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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Hart, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mattel, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
46205 ;
Abstract
Single, soft, polymeric-foam impeller is rotated into engagement with objects to be picked up and flips them up a ramp into a collection container. The impeller is releasably connected to grippers and is reinforced by a tough polymeric sheet sandwiched between two layers of polymeric foam.