Patents by Inventor Phedon J. Tsiknopoulos

Phedon J. Tsiknopoulos 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).

  • Figure with rotatable torso and vertically swinging arms
    Patent number: 4623318
    Abstract: An animated figure toy (10) includes an upper torso (14) provided with a pair of arms (22) articulately mounted for relative movement thereto upward toward the plane of the shoulders by centrifugal force, as the upper torso is rotated relative to a lower torso (16) upon which it is mounted, by means of a thumbwheel (64) coacting with a drive means (44) connected between the torsos. The individual arms are also rotatable for 360.degree. about an axis through the shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Phedon J. Tsiknopoulos, Roger H. Sweet