Patents by Inventor Paul J. Kotowski

Paul J. Kotowski 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: 5996564
    Abstract: A disc discharging toy includes a body having a hand grip; a plurality of resilient discs; a magazine mounted on the body and containing the plurality of resilient discs in a stacked position; and a single drive roller driven by a motor and imparting a discharge force to each disc when fed into a discharge position wherein the drive roller has an axis of rotation perpendicular to the axis of each resilient disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Kids Only
    Inventor: Paul J. Kotowski
  • Patent number: 5637181
    Abstract: An index tray is pivoted in a housing, the tray having a recess for receiving a sticky coated disc and resiliently urged out of the housing for receiving the disc. An alignment detent device holds the tray in a retracted position in the housing cavity with the disc aligned at a predetermined location. A sheet of paper with pictorial or graphical indicia thereon is inserted into the cavity above the tray and disc. A transparent cylindrical press knob permits visual alignment of the indicia to the disc. Blades attached to the knob lower edge penetrate the sheet when the knob is depressed. A clamp coupled to the knob clamps the sheet to the tray in response to depressing the knob. After the knob is depressed, it is permitted to rotate in one direction only by a ratchet device to sever the sheet into a mating disc shape for attachment to the sticky surface of the disc on the tray. After the sheet is cut, the knob is lifted automatically and the tray, when released, springs open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Judith A. Shackelford
    Inventors: Judith A. Shackelford, Paul Mulhauser, Paul J. Kotowski
  • Patent number: 5112267
    Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a body-and-chassis assembly comprising a main portion and a movable body component which is movable relative to the main portion. The toy vehicle further includes a manually operable operating mechanism in the body-and-chassis assembly for moving the movable body component between first and second positions thereof with a relatively slow steady dampened movement which simulates the movement of a body component of a full-sized vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignees: Dexter C. Liu, Ronald J. Campanell
    Inventors: Dexter C. Liu, Ronald J. Campanell, Paul J. Kotowski