Patents by Inventor Vaughn A. Pickett

Vaughn A. Pickett 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: 4175353
    Abstract: A gun-like toy device for producing controllable audio and visual effects simulating a fictitious futuristic space-age weapon. The device has a general hand gun shape with a handle attached to a central body section that has an audio speaker on its upper side and a barrel-like front end portion with attached lamps. Packaged within the body and handle are electronic components comprising battery power means, timer means for causing the lamps to flash at a controllable rate, audio generation means connected to said speaker and said power means, control means for preselecting the level and frequency and thus the characteristic mode of the sound produced by said audio generation means and a mode switch means for selecting either a continuous high pitch warbling sound or a single "shot" or blast sound that rapidly decays when a trigger means on said handle is pulled to "fire" the gun and simultaneously activate said lamp means and said audio generation means in the preselected mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Inventor: Vaughn A. Pickett