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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5086948 | Tennis ball pack dispensing and retrieving apparatus A tennis ball pack apparatus for dispensing balls in one mode of operation while positioned on a player's back and retrieving balls in another mode of operation upon removal from the back. An elongated housing which is strapped to the player's back includ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4858041 | Tracking servo control In a disc drive head positioning system a reference signal generator synthesizes a real time analogue representation of a perfect signal as would be outputted by the tracking sensor during a theoretically perfect movement to the desired disc track, which ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4844474 | Exploding toy apparatus A toy apparatus having a plurality of exploding members exploded and ejected from a housing in seriatum by radiant energy hitting the housing at a predetermined location. The exploding members are held to the housing by latches positioned in the path of a... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4787876 | Toy musical playset A toy musical playset having a teapot with xylophone keys which is filled with styrene plastic beads, a number of pots with xylophone keys and a pan with a xylophone key, tambourine symbols and musical ribs. The pots, pan and teapot may be stacked on top ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4772241 | Toy top with impeller-driven flywheel A toy top having an air impeller-driven flywheel and a spring-latch mechanism which releases an upper portion of the top from a lower housing when an articulated arm of the spinning top comes into contact with an object such as a stationary object or anot... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4767053 | Multifunction toy stunt set A toy stunt set which can be used to form a loop and ramps for use during play with toy vehicles. Two tower members with engaging grooves are mounted on top of a base. A frame with flexible sheet pieces is positioned between the tower members. A rod at th... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4762513 | Reconfigurable walking toy with gear mechanism A reconfigurable walking toy which may be operated by turning a control knob which activates a gear mechanism within the toy used to move the leg members of the toy in order to simulate a walking action. The toy has two leg members, each having upper and ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4755160 | Stuffed toy having spiral-shaped, form-retaining appendages and method of fabrication therefor A stuffed toy having spiral-shaped, form-retaining appendages. The appendages have spiral-shaped outer covers made out of a compliant material which are secured together at longitudinal seams extending along the length of the appendages. Fill material is ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4755159 | Carrying case usable as a toy building or toy playground A carrying case which may be used as a toy building or toy playground. The carrying case has two foldable sides rotatably and removably hinged to its base by breakaway hinges featuring ball and socket portions. The other two sides of the carrying case rem... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4750900 | Quick draw mechanism for figure toy A quick drawing mechanism for use in an animated figure toy having a hollow torso and arm. A push button at the back of the torso is pushed causing a plate with rack to pivot and an arm connector having gears which engage the rack to rotate. Rotation of t... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4744781 | Amphibious toy vehicle An amphibious toy vehicle having paddles located within the wheels of the toy vehicle which can be extended outside the wheels in order to propel the vehicle forward and backward in water. A flotation chamber is provided at the bottom of the vehicle. A ge... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4738647 | Activity toy for forming and dissolving a figure toy An activity toy which may be used to first form a toy monster figure by shaping a plastic molding material mixed with sodium bicarbonate powder around a toy skeleton, and to then dissolve or break the molding material free from the toy skeleton by immersi... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4735660 | Cross-linked gel modeling composition A cross-linked gel modeling composition of various colors that is cohesively strong but pliable and ductile which results from the addition of wood flour to a waterbased gel using cross-linkable guar gum as a gellant.... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4734076 | Toy vehicle play setting A toy vehicle play setting simulating a crash test and repair station for use with toy vehicles having body components rotatable on impact to simulate damage from a collision, the setting having a supporting surface member with at least one garage like st... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4732049 | Removable toy motor module A removable toy motor module which can be used with a variety of figure toys and toy accessories. The motor module uses a battery powered motor which drives an output gear extending from a motor housing. The output gear can be used to drive a variety of a... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4732569 | Toy vehicle launcher A toy vehicle launcher used to propel a toy vehicle forward by pulling a flexible rack so that cam portions attached to the rack and launcher operably engage each other bending a flexible support downward in order to release the vehicle. A slider attaches... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4723932 | Toy doll having articulated arms and a tiltable upper torso A toy doll having arms which move in response to the upper torso of the doll being pivoted about a horizontal axis. As the upper torso of the doll is tilted back and forth, a pin engaged to the lower torso of the doll slidably engages the upper curved sur... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4718875 | Toy vehicle with foldable wheels A toy vehicle having wheels which may be folded to a horizontal position under the vehicle by squeezing a hand grip. Two elongated axle members are rotatably engaged to the sides of the vehicle. The wheels are rotatably mounted on front and rear axles att... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4715843 | Toy vehicle playset A toy vehicle playset includes a roadway, a booster for impelling a vehicle along the roadway, a ramp positioned in the roadway to provide a path for an impelled vehicle to leap a predetermined distance, a catcher positioned in the roadway to catch a vehi... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4714446 | Toy figure with expandable latch A toy figure having two torso halves releasably held together by a pair of engaging lips attached to an expandable latch. A cable may be easily inserted into an aperture in the back of the toy figure. A child may then press a cable button which forces an ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4696656 | Reconfigurable toy A reconfigurable toy which may be used to selectively simulate a robotic humanoid figure and a rock configuration. The toy has head, arm and leg members which are rotatably coupled to a torso member. Each member has a surface simulating part of a robotic ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4695262 | Toy rotating gear accessory for use with gyroscopic top A toy rotating gear accessory which may be used in conjunction with a gyroscopic top. The accessory has a supporting body with a number of apertures passing through it. One or more circular gears may be removably attached to the supporting body by segment... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4690658 | Toy car launcher with expandable scissors members A toy vehicle launcher having a hand grip which can be squeezed to move expandable scissors members forward in order to launch a toy vehicle. The scissors members form an expandable parallelogram linkage which is slidable mounted inside the launcher. When... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4685894 | Toy vehicle with ejectable flywheel seat and opening gates A toy vehicle having front opening gates and an ejectable flywheel seat which may be used as a gyroscopic top or to propel the vehicle. The flywheel seat is removably mounted to the top of the vehicle. A launching level rotatably coupled to the front axle... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4685892 | Toy construction set A toy construction set having a plurality of generally planar geometrically configured unitary multi-sided construction elements, with each side having a tab connected thereto with living hinges, each tab including an aligned pair of connectors, each conn... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4682969 | Reconfigurable vehicle-robot toy A toy for use in conjunction with a toy doll that can simulate both a robot and a vehicle is presented. The toy transforms from the configuration of a vehicle to that of a robot by rotating or moving upper and lower leg members with respect to each other ... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4673373 | Transformable toy block and hinge therefor A toy block constructed into one geometrically regular block formed from at least two nestingly interengagingly configured three-dimensional components having adjacent pairs of couplers interconnected by a generally H-shaped unitary hinge, the hinge havin... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4673367 | Animated figure toy An animated figure toy having a lower torso with a trunnion member coupled for rotatable movement, the trunnion including hinge couplers connectable to mating hinge portions on the interior of front and rear halves of the upper torso. A spring is position... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4673374 | Articulated limb assemby for figure toy An articulated limb assembly for a figure toy which allows the limbs of the figure toy to be rotated about three different axes for the purpose of posing the limbs. The assembly includes a supporting track mounted within the hollow torso of the figure toy... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4669657 | Toy train play setting with detachable storage building A toy train play setting having a landscape base structure molded in one piece, the upper surface having formed thereon a trackway, a depressed roadway portion, and upwardly extending wall portions of generally rectangular form for detachably receiving th... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4668205 | Toy vehicle for simulating vehicle and aircraft A toy that can be used to simulate a vehicle or an aircraft is presented. The toy has a hood rotatably coupled to its front end which may be opened and closed. A rear portion is rotatably coupled to the rear end of the toy and may be rotated to two positi... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4662857 | Articulated soft doll construction assembly An articulated soft doll construction in which a soft skin covers a soft doll head and a soft skin covers a soft torso in which the head is universally moveable relative to the torso. The torso has a first skin cover covering a fiber filler material. The ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4659320 | Toy vehicle with disc launching apparatus and disks A toy vehicle disk launching apparatus for launching small disks in spinning fashion into a surface for accelerated travel therealong. A chassis supported by wheels includes a housing having a track for loading disks with spindle portions on the axis ther... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4657518 | Motion delay mechanism for animated figure toy A motion delay mechanism is disclosed which can be mounted within the torso of an animated figure toy having articulated arms. A spring is used to rotate the arms and a governor is incorporated into the mechanism for the purpose of delaying movement of th... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4655720 | Toy glider A toy glider having a generally rigid spine member with integrally formed transversely extending connector portions configured for receiving the wings therein, with the wings being separable from the spine member on impact. The wings are provided with cre... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4655723 | Child's activity ring toy A child's activity ring toy having first and second concentric ring portions, at least a part of at least one of the ring portions having thread segments along a multiple screw path with adjacent thread segments of adjacent screw paths overlapping in the ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4655726 | Toy doll figure for displaying colors A toy doll figure for displaying colors through an opening formed in the torso of the doll figure. The torso opening is covered with a hinged flap member. Disposed inside the torso which is a hollow housing is a drum member that is journaled in the housin... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4655727 | Toy vehicle A toy vehicle having a base portion; a top portion; and a mechanical arrangement linking the base portion to the top portion for causing the top portion to move to a number of different positions with respect to the base portion, the aforementioned arrang... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4639234 | Toy play set with puppet for toy action figures A toy playset for use with toy action figures including a simulated cage having a door, an arrangement for securing and releasing the door capable of being reached by a toy action figure used with the playset, a trap capable of ensnaring a toy action figu... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4637907 | Latex dip tooling and method for forming same A tool for use in a latex dip process for producing a latex skin in a given configuration, the tool being formed by producing an electro-formed female mold from a sculpture of the desired configuration, casting a vinyl skin from the electro-formed female ... | 01/20/1987 |
