Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4286407 | Doll for containing filament producing fluid An action figure doll capable of simulating the web making feat of the Spider Man Super-Hero is disclosed. The doll has a modified arm containing a fluid which produces the individual filaments of a spider like web when the arm is set and activated by the... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4272915 | Audio-visual amusement device An audio-visual amusement device is provided wherein one or more movable animated figures are associated with a housing structure containing an audio-amplifier, and from which extends an elongated cable terminating in a microphone and dual control head, o... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4251078 | Guessing game A game board for a guessing game includes a number of separate game board elements each for one of the players of the game. Each game board element includes four groups of recesses which, within each group, are arranged in rows indicated by numerals, and ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4244136 | Suspending and propelling means for toy figures A suspending and propelling means is provided to impart a "flying" action to toy figures, wherein a support clip, with means for quick attachment and detachment with respect to the back or other body part of a toy figure, is suspended on two lengths of a ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4236347 | Flexible doll closure and head mounting A flexible doll having a normal form defined by a molded elastic skin and viscous liquid filler and a separate molded head, and which will repeatedly return to its normal form after stretching and deforming of its body parts, is provided with a closure me... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4224760 | Bubble-blowing doll A bubble-blowing doll has a body which includes a trunk, two arms and two legs movably connected to the trunk, and a head also connected to the trunk and having a mouth opening. One of the arms rotates a ratchet wheel of a ratchet mechanism which, in turn... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4221454 | Battery box, particularly for use in toys A battery box, particularly for use in toys, is capable of establishing electrical contact with battery terminals. The battery box includes a housing which bounds a compartment for accommodating at least one battery, but preferably a plurality of batterie... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4201010 | Toy house with roof-supporting stanchions A toy house, such as a toy country store, formed by a plurality of interlocking panels which do not rely on separate pins, clips or the like for attachment together. The invention relies on plastic fittings on the panels to hold the panel edges together, ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4179842 | Audible sound emitting toy A toy such as a doll which is capable of alternately emitting one of a plurality of different audible sounds, depending on the orientation of the toy, i.e., each sound corresponds to a different orientation of the toy. Typically when the toy is a doll, th... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4174833 | Simulated road racing game A game which simulates the sights and sounds of vehicles such as automobiles racing on one or more tracks, in which a vehicle is steered to avoid simulated crashing into the oncoming vehicles on the tracks, thus completing one or more laps of the race wit... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4170085 | Doll with growing hair A doll with a lock of hair of adjustable length and a torso which has upper and lower portions which are rotatable relative to each other. The internal doll structure at the waist of the doll which permits the lock of hair to be adjustable in length, so a... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4157633 | Doll and device apparently superposing an object on doll's reflected image A doll with a simulated identity or plurality of identities. The simulation is attained by providing a transparent panel which is both light transmissive and light reflective and which is viewed by the child playing with the doll, which doll is mounted in... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4136484 | Stuffed doll with bendable framework and method of making framework Improvements are provided in the internal framework of a stuffed bendable doll. The improved bendable framework in at least a portion of the interior of the doll consists of at least one linear framework member consisting of flexible metal wire coated wit... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4123062 | Game with multiple choice strategy A game played by two persons, namely a player and an opponent player. Each player has an equal plurality of playing pieces, and each player has alternate turns at manipulating a plurality of discrete identification elements bearing symbols, e.g. a pair of... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4107869 | Demountable toy house A toy house, such as a toy country store, formed by a plurality of interlocking panels which do not rely on separate pins, clips or the like for attachment together. In one embodiment the toy house is formed, without exterior walls, of panels which interl... | 08/22/1978 |
