Patents by Inventor Richard G. Garza

Richard G. Garza 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).

  • Toy top with impeller-driven flywheel
    Patent number: 4772241
    Abstract: A toy top having an air impeller-driven flywheel and a spring-latch mechanism which releases an upper portion of the top from a lower housing when an articulated arm of the spinning top comes into contact with an object such as a stationary object or another top. The flywheel located inside the lower housing is rotated by blowing air into one of two ducts on the housing. The stream of air comes into contact with the blades of an impeller causing rotation of the impeller and the flywheel which is attached to the impeller. The flywheel is attached to a shaft rotatably mounted inside the housing. Slots in bosses extending upward from the housing releasably engage a plate at the bottom of the upper portion. The slots disengage from the plate when one of two articulated arms of the spinning top contacts an object allowing a spring mounted inside the upper portion to push the upper portion away from the lower housing. The top appears to "blow up" as the upper portion pops up from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay M. Bro, Raymond R. Lynch, Peter C. Hill, Arthur J. Foss, Richard G. Garza, Gary M. Saffer, Wayne R. Halford
  • Eye-moving mechanism for a figure toy
    Patent number: 4560363
    Abstract: An animated figure toy (10) includes a head (14) in which a pendulum (26) is swingably mounted for reciprocating a cam follower (48) to blink eyelids (60, 62) and simultaneously move eyeballs (68, 70) from side to side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard G. Garza, Pinhas Sayegh, James R. Bjorklund
  • Anti-siphon valve body
    Patent number: D396524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Arcadia Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter C. Patrick, Richard G. Garza
  • Hose end trigger high pressure spray nozzle
    Patent number: D422057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Arcadia Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard G. Garza