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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:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Maxim, Danbury, CT (US);
Christopher Thompson, Garnavillo, IA (US);
Mark F Reyner, Oelwein, IA (US);
Assignee:
The Ertl Company, Inc., Dyersville, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ; A63H / ; A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
446437 ; 446458 ; 446462 ; 273 / ;
Abstract
A toy ball in accordance with this invention includes a hollow sphere with spaced apart resilient knobs extending outwardly from the sphere and an internal mechanism that causes a random motion and bouncing of the ball. A safety switch is also provided to prevent injury to a user or damage to the toy while it is disassembled.