The first regions are positioned at six vertices of an imaginary regular hexahedron such that the vertices are positioned on the surface of the spherical body and, thus, six of the first regions are formed. The second regions are formed in areas of the surface other than where the first regions are formed. The second regions have a radio wave reflectance lower than that of the first regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Saegusa, Kumiko Shiota
  • Patent number: 10478742
    Abstract: A toy construction element includes a first face recessed from a second face by a recess height, a first peg extending from the second face, and an engaging member disposed on the first face. The first peg has a first peg height relative to the second face. The engaging member may include a column portion and a peg portion, wherein the column portion extends from a first end portion at the first face to a second end portion at which the peg portion is disposed. The column portion may have a column height substantially equal to the recess height, and the peg portion may have a peg portion height substantially equal to the first peg height. A toy construction element may be part of a toy construction assembly, in which an engaging member of the toy construction element connects to a hole defined by a flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mattel-MEGA Holdings (US), LLC
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Beaulieu, Muryllo Cardoso Figueiredo De Matos
  • Patent number: 10478741
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chain block toy assembled by interconnecting multiple assembly blocks in a fitting manner by using a female coupling part and a male coupling part. In particular, in each of the assembly blocks provided with a plurality of female coupling parts defined by a partition, an open groove is formed in the partition for forming the plurality of female coupling parts such that, when coupling or decoupling a male coupling part or rotating same in a coupled state, vertical supports of the female coupling parts are rolled to the left and right sides, thereby facilitating the coupling and decoupling, while preventing abrasion by minimizing friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: IRINGO CO., LTD
    Inventor: In-Deok Heo
  • Patent number: 10449418
    Abstract: A handheld bouncing device that is vertically oriented and centrifugally balanced including: (a) an elongated, compressible axle; (b) a planar body having a balanced symmetrical shape and a central aperture, the elongated compressible axle disposed within the central aperture such that a middle section of the elongated compressible axle is rotationally coupled to the planar body, such that the elongated compressible axle protrudes from the central aperture perpendicular to a plane of the planar body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SPIN TRICKS TOYS INC.
    Inventors: Oren Bitton, Reuven Ozer
  • Patent number: 10434433
    Abstract: A bubble generating device has a bubble generating assembly positioned adjacent a front opening. The bubble generating assembly has a support frame having a stationary wiping element which has an opening through which bubble solution leaks out. The bubble generating assembly also has a plurality of bubble rings coupled to the support frame for rotation in a manner where each of the plurality of bubble rings individually wipes across the wiping element at the location of the opening. A motor is positioned inside the housing and has a fan that is directed to blow air towards the front opening. Bubble solution is delivered from a container to the wiping element. A link assembly couples the motor and the support ring in a manner in which actuation of the trigger causes the support ring to be rotated so that each of the plurality of bubble rings is wiped across the wiping element and then positioned in front of the fan to receive air blown by the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Placo Bubbles Limited
    Inventors: Jessica Shono Thai, Jason Shono Thai, Douglas Thai
  • Patent number: 10421028
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transforming toy which enables a toy in a first form to transform into a second form by means of a random lock releasing means and thus discharge an item which is inherently provided, and enables easy restoration from the transformed second form into the first form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: CHOIROCK CONTENTS FACTORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong-Ill Choi
  • Patent number: 10421022
    Abstract: A detachable structure includes a toy and a detaching tool. The toy comprises a first part and a second part engaged with the first part. The detaching tool comprises a presser and elastic holders with holding parts that are at any one of a holding position and a holding releasable position. The first part is elastic and comprises an elastic engaging hook that is at any one of an engaged position and an engagement releasing position. The second part engages with the first part when the second part is brought to the first part in a certain direction so that the second part slidably contacts the first part to move the elastic engaging hook to the engagement releasing position and then further to the engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Muraki, Takeaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 10391385
    Abstract: A board game which comprises of a plurality of playing pieces and a board. The board has a plurality of playing piece receptacles, with each receptacle having a playing piece support and a depression. By pressing part of the playing piece into the depression, easy removal of a playing piece can be achieved. The receptacles are formed when playing pieces are inserted in recesses that border each playing piece support. The recesses are defined at each end by a protrusion. The playing pieces can include an aesthetic dot in order to differentiate between which played used the playing piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Lee Martin McAuley
  • Patent number: 10391415
    Abstract: As an embodiment of the present disclosure, a connection member of an assembly toy includes: a body formed as a solid figure similar to a rectangular parallelepiped, the body including a circular opening in a center of an upper surface and openings of oval shapes in a left side surface and a right side surface; a leg protruding out of the body through the openings of the oval shapes in the left and right side surfaces of the body; and foot models respectively connected to left and right end portions of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: GYMWORLD INC.
    Inventor: Kee Young Park
  • Patent number: 10384119
    Abstract: A die having three sides in the form of a cube wherein the cube is altered to portray only three face values that appear to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventor: Joseph Aaron Toumanios
  • Patent number: 10369486
    Abstract: A toy vehicle launcher has a housing, a handle, a slidable plate, a retention member, and biasing elements. The handle is moveably attached to the housing. The slidable plate is operatively coupled to the handle and movable with respect to the housing. The slidable plate includes sequential notches. The first biasing element couples the slidable plate to the housing. The first biasing element biases the slidable plate in a first direction with respect to the housing. Movement of the handle moves the slidable plate in a second direction against the bias of the first biasing element. The retention member is disposed proximate the slidable plate and configured to engage and disengage with notches. The second biasing element attaches the retention member to the launcher housing. The second biasing element biases the retention member into contact with the slidable plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Marcel Santos
  • Patent number: 10363491
    Abstract: An improved toy vehicle is disclosed herein. The toy vehicle includes a plurality of different modules that may be removably coupled to one another to provide a variety of different toy vehicles. The modules include at least a steering module, a gearbox module, and a main body module. The main body module may house any number of elastic members configured to drive a drive axle disposed within the gearbox module. The size and construction of the main body module chosen to be used may dictate how fast and how far the modular toy vehicle is capable of traveling across a support surface. The gearbox module may further include a crank that enables the elastic members to be wound and an actuator that actuates the wound elastic members to drive the toy vehicle. Finally, the steering module may be configured to direct the modular toy vehicle in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gustavo Ricardo Ferreyra, Michael Finizza, Julian R. Payne
  • Patent number: 10357707
    Abstract: A hexagonal board game that is arranged in a pattern that is similar to a honeycomb. The board game consists of 37 tiles wherein 16 of the tiles have a first pattern, 15 of the tiles have a second pattern and 6 of the tiles have a third pattern. The tiles having the first pattern define three distinct linear paths in which each path has a set of landing spots within the paths. The tiles having the second pattern define two distinct linear paths in which each path has a set of landing spots within the paths and two paths that go nowhere. The tiles having the third pattern have a path that connects all sides. Yet the tiles have a blockade in the central axis point of the tiles. The first, second and third pattern tiles are set on the frame of the board game in a specific manner. The board game has a plurality of game pieces and includes a pair of dice. Players are given instructions as to how to traverse the board game, with their individual game pieces, from one side to the other in order to win the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Andres Aristizabal
  • Patent number: 10328354
    Abstract: A gift box with a self-inflating balloon is designed to be shipped to a recipient through the mail. A lid of the box is configured to be opened and may display a personalized message relating to a special occasion of the recipient. The box includes the balloon, which may be hidden from view in a compartment of the box. The box includes a switch that is configured to be actuated by the recipient. Upon actuating the switch, an inflation device is activated and begins to inflate the balloon, which emerges from the compartment of the box. A vibrating motor inside the box may synchronously cause the box to vibrate. After a pre-determined amount of time, the inflation device and motor deactivate, and a valve seals the air inside the balloon. Once the balloon is inflated, the gift box and balloon may be displayed for the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Cardalloon Co LLC
    Inventors: Brian Craig Bushell, Ben Kaufman, Grant Chapman, Wade Cunningham, Scott Shephard, Andrew Westrick, Randy Parmerlee, Jr., Christopher Metzger
  • Patent number: 10327438
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic game caller. The magnetic game caller includes a mouthpiece and a resonance insert. The resonance insert is coupled the mouthpiece by a magnetic contact between a ring in the magnetic ring in the mouthpiece and a magnetic ring in the resonance insert. The present invention also provides a magnetic game caller modular system. The magnetic game caller modular system includes: a mouthpiece and two or more resonance inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventor: Nathan Heegaard
  • Patent number: 10322327
    Abstract: A toy having three bobs on a string where the middle bob slides. A low moment of inertia of the middle bob is desirable because it minimizes tangling of the string about the middle bob and produces smooth, tactile-appealing orbits. Each bob has a pair of mated throughbore pieces sandwiching a central metal weight and an equatorial bag stuffed with low-density pellets. Concave sections (in profile on a plane along the polar axis) of the throughbore occupy a substantial portion of the length of the throughbore to take best advantage of the torques produced by the string by focusing the tension of the string at the mouths of the throughbore. The concave sections also reduce the volume occupied by the bag, thereby reducing moment of inertia. Additionally, hollows in the concave regions of the throughbore pieces further reduce the moment of inertia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Laurence J. Shaw
  • Patent number: 10307687
    Abstract: A finger manipulated device that gives the user a unique tactile and audible sensations comprising of two, disc-shaped shells, a first and second set of magnets located on the inside surfaces of each shell, and flat thrust bearing disposed between the shells. The magnets in the first set and second set are aligned in circular arrays. The magnets in each array are aligned in the same direction and evenly space apart. The thrust bearing includes a thin frame with a plurality of rollers radially aligned that fit into two raceways formed on the inside surfaces of the two shells. The thrust bearing supports the two shells and holds them apart. When assembled, the two shells are held together on opposite sides of the thrust bearing by magnetic forces created by the two sets of magnets and produce unique tactile and sound sensations when the shells are rotated back and forth in alternating directions with the user's fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Cody Umberger
  • Patent number: 10293271
    Abstract: An inflatable flying disc includes an inflatable annular body having an air inlet to inflate and deflate the flying disc; a base membrane being attached to the inflatable annular body along a peripheral edge; a first membrane being attached to the base membrane along the perimeter of the first membrane. The base membrane and the first membrane is form a water-tight compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Inventor: FengFei Yang
  • Patent number: 10286294
    Abstract: A competitive table game includes a rapidly spinning game wheel, an annular collection area, a base, and a plurality of rollable playing pieces. The game wheel is rotatably connected onto the base while the annular collection area is concentrically positioned around the game wheel. During each game, the players roll the plurality of rollable playing pieces on a smooth top surface of the game wheel as the plurality of rollable playing pieces is tangentially positioned on the smooth top surface and released attempting to match the linear velocity at the respective position on the game wheel. Then the plurality of rollable playing pieces moves across the smooth top surface and drops into the annular collection area, where the winner of each game is determined according to the game rules of each different game and the positioning of the plurality of rollable playing pieces. Other embodiments are described and shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Inventor: Craig Joseph Bierly