Weber Type Patents (Class 238/200)
  • Children's ride-on vehicles and play systems incorporating wheel and track assemblies
    Patent number: 9220991
    Abstract: Play systems of the present disclosure comprise a children's ride-on vehicle and a companion track. The companion vehicle and track each include a guide surface that is complementary to the companion apparatus and configured to guide the vehicle along a path of travel defined by the track. The children's ride-on vehicle may be powered, steerable, and configured to operate on and off the track. When the children's ride-on vehicle is guided and/or steered along the path of travel, the complementary guide surfaces do not substantially impede progress of the vehicle. When the children's ride-on vehicle is guided and/or steered away from the path of travel, the complementary guide surfaces contact and/or frictionally engage to direct the vehicle along the path of travel and/or to slow progress of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Gastle, David E. Grober, Kurt J. Huntsberger
  • Children's ride-on vehicles and play systems incorporating wheel and track assemblies
    Patent number: 9221470
    Abstract: Play systems of the present disclosure comprise a children's ride-on vehicle and a companion track. The companion vehicle and track each include a guide surface that is complementary to the companion apparatus and configured to guide the vehicle along a path of travel defined by the track. The children's ride-on vehicle may be powered, steerable, and configured to operate on and off the track. When the children's ride-on vehicle is guided and/or steered along the path of travel, the complementary guide surfaces do not substantially impede progress of the vehicle. When the children's ride-on vehicle is guided and/or steered away from the path of travel, the complementary guide surfaces contact and/or frictionally engage to direct the vehicle along the path of travel and/or to slow progress of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Gastle, David E. Grober
  • Adjustable belt buckles
    Patent number: 6141835
    Abstract: Adjustable belts include new and improved belt buckles which allow for convenient adjustment of belt lengths, as well as secure and easily adjustable couplings of the two ends of the belts. This is accomplished by providing the belt buckles with an arrangement of slots and struts around which the belt is looped to selectively accumulate its length thereon and through which the belt is trained, so as to frictionally retain the belt on the buckle while determining the length of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Sport Supply Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Porter C. Wilson