Patents by Inventor Lee Spielberger
Lee Spielberger 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: 10648764Abstract: A toy launcher apparatus of a soft foam dart where the dart is loaded onto a spike in a firing chamber by a pusher panel that presses against the nose of the dart. The apparatus includes a dart magazine with a feed mechanism. The pusher panel is followed by a barrier sleeve that prevents the next uppermost dart in the magazine, which is being biased upward by the feed mechanism, from causing either the uppermost dart or the second uppermost dart to distort and cause a jam. The barrier sleeve also prevents the magazine from being loaded through a top opening until the uppermost dart in the firing chamber is launched. Near the end of a cocking cycle, the pusher panel, which is connected to a cam follower tab that engages a cam member, moves away from a launch path of the dart in the firing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: HASBRO, INC.Inventors: Lee Spielberger, John Paul Lallier, Alan Wong Shing Bun, Jack Tang Wan Yin, Martin Leung Hing Tong
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Publication number: 20190107358Abstract: A toy launcher apparatus of a soft foam dart where the dart is loaded onto a spike in a firing chamber by a pusher panel that presses against the nose of the dart. The apparatus includes a dart magazine with a feed mechanism. The pusher panel is followed by a barrier sleeve that prevents the next uppermost dart in the magazine, which is being biased upward by the feed mechanism, from causing either the uppermost dart or the second uppermost dart to distort and cause a jam. The barrier sleeve also prevents the magazine from being loaded through a top opening until the uppermost dart in the firing chamber is launched. Near the end of a cocking cycle, the pusher panel, which is connected to a cam follower tab that engages a cam member, moves away from a launch path of the dart in the firing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Lee Spielberger, John Paul Lallier, Alan Wong Shing Bun, Jack Tang Wan Yin, Martin Leung Hing Tong
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Patent number: 8986064Abstract: Modular tracks for model vehicles are disclosed. In some embodiments, a track of the present disclosure includes a plurality of track sections, each track section including at least one upper and lower surface and at least one end. In some embodiments, a first track section of the plurality of track sections includes a female connector and a male connector located in a first track section end region and a second track section of the plurality of track sections includes a male connector and a female connector located in a second track end region. In some embodiments, the female connector of the first track section correspondingly interconnects with the male connector of the second track section and the female connector of the second track section correspondingly interconnects with the male connector of the first track section to interconnect the first track section and the second track section.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.Inventors: Lee Spielberger, Eric Listenberger
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Publication number: 20140087621Abstract: Modular tracks for model vehicles are disclosed. In some embodiments, a track of the present disclosure includes a plurality of track sections, each track section including at least one upper and lower surface and at least one end. In some embodiments, a first track section of the plurality of track sections includes a female connector and a male connector located in a first track section end region and a second track section of the plurality of track sections includes a male connector and a female connector located in a second track end region. In some embodiments, the female connector of the first track section correspondingly interconnects with the male connector of the second track section and the female connector of the second track section correspondingly interconnects with the male connector of the first track section to interconnect the first track section and the second track section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: HASBRO, INC.Inventors: Lee Spielberger, Eric Listenberger
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Patent number: 7356951Abstract: An inflatable toy may include a housing, a balloon-like structure, a blower mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a motor. The balloon-like structure may include a base, an inflatable portion, and an inlet. The base and the inflatable portion may define an air storage area. The blower mechanism may be fluidly connected to the inlet of the balloon-like structure, and the drive mechanism may be operatively connected to the base. The motor may be operatively connected to the blower mechanism and the drive mechanism, wherein upon activation of the motor the blower mechanism may inflate the balloon-like structure and the drive mechanism may cause the balloon-like structure to move.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.Inventors: Lee Spielberger, Douglas Arthur Schultheis
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Publication number: 20060150451Abstract: An inflatable toy may include a housing, a balloon-like structure, a blower mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a motor. The balloon-like structure may include a base, an inflatable portion, and an inlet. The base and the inflatable portion may define an air storage area. The blower mechanism may be fluidly connected to the inlet of the balloon-like structure, and the drive mechanism may be operatively connected to the base. The motor may be operatively connected to the blower mechanism and the drive mechanism, wherein upon activation of the motor the blower mechanism may inflate the balloon-like structure and the drive mechanism may cause the balloon-like structure to move.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: HASBRO, INC.Inventors: Lee Spielberger, Douglas Schultheis
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Publication number: 20060014472Abstract: A playset for use with a play figure includes a base having a receiving area, at least one turntable rotatably mounted to the base, a drive train operatively coupled to the turntable and having a drive input, a module including a first electrical circuit and a second electrical circuit both arranged for connection to a power source, the first electrical circuit operatively coupled to a sound generator, the second electrical circuit including a drive motor operatively coupled to a drive output, and an actuator arranged to activate both the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit. The module is shiflable between a first position in which the module is separated from the receiving area and a second position in which the module is disposed in the receiving area, the drive output of the module operatively engaging the drive input of the drive train when the module is disposed in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2004Publication date: January 19, 2006Inventor: Lee Spielberger
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Patent number: 6296268Abstract: An improved toy assembly is adapted to be alternatively used as a foot-to-floor ride-on vehicle, or as a walker. The convertible walker/rider toy includes a chassis which is supported on a plurality of wheels, and a body that is pivotally attached to the front end of the chassis. The body includes a contoured upper surface that functions as a seat when the toy is assembled in the rider configuration. The toy further includes an L-shaped handlebar having a rider portion and a walker portion which are joined at approximately a 90° angle. The walker portion of the handlebar is pivotally attached to the rear end of the body and is pivotally movable relative to the body. When the toy is in the rider configuration, the body overlies the chassis, the walker portion of the handlebar is received beneath the body and the rider portion of the handlebar projects upwardly through the opening in the front end of the body.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Ford, Craig J. McElhaney, Lee Spielberger
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Patent number: 5791253Abstract: A toy vehicle track includes a riding surface that has one or more intersections. The direction the vehicle travels through an intersection is controlled by recessed channels and raised guideways. The track includes hinged portions that enable the track to be folded and carried.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Schultheis, Lee Spielberger
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Patent number: 5454745Abstract: An activity toy for a child includes an activity board member having opposite first and second side faces, a pair of keyed mounting shafts which extend outwardly from opposite side edges of the activity board member and a pair of support frame members for supporting the activity board member on a supporting surface. The mounting shafts are alternatively receivable in several different predetermined dispositions on the support frame members for alternatively supporting the activity board member in a variety of different angular dispositions.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1994Date of Patent: October 3, 1995Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.Inventor: Lee Spielberger
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Patent number: 5441289Abstract: A walker/vehicle for a child includes a U-shape chassis member which is movably supported on a plurality of wheels and a frame member including spaced, transversely extending, seat and handle bar portions and a pair of side connector portions extending therebetween. The frame member is adapted to be alternatively assembled with the chassis in a vertically extending first position in which the handle bar portion thereof provides a walker handle bar or a horizontally extending second position in which the seat portion thereof provides a vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1994Date of Patent: August 15, 1995Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.Inventor: Lee Spielberger
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Patent number: D305555Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1988Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventor: Lee Spielberger
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Patent number: D347237Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1992Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: Fisher-Price, Inc.Inventors: Frederick B. Robjent, Lee Spielberger