Patents by Inventor Mark Ragoza

Mark Ragoza 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: 6244260
    Abstract: An electronic game includes a device that is held or worn by a player, and a housing. The device includes an emitter that emits a signal in response to player input. The housing includes a controller and a detector that detects the signal from the emitter and provides an electrical signal to the controller indicating the location of the emitter. The housing further includes a magazine for storing objects, and a fire mechanism coupled to the magazine and controlled by the controller to fire a stored object at the implement when the controller determines that the detector has detected an emitted signal from the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ragoza, Bruce E. Foster, Peter C. Ferraro
  • Patent number: 5737247
    Abstract: An accessory adapted to be mounted to a bicycle having the capability of generating audible voice messages based on various parameters sensed by the accessory. The bicycle accessory includes sensing means adapted to be mounted to a bicycle having at least two wheels for generating a signal relating to an operational parameter of the bicycle, input means mounted to the bicycle for allowing the rider to make a request for the current state of the parameter, and means for determining the current state of the parameter in response to the request made by the rider, the current state of the parameter being determined by a microcontroller based upon at the signal generated by the sensing means. The accessory also includes means for generating an audible voice message relating to the current state of the parameter in response to the request made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Phil Orbanes Productions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Baer, Philip E. Orbanes, Mark Ragoza, James P. Ryan