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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364489 | Electromechanical toy A toy includes a body, a motor within the body, an appendage coupled to the body of the toy, a tail device coupled to the body of the toy, and a neck device coupled to the body of the toy. The appendage is actuated by the motor to move along a first path. The tail d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7326101 | Switching arrangements and accessories capable of activation by air A switching arrangement capable of being actuated by an application of an air current with a playset component, a movable member for receiving an application of an air current relative to the playset component wherein the movable member for receiving an application ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7300344 | Video game apparatus, a character training controlling method, and a readable storage medium storing character training control programs A character training control includes setting a character to be trained and its training initial values when a training mode is instructed; obtaining training values to be added to the training initial values of the character by causing the set character to take act... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294060 | Interactive device An interactive device includes a base unit and at least one interchangeable cartridge. The base unit comprises a transparent pressure-sensitive touchscreen overlying the cartridge and a microphone. The cartridge comprises a scroll having a plurality of image frames ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7048381 | Cylindrical lens array for scrolling colors, projection system using same, and scrolling method A cylindrical lens array for achieving color scrolling, a projection system using the cylindrical lens array, and a scrolling method. The cylindrical lens array is formed by arranging lens cells in an endless track. When the cylindrical lens array rotates, light ray... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6960715 | Music instrument system and methods A system and methods which allow even a novice performer to easily play music which is not disharmonious and which is pleasing to the performer and his or her audience. The music is preferably created by a performer breaking one or more beams of light, which are emi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6905391 | Scanning toy An interactive shopping role-play toy comprises a toy item bin, a first set of toy items replicating shopping items, an input device adapted to uniquely identify each of the toy items; and an audio playback device adapted to play an audio acknowledgment associated w... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6882291 | Operating device An operating device is capable of both digital operation and analog operation by using a pressing operation continuously. The operating device has detecting elements (e.g., pressure-sensitive elements) for outputting analog signals according to the pressing operatio... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6755713 | Toy with correlated audible and visual outputs The invention includes a toy having a translucent body that includes a first surface and a second surface. A light source is disposed opposite the first surface. The first surface includes an image of a facial feature in a first position and the second surface inclu... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6722973 | Apparatus for the simulated rearing of a movable living object There is provided a rearing simulation apparatus which can dramatically produce further rearing pleasure for a player by allowing the player to rear and grow an imaginary living body of the rearing simulation apparatus and constructing the rearing simulation apparat... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6612897 | Musical toy with a motor driven display A toy includes a housing, a plurality of buttons arranged to initiate playback of a tune or other sounds, a transparent enclosure containing a plurality of balls, an agitator extending into the enclosure, a motor mounted within the housing for causing the... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6406300 | Board game teaching letter locations on a keyboard A board game teaching letter locations on a keyboard including a first game board and a second game board. The upper surface of the first game board has a spinning wheel, a computer keyboard, and a pair of hand placement markers disposed thereon. The lowe... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6332824 | Convertible child's toy A child's toy is provided which is convertible between an infant's gym and a toddler's piano. In the infant configuration, a small child can be placed under or seated in front of the toy within reach of hanging shapes. When the infant moves the hanging sh... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6322369 | Christian learning tool The Christian learning tool is an educational toy having a base in the shape of an open Bible, the top surface of the base being divided into a left side and a right side. The left side has a cradle defined therein receiving a pair of praying hands attach... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6264523 | Communicating toy A communication system includes a talking doll arranged to speak to a user and to request the user to carry out various tasks. The user responds to such requests by selecting and pressing keys on a remote keyboard. The doll and the keyboard communicate us... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6227966 | Simulation device for fostering a virtual creature With a purpose of providing a simulation device for fostering a virtual creature where the virtual creature is disciplined, the virtual creature is grown and fostered when a player conducts a corresponding treatment in response to a call or a request from... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6029042 | Educational audio playback device including hidden graphical images located below pivoting button elements A novel educational audio playback device is disclosed which, in the preferred embodiment, is in the shape of a simulated telephone. On the body of the apparatus are a plurality of buttons, each of the buttons having a hinged cover mounted thereon. These ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5984758 | Simulated computer A simulated computer includes a plurality of images, including at least one character image and a plurality of activity images, and user-operable keys for selecting one of the images, a selected one of the activity images being illuminated to indicate the... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5873765 | Toy having data downloading station A conventional computer is coupled to a data downloading station which in turn receives a downloadable toy. The downloading station includes a data transmitter such as an infrared light emitting diode while the toy includes a corresponding receiver or sen... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5773738 | Piano toy having automatic playing keys A piano set having automatic playing keys comprises a bracket having a plurality of fixing columns and mounting sockets. A gear set, linkage set of a gear set driven by a motor and connecting shaft of the keyboard are rotationally mounted thereon. The bra... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5647786 | Stuffed personal computer toy A stuffed personal computer toy, having a simulated processing unit, a simulated monitor, and a simulated keyboard, all of which are constructed of a soft material and provide the appearance of complementary functional components of a functional personal ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5545071 | Educational toy keyboard An educational toy keyboard is constructed of a main body, keys arranged on the main body, and transparent cylinders corresponding to the individual keys. The transparent cylinders are mounted on the main body and tone-indicating characterful figures are ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5478240 | Educational toy An electronic toy for teaching a child language and arithmetic skills utilizing a keyboard which is associated with the toy. Various illustrated cards intended to assist the child in learning language and mathematical skills are inserted into a slot assoc... | 12/26/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5312284 | Incrementally moved cylindrical lens display system for toy A toy computer includes a keyboard housing and a monitor housing pivotally secured by a hinge coupler. A depressible keyboard unit is pivotally supported by the keyboard housing and is coupled to a movable slider within the interior of the keyboard housin... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5209665 | Interactive audio visual work An audio-visual book includes a plurality of pages and a text portion on the plurality of pages. The text portion includes, on each of at least two of the pages, both a plurality of lines of text and a plurality of different predetermined graphic depictio... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5184971 | Toy telephone recorder with picture actuated recording and playback This invention is a toy audio recorder in the exterior shape of a telephone. The recorder is equipped with large pushbutton assemblies capable of housing illustrations. Depressing one of the pushbutton assemblies will playback the message stored in the st... | 02/09/1993 |
| 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 |
| 4973287 | Simulative check out station A toy check out station simulates the action of an actual check out station by including a work supporting surface, a system that simulates the action of a bar code reader system, a cash register and a conveyor system. The station includes a plurality of ... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4536164 | Toy computer busy box assembly A toy computer "busy box" assembly wherein a toy assembly in the form of a simulated computer is provided with hand manipulated actuating members in a keyboard section connected to image producing members in a screen section through systems of gears and l... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4485555 | Drafting device for use with computers A drawing device having a platform from which a marking instrument is suspended and wheels for moving the instrument over the surface of a drawing medium, a pair of these wheels being mounted equidistantly on opposite sides of the instrument, each of the ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4307534 | Cash register toy A toy having a chassis generally configured to simulate a cash register and a mechanism for numerically displaying a price of specific merchandise depicted on a card, is disclosed. The mechanism includes a first and a second panel of the chassis which def... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4295036 | Toy cash register A toy cash register principally molded from rigid plastic material and comprising a shell-like housing having an upstanding rearward portion containing a rotatable register drum having cash indicia thereon, a drawer slidable in the lower portion of said h... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4282674 | Toy cash register A toy cash register for young children and the like includes a housing having an indicia display window formed on a portion thereof with an indicia display disc mounted behind the window having a plurality of different indicia thereon for selective displa... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4195423 | Pop-up cash register A toy cash register device which closely simulates the operation of an actual real life cash register having a plurality of program plates depicting thereon various items of merchandise and monetary values therefore with each plate having a total value fo... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4185533 | Toy musical instrument A musical instrument is disclosed which is capable of being operated in either of two different ways--through the use of a rotary record member, or through the manual manipulation of individual keys. The instrument disclosed includes a windchest used to s... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4156322 | Simulated toy typewriter A simulated toy typewriter which is effective as a toy can be constructed utilizing a carriage movably mounted on a housing so as to be capable of being moved between the ends of a linear path. At least one simulated key or key element accessible from the... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4075780 | Marionette actuation This marionette show unit is primarily intended for the operation by and entertainment of a child rather than for professional use. Marionette assemblies include a marionette suspended from a suspension unit. The assembly may be placed in any one of four posit... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4075771 | Toy simulating a calculator A toy simulating a calculator having a visual display read-out by providing a housing having a display window with a continuous loop of strip material viewable therein, the strip having a plurality of stations with indicia thereon, the stations being pres... | 02/28/1978 |
