Patents by Inventor Gert Olsen

Gert Olsen 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: 20080105156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rail element, which has a connecting means (2) and is adapted to be connected to a second rail element (12) to form a toy railway. The rail element consists of a ramp element (1) having a ramp surface (3) which rises obliquely upwards from the base plane of the rail element, towards the connecting means (2). The rail element also has first and second border parts (8, 9) with first and second border surfaces (10, 11), which rise from the ramp surface (3) and are oriented towards the same. The distance between the border surfaces (10, 11) decreases towards the connecting means (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Gert Olsen
  • Patent number: 6540584
    Abstract: A toy system has at least one toy vehicle having wheels, and at least one toy object having a member, which is movable between an initial position and an active position. The toy object has an operating element, which is movable between a first position, in which it is adapted to hold said member in its initial position, and a second position, in which said member is allowed to be moved from its initial position to its active position. At least one of the wheels of the toy vehicle includes a part, which is adapted, when the toy vehicle is moved to a position adjacent to the operating element, to interact magnetically with the operating element to move it from its first position to its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Brio AB
    Inventor: Gert Olsen