Patents by Inventor Palmer J. Schoenfield

Palmer J. Schoenfield 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: 4030234
    Abstract: A play kit for the amusement and entertainment of a child in simulating outdoor activity while playing with a doll or other toy figurine. The kit includes a carrying case in the form of a free-standing gazebo having a hexagonal base. At each corner of the base an ornamental post upstands and is secured at its upper end to a hexagonal roof member for supporting the member above the base. Between one or more pairs of adjacent posts, low fence sections may be mounted as appearance improvement features and as functional members, e.g., providing support to the structure. A fold-down side panel is provided for each side of the hexagonal case for opening and closing the case. Each panel is secured to the base at a lower base edge thereof and has a fold line adjacent the base edge. When folded down, the panels provide horizontal platforms having upwardly facing platform surfaces as additional floor play area extending peripherally about the gazebo floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Robert K. Allen, Palmer J. Schoenfield, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: 4030235
    Abstract: A comprehensive play set is provided for use by children in playing animal hospital games. The set includes a case formed of a pair of hingedly connected mating casing portions which can be opened by the child for access to objects or items mounted or stored therein. A hanger device for receiving various toy medical instruments and a toy medicine cabinet for containing such instruments are secured to casing walls inside the casing. A bunk bed is removably hanging having a lip received by an upturned or hook-like flange secured to the inner surface of a wall of one casing half. An assortment of other toy medical items is contained in the case including an operating or examination table, as well as a plurality of figurines to be used by the child as patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Rouben T. Terzian, Palmer J. Schoenfield, Kathy A. Dunn, Wayne A. Kuna
  • Patent number: 4004132
    Abstract: A comprehensive toy camping set which includes a convertible flashlight to lantern combination, a cooking utensil for holding cans of food and preventing the same from spilling, an electrically operated simulated camp fire, a toy hatchet which is convertible into an imprinting member for making markings such as an animal's paw in the ground, a toy knife having a whistle in the handle thereof for producing an animal sound or the like, a toy gun which has a light transmitting scope device for projecting images therefrom, an electrically operated warning device, and a novel camping pack construction. The camping pack has a piston and cylinder air pump for delivering air under pressure to inflate air mattresses or the like. A periscope device also is mounted on the pack for movement between a retracted position substantially within the pack to an upwardly protruding position permitting visual observation therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Marvin I. Glass, Palmer J. Schoenfield
  • Patent number: 3977122
    Abstract: An accessory set of gymnasium equipment for use with a figure toy, including a trampoline, a chinning bar, a set of rings, a balancing beam, a weight set and exercise rack, a pair of uneven parallel bars, a balancing or vault horse, and an exercise mat. The various components such as the trampoline, rings and chinning bar include many interchangeable parts which provide a variety of functions while conserving space and materials. Preferably the figure toy will have hands, e.g., flexible, which are capable of grasping so as to enable the figure toy to be supported on a bar or the like by the friction generated by the flexure of the hands. A retaining belt or waistband is provided to assist in balancing the figure toy while using the trampoline accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Burton C. Meyer, Palmer J. Schoenfield, Wayne Kuna
  • Patent number: 3947994
    Abstract: An action figure toy in the form of a doll which includes a torso having an arm joint in the shoulder area with a movable arm connected thereto. The arm is connected to a rotatable shaft extending from the torso and has hollow upper arm and lower arm portions swingably joined at an elbow joint. A rod operably connects the shaft and lower arm portion. The upper arm portion is secured to the shaft at the arm joint for rotation therewith. When the shaft is rotated both arm portions will move with respect to the torso as well as with respect to each other in a predetermined sequence simulating a thrusting movement. The figure includes a hip joint between the torso and each of two legs movably mounted thereto. The hip joint includes a hollow housing on which the torso is rotatably mounted and a plurality of spaced apart recesses are formed within the housing. Two leg mounting members are mounted within the housing for movement about a first horizontal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1973
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Burton C. Meyer, Palmer J. Schoenfield