Patents by Inventor Jeffrey T. Halter

Jeffrey T. Halter 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: 5988152
    Abstract: A toy gun which fires at least two projectiles with a single cycle of an actuation device is disclosed. The gun includes a piston for developing a firing force and a magazine having at least two stations, each of which receives a projectile. The magazine is movable to sequentially position each of the stations in a firing position to receive the firing force from the piston. The actuating device operatively engages the piston and the magazine for periodic actuation thereof. In some embodiments, the actuating device comprises an elongated strip with a plurality of spaced abutments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Halter, Brian S. Dengler
  • Patent number: 5975068
    Abstract: A toy gun having a pneumatic projectile launcher for launching a foam projectile and a retractable sighting mechanism which automatically raises to an operative viewing position when the gun is cocked. The pneumatic launcher having a plunger is concealed by a sliding housing which simulates the action of an automatic weapon, and the sight is pivotally mounted to the housing. When the gun is cocked by sliding the housing rearwardly relative to the body of the gun, the sight contacts an actuator which rotates the sight to an operative viewing position. When the gun is fired, the housing moves forwardly in unison with the plunger, and the sight automatically rotates to its inoperative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Halter, Joseph J. Smith, Gerard M. O'Shea
  • Patent number: 5830089
    Abstract: A collapsible sport goal includes a collapsible frame assembly, and a net extended around the collapsible frame assembly. The frame assembly includes a base frame, an inverted U-shaped goal frame, an inverted U-shaped rear frame, and pivoting connector rods connected laterally between center portions of the goal frame and the rear frame. The goal frame includes a center portion and two leg portions which are pivotally attached to a front portion of the base frame such that the goal frame is pivotally movable relative to the base frame. The rear frame includes a center portion and two leg portions which are pivotally attached to a rear portion of the base frame wherein the rear frame is pivotally movable relative to the base frame. The connector rods are pivotally connected at each end thereof between the respective center portions of the goal frame and the rear frame such that the connector rods are pivotally rotatable relative to the goal frame and the rear frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Halter, Brian S. Dengler
  • Patent number: 5827136
    Abstract: A children's basketball backboard and hoop assembly includes a backboard, and a hoop having a rim which is pivotably attached to the backboard, and a net attached to the rim. The assembly further includes an enlarged secondary training rim pivotably attached to the backboard for movement between an operative position wherein the secondary rim is located above the hoop rim in substantially parallel relation to the hoop rim, and a storage position generally parallel to the backboard. The hoop rim is pivotably attached to the backboard for movement between an operative position wherein the rim extends substantially perpendicular to the backboard and a storage position wherein the rim is positioned in closely spaced parallel relation to the backboard. When the secondary training rim is moved to the storage position it is received within a recess extending along an upper peripheral edge of the backboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Halter, Michael A. Moore
  • Patent number: D302574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Halter
  • Patent number: D315180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Halter
  • Patent number: D327101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Halter, John J. Norton