Patents by Inventor Mark A. Estrada

Mark A. Estrada 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).

  • Speech-emitting celebration device
    Patent number: 7006001
    Abstract: A speech or phrase emitting celebration device, in the nature of a piñata, includes a longitudinal axial channel within which is placed a complementally sized integrated circuit (“IC”) including a library of pre-programmed voice chips having phrases selected by random. The circuit is responsive to impacts or shocks upon a fanciful housing of the device sufficient to actuate a shock sensor switch thereof. A speaker, in electrical communication with the circuit board of the integrated circuit, is in mechanical communication with a speaker at an end of the channel so that the emitted phrase may be heard by those in the vicinity of the device. A hollow cylindrical sensor may be disposed within the interior channel to provide appropriate input to the shock sensor switch, or a more sensitive discrete element sensor may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventors: Mark A. Estrada, Robert A. Sherwood, Roy A. Griffin, III
  • Speech-emitting celebration device
    Publication number: 20030222404
    Abstract: A speech or phrase emitting celebration device, in the nature of a piñata, includes a longitudinal axial channel within which is placed a complementally sized integrated circuit (“IC”) including a library of pre-programmed voice chips having phrases selected by random. The circuit is responsive to impacts or shocks upon a fanciful housing of the device sufficient to actuate a shock sensor switch thereof. A speaker, in electrical communication with the circuit board of the integrated circuit, is in mechanical communication with a speaker at an end of the channel so that the emitted phrase may be heard by those in the vicinity of the device. A hollow cylindrical sensor may be disposed within the interior channel to provide appropriate input to the shock sensor switch, or a more sensitive discrete element sensor may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Mark A. Estrada, Robert A. Sherwood, Roy A. Griffin
  • Fishing harness for an inner tube
    Patent number: D363753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Inventors: Daniel G. Estrada, Mark A. Estrada