Patents by Inventor Jon C. Marine
Jon C. Marine 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).
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Patent number: 8834228Abstract: A method of insert molding a preformed item into a molded product, the molded product being formed by injecting a moldable material into a mold, is disclosed. The method includes adhering the preformed item to a surface of the mold with an adhesive, wherein the surface to which the preformed item is adhered is free of any features provided for holding the preformed item in place on the mold surface. The method next includes injecting the moldable material into the mold such that the moldable material at least partially surrounds the preformed item, and curing the moldable material. Articles molded via the disclosed method are also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventor: Jon C Marine
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Patent number: 7384325Abstract: One example of a toy system includes a first body, at least one accessory having an activation feature, at least one mechanism adapted to alter the first body, and a first sensor adapted to sense the activation feature and to activate selectively the at least one mechanism when the activation feature is sensed. The body may include first and second body elements that are moveable relative to each other, a drive element, and a sensor mounted relative to the body and adapted to be activated by a user. The second body element may also have a characteristic that is changeable. A first mechanism may have a plurality of operative states, and a function may be controlled based on the operating state.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2003Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Emily Kelly, Tara McGrath, Bryan Cheng, Jon C. Marine
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Patent number: 7371148Abstract: In one example, the disclosure includes a playset. The playset may include a middle section having a movable front face; a first side section coupled to one side of said middle section, said first side section having a movable front face; a second side section coupled to another side of said middle section, said second side section having a movable front face; and an input receiving device, where upon receiving an input, each of said movable faces of the middle, first side, and second side sections move to reveal internal units of said middle, first side, and second side sections.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2004Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Debbie Glassberg
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Patent number: 7318766Abstract: Embodiments of toy dolls and doll stands are disclosed, in which a user input applied to the doll or stand may generate motion in the stand and/or doll to animate the doll and/or stand. In some embodiments, a users' input motion may be stored in a compression or expansion member, such as a spring, and gradually released to actuate motion of one or more parts of the stand and/or doll. In some embodiments, the dolls and stands can be separate or for use with each other, the same stand usable for multiple dolls. In some embodiments, the doll may be powered to move independent of the stand.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Mark S. Wittenberg, Debbie Glassberg
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Patent number: 7296492Abstract: An animated children's toy including a gear system for providing intermittent and reciprocal motion. The gear system includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The gear system is adapted to have a non-rotating configuration and an engaged configuration. In the non-rotating configuration the driven gear is prevented from rotating, and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy is not moving. In the engaged configuration the driven gear rotates and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy moves.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Ivan Chan, Sam Tsui
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Patent number: 7270590Abstract: A toy doll may include a body supported by a skeletal structure including one or more joint assemblies. A joint assembly may include a pivot block further including a pivot stop, and a joint member rotatably coupled to the pivot block, the joint member further including a stop protrusion configured to engage the pivot stop upon rotation of the joint member in a predetermined direction, wherein engagement of the pivot stop prevents further rotation of the joint member in a predetermined direction, wherein the joint member is moveable through a predetermined range of motion transverse to the plane of rotation of the joint member, and wherein movement of the joint member transverse to the plane of rotation allows the stop protrusion to bypass the pivot stop.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2005Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Joe Carl Ward, Elizabeth Libretti
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Patent number: 7118443Abstract: The present invention provides animated toys adapted to imitate multiple personas.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Tara McGrath, Joyce Mesch, Kevin W. Gray, Ok-Soo Choi
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Patent number: 7037455Abstract: A method of insert molding a preformed item into a molded product, the molded product being formed by injecting a moldable material into a mold, is disclosed. The method includes adhering the preformed item to a surface of the mold with an adhesive, wherein the surface to which the preformed item is adhered is free of any features provided for holding the preformed item in place on the mold surface. The method next includes injecting the moldable material into the mold such that the moldable material at least partially surrounds the preformed item, and curing the moldable material. Articles molded via the disclosed method are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventor: Jon C. Marine
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Publication number: 20040152394Abstract: The present invention provides animated toys adapted to imitate multiple personas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Tara McGrath, Joyce Mesch, Kevin W. Gray, Ok-Soo Choi
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Publication number: 20040127140Abstract: One example of a toy system includes a first body, at least one accessory having an activation feature, at least one mechanism adapted to alter the first body, and a first sensor adapted to sense the activation feature and to activate selectively the at least one mechanism when the activation feature is sensed. The body may include first and second body elements that are moveable relative to each other, a drive element, and a sensor mounted relative to the body and adapted to be activated by a user. The second body element may also have a characteristic that is changeable. A first mechanism may have a plurality of operative states, and a function may be controlled based on the operating state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Emily Kelly, Tara McGrath, Bryan Cheng, Jon C. Marine
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Patent number: 6747220Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a sensor includes a housing with an annular track; a cylindrical contact within the annular track, the cylindrical contact being appropriately sized to allow movement within the annular track; and a plate coupled with the housing, the plate including one or more pairs of electrical contacts situated substantially adjacent to the annular track.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2001Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventor: Jon C. Marine
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Publication number: 20040082264Abstract: An animated children's toy including a gear system for providing intermittent and reciprocal motion. The gear system includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The gear system is adapted to have a non-rotating configuration and an engaged configuration. In the non-rotating configuration the driven gear is prevented from rotating, and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy is not moving. In the engaged configuration the driven gear rotates and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Ivan Chan, Sam Tsui
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Patent number: 6626731Abstract: A toy doll with articulated moveable wrist/hand structure. A motor in the doll operates to pull on a cable which is drivingly linked to the wrist/hand structure through rotors and links that cooperate, along with regions in the wrist/hand structure to effect complex/compound rotational, translational, and revolutional motions in the wrist/hand structure. The rotors, links and regions mentioned form a pair of interactive pantograph-like arrangements that enhance the produced motions by introducing mechanical advantage.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventor: Jon C. Marine
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Patent number: 6623327Abstract: An animated children's toy including a gear system for providing intermittent and reciprocal motion. The gear system includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The gear system is adapted to have a non-rotating configuration and an engaged configuration. In the non-rotating configuration the driven gear is prevented from rotating, and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy is not moving. In the engaged configuration the driven gear rotates and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy moves.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Ivan Chan, Sam Tsui
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Patent number: 6620020Abstract: An interactive, animated, robotic doll including a body, a processor, terminals linked to the processor, and a removable attachment. The terminals are connected to metal snaps on the body and the removable attachment includes complimentary snaps that secure the garment to the doll body. An electric circuit is completed when the attachment is secured by the snaps to the doll.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventor: Jon C. Marine
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Publication number: 20030124952Abstract: A method of insert molding a preformed item into a molded product, the molded product being formed by injecting a moldable material into a mold, is disclosed. The method includes adhering the preformed item to a surface of the mold with an adhesive, wherein the surface to which the preformed item is adhered is free of any features provided for holding the preformed item in place on the mold surface. The method next includes injecting the moldable material into the mold such that the moldable material at least partially surrounds the preformed item, and curing the moldable material. Articles molded via the disclosed method are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventor: Jon C. Marine
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Patent number: 6547632Abstract: An interactive, animated, and robotic doll having movable appendages, such as a head, arms, and legs. The doll includes motors, gears and other linkages to actuate the movement of these appendages. A lockout mechanism is operatively incorporated into the doll for preventing conflicting forces from occurring. The lockout mechanism may include a shuttlecock interposed two independent linkages that drive motion in a single appendage. The shuttlecock slides between two positions, each of which limits the movement of a corresponding one of the two linkages when the other of the two linkages is actuating motion in the appendage.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Simon Chow
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Publication number: 20020168918Abstract: A toy doll with articulated moveable wrist/hand structure. A motor in the doll operates to pull on a cable which is drivingly linked to the wrist/hand structure through rotors and links that cooperate, along with regions in the wrist/hand structure to effect complex/compound rotational, translational, and revolutional motions in the wrist/hand structure. The rotors, links and regions mentioned form a pair of interactive pantograph-like arrangements that enhance the produced motions by introducing mechanical advantage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2001Publication date: November 14, 2002Inventor: Jon C. Marine
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Publication number: 20020164923Abstract: An interactive, animated, robotic doll including a body, a processor, terminals linked to the processor, and a removable attachment. The terminals are connected to metal snaps on the body and the removable attachment includes complimentary snaps that secure the garment to the doll body. An electric circuit is completed when the attachment is secured by the snaps to the doll.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventor: Jon C. Marine
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Publication number: 20020077023Abstract: An animated children's toy including a gear system for providing intermittent and reciprocal motion. The gear system includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The gear system is adapted to have a non-rotating configuration and an engaged configuration. In the non-rotating configuration the driven gear is prevented from rotating, and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy is not moving. In the engaged configuration the driven gear rotates and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Jon C. Marine, Ivan Chan, Sam Tsui