Patents by Inventor Wai Nang Lam

Wai Nang Lam 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: 9919230
    Abstract: Hip joint assemblies, and posable toy figures that incorporate the hip joint assemblies, including a pelvis housing having a front portion and a back portion, where the front and back portions in combination define side openings in the pelvis housing, and a contoured friction plate vertically disposed within the pelvis housing. The hip joint assembly further includes two leg sections, each leg section having a disk member attached via a hip post, and each leg combined with the pelvis housing so that the disk member lies within the pelvis housing and the hip post passes through a side opening so that the face of the disk member abuts a face of the contoured friction plate, and the frictional interaction between the disk face and the friction plate renders the attached leg posable as it pivots around the axis defined by its hip post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Josiah To Sang Li, Jian Sheng Hu, Wai Nang Lam, Sun Ho Chan
  • Toy
    Patent number: 8708769
    Abstract: A toy figure is disclosed herein, the toy figure having a main body portion; a pair of appendages movably secured to the main body portion for movement from a first position to a second position and back to the first position; and a removably body portion removably secured to the main body portion, wherein the pair of appendages grasp the removably body portion when they are moved to the second position and the removably body portion is removably secured to the main body portion, wherein the removably body portion is subsequently removed from the main body portion by the pair of appendages as they are moved back towards the first position from the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel De La Torre, Jian Sheng Hu, Josiah To Sang Li, Wai Nang Lam
  • Patent number: 8403327
    Abstract: A collapsible game is disclosed. In one embodiment, the game includes a divider and multiple outlets to obtain random distribution of objects in the game. The game also includes a movably coupled lid that can be moved relative to the opening of the game. The lid includes a finger recess that facilitates movement of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Fischer, Tyler Kenney, Sammy Wai Nang Lam
  • Patent number: 8109518
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a game in which players launch, shoot, or propel objects at a target, and more specifically, to a game in which players launch, shoot, or propel objects in an attempt to attach the objects to a target that may be in motion, or to dislodge objects that are hanging from the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Blagg, Janice E. Ritter, Stephen Pang Kwai Lau, Sammy Wai Nang Lam
  • Publication number: 20110198808
    Abstract: A collapsible game is disclosed. In one embodiment, the game includes a divider and multiple outlets to obtain random distribution of objects in the game. The game also includes a movably coupled lid that can be moved relative to the opening of the game. The lid includes a finger recess that facilitates movement of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Fischer, Tyler Kenney, Sammy Wai Nang Lam
  • TOY
    Publication number: 20110086572
    Abstract: A toy figure is disclosed herein, the toy figure having a main body portion; a pair of appendages movably secured to the main body portion for movement from a first position to a second position and back to the first position; and a removably body portion removably secured to the main body portion, wherein the pair of appendages grasp the removably body portion when they are moved to the second position and the removably body portion is removably secured to the main body portion, wherein the removably body portion is subsequently removed from the main body portion by the pair of appendages as they are moved back towards the first position from the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Gabriel De La Torre, Jian Sheng Hu, Josiah To Sang Li, Wai Nang Lam
  • Patent number: 7600757
    Abstract: A game playset includes at least one movable game piece object for a player to advance during game play. It also includes a game board which has a path provided thereon across which the at least one movable game piece object advances. The game board also including a plurality of components attached to a surface of the game board, and each of the plurality of components is pivotably mounted and has a manual trigger associated therewith. So when a first of the plurality of components pivots downwardly in a falling motion, it comes into contact with a corresponding trigger associated with a second of the plurality of components, thereby causing the second of the plurality of components to pivot downwardly by falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly V. Matilla, Stephen Pang Kwai Lau, Sammy Wai Nang Lam, Eric C. Ostendorff