Patents by Inventor Terry J. Gudgel

Terry J. Gudgel 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).

  • Patent number: 4301616
    Abstract: A toy of the flying saucer type, to be thrown through the air from one player to another, the toy having battery-powered light emitting diodes located relatively close to the center and thus protected from abrasion or impact shock when the flying saucer hits the hand of a receiving player or hits the ground when a receiving player fails to catch it. The body of the saucer is of translucent plastic material, so that each light emitting diode creates, when lit, a luminescent area around the diode. In addition, three light guides in the form of optical fiber guides extend from each diode approximately radially outwardly to the outer rim of the flying saucer, creating illuminated areas spaced circumferentially along the outer rim of the saucer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Inventor: Terry J. Gudgel