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US 8,256,937 B2Granted
Drawing assembly with repositionable light
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsKyle Bleyle, Ray Cappello, Ken Temple
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Abstract
A drawing assembly for children includes a housing having a drawing surface and an illumination assembly pivotally connected to the housing and movable between a storage position within a recess in the housing, and a deployed position. The illumination assembly includes an illumination source that is positionable to provide illumination to the drawing surface when in the deployed position.
Claims18
A drawing assembly, comprising:
- a housing having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface is located along a first plane and includes a drawing surface, the second surface is located along a second plane, the housing includes an edge portion;
- an illumination casing having a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotally connected proximate to the edge portion of the housing, the second end being distal to the first end, the illumination casing being pivotable through an arcuate path of approximately 270° about an axis located between the first plane and the second plane, and at least a portion of the illumination casing being located between the first plane and the second plane in a storage position;
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- an illumination source disposed within the illumination casing, the illumination source being positionable to provide illumination to the drawing surface.
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A drawing assembly, comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the housing including a drawing surface disposed on the first side and a recess disposed in the second side, the housing including an edge portion, the drawing surface is located along a first plane, and the second side having a surface located along a second plane;
- a casing pivotally connected to the edge portion of the housing and movable between a storage position within the recess and a deployed position, the casing is pivotable about an axis located between the first plane and the second plane, and at least a portion of the casing being located between the first plane and the second plane in the storage position;
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- an illumination source coupled to the casing, the illumination source illuminating at least a portion of the drawing surface when the casing is in its deployed position.
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A magnetic drawing assembly, comprising:
- a housing having a top surface located along a first plane and an opposite bottom surface located along a second plane, the top surface including a magnetic drawing surface, the bottom surface including a recess formed therein, the housing including an edge portion;
- a magnetic drawing implement operably associated with the magnetic drawing surface for creating images thereon;
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- an illumination assembly movably connected to the edge portion of the housing and rotatable about an axis, the axis being intermediate the first plane and the second plane, and at least a portion of the illumination assembly being located between the first plane and the second plane in a storage position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.