Patents by Inventor Victor J. Bertrand

Victor J. Bertrand 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).

  • Publication number: 20120228825
    Abstract: A tiling puzzle having a first two-dimensional portion and a second three-dimensional portion that extends away from the plane of the first two-dimensional portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Mega Brands International, Luxembourg, Zug Branch
    Inventors: Patrick Latour, Martin Pierre, Victor J. Bertrand, SR.
  • Patent number: 8205885
    Abstract: A tiling puzzle having a first two-dimensional portion and a second three-dimensional portion that extends away from the plane of the first two-dimensional portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Mega Brands International, Luxembourg, Zug Branch
    Inventors: Patrick Latour, Martin Pierre, Victor J. Bertrand, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20120049452
    Abstract: A tiling puzzle having a first two-dimensional portion and a second three-dimensional portion that extends away from the plane of the first two-dimensional portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Mega Brands International, Luxembourg, Zug Branch
    Inventors: Patrick Latour, Martin Pierre, Victor J. Bertrand, SR.
  • Patent number: 6095333
    Abstract: A bucket that children cannot put over their head, having a bottom wall, side walls, a removable lid and a non-pivoting U-shaped handle. The side walls project upwardly from the bottom wall and form an opening having circumscribing edges. The removable lid fits in the circumscribing edges for closing the bucket. The non-pivoting U-shaped handle has opposite side legs slidably mounted onto the side walls. The U-shaped handle also has stopping means for limiting sliding of the handle between a first position where the U-shaped handle bears against the lid when the same is fitted in the circumscribing edges and a second position where the U-shaped handle extends away from the lid and thus makes it possible to remove the lid from the circumscribing edges. Thus, the U-shaped handle, both in first and second positions, divides the opening into two smaller openings which are smaller than a child's head, thus children cannot put the bucket over their head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Ritvik Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: 5556181
    Abstract: The adjustable level play desk is for a child. It comprises at least three elongated legs of substantially circular cross section, each of the legs having a lower end for resting on the ground and an outer cylindrical surface provided with a first locking device; and a top body having an upper play surface, and at least three sleeves oriented downwardly when in use, the sleeves being for slidably receiving respectively the legs, the sleeves being solid with the top body at positions providing steadiness thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: 5435769
    Abstract: A play house for use by children to play with dolls or toy figurines. It has a base, a plurality of lateral walls and a roof which altogether define an openable enclosure externally shaped as a house. It also has one or more floor members within the enclosure, each of which has an upper surface provided with a plurality of identical connecting elements, preferably in the form of cylindrical studs, that extend upwardly therefrom. The connecting elements are sized and positioned to fit into, and retain construction toy blocks capable of being assembled with other construction toy blocks provided with the same connecting elements. Advantageously, the floor members are detachably mounted within the enclosure to allow the construction toy blocks to be assembled therewith outside the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: 5387158
    Abstract: There is disclosed a play kit of detachable plastic components capable of forming either a slide assembly or a teeter assembly. The kit includes an elongated plastic playboard as a basic playing element. The latter has a wavy configuration and is preferables constructed in two symmetrical members abutting one another and releasably locked to each other. When used as a slide, the playboard is removably connected, at one end, to an upper end of a plastic support formed with steps to act as a ladder. The latter and the playboard are held together by removable struts. When the basic element is used as a teeter board, the support is made to act as a base. A prop structure is then detachably connected to the said base and to the playboard to allow the latter to teeter as well as to rotate about a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: 5188221
    Abstract: A display packaging made of plastic material, having a flat hanging hook that is slidably mounted onto one of its walls, preferably the bottom wall in such a manner as to be extendable whenever desired, and retractable inside the packaging when it is not needed. When it is used to sell small construction toy blocks, the packaging may comprise on some of its walls, a plurality of coupling studs sized to match those of the blocks, thereby making it possible for the packaging itself to be part of the construction game whenever desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: 5035324
    Abstract: A toy packaging is disclosed, which comprises a generally cylindrical container having an open end that is closable by a cap, and, in combination with this container, the toy hat that is removably fixable onto the upper end of the container, the hat having a cut-shaped portion sized to fit onto a child's head. Advantaeously, the cup-shaped portion of the toy hat is of such a diameter as to snuggly fit onto the upper end of the container, and a full-sized picture of a child's face is provided onto the wall portion of this container adjacent the upper end thereof. Thereby, when the toy hat is press-fitted onto the container, it seems to be worn by the child whose face is on the picture. This toy packaging is particularly well designed for use to sell, store and put away toys construction blocks including coupling elements making them detachably stackable onto the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: D325941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: D342291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: D343355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: D347461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: D347865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: D352078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: D359084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand
  • Patent number: D370945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: The Ritvik Group Inc.
    Inventor: Victor J. Bertrand