Patents by Inventor Bill O'Keefe

Bill O'Keefe 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: 20100106667
    Abstract: This invention relates to a line of products, such as toys. The invention also relates to methods of offering for sale such products and methods of displaying such products. The line includes a plurality of distinguishable toys having a similar configuration. Different toys from the line are packaged in different types of packaging. A first type of package is configured to facilitate identification of a first toy held by the first type of package, and a second type of package is configured to obscure identification of a second toy held by the second type of package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Adler, Bill O'Keefe
  • Patent number: 7614498
    Abstract: A package for a product includes an extended visual element having a first visual element section and a second visual element section. The first visual element section has a physically distressed edge region and the second visual element section has a graphically distressed region. A packaging portion includes the first visual element section and the second visual element section, where the physical distress and graphical distress are spatially adjacent, and where the physical distress and graphical distress are related to the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Bill O'Keefe
  • Patent number: 7387558
    Abstract: A toy vehicle having an interactive feature, the toy vehicle comprising a body at least two wheels rotatably coupled to the body; and a tongue actuation mechanism moveably coupled to the body, the tongue actuation mechanism including a tongue extender having an engagement portion, the tongue actuation mechanism is adapted to enable selective movement of the tongue extender from a storage position to a capture position, where in the capture position the tongue extender extends downwards approaching a ground surface for capture of an object to the engagement portion of the tongue extender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Swisher, Keith Hippely, Bill O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20070259599
    Abstract: A toy vehicle having an interactive feature, the toy vehicle comprising a body at least two wheels rotatably coupled to the body; and a tongue actuation mechanism moveably coupled to the body, the tongue actuation mechanism including a tongue extender having an engagement portion, the tongue actuation mechanism is adapted to enable selective movement of the tongue extender from a storage position to a capture position, where in the capture position the tongue extender extends downwards approaching a ground surface for capture of an object to the engagement portion of the tongue extender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Gary Swisher, Keith Hippely, Bill O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20070260467
    Abstract: A line of toys. The line includes a plurality of distinguishable toys having a similar configuration. Different toys from the line are packaged in different types of packaging. A first type of package is configured to facilitate identification of a first toy held by the first type of package, and a second type of package is configured to obscure identification of a second toy held by the second type of package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Ray Adler, Bill O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20070256951
    Abstract: A package for a product, comprising an extended visual element having a first visual element section and a second visual element section, the first visual element section including a physically distressed edge region and the second visual element section including a graphically distressed region; and a packaging portion including the first visual element section and the second visual element section, where the physical distress and graphical distress are spatially adjacent, and where the physical distress and graphical distress are related to the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventor: Bill O'Keefe