Patents by Inventor Michael Dean Armbruster

Michael Dean Armbruster 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).

  • Potty training device
    Publication number: 20040117901
    Abstract: A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste, a sensor for sensing bodily waste, and a sensory output generator. The seat includes a retaining member configured and located so as to retain the seat in place with respect to a toilet such that the opening of the seat is located above a bowl of the toilet. The sensor senses the bodily waste that passes through the opening of the seat, and the sensory output generator generates a sensory output in response to the sensor sensing the bodily waste. A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste and an electronic unit that includes a housing that at least partially contains a sensor for sensing the bodily waste, a power source, and a sensory output generator for outputting a sensory output when the sensor senses the bodily waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Dean Armbruster, Karen Fitzgerald, Domenic Thomas Gubitosi, John Martin Maul
  • Potty training device
    Patent number: 6698036
    Abstract: A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste, a sensor for sensing bodily waste, and a sensory output generator. The seat includes a retaining member configured and located so as to retain the seat in place with respect to a toilet such that the opening of the seat is located above a bowl of the toilet. The sensor senses the bodily waste that passes through the opening of the seat, and the sensory output generator generates a sensory output in response to the sensor sensing the bodily waste. A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste and an electronic unit that includes a housing that at least partially contains a sensor for sensing the bodily waste, a power source, and a sensory output generator for outputting a sensory output when the sensor senses the bodily waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dean Armbruster, Karen Fitzgerald, Domenic Thomas Gubitosi, John Martin Maul
  • Potty training device
    Publication number: 20030066126
    Abstract: A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste, a sensor for sensing bodily waste, and a sensory output generator. The seat includes a retaining member configured and located so as to retain the seat in place with respect to a toilet such that the opening of the seat is located above a bowl of the toilet. The sensor senses the bodily waste that passes through the opening of the seat, and the sensory output generator generates a sensory output in response to the sensor sensing the bodily waste. A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste and an electronic unit that includes a housing that at least partially contains a sensor for sensing the bodily waste, a power source, and a sensory output generator for outputting a sensory output when the sensor senses the bodily waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Dean Armbruster, Karen Fitzgerald, Domenic Thomas Gubitosi, John Martin Maul