Patents by Inventor William D. Robbins

William D. Robbins 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: 11960707
    Abstract: An electronic device provides, to a display, data to present a user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects, and a current focus on a first user interface object. While the display is presenting the user interface, the electronic device receives an input that corresponds to a movement of a contact across on a touch-sensitive surface. The electronic device, in response to receiving the input and in accordance with a determination that a first axis is a dominant axis, moves the current focus along the first axis by a first amount and along the second axis by a second amount. The amount of movement of the current focus along the second axis is reduced to a first non-zero amount by a scaling factor that is based on one or more inputs received prior to receiving the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Nicole M. Wells, Justin T. Voss, Blake R. Seely, Matthew D. Ricketson, Henrique D. Penha, Grace H. Hwang, Graham R. Clarke, Jeffrey L. Robbin, William M. Bachman, Benjamin W. Keighran, Jennifer L. C. Folse, Jonathan Lochhead, Joe R. Howard, Joshua K. McGlinn
  • Patent number: 6146232
    Abstract: A substantially cylindrical-shaped log having two planar surfaces substantially perpendicular to each other formed on the surface of the log with the remaining surface being generally cylindrical to provide structural support which is superior to that of a building log unit with only a cylindrical surface. The building log provides the child an option of interior and exterior play surfaces and further selectively provides a traditional exterior of round logs as well as a more modern exterior of a substantially planar facade, as well as providing a log structure which has excellent stability and structural strength when used as a base log, as well as a log placed in a intermediate position in a structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: William D. Robbins
  • Patent number: 5024435
    Abstract: There is disclosed a toy baseball bat assembly comprised of a hollow cylindrically-shaped toy bat assembly including a barrel portion defining a magazine to receive a plurality of balls and a handle assembly including a latching assembly for locking a compressed spring-loaded launching assembly and for releasing the launching assembly for concomitantly ejecting one of the balls from the magazine at an angle substantially perpendicular to the toy bat assembly in a manner to permit a user to strike at such ejected ball with the toy bat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Inventor: William D. Robbins
  • Patent number: 4836554
    Abstract: A glove-and-ball sports toy comprising a glove in the form of a baseball glove and having a pocket, fingers, a thumb, webbing, and wrist strap, a ball formed from a soft, light material and simulating a baseball, and a flexible, elastic cord connecting said ball with said glove, the pocket having a patch of burr material attached to it, and the ball being covered with pile material effective to adhere to the burr material when the ball and the patch come into contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Sports & Toys Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: William D. Robbins
  • Patent number: 4824139
    Abstract: A skateboard having an associated audio entertainment device is disclosed. The skateboard includes a forward truck and wheel assembly and a rearward truck and wheel assembly. A tail skid plate is preferably mounted at the rear of the skateboard on the lower surface thereof. An audio entertainment device, such as a radio receiver, is mounted to the lower surface of the skateboard between the rearward truck and the tail skid plate such that contact with the ground by the audio entertainment device is prevented and possible damage is minimized. The mounting position of the audio entertainment is preferably such that an associated speaker is mounted directly beneath one or more apertures in the skateboard so that the audio output of the speaker is directed upward. An acoustically permeable screen is utilized to protect the speaker and, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a guard plate is provided to further protect the audio entertainment device from inadvertent contact with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: nash Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: William D. Robbins