Patents by Inventor Johan Vreugdenhil

Johan Vreugdenhil 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: 11298625
    Abstract: An action figure gaming assembly includes a controller and an action figure. The controller includes an actuator and a rotating surface. The action figure is attached to and rotates on a rotating surface when the actuator is activated. The action figure performs one of several attack maneuvers (weapon strike, punch, kick, lean and slap, and telescoping first) and one of several death configurations (torso split, disintegration, scissor split, and a forward or backward collapse). During game play, the action figure gaming assembly duels against other action figure gaming assemblies. Activation of the actuator causes the action figure to rotate with the rotation surface of the controller and to strike an opponent. Activation of the trigger portion by an opponent causes the action figure to transition to the death mode. In the death mode, part of a first body portion separates from part of a second body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Shoot the Moon Products, II, LLC
    Inventors: Johan Vreugdenhil, Russell G. Rasmussen, Richard Corlett
  • Publication number: 20220016537
    Abstract: An action figure gaming assembly includes a controller and an action figure. The controller includes an actuator and a rotating surface. The action figure is attached to and rotates on a rotating surface when the actuator is activated. The action figure performs one of several attack maneuvers (weapon strike, punch, kick, lean and slap, and telescoping first) and one of several death configurations (torso split, disintegration, scissor split, and a forward or backward collapse). During game play, the action figure gaming assembly duels against other action figure gaming assemblies. Activation of the actuator causes the action figure to rotate with the rotation surface of the controller and to strike an opponent. Activation of the trigger portion by an opponent causes the action figure to transition to the death mode. In the death mode, part of a first body portion separates from part of a second body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Johan Vreugdenhil, Russell G. Rasmussen, Richard Corlett
  • Patent number: 9440159
    Abstract: Toy vehicles having a toy vehicle body having front and back ends, front and rear axles, each axle having first and second wheels fastened onto respective ends thereof, the wheels having elastic tires thereon, the front and rear axles being mounted to the toy vehicle body with the axles being parallel to each other, a motor within the toy vehicle body, and a source of electrical power within the toy vehicle body, the motor being disposed with an axis of its motor shaft passing through an axis of one of the axles and contacting the side of a tire on the wheel adjacent the motor shaft to drive the tire and thus both wheels on the respective axle in rotation to propel the toy vehicle, the side of the tire contacted by the motor shaft facing the second tire and wheel on the same axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Shoot the Moon Products II, LLC
    Inventors: Johan Vreugdenhil, Paul S. Rago, David B. Small