Patents by Inventor Gabriel de la Torre

Gabriel de la Torre 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: 11883758
    Abstract: A toy playset is presented herein. The toy playset includes a base section, a track section configured to receive a toy vehicle, and a biasing member coupled to the base section and to the track section. The biasing member is configured to bias the base section and the track section away from one another, and the biasing member is configured to flex to enable the base section and the track section to move relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Cody, Gabriel De La Torre, Gabriel Lopez
  • Patent number: 11571631
    Abstract: A toy vehicle playset comprises a stunt loop apparatus. The stunt loop apparatus has a support, a partial loop portion coupled to the support, and an arcuate portion rotatably coupled to the support. The partial loop portion has an opening and the arcuate portion is configured to rotate between an inlet position and an outlet position within the opening. By rotating the arcuate portion from the inlet position to the outlet position, a continuous pathway is formed that allows a toy vehicle to sequentially travel along the arcuate portion in the inlet position, the partial loop portion, and then the arcuate portion in the outlet position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel De La Torre, Alex Au
  • Publication number: 20200261816
    Abstract: A toy vehicle playset comprises a stunt loop apparatus. The stunt loop apparatus has a support, a partial loop portion coupled to the support, and an arcuate portion rotatably coupled to the support. The partial loop portion has an opening and the arcuate portion is configured to rotate between an inlet position and an outlet position within the opening. By rotating the arcuate portion from the inlet position to the outlet position, a continuous pathway is formed that allows a toy vehicle to sequentially travel along the arcuate portion in the inlet position, the partial loop portion, and then the arcuate portion in the outlet position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Gabriel De La Torre, Alex Au
  • Toy
    Patent number: 8708769
    Abstract: A toy figure is disclosed herein, the toy figure having a main body portion; a pair of appendages movably secured to the main body portion for movement from a first position to a second position and back to the first position; and a removably body portion removably secured to the main body portion, wherein the pair of appendages grasp the removably body portion when they are moved to the second position and the removably body portion is removably secured to the main body portion, wherein the removably body portion is subsequently removed from the main body portion by the pair of appendages as they are moved back towards the first position from the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel De La Torre, Jian Sheng Hu, Josiah To Sang Li, Wai Nang Lam
  • Patent number: 8567690
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a toy track set for at least one toy vehicle is provided, the toy track set having: a track path; and a surface rotatably mounted to a base, wherein a portion of the surface comprises a portion of the track path and wherein as the surface rotates and spins on the base to transfer the toy vehicle from a first portion of the track to a second portion of the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel De La Torre
  • Patent number: 8348712
    Abstract: A toy vehicle is disclosed. It has a main vehicle body portion and a display device rotatably mounted to the main body portion, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect. A mechanism is also present for rotating said display device. An actuator is included and is attached to a sensor for determining when the actuator is depressed. A microcontroller is in operable communication with the sensor and the display device; the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines the actuator has been depressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel De La Torre
  • Publication number: 20120322342
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a toy track set for at least one toy vehicle is provided, the toy track set having: a track path; and a surface rotatably mounted to a base, wherein a portion of the surface comprises a portion of the track path and wherein as the surface rotates and spins on the base to transfer the toy vehicle from a first portion of the track to a second portion of the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: Gabriel De La Torre
  • Publication number: 20120309263
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a toy for use with at least one toy vehicle is provided, the toy having a structure configured to be orientated into a first configuration and a second configuration. A first vehicle path is provided through the structure when the structure is in the first configuration. A second vehicle path is provided through the structure when the structure is in the second configuration. A first trigger mechanism provided for converting the structure from the first configuration into the second configuration, wherein a first toy vehicle travelling along the first vehicle path actuates the trigger mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Berrigan Lennon, Gabriel De La Torre, Scott Hart Derman
  • Toy
    Patent number: 8118637
    Abstract: A toy that is capable of moving between a first orientation and a second orientation and includes a housing having a first end portion with a first handle and a second end portion with a second handle, at least one of the first and second handles is rotatable within a respective handle opening defined by the housing. To move the toy from the first orientation to the second orientation, the at least one of the first and second handles is rotated by a user within its handle opening, such that the housing is rotated between its first orientation and second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Mattel Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel De La Torre
  • TOY
    Publication number: 20110086572
    Abstract: A toy figure is disclosed herein, the toy figure having a main body portion; a pair of appendages movably secured to the main body portion for movement from a first position to a second position and back to the first position; and a removably body portion removably secured to the main body portion, wherein the pair of appendages grasp the removably body portion when they are moved to the second position and the removably body portion is removably secured to the main body portion, wherein the removably body portion is subsequently removed from the main body portion by the pair of appendages as they are moved back towards the first position from the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Gabriel De La Torre, Jian Sheng Hu, Josiah To Sang Li, Wai Nang Lam
  • Publication number: 20100099326
    Abstract: A toy vehicle is disclosed. It has a main vehicle body portion and a display device rotatably mounted to the main body portion, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect. A mechanism is also present for rotating said display device. An actuator is included and is attached to a sensor for determining when the actuator is depressed. A microcontroller is in operable communication with the sensor and the display device; the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines the actuator has been depressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Gabriel De La Torre
  • TOY
    Publication number: 20100041310
    Abstract: A toy that is capable of moving between a first orientation and a second orientation and includes a housing having a first end portion with a first handle and a second end portion with a second handle, at least one of the first and second handles is rotatable within a respective handle opening defined by the housing. To move the toy from the first orientation to the second orientation, the at least one of the first and second handles is rotated by a user within its handle opening, such that the housing is rotated between its first orientation and second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventor: Gabriel De La Torre
  • Patent number: 7537506
    Abstract: Toy figures having a moveable appendage, an object associated with the toy figure at a first position, and a transfer mechanism configured to couple the moveable appendage with the object, and transfer the object to a second position on the figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel de la Torre
  • Publication number: 20080026670
    Abstract: Toy figures having a moveable appendage, an object associated with the toy figure at a first position, and a transfer mechanism configured to couple the moveable appendage with the object, and transfer the object to a second position on the figure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel de la Torre
  • Publication number: 20070149089
    Abstract: Customizable action figures comprising a torso, a transmission mechanism supported in the torso, and an appendage operatively connected to the transmission mechanism. In some examples, the customizable action figures may include an upper torso rotatably connected to a lower torso. In some examples, the customizable action figures may include an appendage having a plurality of segments, with each segment configured to move relative to one or more neighboring segments. In some examples, the customizable action figures may include a set of arms, with each arm being configured to be selectively coupled to the transmission mechanism, or each arm may be configured to move differently than an other arm in the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventor: Gabriel De La Torre
  • Toy
    Patent number: D689952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel De La Torre, Michael O'Hare, Chris Robert Michael Bourassa
  • Patent number: D689965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel De La Torre, Chris Robert Michael Bourassa
  • Patent number: D1005410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Mayer, Gabriel De La Torre