Patents by Inventor Paul J. LaPlaca

Paul J. LaPlaca 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).

  • Container, character toy, and toy combination
    Patent number: 6296540
    Abstract: A container shaped as a toy raft has a body wall with a member protruding therefrom for mounting a character toy on the member. A character toy has a cavity formed in an exterior portion thereof for positioning the character toy on the member. A toy combination is the character toy mounted on the body wall of the container by the cavity of the character toy being positioned on the member of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. LaPlaca, Charles Zunda
  • Character toy
    Patent number: D439287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. LaPlaca, Jennifer Cohen Delaney
  • Character toy
    Patent number: D446558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. LaPlaca, Jennifer Cohen Delaney
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D420573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. LaPlaca, Javier Verdura, Peter Brian Clarke, Charles Zunda
  • Character toy
    Patent number: D424136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. LaPlaca, Charles Zunda