Patents by Inventor Karen O. Winkler

Karen O. Winkler 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).

  • Flexible toy
    Patent number: 6651590
    Abstract: Skeletal animal toys capable of rolling and bouncing comprise polyhedra or other skeletal structures which can be inscribed on an imaginary spherical or ellipsoidal surface, tori and linear members which form a cylinder with circular cross-section, or elliptical and linear members which form a cylinder with elliptical cross-section. The skeletal animal toy is formed of an elastomeric material, which is preferably natural rubber, synthetic natural rubber, or a blend of natural rubber or synthetic natural rubber and one of a plurality of blending polymers including butadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, nitrile rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: JW Pet Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Willinger, Karen O. Winkler
  • Flexible toy
    Publication number: 20030131803
    Abstract: Skeletal animal toys capable of rolling and bouncing comprise polyhedra or other skeletal structures which can be inscribed on an imaginary spherical or ellipsoidal surface, torii and linear members which form a cylinder with circular cross-section, or elliptical and linear members which form a cylinder with elliptical cross-section. The skeletal animal toy is formed of an elastomeric material, which is preferably natural rubber, synthetic natural rubber, or a blend of natural rubber or synthetic natural rubber and one of a plurality of blending polymers including butadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, nitrile rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Jonathan Willinger, Karen O. Winkler
  • Spherical and spherical polyhedral skeletal animal toys
    Publication number: 20020124811
    Abstract: Skeletal animal toys capable of rolling and bouncing comprise polyhedra or other skeletal structures which can be inscribed on an imaginary spherical or ellipsoidal surface, torii and linear members which form a cylinder with circular cross-section, or elliptical and linear members which form a cylinder with elliptical cross-section. The skeletal animal toy is formed of an elastomeric material which is preferably natural rubber, synthetic natural rubber, or a blend of natural rubber or synthetic natural rubber and one of a plurality of blending polymers including butadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, nitrile rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Jonathan Willinger, Karen O. Winkler
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D508592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: JW Pet Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Karen O. Winkler
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D549889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: JW Pet Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen O. Winkler, Jonathan Willinger
  • Polyhedral skeletal animal toy
    Patent number: D477441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: JW Pet Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Willinger, Karen O. Winkler