Mattel, Inc.

Seth Frankel

Domenic Thomas Gubitosi

Albert P Maggiore

Christopher D Cimerman

Robert William Jourdian

Christine Ann Drosendahl

An apparatus having a support arm, a base coupled to the support arm to maintain the support arm in upright orientation and moveable between a first orientation in which the base is coupleable to a vertical surface, and a second orientation in which the base can rest on a horizontal surface. A light source is coupled to the support arm and a mobile coupled to said support arm, whereby when the base is in the first orientation, the apparatus can be coupled to a crib rail to function as a crib mobile, and when the base is in the second orientation, the apparatus can rest on a horizontal surface to function as a lamp.

Convertible entertainment device

A convertible activity toy for promoting gross motor development in children includes a base receivable on a supporting surface and a top coupled to the base. The top includes a first portion and a second portion whereby the first portion is movable from a substantially coplanar orientation relative to the second portion to a substantially non-coplanar orientation relative to the second portion. The top and base define an opening and an interior space so that an infant can crawl through the opening into the interior space when the top is in the substantially coplanar orientation or so that the child may walk the opening and into the interior space or a portion thereof when the top is in the substantially non-coplanar orientation. The top includes activity items that are attractive to an infant and encourages the infant to reach up to the top by pulling up from a seated position to a standing position using handles or grips disposed on the toy. The toy also includes sensory output generators configured to encourage the infant to pull up using the handles or grips to reach the activity items. The convertible feature of the present invention allows the toy to be attractive to both an infant and a toddler and directly encourages and enables the infant to make the transition from crawling to standing.

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Culver City, CA, United States of America

Seth Frankel