Patents by Inventor Alan J. Sutton

Alan J. Sutton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220118370
    Abstract: A combination toy and tent includes a toy having a body portion defining therein a cavity, and a head portion coupled to the body portion. The head portion and the body portion together represent a character. A tent is transformable between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, the tent being positionable within the cavity in the body portion when in the folded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Margaret Ann Brown, Alan J. Sutton
  • Patent number: 6769953
    Abstract: A spin top toy comprising a base having a handle, a spring motor frame mounted to the base and having a portion of ratchet mechanism therein, a spin top having a drive mount and a portion of a ratchet mechanism on a bottom side thereof and a spin point on the top side thereof, a spring motor in the spring motor frame including a spring and a spring driven drive shaft having a drive on one end that is engageable with the drive mount on the spin top to permit the spin top to wind the drive shaft and the spring, upon rotation of the spin top in a first direction when the spin top drive mount engages the drive on the drive shaft and wherein the ratchet mechanisms on the spring motor housing and top are engaged to permit the rotation in the first direction, but prohibit rotation in an opposite direction to allow the top to wind the spring, and a release trigger mounted on the base handle operable to raise the drive shaft to a point where the ratchet mechanism on the shaft no longer engages the ratchet mechanism on
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Inventors: Gail E. Sutton, Alan J. Sutton