Attendant Propelled Patents (Class 280/1.23)
  • Patent number: 9539713
    Abstract: An automotive tool for engaging and removing a cable guide bushing from a bushing passage in an inner door panel of a vehicle door is comprised of elongate, generally rectangular, parallelepiped bar with a manual grip at one end and a generally circular, through-passage at the opposite end with a radial slot through the bar connected to the through passage. The through-passage includes first and second uniformly, equally arcuate, constant radius surfaces at the juncture of the top side and bottom side of the bar with the through-passage to facilitate smooth engagement, and placement of the through passage over the compressible legs of the cable guide bushing in a manner which compresses the legs to enable removal of the bushing from a retaining passage in the inside panel from the inside of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Lisle Corporation
    Inventor: Derek Schafer
  • Patent number: 8915791
    Abstract: A convertible toy includes a body portion and a base selectively coupled to the body portion. The body portion includes a seat portion, a first pair of leg portions extending from the seat portion, and a first axle extending between the first pair of leg portions. The body portion also includes a second pair of leg portions extending from the seat portion and a second axle extending between the second pair of leg portions. The base includes a curved support portion, a first coupling member coupled to the curved support portion, and a second coupling member coupled to the curved support portion. The first axle of the body portion is selectively coupled to the first coupling member in at least one degree of freedom and the second axle of the body portion is selectively coupled to the second coupling member in at least two degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Tek Nek Toys International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Gibson, Nick Tung
  • Patent number: 8469369
    Abstract: A combined seat with compression device for interactively actuating a sound effects unit incorporated into a ride on toy vehicle as a user bounces up and down on the combined seat with compression device. The toy includes a frame for a ride-on toy vehicle, a sound effects unit having a housing secured to the frame, a seat secured to the frame and movable between first and second positions, an actuating mechanism attached at the seat for engagement with the sound effects unit, and a deformable compression device positioned at the seat capable of depressing as the seat is moved from the first the position to the second position to interactively activate the sound effects unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. McCarthy, Craig McElhaney, Steven Lee Unruh
  • Patent number: 7997991
    Abstract: A costume suit modeled after a large size animal having a head and mouth section, a neck section, a torso section, a foot section, a tail section, a skeletal part as a whole, and an outer skin part covering the whole is provided. The torso section is communicated with the foot section forming an internal hollow, just enough for an adult to fit at standing position. The hollow includes a frame pack fixed and installed to the skeletal part of the costume suit, in a position of an approximate equilibrium point of the costume suit. In the hollow, a means for manipulating a movement of the head and mouth section and the neck section, and a means for manipulating opening and closing of a mouth of the head and mouth section are equipped. Moreover, the skeletal part of the tail section is composed of a flexible tabular member placed in an internal hollow of the tail section, imitating a skeleton of a tail, and a plurality of foam blocks fixed and placed on the tabular member at certain intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: ON-ART Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuya Kanemaru, Akemi Kozuka