Patents by Inventor Ned Strongin

Ned Strongin 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: 6679927
    Abstract: A toy which emits sounds as it is moved, comprising: a toy body; and a plurality of mechanically-operated sound tubes carried within the toy body, each sound tube including a sliding whistle which moves along the tube by the force of gravity, and each sound tube lying along a longitudinal axis, in which the axes are transverse to one another, so that the sound tubes emit sound when the toy is moved along various axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hands On Toys, Inc.
    Inventor: Ned Strongin
  • Publication number: 20020129774
    Abstract: A toy which emits sounds as it is moved, comprising: a toy body; and a plurality of mechanically-operated sound tubes carried within the toy body, each sound tube including a sliding whistle which moves along the tube by the force of gravity, and each sound tube lying along a longitudinal axis, in which the axes are transverse to one another, so that the sound tubes emit sound when the toy is moved along various axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Ned Strongin
  • Patent number: 6068534
    Abstract: A toy ball which emits sounds as it is rolled, comprising: a ball body; and a plurality of mechanically-operated sound tubes carried within the ball body, each sound tube including a sliding whistle which moves along the tube by the force of gravity, and each sound tube lying along a longitudinal axis, in which the axes are transverse to one another, so that the sound tubes emit sound when the ball is moved along various axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: HandsOnToys, Inc.
    Inventor: Ned Strongin
  • Patent number: 5240260
    Abstract: A toy game apparatus includes a plurality of independent character figure body portion segments which are rotatably received on a bent rod so that they extend upwardly from a base and a plurality of upwardly facing, hand-like ball receiving elements on each of the body portion segments. The apparatus further includes a sound responsive operating mechanism for rotating the bent rod to shift the body portion segments back and forth in response to a predetermined level of sound. The apparatus is operative in an amusement game wherein game players are required to assemble balls in the ball receiving elements and wherein talking or laughing sounds produced by game players cause the operating mechanism to rotate the bend rod to shift the body portion segments back and forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Ned Strongin
  • Patent number: 4303246
    Abstract: A table game is provided in which a pair of players alternate in sliding flat game pieces onto a game board, between the top surface of the game board and a transparent cover. The game board is divided into a matrix of channels along which the game pieces slide and a game piece entering a completely filled channel forces the game piece at the far end of the channel to fall off the base. The first player to completely fill a row, or a column or a diagonal of the matrix with his game pieces is declared the winner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Inventor: Ned Strongin
  • Patent number: 4243227
    Abstract: An action toy game comprises a flat hollow frame having an actuating lever mounted at each end and an arcuate slot extending from one lever to the other and forming a passageway for the travel of disc-shaped playing pieces propelled therethrough by manual actuation of the levers. At its central portion the arcuate slot communicates with an underlying display section of the frame, the display section being formed with a plurality of vertical compartments and having windows communicating with the vertical compartments and arranged in a square grid pattern. When each actuating lever is actuated by a player, a playing piece is propelled through the arcuate slot and drops into one of the vertical compartments where it is exposed through a window. The game pieces fill the slots until one player forms a line of game pieces according to a game plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Inventor: Ned Strongin
  • Patent number: 4087933
    Abstract: A doll having internal organs of the chest and stomach cavities viewable through a transparent structure forming a part of the front of the torso, the torso being hollow and having a transverse partition therein supporting an inflatable one-piece member configured to simulate a heart and a pair of lungs, the partition also supporting coiled transparent tubing simulating abdominal cavity organs. The reverse side of the partition contains a bellows for inflating the one-piece member and pump means connected in closed-loop fluid relation with the tubing, the bellows and pump means being operable simultaneously by a depressible portion of the back of the doll torso to inflate the heart and lungs and pass fluid through the tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Ned Strongin
  • Patent number: 4070790
    Abstract: A doll is provided with a doll head adapted to receive and releasably mount interchangeable hair pieces. The doll head is formed with a recessed groove sized and shaped to mount therein a plastic clip which extends centrally along the upper portion of the crown of the doll head and along the rear and side portions of the crown. The outer surface of the clip is covered by an array of fastening hooks or loops, and each separate hair piece also is provided with an array of complementary hooks or loops so arranged that the hair piece will adhere to a selected portion of the clip when pressed thereagainst. The doll head may be provided with permanent rooted hair of sufficient length to cover the clip and conceal the latter from view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignee: Ned Strongin Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Ned Strongin, Isabel Garrett
  • Patent number: 4033071
    Abstract: A drinking doll is provided which closes its eyes, draws its cheeks inward to simulate the action of sucking and produces a sucking noise in response to the manipulation of a simulated bottle placed in the doll's mouth. When placed in the mouth the bottle tip becomes mechanically connected to a device in the doll's head which, upon rotation of the bottle, can cause sucking sounds and movement of the eyes and cheeks of the doll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Inventors: Ned Strongin, A. Edward Fogarty, Bonnie Rose Fogarty
  • Patent number: 4033070
    Abstract: A toy glider includes a fuselage, a wing and a rudder made of flexible resilient foam. The wing passes through a slot in the fuselage and a notched portion on the leading edge, and a notched portion on the trailing edge of the wing interlock with the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Inventors: Ned Strongin, A. Edward Fogarty, Bonnie Rose Fogarty
  • Patent number: 3978611
    Abstract: A toy figure which is fully articulated has a pistol mounted in one hand. For play action, the pistol is positioned in a holster and, upon operation of a lever, the pistol is withdrawn from the holster and extended to a firing position and a noise simulating the firing of the pistol is generated substantially concurrently with the pistol attaining the firing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Ned Strongin Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Ned Strongin
  • Patent number: D255129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: CBS Inc.
    Inventor: Ned Strongin