Patents by Inventor Joanne Gerson

Joanne Gerson 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: 6837495
    Abstract: An Electronically Interactive Target Game to be played indoors by children, wherein the target is a flexible sheet hung on a wall or attached to a portable stand; and has mural-like artwork on the sheet portraying characters playing an action sport. A projectile corresponding to the portrayed sport is thrown at the target. Selected area rigid surfaces, each with a sensor, are attached behind selected areas of the sheet and, when struck, activate audible and visual signals that relate to the success of the child hitting the selected areas to facilitate the fantasy of actually playing a game with the characters in the artwork. A vibration sensor may be attached to the target sheet to detect contact of the projectile with the rest of the target outside of the selected areas. Hook and loop material may be used on the ball and on a selected area (e.g., mitt).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Inventors: Joanne Gerson, Charles A. Cummings
  • Publication number: 20030168811
    Abstract: Electronically Interactive Target Game is a game to be played indoors by one or more children, the game comprising a target being a flexible sheet hung on a wall or attached to a portable stand; mural-like artwork on the sheet portraying characters playing an action sport; a projectile being a stuffed ball corresponding to the sport portrayed in the artwork; and sensors comprising pressure sensitive electrical switches attached behind the sheet and located in selected areas which, when struck, activate a feedback signals such as a voice heard through a speaker. The voice says phrases that relate to the success or failure of the child hitting the selected areas to facilitate the fantasy of actually playing a game with the characters in the artwork. Optionally, an LCD or a colored LED alphanumeric display may indicate numerical scores. A vibration sensor may be attached to the target sheet to detect contact of the projectile with a non-selected area being the rest of the target outside of the selected areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Joanne Gerson, Charles A. Cummings
  • Patent number: 6497605
    Abstract: The operater controlled bilingual or multilingual toy is a toy, such as a doll, with a programmable controllable voice synthesizer. The circuit of the toy, when activated, synthesizes a first random phase selected from a bank of phrases. When activated a second time the circuit of the toy will reproduce that first phrase as a translated phrase in a second language. After a specified elapse of time, or a continued reactivation within a specified period of time, this process is repeated by the choice of a second, third, and so forth randomly accessed phases. Each of the phrases is followed by a translation of that phases. If neither the manual switch or a second motion switch is operator activated within a predetermined time, the toy will turn itself off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Inventors: Charels A. Cummings, Joanne Gerson
  • Patent number: 5836588
    Abstract: Interactive wall art is a game to be played indoors by one or more children. The game consists of a self-adhesive mural portraying characters playing an action sport, a loop-threaded stuffed ball corresponding to the sport portrayed in the mural, and a hook-threaded fabric target attached to the mural in an appropriate location to facilitate the fantasy of actually playing a game with the figures on the wall mural. The game encourages creative role play and physical exercise including pitching, throwing, kicking, running and jumping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: Joanne Gerson