Patents by Inventor Steven Lee Ruzic

Steven Lee Ruzic 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).

  • Position-sensitive educational product
    Patent number: 6215978
    Abstract: An educational toy (10) having a dodecahedron shape is formed with a different visual display on each planar face (17-28). A position sensing mechanism (50) is oriented inside the toy (10) to inform a microprocessor (62) which one of the planar faces (17-28) is in the “up” position. As the toy (10) is turned or moved a signal is generated to “power on” and a musical tune is played. When one of the planar faces (17-28) is stopped in the “up” position, the position sensing mechanism (50) informs the microprocessor (62) and an aural response corresponding to the visual display is transmitted through a speaker (44). If the toy (10) is left alone for a specified period of time, a warning tune is transmitted. If the toy (10) is still not moved thereafter, the toy (10) will automatically “power off”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Lee Ruzic, Patrick Rome, Larry Dale Thomas, Jr.