Patents by Inventor Richard M. Block

Richard M. Block 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).

  • Publication number: 20150105186
    Abstract: Indoor activity games for contests of skill and amusement. A soft, foam ball or cube is suspended by a cord and can be wrapped around a releasable device or temporary pole secured within a doorway. The ball can be struck by the players using their hands or using soft, foam paddles, in order to wrap the cord and the ball around the pole. In one embodiment the game played can be tetherball, and opposing players, on opposite sides of the doorway, attempt to strike the ball and propel it around the pole until the cord is completely wrapped around the pole. In another embodiment tennis or volleyball can be played, and a net is suspended across the open doorway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Richard M. BLOCK
  • Patent number: 4627588
    Abstract: A support structure for suspending a plurality of interchangeable infant toys includes a bridge structure supported in an elevated position by supports contacting the floor only in an area about the horizontal ends of the bridge structure. Such support of the bridge structure leaves the area beneath the bridge structure unencumbered and permits flexibility in positioning an infant with respect to toys suspended from the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Inventor: Richard M. Block
  • Patent number: 4516279
    Abstract: A universal child's toilet trainer adaptable and usable with the conventional commode provides an auxiliary toilet seat which in a use position lies on top of the conventional toilet seat and which in a storage position rests against the lid of the commode. The child's toilet trainer comprises an auxiliary toilet seat, a pair of extension arms attaching the auxiliary toilet seat to the conventional toilet lid, and a pick-up unit attached to the conventional lid for moving the auxiliary toilet seat between an operational position and a storage position. The pick-up unit has a strip with a pair of projections secured to the lid. A cut-out on each extension arm fits onto a projection. A hook on the strip engages an opening in the auxiliary seat so as to raise the auxiliary seat to the storage position from the operational position. Alternatively, the auxiliary toilet seat is connected to the commode and a protrusion on the underside of the conventional lid engages the opening in the auxiliary seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Inventor: Richard M. Block