...that after Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849, he sold the rights to it for $400?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5759082 | Cartwheel tumbling doll A cartwheel tumbling doll has a torso and a head mounted on the torso. An axis extends generally through the center of the head and torso. A pair of arms, each arm having a shoulder end and a hand end, are mounted for limited pivotal movement adjacent eac... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5558105 | Hair beading tool A hair beading tool has a handle, a spindle joined to the handle, and a string joined to the spindle. A resilient bead is slid over both the spindle and string and other beads follow. A loop is formed in the string through which a lock of hair or clothing... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5417196 | Automatic ball projection machine An automatic ball projection machine comprising a housing section that encloses a receiving section, a chute section, an ejection section, and a power section, while supporting a catching section, wherein a plurality of balls are loaded into the housing s... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5304087 | Soft stuffed toy with manually driven head, ears and/or tongue A soft stuffed puppy is carried in a flexible sling with the head of the puppy exposed. The head has animatable ears driven by rotation of the head relative to the body. In addition, a protruding moveable tongue is driven by an actuator which also serves ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5299969 | Loop feature for propelled toy vehicles A loop feature for propelled toy vehicles includes a generally vertically oriented single loop having a movable ingress portion and a movable egress portion. A propelled toy vehicle enters the loop upon engaging one surface of the ingress portion. Player-... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5252101 | Simulated toy commode An simulated toy commode or potty for dolls including a removeable vessel having clear spaced apart walls defining an annular space. Similar reservoirs are mounted above and below the annular and are in controlled fluid communication with the annular spac... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5224896 | Ambulatory doll A motorized, self supporting ambulatory doll having pivoting foot or ankle, knee and hip joints with internal hidden parallelogram linkages driving the legs in a realistic articulation as the doll walks or jogs. In addition, the doll's torso, head and arm... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5219433 | Sequential response determining question game A game, in which a question is simultaneously posed to all of the players, includes a device for determining which of a number of players is the first to correctly answer, or to most closely correctly answer the question. Emanating from a central hub are ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5129655 | Token moving game with spinning disrupter A path game including a generally serpentine path rising from a start to a higher finish. Removably seated adjacent the finish is a top together with a winding and release mechanism for the top. Card play provides for forward and backward movement of toke... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5114153 | Mechanical card dispenser and method of playing a card game The present invention is concerned with providing a game that mechanically dispenses additional cards to a player in a dramatic manner. Card play initially determines whether a player may have to operate the dispenser. However, a chance element in operati... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5102367 | Toy vehicle wheel and axle assembly Toy vehicle wheels are each mounted on an axle having a gear with each of the wheels having a pair of diametrically opposed arcuate segments. Each of the arcuate segments includes an inwardly extending member with each member including a rack that is kept... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5088954 | Manually assisted and controlled walking doll A doll with articulated legs that are motor driven to pivot in an alternating, out-of-phase, motion to simulate walking has switch controls actuatable by user manipulation of an arm and hand of the doll. Rotation of the arm energizes the motor while squee... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4927156 | Property dealing game A property dealing game that is played in two phases requires the players to acquire properties without always actually knowing the intrinsic value of the property. Cards are provided which, in combination with one or more properties, make the property wo... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4884991 | Poseable soft doll A readily and realistically poseable baby doll has shells made of double layers of stretch fabric for the torso, arms and legs. For the most part, each of the shells is filled with a very fine, freely flowable particulate filler. However, a less freely fl... | 12/05/1989 |