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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| 7304170 | Method of producing polyesterified liquid anthraquinone-based colorants An inventive blue colorant comprising a chromophore having at least one hydroxy group-terminated polyester chain attached, through a suitable alkylamino linking group (or groups), to the 1-position, the 4-position, or both, of an anthraquinone backbone is provided. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7199164 | High-strength black polyurethane foams Black polyurethane foams that exhibit higher strength black colorations without the need for concomitant increases in black colorants therein are provided. Such a resultant jetter black foam article is possible through the unexpectedly effective introduction of smal... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7120509 | Sound and image producing system An invented sound and image producing system is disclosed. The system may include a cartridge that stores, processes and controls data representative of sound and/or images, and a player that provides the interface, annunciation and transduction of sound and/or imag... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7065417 | MPEG portable sound reproducing system and a reproducing method thereof Disclosed is an MPEG portable sound reproducing system and a method for reproducing sound data compressed using the MPEG method. The inventive system includes power supply means for supplying operational power to the system, the power supply means being realized thr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059933 | Ultrasonic signaling interactive toy An ultrasonic signaling interactive toy comprising of at least one ultrasonic transceiver inside an interactive toy. The ultrasonic transceiver is capable of transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals. Each interactive toy includes at least one ultrasonic transce... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6957509 | Rotating diving decoy rig A decoy rig 100 is described having a number of individual decoys 102 deployed at intervals along the length of a shaft 104. The decoys 102 are deployed at an angle relative to the shaft 104 axis, and oriented around the shaft 1... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6954416 | Sound generator and method for manufacturing the same A voice and other sounds to be are selected, the sounds are generated and recorded, the sounds are subjected to spectrum analysis and image processing the image-processed and displayed results of spectrum analysis are recorded on a recording medium. By rubbing the p... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952832 | Optical disk reading device having two ways to load a disk A disk reading device operates in both a suction mode and a cover-lifting mode. The device has a lower cover having a wall with an elongated opening provided in the wall, an upper cover that is connected for pivoting movement with respect to the lower cover, and a d... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6947352 | Audio recording playback device A desktop sound producing device for playing audio recordings from pre-recorded media having a plurality of individual selections recorded thereon. The device has a pyramid shaped housing having four side walls extending upward from a bottom wall to an apex forming ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6788359 | Method for illuminating liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same, and a liquid crystal display device using the same A method for illuminating a liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same and a liquid crystal display device using the same can improve the front luminance and production yield. Lights from a lamp is incident to a LCD panel side, whic... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6707777 | Toy box capable of emitting pre-recorded messages A toy box includes a lid pivotally attached to a base so as to define an internal cavity which can store one or more toys therein. An audio box is disposed within the cavity for transmitting pre-recorded audio messages through a speaker which encourages the placemen... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6572431 | Computer-controlled talking figure toy with animated features Disclosed herein is improvement of computer-controlled animated talking toy system in which novel methods and apparatus are provided to coordinate and control the sound and animation of a toy figure. Said toy figure has at least one articulated movable po... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6549502 | Voice mail floor mat A voice mail floor mat for greeting guests and allowing them to leave messages if nobody is at home. The voice mail floor mat includes a housing assembly including a housing having a top, wall and a bottom wall and being generally flat and also having a d... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6512727 | Talking straw with guide ridge An improved sound producing elongate member of the type that comprises a sound track thereon, the improvement wherein a ridge extends longitudinally on the surface thereof and the sound track is formed in said ridge.... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6319010 | PC peripheral interactive doll An interactive system for teaching, entertaining, and habituating a child utilizes an interactive entity such as a doll, the doll having input and output elements and control circuitry adapted for driving the I/O elements, and a bi-directional communicati... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6246927 | Inter-cooperating toys A method of managing a plurality of controllable objects in the storage and execution of instructions related to a performance of n desired actions comprising the steps of: (a) advising the plurality of objects that a first selected object is about to sto... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6043732 | Vacuum activated switch and container A vacuum activated switch for use in or with a drinking container and straw. The switch includes a flexible membrane, a traveling contact which rests on the flexible membrane, and a fixed contact which is mounted on an integrated circuit board. Suction up... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6022262 | Playback device for a crib A playback mechanism is provided including a housing. Also included is a plurality of components each mounted on the housing. Such components including a speaker for transmitting audible signals via free space and a memory connected to the speaker for tra... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6017260 | Speaking toy having plural messages and animated character face A generally circular flat housing supports a handle, a pivotable lever, and a base portion. At the circular portion of the housing, a ring of character segments each having a visually depicted character thereon are supported. A pointer is rotatably suppor... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5989091 | Bathtub toy A bathtub toy has a battery, timing circuit and an audible or visible output. A motion responsive switch closes to connect the battery to the output and start the timing circuit. The timing circuit shuts off the output after an interval until the switch a... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5982577 | Batteryless, spring-powered portable cassette player A novel system, e.g., an audio cassette player, is provided herein. The system simultaneously provides mechanical motion driven by a rotatable drive shaft which is rotating at a continuous predetermined desired speed, and for generating a voltage output b... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5903869 | Stick-on microchip recording and reproducing apparatus temporarily fastenable in selectable locations for message conveyance-, audio mail-, product promotion-, or self-reminder purposes A stick-on audio microchip recorder/playback product for message conveyance-, audio mail-, product promotion and self-reminder purposes. The product enables a user to record a personal (or business-oriented) message or self-reminder, and non-permanently f... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5798686 | Voice emitting pin A voice emitting pin is provided including a housing with a back opening and an interior space. Further provided is a back cover for releasably engaging the back opening of the housing. Also included is a pin assembly coupled to a rear surface of the back... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5746602 | PC peripheral interactive doll An interactive system for teaching, entertaining, and habituating a child utilizes an interactive entity such as a doll, the doll having a microphone, a speaker, and control circuitry adapted for driving the speaker and microphone and a bidirectional comm... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5465909 | Talking contribution box A talking contribution box for receipt of charitable contributions having a visual display of the cause for contribution. The apparatus includes a pedestal with a annular volume for housing a programmable voice driver and a transparent hollow enclosure co... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5452274 | Sound-activated playback device A sound-activated playback device which generally includes a sound-activated circuit and an electrically driven playback device which plays a recording on a selected prerecorded medium. The sound-activated circuit includes a noise sensor for sensing the s... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5344034 | Musical adaptor for baby nursing bottles An electronic musical adaptor for removable attachment to a baby nursing bottle to produce a musical tune to soothe and amuse the baby upon movement of the bottle during the feeding process. The adaptor comprising a cup-shaped housing, a melody producing ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5323370 | Children's music player with control lockout A children's music player with control lockout includes a housing supporting a conventional audio music player having a plurality of control arms operable in connection therewith. An on button and an off button are positioned upon the housing to provide a... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5304084 | Audible coin bank An audible coin bank includes: a hollow container (1) having a dropping slot (11) formed in an upper portion of the container for dropping coins (3) into the container through the slot (11) and a bottom hole (12) formed in a bottom portion of the containe... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5267318 | Model railroad cattle car sound effects A model railroad cattle car sound effects system includes a speech synthesis circuit (FIG. 6) for "playing" selected cow voices stored as digital data in an EPROM (160). In a random mode of operation, a state generator (30) provides a pseudo-random count ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5247511 | Compact sound record playing apparatus A casing of a sound record playing apparatus includes of an upper body (1B) and a lower body (1A), and a vibration plate (16) is formed by reducing a thickness of a part of the upper body. An inner surface of the vibration plate is in abutment with a pick... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5213234 | Moo cream pitcher A ceramic or plastic pitcher, in the form of a cow, with a hollow body for the purpose of filling with milk or other liquids with a hollow chamber at the rear end of the body for the purpose of housing a gravity activated electronic switch, whereas the sw... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5195919 | Panel piece combination toy A panel piece combination toy includes a panel piece having a predetermined shape and a base plate having a fitting hole into which the piece panel is fitted. The panel piece has a sound generating device built in the panel piece.... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5177733 | Sound recording playing apparatus with improved vibration plate A casing of a sound record playing apparatus includes an upper body (1B) and a lower body (1A), and a vibration plate (16) is formed by reducing a thickness of a part of the upper body. An inner surface of the vibration plate is in abutment with a pickup ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5166851 | Self-contained, mailable audio recording and reproducing apparatus having in certain embodiments a space adapted to receive indicia An "audio mailer," including a tape recorder or other sound recording and reproducing device non-removably encased and configured as a mailer, so that a user can conveniently and confidentially send or receive voice or other sound messages through the mai... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5164927 | Compact record player having downwardly extending notched rib and multiple selection levers A disk record sound reproducing apparatus includes a turntable having a cylindrical rib formed on the lower surface thereof and protruding downwardly therefrom. A plurality of selection levers, equal in number to a number of modulated grooves of a disk re... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5145447 | Multiple choice verbal sound toy A multiple-choice verbal sound toy uses a microprocessor to produce one song or poem that has at least one space or slot for introducing a supplementary verbal sound segment to complete the song or poem. The child user may be given a plurality of differen... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5138602 | Sound record playing apparatus having shock responsive weight member to actuate the same A turn table having a sound recording disk or record mounted thereon is normally urged upwardly by a spring disposed between a lower surface of the turn table and a chassis of a casing to apply a stylus force to a pickup. A weight member is rotatably and ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5109371 | Manual simplified acoustic playback apparatus An axis of a frictional driving wheel is supported at opposite ends thereof by bearings provided on the bottom of a casing. Within the casing is a turn table slidably and rotatably mounted on a center shaft. The turn table carries a sound recording disk l... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5103442 | Simplified acoustic playback apparatus A simplified acoustic disk record playback apparatus is disclosed having a battery-powered motor driving a turn table through a belt and pulley system. The turn table is centrally mounted on a rotating shaft. Overlying the turn table is a disk record whic... | 04/07/1992 |
