Patents
US 12403411 B2: Animated bubble toy customizable and activated by the attachment of an accessory
- Granted
- 2025-09-02
- Filed
- 2023-03-20 application 18186431
- Type
- Utility · 14 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An illuminating animation device secured within the housing of a bubble producing toy. Animation is created by the illumination of LEDs, which are secured within chambers of the device and project through a film and onto an inside surface of the housing. A printed circuit board is secured within the device and is electrically connected to a microcontroller unit secured within the housing. One mode of activating the illuminating animation device is via the connection of a hat to the housing. The hat includes resisters that close a circuit between the toy and the hat. The microcontroller unit detects and recognizes the value of the resistors and transmits a correlating signal to various electronic components of the toy, which activates features associated with the resistance value.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250902.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTUPTOYS.COM, LLC 24 patents | US company or organization | Sellersburg, IN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua C. Kelly | New Albany, IN | 27 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher D. Kelly | New Albany, IN | 29 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Max Armendariz Lalama | Sellersburg, IN | 15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher Chung | Orlando, FL | 19 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A63H | Toys, e.g. tops, dolls, hoops or building blocks | A63H3/006 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F21V | Functional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof; structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for | F21V33/008 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-13 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KELLY, CHRISTOPHER D. signed 2023-04-07 KELLY, JOSHUA C. signed 2023-04-07 LALAMA, MAX ARMENDARIZ signed 2023-04-07 | LIGHTUPTOYS.COM LLC SELLERSBURG, IN | 63314/885 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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