Patents by Inventor Todd Gionet

Todd Gionet 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 figurine and/or toy that presents substantially random preselected information
    Patent number: 12048886
    Abstract: A toy figurine and/or toy includes a body portion having an internal cavity, a substantially transparent portal through which contents of the internal cavity are viewable, and a die. The internal cavity includes a fluid and the die is freely floating in the fluid, and the die includes a plurality of faces. Each of these faces includes a visual element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: Patricia Chan, James Molina, Kelley Lindberg, Todd Gionet
  • TOY FIGURINE AND/OR TOY THAT PRESENTS SUBSTANTIALLY RANDOM PRESELECTED INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20230233951
    Abstract: A toy figurine and/or toy includes a body portion having an internal cavity, a substantially transparent portal through which contents of the internal cavity are viewable, and a die. The internal cavity includes a fluid and the die is freely floating in the fluid, and the die includes a plurality of faces. Each of these faces includes a visual element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Patricia CHAN, James MOLINA, Kelley LINDBERG, Todd GIONET
  • Interactive Toy System
    Publication number: 20230131242
    Abstract: An interactive toy system is disclosed. The interactive toy system is or includes a toy figurine with a head, a torso, at one or more appendages. The toy figurine also includes a first tag reader disposed in the torso, a second tag reader disposed in a first appendage of the one or more appendages, and an effects module configured to produce a sound effect, a light effect. Still further, the toy figurine includes control circuitry configured to cause the effects module to produce a first effect when the first tag reader reads a first tag and cause the effects module to produce a second effect when the second tag reader reads the first tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Carolyn Holden Buse, Natalie Repp Zigal, Agata Sikorski, Scott Basu, Brian Hong, Patricia Chan, Todd Gionet, James Molina, Lilit Pilikian, Karishma Rajiv Donde, Eric Lau, Shum Wai Hang, Vincent Zhou
  • ILLUMINATED DOLL
    Publication number: 20150072589
    Abstract: A lens assembly for a doll with an illuminated torso, including a light-diffusing layer formed from a plurality of co-joined spherical translucent bodies. The assembly may also include a translucent window configured in a shape of a part of the torso, and the light-diffusing layer may be interposed between the translucent window and a light source inside the torso.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia Chan, Steven D Ryniker, Todd Gionet, James P Zielinski