Patents by Inventor Elonne Dantzer

Elonne Dantzer 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: 4344249
    Abstract: A play set comprising a three-dimensional doll figure and a variety of flexible, resilient clip-on pieces representing clothing for the doll to wear, vehicles and animals for the doll to ride in and/or on, etc. The doll has an original appearance, i.e. original clothes, pose, etc. The clip-on pieces may cover over portions of the original appearance and replace them in addition to adding to them. For example, original arm positions and a shirt may be replaced by different arm positions and a coat. Similarly, legs of a standing figure may be replaced by a motorcycle and legs positioned astride the motorcycle. In preferred form, the figure is bias-relief, having a flat rear surface defining a peripheral shoulder and the clip-on pieces each conform generally to the front of the bias-relief figure and have retaining lips that engage the peripheral shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Elonne Dantzer
  • Patent number: 4298915
    Abstract: A child's night light in the form of a holdable doll figure having a movable portion such as an arm which may be raised and lowered. The arm may hold an object such as a representation of a lantern or candle that holds a light bulb which automatically goes on when the arm is raised and goes off when the arm is lowered. The light bulb may be provided with a suitable light-diffusing cover, and it may be so positioned, when raised, to fully illuminate the three-dimensional contoured face of the doll without undesirable dark, scary shadow effects as would frighten the child. The doll may have a soft holdable body with at least the movable arm being a rigid molded part pivotally mounted at the shoulder of the doll. An off-on switch may be provided at the shoulder and be operable by the pivotal movement of the arm. The lantern may be detachable and may contain batteries that are electrically connected to the light bulb through the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: Adolph E. Goldfarb
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Elonne Dantzer
  • Patent number: 4255894
    Abstract: A doll and an eye assembly, intended for use in a doll, wherein the assembly comprises a combined representational eyeball and eyelid movable mounted relative to a carrier or retainer, and weighted, in such a way as to tend to occupy a first positional relationship with the carrier or retainer (such as "open") in one attitude of the assembly to the horizontal but to occupy a second positional relationship with said carrier or retainer (such as "closed") in a different attitude of the assembly to the horizontal. The assembly also includes a fluid pressure actuable control operable to displace the combined eyeball and eyelid from said first "open" positional relationship to said second "closed" positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignees: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Elisabeth Benkoe
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Erwin Benkoe, deceased, Elonne Dantzer
  • Patent number: 4237649
    Abstract: Toy mother and baby animal figures which simulate the giving of birth to the baby animal. The mother animal figure includes a hollow body having an interior chamber with an exit opening. An openable door is provided over the exit opening. The toy baby figure which is representative of an offspring of the mother animal is disposed within the chamber. The baby figure is capable of being collapsed, as by having multisection foldable legs which fold up against its body, so it will fit within the chamber. A conveyor mechanism is included within the mother animal figure and is manually actuable by the user to move the baby figure toward the exit opening while also opening the door so that the baby figure may be pushed out through the exit opening and thus be "born". After it is born, the baby figure may be expanded as by having its legs unfolded and it may be self-standing. The chamber may also be openable to permit replacing the baby figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Assignee: Adolph E. Goldfarb
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Elonne Dantzer
  • Patent number: 4227340
    Abstract: A play set comprising a three-dimensional doll figure and a variety of flexible, resilient clip-on pieces representing clothing for the doll to wear, vehicles and animals for the doll to ride in and/or on, etc. The doll has an original appearance, i.e. original clothes, pose, etc. The clip-on pieces may cover over portions of the original appearance and replace them in addition to adding to them. For example, original arm positions and a shirt may be replaced by different arm positions and a coat. Similarly, legs of a standing figure may be replaced by a motorcycle and legs positioned astride the motorcycle. In preferred form, the figure is bias-relief, having a flat rear surface defining a peripheral shoulder and the clip-on pieces each conform generally to the front of the bias-relief figure and have retaining lips that engage the peripheral shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Adolph E. Goldfarb
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Elonne Dantzer
  • Patent number: 4192092
    Abstract: A three-dimensional toy representation of a figure such as an animal, e.g. a goat, which includes an outer body and a head pivotally mounted on the body which may be manually shifted between an upright and a lower position. The head includes an opening representative of a mouth and a conveyer mechanism inside the body extends into the head and has a portion located close to the mouth opening. Articles representative of solid or relatively solid "food," such as carrots, tin cans, etc., can be introduced into the mouth. The articles may be physically grasped by the conveyer mechanism and moved into an interior compartment. A portion of the path of movement of the articles may be upward or partially upward. The conveyer mechanism can be operated by manually actuating a portion of the animal figure, such as reciprocatively shifting a tail thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignees: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Elisabeth Benkoe, Executrix for Estate of Erwin Benkoe
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Erwin Benkoe, deceased, by Elisabeth Benkoe, Executrix, Elonne Dantzer
  • Patent number: 4185413
    Abstract: A toy milkable figure representative of an animal of the type capable of dispensing milk. The figure has a pivotally mounted head which may be pushed downwardly from an upper position to a lower position where a mouth opening in the head is immersed in liquid. The figure has a pivotally mounted tail which may be pumped up and down to create a liquid pumping action. The figure has an udder that forms a liquid holding chamber and has one or more flexible and squeezable teats. When the head is lowered into the liquid supply and the tail pumped, liquid is drawn into the mouth opening and delivered into the udder chamber. A liquid intake limiting mechanism causes the head to automatically raise out of the liquid after a predetermined amount of pumping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Assignees: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Elisabeth Benkoe
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Erwin Benkoe, deceased, by Elisabeth Benkoe, executrix, Elonne Dantzer, William R. La Dow, Wayne M. Ginn, L. Ray Dyson
  • Patent number: 4164092
    Abstract: A toy milkable animal figure such as a cow which includes a chamber for liquid, an inlet to the chamber, and an outlet from the chamber. The chamber defines a flexible udder having at least one teat with an openable aperture. The aperture comprises the outlet. The udder may be manually manipulated by a child-user as by squeezing to cause release of the liquid through the aperture. The animal figure may include a pump which may be manually operable, as for example, by pumping the tail, and the inlet to the chamber may be connected by an inlet tube to the mouth of the animal which may be immersable in a source of water. The pump may include an overflow system which permits water to be pumped through a return tube in the figure and back to the source of water when the chamber is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Assignee: A. E. Goldfarb
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Erwin Benkoe, deceased, Elonne Dantzer
  • Patent number: D259203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Adolph E. Goldfarb
    Inventors: Adolph E. Goldfarb, Elonne Dantzer
  • Patent number: D368123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventors: Elonne Dantzer, Lawrence T. Jones
  • Patent number: D368124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventors: Elonne Dantzer, Lawrence T. Jones