Patents by Inventor Stacy Lynn O'Connor
Stacy Lynn O'Connor 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).
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Patent number: 10052563Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is provided including a track segment. The track set having: a track segment for a toy vehicle; a contact member mounted adjacent to the track segment and configured to be actuated by a toy vehicle on the track segment; and a character adjacent to the track segment, the character including a first portion and at least a second portion movably coupled to the first portion, wherein the at least a second portion moves relative to the first portion in response to actuation of the contact member by a toy vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Michael W Nuttall, Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Patent number: 9808729Abstract: Elevator-type systems for a toy vehicle and toy vehicle track sets are disclosed. The elevator-type system may include a carriage configured to receive a toy vehicle, the carriage is configured to move between a first position and a second position. The elevator-type system may additionally include a tension rope having a first end and a second end, the first end is attached to the carriage. The elevator-type system may further include a counterweight attached to the second end. The weight of the counterweight may be greater than the weight of the carriage to bias the carriage toward the first position. The weight of the counterweight may be less than the weight of both the carriage and a toy vehicle received in the carriage to allow the carriage to move toward the second position when the toy vehicle is received in the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Robert William Matthes, Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Sang Joon Kwak
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Publication number: 20170106303Abstract: A relay segment for a toy track set, the relay segment having: an incoming track segment pivotally mounted to the relay segment for adjustable movement with respect to the relay segment in a first plane; a trigger movably mounted to the relay segment for movement between a first position and a second position, the trigger being located proximate to the incoming track segment such that a portion of the trigger is positioned above the incoming track segment, wherein the portion moves away from the incoming track segment as the trigger is moved from the first position to the second position; and a launching element for launching a vehicle away from the relay segment when the trigger is moved from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Michael W. Nuttal
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Patent number: 9504926Abstract: A relay segment for a toy track set, the relay segment having: an incoming track segment pivotally mounted to the relay segment for adjustable movement with respect to the relay segment in a first plane; a trigger movably mounted to the relay segment for movement between a first position and a second position, the trigger being located proximate to the incoming track segment such that a portion of the trigger is positioned above the incoming track segment, wherein the portion moves away from the incoming track segment as the trigger is moved from the first position to the second position; and a launching element for launching a vehicle away from the relay segment when the trigger is moved from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Michael W. Nuttall
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Patent number: 9452366Abstract: A track set is provided. The track set includes a first track segment and a carriage. The first track segment has a first pivot and is rotatable about the first pivot from a first position to a second position. The carriage is rotationally coupled to an end of the first track segment by a second pivot. The carriage is configured to rotate about the second pivot as the first track segment rotates from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Paul W. Schmid, Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Publication number: 20160263488Abstract: Elevator-type systems for a toy vehicle and toy vehicle track sets are disclosed. The elevator-type system may include a carriage configured to receive a toy vehicle, the carriage is configured to move between a first position and a second position. The elevator-type system may additionally include a tension rope having a first end and a second end, the first end is attached to the carriage. The elevator-type system may further include a counterweight attached to the second end. The weight of the counterweight may be greater than the weight of the carriage to bias the carriage toward the first position. The weight of the counterweight may be less than the weight of both the carriage and a toy vehicle received in the carriage to allow the carriage to move toward the second position when the toy vehicle is received in the carriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Robert William Matthes, Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Sang Joon Kwak
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Publication number: 20160206966Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is provided including a track segment. The track set having: a track segment for a toy vehicle; a contact member mounted adjacent to the track segment and configured to be actuated by a toy vehicle on the track segment; and a character adjacent to the track segment, the character including a first portion and at least a second portion movably coupled to the first portion, wherein the at least a second portion moves relative to the first portion in response to actuation of the contact member by a toy vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Nuttal, Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Patent number: 9345979Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is provided including a pair of arm members including a first arm member and a second arm member. The pair of arm member are movably mounted to the track set for movement between a first position and a second position. A toy vehicle carriage is pivotally mounted at a distal end of each of the pair of arm members. Each of the pair of arm members is coupled to one another such that as one of the arm members moves from its first position to its second position, the other of the arm members also moves from its first position to its second position.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Robert William Matthes, Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Sang Joon Kwak
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Patent number: 9314703Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is provided including a track segment. The track set having: a movable character located proximate to the track segment, wherein the character includes a torso, a first appendage, and a second appendage, each of the appendages is positioned adjacent the track segment, at least one of the pair of appendages being movably secured thereto and configured to intermittently block portions of the track segment such that a toy vehicle travelling thereon is captured by the character depending on the location of the appendages.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Michael W Nuttall, Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Patent number: 9199179Abstract: A play set having a device for holding and storing track members is provided. The device includes a body and a hanger portion coupled to a first end of the body. A first arm is rotationally coupled to the body opposite the hanger portion, the first arm having a first fastener. A second arm is rotationally coupled to the body opposite the hanger portion, the second arm having a second fastener.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: MATTEL, INC.Inventor: Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Patent number: 8876573Abstract: A reconfigurable structure for use with toy vehicles is provided, the structure having a first tower structure having a plurality of floors each having an entrance and an exit; a lift movably secured to the first tower, the lift being positionable at any entrance of the plurality of floors of the first tower; a ramp movably secured to the first tower, the ramp being positionable at any exit of the plurality of floors of the first tower; a second tower structure having a plurality of floors each having an entrance and an exit; a lift movably secured to the second tower, the lift being positionable at any entrance of the plurality of floors of the second tower; a ramp movably secured to the second tower, the ramp being positionable at any exit of the plurality of floors of the second tower; and wherein the reconfigurable structure is capable of having a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the ramp of the first tower is configured to releasably engage the lift of the second tower when theType: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Michael Nuttall
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Patent number: 8814628Abstract: A toy track set for a toy vehicle is disclosed herein, the toy track set having: a first track path comprising a first looped vehicle path; a second track path comprising an alternate vehicle path, the second track path having a first segment and a second segment, the second segment being separated from the first segment by a gap, the second segment being pivotally mounted to the track set for reciprocal movement between a first position and a second position, wherein a toy vehicle travelling along the second track path from the first segment to the second segment will travel along a first portion of the second segment when the second segment is in the first position and the toy vehicle traverses the gap and wherein the toy vehicle travelling along the second track path from the first segment to the second segment will be captured in a receiving area of the second segment when the second segment is in the second position and the toy vehicle traverses the gap; a track diverter pivotally mounted to the track seType: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Michael Nuttall
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Patent number: 8801492Abstract: Disclosed herein is a relay for a toy track set, the relay having: a first actuator; a second actuator; an object movably secured to the relay for movement from a first elevated position to a second lower position; a first trigger moveably secured to the first actuator for movement between a first position and a second position wherein movement of the trigger from the first position towards the second position causes the actuator to release the object from the first elevated position such that the object travels towards the second lower position; and a second trigger coupled the second actuator wherein movement of the second trigger launches an object from the second actuator, wherein the second trigger is moved when the object is at the second lower position.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Brendon Vetuskey
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Publication number: 20140091154Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is provided including a track segment. The track set having: a movable character located proximate to the track segment, wherein the character includes a torso, a first appendage, and a second appendage, each of the appendages is positioned adjacent the track segment, at least one of the pair of appendages being movably secured thereto and configured to intermittently block portions of the track segment such that a toy vehicle travelling thereon is captured by the character depending on the location of the appendages.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Michael W. Nuttall, Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Publication number: 20140084074Abstract: A connector for releasably coupling two track segments together, the connector having: a body portion having a perimeter defining a first portion and a second portion; a hook portion located within the perimeter and the second portion; and a protrusion extending from the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Paul William Schmid
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Publication number: 20140070015Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is provided including a pair of arm members including a first arm member and a second arm member. The pair of arm member are movably mounted to the track set for movement between a first position and a second position. A toy vehicle carriage is pivotally mounted at a distal end of each of the pair of arm members. Each of the pair of arm members is coupled to one another such that as one of the arm members moves from its first position to its second position, the other of the arm members also moves from its first position to its second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Robert William Matthes, Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Sang Joon Kwak
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Publication number: 20130324011Abstract: A play set having a device for holding and storing track members is provided. The device includes a body and a hanger portion coupled to a first end of the body. A first arm is rotationally coupled to the body opposite the hanger portion, the first arm having a first fastener. A second arm is rotationally coupled to the body opposite the hanger portion, the second arm having a second fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventor: Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Publication number: 20130295818Abstract: A reconfigurable structure for use with toy vehicles is provided, the structure having a first tower structure having a plurality of floors each having an entrance and an exit; a lift movably secured to the first tower, the lift being positionable at any entrance of the plurality of floors of the first tower; a ramp movably secured to the first tower, the ramp being positionable at any exit of the plurality of floors of the first tower; a second tower structure having a plurality of floors each having an entrance and an exit; a lift movably secured to the second tower, the lift being positionable at any entrance of the plurality of floors of the second tower; a ramp movably secured to the second tower, the ramp being positionable at any exit of the plurality of floors of the second tower; and wherein the reconfigurable structure is capable of having a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the ramp of the first tower is configured to releasably engage the lift of the second tower when theType: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Stacy Lynn O'Connor, Michael Nuttall
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Publication number: 20130288568Abstract: A track set is provided. The track set includes a first track segment and a carriage. The first track segment has a first pivot and is rotatable about the first pivot from a first position to a second position. The carriage is rotationally coupled to an end of the first track segment by a second pivot. The carriage is configured to rotate about the second pivot as the first track segment rotates from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Paul W. Schmid, Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Patent number: 8500510Abstract: A floatable toy structure is disclosed herein, the floatable toy structure having a floatable base portion; a collapsible track section, the collapsible track section having a pair of track sections; a collapsible support secured to the floatable base portion, the collapsible support capable of being positioned in an extended position and a stowed position, the collapsible support extending upwardly from the floatable base portion when it is in the extended position, the collapsible support engages and maintains the collapsible track section in an extended position when the collapsible support is in the extended position; and a fair start mechanism for simultaneously releasing a pair of objects for travel down the pair of track sections, wherein the fair start mechanism comprises a bucket that spills water onto the pair of objects after a predetermined amount of water has been placed into the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Michael Nuttall, Stacy Lynn O'Connor, John Violette