Patents by Inventor Heather Croston

Heather Croston 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: 20190160390
    Abstract: A spacing connector for a rod and connector type construction toy set enabling rod and connector assemblies of known types to be joined in a new manner, spaced laterally one from the other and, if desired, rotatable with respect to each other. The new spacing connectors connect at ninety degrees to each of a pair of standard K'NEX connectors and enable the standard connectors to be joined in parallel relation. The spacing connectors have, at opposite ends, positioning elements engageable with central hubs of the standard connectors, and anti-rotation elements engageable with openings formed in the standard connectors in surrounding relation to their hubs. The spacing connectors frictionally engage with the standard connectors to secure the assembled relationship. The hub-engaging positioning elements have an axial length not more than one-half the thickness of a standard connector, enabling spacing connectors to be inserted simultaneously from both sides of a standard connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Basic Fun, Inc.
    Inventors: Heather Croston, Cory Ryan Mindler
  • Patent number: D588206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Partnership Group
    Inventors: Heather Croston, Matthias F. W. Doepner
  • Patent number: D588207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Partnership Group
    Inventors: Heather Croston, Matthias F. W. Doepner
  • Patent number: D588210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Parntership Group
    Inventors: Heather Croston, Matthias F. W. Doepner
  • Patent number: D588211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Partnership Group
    Inventors: Heather Croston, Matthias F. W. Doepner
  • Patent number: D760328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Partnership Group
    Inventors: Heather Croston, Cory Mindler
  • Patent number: D760329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Partnership Group
    Inventors: Heather Croston, Cory Mindler
  • Patent number: D760330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: K'NEX Limited Partnership Group
    Inventors: Heather Croston, Cory Mindler