Patents by Inventor Danny E. Simpson

Danny E. Simpson 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).

  • Patent number: 4437668
    Abstract: A puzzle toy is provided comprising a plurality of pieces which can be easily gripped and manipulated by a young child and which can be assembled and disassembled into various structural combinations. The puzzle comprises pieces of various sizes having an aperture therein for fitting around a post upstanding from the base. The pieces are so designed so as to allow them to be placed randomly on the post and by manipulating and jogging the pieces, the puzzle solver may order the pieces in size order about the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Danny E. Simpson, David M. Williams, Richard A. Chase, Lawrence B. Grubb
  • Patent number: 4334382
    Abstract: An infant development toy comprising a plurality of rings of varying diameter connected to each other and to a central object by a flexible connecting means. Optionally, the connecting means may be extended outside the rings to form a primary handle and a bell may be contained within the central object or the primary handle. The rings and central object are of a size, and are spaced along the connecting means in such a manner that, when the toy is held aloft by and suspended from the point of connection of the largest ring and the connecting means, the rings are concentric and surround the central object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Chase, Danny E. Simpson, David M. Williams
  • Patent number: 4282679
    Abstract: An infant's toy with a hollow ball having openings disposed about its surface and having a freely movable insert trapped within the hollow ball, said insert provided with a pair of pivotally connected stems with a cage structure disposed at the end of each stem, each cage structure containing at least one loosely confined ball. The cage structures are readily movable in and out of the openings of the hollow ball but the insert is restrained from being removed from the hollow ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Grubb, Danny E. Simpson, Louis S. Hoffman, David M. Williams
  • Patent number: 4249333
    Abstract: An infant development toy comprising a plurality of rings of varying diameter connected to each other and to a central object by a flexible connecting means. Optionally, the connecting means may be extended outside the rings to form a primary handle, and a bell may be contained within the central object or the primary handle. The rings and central object are of a size, and are spaced along the connecting means in such a manner that, when the toy is held aloft by and suspended from the point of connection of the largest ring and the connecting means, the rings are concentric and surround the central object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
    Inventors: Richard A. Chase, D. Michael Williams, Danny E. Simpson
  • Patent number: D254560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
    Inventors: Phillip Johnson, Lawrence Grubb, Danny E. Simpson
  • Patent number: D254860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
    Inventors: Richard A. Chase, D. Michael Williams, Danny E. Simpson
  • Patent number: D255135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
    Inventors: Richard A. Chase, D. Michael Williams, Danny E. Simpson
  • Patent number: D258160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
    Inventors: D. Michael Williams, Danny E. Simpson
  • Patent number: D263323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Danny E. Simpson, John P. Johnson, David M. Williams
  • Patent number: D263405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Chase, D. Michael Williams, Danny E. Simpson
  • Patent number: D264359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Grubb, Danny E. Simpson, Louis S. Hoffman, David M. Williams
  • Patent number: D265844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Danny E. Simpson, David M. Williams
  • Patent number: D266101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Grubb, Danny E. Simpson, Louis S. Hoffman, David M. Williams
  • Patent number: D269533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1983
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Chase, Danny E. Simpson, D. Michael Williams
  • Patent number: D275022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Danny E. Simpson, D. Michael Williams, Richard A. Chase, Lawrence B. Grubb
  • Patent number: D285460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Grubb, David M. Williams, Danny E. Simpson
  • Patent number: D286556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: David M. Williams, Danny E. Simpson
  • Patent number: D288849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: David M. Williams, Danny E. Simpson, Lois E. Kelly