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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120052767 | IMAGE CAPTURING TOY An image capturing toy may include a toy vehicle that may include at least one wheel and a camera, the camera including a camera lens and/or a housing that may include a first aperture and a wheel chock configured to inhibit displacement of a wheel. The housing may be m... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045964 | Toy workover rig A toy workover rig modeling the kind used to service oil and gas wells. The workover rig includes a wheeled truck. An extensible mast is pivotally fastened to the truck. A remotely-controlled pivoting assembly is connected to the truck for selectively moving the mast fr... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120009846 | Gearbox Assembly for Toy Vehicle A gearbox for a toy vehicle is provided that is adapted to transmit rotational power from a motor to a first drivetrain system adapted to drive a wheel and a second drivetrain system adapted to actuate an accessory feature. A swing mechanism is provided to alternatively... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110256797 | Liquid Filled Rolling Novelty Toy Having Transparent Polyurethane-Based Shell A rolling fluid-filled toy novelty having a transparent shell so that the fluid within the toy is visible. The toy novelty has a molded shell. A base is provided that is affixed to the molded shell. Together, the molded shell and base define a watertight internal chambe... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110207381 | Toy wheel chair An apparatus formed or molded from hard plastics, aluminum, or Teflon type child safe materials as a child's toy is provided. The apparatus is modeled after a human sized wheel chair accompanied by a young adult human doll like figure. The apparatus is operated manually... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110177754 | AUTOMOBILE TOY An automobile toy, including, a front wheel chassis for supporting a front wheel axle, and a rear wheel chassis for supporting a rear wheel axle, the rear wheel chassis including, two arms extending forward, an end portion of each of the two arms being coupled to the fr... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110159778 | SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING OVERINFLATION OF INNER TUBES AND CHILDREN'S RIDE-ON VEHICLES INCLUDING THE SAME A system for preventing overinflation of an inner tube is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system may include a wheel; and a tube-bursting region of the wheel, wherein the tube-bursting region is configured to facilitate bursting of an associated inner tube when the ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110104982 | TOY RACE CAR A toy race car includes four wheels and a compartment for a marble in a central region of the car. With a marble installed in the car, all four wheels and the marble may roll at the same time as the car is moved. The car may be rolled on a surface or raced on a track. I... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110065351 | Transformable Toy Vehicle A remote controlled transformable toy vehicle that is remotely transformable from a standing position to a flying position, where the toy performs like a helicopter and also to a driving position, where the toy performs like a wheeled vehicle. Transformations are carrie... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110021112 | TOY MODEL WITH TRANSFORMING TIRE MECHANISM In accordance with one implementation of the present principles, the toy model tires are designed to be divided into sections. Each divided tire section independently pivots on its own fixed fulcrum point. In response to terrain conditions, the tires can transform by th... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110014850 | Gravity Racing Car An improved gravity racing car which includes an interior cavity for the arrangement of removable weights/ballast, removable tires, and body savers/sliders which is particularly suited for use in gravity racing down a track with lane dividers and turns, twists and/or ba... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100297909 | ELECTRONIC TOY An electronic toy includes a main body and a moving device disposed under the main body for moving the electronic toy. The moving device includes a fixing board, a first wheel, a second wheel, and a motor. The first wheel and the second wheel are magnetic. The first whe... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100261407 | TWO-WHEEL TOY CAR A two-wheel toy car includes a car body, a chassis for supporting the car body, a wheel assembly, and two balancing assemblies fixed to the chassis. The chassis includes an inner surface facing the car body and symmetrically defines two through holes. The wheel assembly... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100184352 | Toy Apparatus and Method of Use Thereof Toy apparatus is provided including a playbase (22) and at least a first toy member (16) movable relative to said playbase between at least first (36) and second (90) positions via movement means. The movement means are arranged so as to sepa... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100178844 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING WHEELS AND WHEEL THEREOF A wheel includes a main body, a tire, a movable fixing pin, an electromagnet, and an elastic member. The tire is sleeved on the main body and defines a fixing hole. The tire is operable to rotate around the main body. The fixing pin is operable to be inserted into the f... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100173563 | WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR TOY CAR A wheel assembly includes a shaft and a pair of wheels rotatably connected to opposite ends of the shaft. Each wheel includes an inner cover, an outer cover connected to the inner cover, and a steering member sandwiched between the inner cover and the outer cover. The s... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100124868 | MOVEABLE ELECTRONIC TOY AND MOVING METHOD THEREOF A moveable electronic toy includes two wheels, two motors configured for driving the two wheels, a deviation detecting module, an adjusting module and a driving module. The deviation detecting module is configured for detecting angular velocities of the two wheels to de... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100099331 | WHEELED ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME An electronic device with a plurality of wheels is provided. The electronic device comprises a wheel driver, sensing menas, a rotation information obtaining module, and a controlling module. The wheel driver is used for rotating the plurality of wheels. The sensing mean... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100081358 | TOY VEHICLE AND TERRAIN MONITORING SYSTEM USED THEREIN A toy vehicle includes a chassis, at least one light guide plate, at least one sensor unit and a driving unit. The at least one light guide plate includes a first portion and a second portion and is embedded into the chassis by the first portion. The at least one sensor... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100075573 | Toy with Housing Having Movable Components The present invention relates to a toy or toy playset that includes a housing with a movable door and a movable platform. In one embodiment, the door is placed proximate to an opening in the housing and can be moved between a lowered position and a raised position. In o... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100062681 | MOVEABLE ELECTRONIC TOY A moveable electronic toy includes a base, a base cover, two wheels and two wheel covers. The base cover is fixedly mounted on the base. The two wheels are rotatably connected to the base and exposed from the base cover. The two wheel covers is detachably coupled to the... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100062680 | TOUCH SENSITIVE TOY SYSTEM A touch sensitive toy comprising a car body; a sensor having a surface sensitive to the touch of a person, wherein the sensor is attached to the card body such that the surface sensitive to the touch of a person is outwardly facing; a circuit electrically coupled to the... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100009597 | Toy Vehicle, And Wheel Device And Carriage Frame For The Toy Vehicle A wheel device for a toy vehicle, in which one of a pair of wheels rolling on a pair of metal rails attracts with a magnet to reduce resistance caused by magnetic force and suppress load on a motor. The wheel device 1 includes a first axle 2, and a first w... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090321168 | CHILDREN'S RIDE-ON VEHICLES HAVING GROUND DETECTION SYSTEMS Children's ride-on vehicles having a drive assembly that is selectively configured between a plurality of drive configurations, such as responsive to user inputs via user input devices, and a ground detection system that is adapted to detect when at least one of a plura... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090264047 | MODULAR TOY VEHICLE A modular toy vehicle design having a universal mating system between the body of the vehicle and the chassis such that multiple body styles will interchangeably mate with multiple chassis designs and where electrical interfaces are automatically established between the... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090203293 | CHILDREN'S VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY PEDAL VEHICLE The children's vehicle, particularly pedal vehicle, is characterized by a sweeping device which is provided with at least one brush and is detachably connectable to the children's vehicle. For driving the brush roller a driver wheel is arranged that in the operative pos... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090191788 | CASTER MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR RIDE-ON TOY A children's ride-on toy includes at least two casters. The ride-on toy has a first caster mount connected to the body, wherein the first caster mount comprises a first caster receptacle, and a second caster mount connected to the body, wherein the second caster mount c... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090156088 | AMBIENCE CREATION DEVICE, TRAVELING TOY, AMBIENCE CREATION METHOD, AND AMBIENCE CREATION PROGRAM A reality generating device wherein a traveling toy with a chassis and a body includes: an operation sound generating unit for generating operation sounds of the traveling toy during operation; a vibration generating unit attached to the body for causing the body to vib... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090124164 | TRANSFORMABLE TOY VEHICLE A toy vehicle includes a central housing having first and second oppositely disposed sides. A first wheel is rotatably mounted on the first side of the housing and a second wheel is rotatably mounted on the second side of the housing. Each of the first and second wheels... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090091116 | Vehicle-shaped book An improved vehicle-shaped book includes a lower chassis body, an upright book support strut and at least two book pages, each page including a middle foam plate and front and back semi-rigid paper plates mounted on and sandwiching the middle foam plate, the book pages ... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090088046 | TOY VEHICLE A toy vehicle includes a plurality of wheels and an electric motor operably coupled to rotate at least one of the wheels. At least the one wheel and preferably each rotated wheel includes a hub and a tire mounted on the hub. The tire has an interior sufficiently hollow ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080318491 | Automobile toy Disclosed is an automobile toy, including: a first chassis to support an axle of a front wheel; and a second chassis to support an axle of a rear wheel, wherein the first and second chassis are rotatably connected with each other by a rotating shaft that lies along a wi... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080220692 | MULTI-MODE THREE WHEELED TOY VEHICLE A toy vehicle has first, second and third wheels for movement over a surface. Each of the first, second and third wheels has a respective first, second and third axis of rotation that lies between the remaining two other axes of rotation such that the three axes of rota... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080207086 | Children's toy, particularly children's vehicle with bucket The children's vehicle comprises a bucket which is held on two arms arranged side by side, which are pivotably fastened about an axis to the vehicle body and can hold the bucket in a raised position, in which the arms are locked on the toy body, and can lower the bucket... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080076323 | Conjuring Tool The invention provides a conjuring tool which can be used as the magic implement for various magic tricks so that perform in more magical style, the conjuring tool is comprised of a traveling body having wheels which are pivotally attached to rotatable wheel shafts, a s... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080070475 | TOY VEHICLE The toy vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a parallelogram extension assembly, and an actuation assembly. The parallelogram extension assembly moveably couples the body to the chassis such that the body can move forward in a substantially arc-shaped path from a positio... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080060861 | ENTERTAINMENT VEHICLE THAT SIMULATES A VEHICLE WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND MULTIPLE GEAR RATIOS The entertainment vehicle of the preferred embodiments includes a motor having an output torque, a gear selector that receives a gear selection amongst a number of simulated gear ratios, a sensor that senses the vehicle speed of the vehicle, and a processor that determi... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080032596 | WHEELED TOY VEHICLES AND PLAYSETS FOR USE THEREWITH A play system includes a toy vehicle and a playset for use therewith. A toy vehicle includes a chassis having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface including structure configured to define a pair of substantially parallel grooves across the bottom surfa... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20070259602 | Aerial maneuvering jumping toy A toy vehicle. The toy vehicle includes a core and a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the core. A jumping assembly operatively connected to at least one of the wheels is configured to cause the toy to jump at least in part by extending that wheel away from the c... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070178804 | Toy vehicle having fanciful facial expression A toy vehicle includes a body supported by a plurality of wheels. The body also includes a roof and rear window supporting a plurality of user inputs. Within the toy vehicle body, a microprocessor controlled drive and steering mechanism is operative. The operation of th... | 08/02/2007 |
