Patents by Inventor John M. Melzian

John M. Melzian 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: 5826973
    Abstract: An illuminated display is disclosed, comprising a housing, a reflector and a light source for displaying translucent photographic images. The reflector and the light source are specially designed relative to each other to provide uniform luminance on a plane containing the image being displayed. An interchangeable frame and an adjustable positioning structure are used to make the display as functionally practical and as aesthetically pleasing as a conventional picture frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventors: John M. Melzian, Kenneth A. Zuckerman, Margaret S. Zuckerman, Daniel A. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 4327929
    Abstract: A child's tricycle having a generally U-shaped frame member mounting a steerable front wheel at its center and a pair of caster-mounted rear wheels at its open ends. The tricycle has a seat which mounts to the rear of the frame and depends therefrom so that the tricycle has an extremely low center of gravity and provides protection for the child on all sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Melzian
  • Patent number: 4128949
    Abstract: A toy clock having a housing with a base portion for supporting the clock face thereof in a vertical position, the clock face having an hour hand and a minute hand proportionately coupled and rotatable, the rotatin thereof simultaneously effecting proportional rotation of a coaxial pair of co-planar disc surfaces to effect a digital readout corresponding to the position of the dials. The clock is provided with a rear compartment which houses a conveyor operated by rotation of the dials to elevate marbles from a given location to a marble storage rack in the upper rear portion in the housing. A tuned escapement or release mechanism permits a number of marbles, corresponding to the number indicated by the hour hand, to be released sequentially along a trackway viewable from the front, the track providing a path of travel for the marbles under the force of gravity with periodic interceptions by pivotally supported animated figures to the lower portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Marason, Jr., John M. Melzian, Alan R. Pitkanen
  • Patent number: D261670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Melzian, Aaron G. Cohen, Mike Nuttall