Patents by Inventor Bryan Thurston

Bryan Thurston 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: 20050059284
    Abstract: A locking connector system includes a first body having a rotatable collar mounted thereon and a second body configured to mate with the first body, including one or more components configured to control the breakaway force of the first and second bodies. The first and second bodies include telescopingly engaged body portions and axially mating contacts. The connector system further includes an annular collar encircling the telescoping body portions and rotatively held on the first body and a spring inside the collar. The ends of the spring are confined between the first body and the collar so as yieldingly to resist rotation of the collar relative to the first body. Axially aligned tabs are provided on the collar and the second body for latching the first body and the second body together through a predetermined range of forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Bryan Thurston, Constance Thurston
  • Patent number: 5512001
    Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a sound generating mechanism for generating realistic vehicle engine sound and a smoke generating mechanism for generating simulated smoke vapors. The sound generating mechanism and the smoke generating mechanism are simultaneously actuatable by moving an accessory, such as a spoiler, on a cab portion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignees: Stephen Schwartz Design, Design Lab
    Inventors: Michael Kent, Thomas P. Hamilton, Stephen Schwartz, Henry Sharpe, III, Ralph Beckman, Bryan Thurston