Donald R Nix

US Patent:

39980014, Dec 21, 1976

Filed:

Feb 5, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/655420

Inventors:

Burton C. Meyer - Downers Grove IL
Donald F. Nix - Hanover Park IL
Derek A. Brand - Naperville IL

Assignee:

Marvin Glass & Associates - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A63H 352
A63H 3328

US Classification:

46 8

Abstract:

A toy bathtub device for simulation of giving a doll a shower or bubble bath, or the like. The device includes a base tub portion having an upstanding post supporting a showerhead which includes a spray nozzle. A shower curtain is mounted on the post for preventing undue splashing of water from the nozzle and tub. The nozzle is supplied with water through a conduit by a bellows-like pump which operates in combination with a check valve to pump water in a recycling fashion from a tub water reservoir through the conduit and thence from the nozzle. The tub is provided with a drain plug for draining water from the tub into the water reservoir for reuse. The floor of the tub also is provided with an aeration system in the form of a peripheral series of perforations or ports through the tub bottom wall which are interconnected by a manifold. The manifold is supplied with air under pressure from another bellows pump acting against a check valve. Each of the pumps is individually controllable by a separate manually operable pumping handle accessible from the exterior of the device so that a child, in play, can select activation of the shower and/or activation of the bubbling system or both simultaneously.

US Patent:

42264235, Oct 7, 1980

Filed:

Feb 9, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/010800

Inventors:

Donald F. Nix - Hanover Park IL
Howard J. Morrison - Deerfield IL

Assignee:

Marvin Glass & Associates - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A63F 702

US Classification:

273397

Abstract:

A game apparatus is disclosed including a generally vertically extending playing surface including front and back walls, a projectile launching station, and a projectile receiving station. The front wall of the apparatus bears partial or incomplete illustrations of objects, such as head-less bodies, and the projectiles include illustrations of the missing portions of the objects illustrated on the front playing surface wall, such as the missing heads. The front playing surface wall is generally transparent or includes an aperture at the locations of the missing portions of the illustrations so that when a projectile is launched into the proper location in the projectile receiving station, the projectile will complete the illustration on the front wall of the apparatus. The projectiles are weighted eccentrically to aid in landing the projectiles in the projectile receiving station in an upright position such that the projectiles properly complete the illustrations on the front wall on the apparatus. The launching station includes an air bellows operated propelling device adapted to propel the projectiles toward the projectile receiving station.

US Patent:

D2481197, Jun 6, 1978

Filed:

Sep 16, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/723740

Inventors:

Donald F. Nix - Hanover Park IL
Howard J. Morrison - Deerfield IL

Assignee:

Marvin Glass & Associates - Chicago IL

International Classification:

D2101

US Classification:

D34 15AJ

US Patent:

41434820, Mar 13, 1979

Filed:

Jun 6, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/803476

Inventors:

Burton C. Meyer - Downers Grove IL
Donald F. Nix - Hanover Park IL
Allison W. Katzman - Chicago IL

Assignee:

Marvin Glass & Associates - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A63H 3300

US Classification:

46 43

Abstract:

An amusement device provides a skating rink for use with figure toys or the like. The amusement device includes a plurality of rotatable disc-shaped rink portions mounted on the base adjacent a panoramic setting. The setting includes a recirculating device which receives the figure toys from one end of the rink and elevates the figure toys to a chute which delivers the figure toys generally to a position at the opposite end of the rink. A ski lift mechanism including a plurality of chairs is adapted to carry the various figure toys at an elevated position over the top of the rink. A common linkage drives the rotatable rink portions, the recirculating system, and the ski lift mechanism.