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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7083559 | Method for making changeable picture with movable members utilizing web fed printing process A novelty piece fabricated from a continuous roll of paper, with indicia applied to both sides. Fold lines and cut lines are provided at predetermined positions. The sheet is scored and die-cut, and an adhesive is applied at pre-selected locations. The paper is fold... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7014525 | Movable toy and movable toy set for the same A movable toy having movable bodies selected from the group consisting of at least a pair of wheels and leg portions which move when driven by a motor provided in the main toy body, wherein there is provided an energization detecting unit comprising at least three e... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6843701 | Design making toy A design making toy includes a housing having a bottom wall, an upper wall and a peripheral wall. A motor is mounted in the housing. An axle coupled to the motor extends upwardly through the upper wall. The motor is adapted for rotating the axle. A platform is attac... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6688794 | Amusement pen with turnable decoration An amusement pen with a turnable decoration. A turnable device is formed by pulling wires, a U shape swingable rod and a decoration. By operating the pulling wires, the decoration will turn around the two pulling wires. A driven device has two linkages fo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6666742 | Controlling light discharged by a phosphorescent material A material that phosphoresces may be controlled and the phosphorescence may be terminated when desired. A phosphorescing material may be exposed to an energy source that causes the material to stop phosphorescing. Thus, a pattern may be written on a surfa... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6595826 | Controlling light discharged by a phosphorescent material A material that phosphoresces may be controlled and the phosphorescence may be terminated when desired. A phosphorescing material may be exposed to an energy source that causes the material to stop phosphorescing. Thus, a pattern may be written on a surfa... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6585554 | Musical drawing assembly A musical drawing assembly having a drawing board on which a person can draw. A sensor is adapted to sense drawing movement on the drawing board. A storage device stores accompaniment melodies each having a different succession of musical tones. The stora... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6346024 | Bath toy with thermally erasable drawing surface A thermally erasable bath toy for enabling a user to create and erase drawing figures in a wet environment. The bath toy includes a drawing desk with a drawing surface that incorporates thermochromic material. A user can draw on the drawing surface by ind... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6332727 | Ballpoint pen stand decorated with twist dancing ornament A ballpoint pen stand decorated with twist dancing ornament comprises an ornament, an ornament seat, a metal wire, a wire fastener, a pen barrel, an ink cartridge and a pen cap. When in complete assembly, the writer holds the ornament seat firmly with one... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6113452 | Skipping toy with marker The present invention provides an amusement device wherein generally elongated, preferably stretchable member connects a ring at one end and a base a the other end. The ring is adapted to fit around an ankle region of a person, and the amusement device is... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6086445 | Writing device The invention provides exemplary writing devices and methods for their use. The writing devices comprise a plurality of segments which are removably coupled to each other. At least some of the segments include a writing mechanism. In this way, the segment... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5980351 | Recreational printing device A set of footwear blocks having a set of footwear blocks has indicia, such as animal tracks or characters thereon, wherein the tracks can be interchanged between different images. The blocks also have rigid handles to support the arms of the child while w... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5918373 | Design drawing device An improved design drawing device for drawing amorphous patterns is disclosed. The drawing device contains a segmented flexible guide comprised of segments covered with a soft plastic or rubber or rubber type surface piece. The segments each consist of a ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5752870 | Line-drawing toy The invention disclosed is directed to a line-drawing toy including a base, a wheel rotatably joined to the base that rotates under friction with a contact surface, a leading support joined to the base and spaced apart from the wheel, a pen part operative... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5709033 | Drawing device An improved design drawing device for drawing amorphous patterns is disclosed. The drawing device contains at least one flexible guide bendable into any desired shape and having an outer circumference wall and an inner circumference wall, at least one sol... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5649028 | Connect-the-dots drawing production device The present invention provides a device for automatically creating a connect-the-dots drawing from an existing image. Edge detection techniques are used to determine the edges in an image and corner points are determined along the edges. The corner points... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5501601 | Educational drawing toy with sound-generating function An educational drawing toy with sound-generating function has a resilient whiteboard, plural sets of contacts arranged in the form of a matrix underneath the resilient whiteboard, and a sound-generating circuit electrically connected to the plural sets of... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5425664 | Magnet painter toy A magnet painter toy includes a nonmagnetic plate for supporting a painting sheet on its upper surface, a magnet that is manually moved over the lower surface of the plate by a user, and a figure positioned on the painting sheet in registration with the m... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5046985 | Doll with a face flap overlying a markable face plate A doll is provided having a permanently imprinted doll face on a flap overlying a blank face plate. When the flap is in a down position, the doll is played-with in a conventional manner. When the flap is raised, the plate is revealed and the child can dra... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4986685 | Writing instrument A novelty writing instrument which simulates the appearance of a food product such as a cookie or hamburger. Housed within the instrument is constructed from two mating parts. When the two parts are separated, the writing tip of the writing element is exp... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4959037 | Writing doll A writing doll having a body portion, a head mounted on top of the body portion, a pair of legs protruding from the bottom of the body portion, and a pair of arms connected to the body portion. The arms include a pair of hands with one hand formed to hold... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4934712 | Weighted objects with tether and means for twisting tether to raise and lower objects A weighted object is attached to a tether and the tether is twisted to cause the weighted object to spin and to change in vertical position. The apparatus which causes the tether to twist can also orbit through a path to cause horizontal motion of the wei... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4901901 | Shopping cart desk A shopping cart desk is set forth including a first and second rigid plate with a flexible spine enabling overlying alignment of a first and second plate together with securement members to secure the first and second plates utilizing hook and loop fasten... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4768987 | Toy automobile having a body formed by a composition for writing A toy automobile equipped with a running device, has a body which can be used to write characters and pictures on paper. The body of the toy automobile is formed of a composition for writing which contains 25 to 80% by weight of polyolefin, 5 to 60% by weight ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4561184 | School utensil and toy robot A school utensil and toy is provided which includes a support member, two leg members rotatably connected to the support member and two foot members rotatably connected to the leg members. At least one of the foot members includes an ink pen which can be ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4548584 | Computer controlled mobile device A mobile device to be connected to a home microcomputer is arranged to facilitate and encourage experimentation by the user. The device is largely made from construction kit ports, facilitating modifications and additions to its structure. Drive is provid... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4540375 | Graphic arts toy A graphic arts toy including a string retaining sketch pad, an elongated string, and means for storing, dispensing and retracting the string. The string retaining sketch pad comprises a flexible, plate-like element having a plurality of upwardly extending... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4468146 | Crayon holder The crayon holder includes a hollow body telescoped with respect to a collet member having jaws at one end. The collet member at a location remote from the jaws is threaded to a cylindrical portion of the body. A sleeve is telescoped over each of said bod... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4371167 | Psychographs with sound producing members A psychograph including a bottom member provided with a plurality of indicia on its upper surface and a planchette or small table movable relative to the upper surface so as to successively indicate various of the indicia can be constructed so as to produ... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4369579 | Device for drawing a pattern on a support, particularly for use as a toy The device comprises a box, a pencil-holder with a magnet, for sliding on the box, a carriage in the box, with a magnet, and means for moving the carriage for displacing the pencil-holder through the magnets. A drawing support is placed on the box, so tha... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4306818 | Animal figure writing or coloring utensil An animal figure toy is constructed as a container or housing including a container portion proper and a cover or cap. The container and cover or cap form an enclosed space for holding a writing or coloring device. In another embodiment the enclosed space... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4227335 | Graphic art toy The present invention relates to a graphic arts toy wherein a flexible string may be selectively attached at a wide variety of points around an exposed display surface to portray any desired pictorial representation and wherein the string may be quickly a... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4127963 | Toy drawing doll A toy doll provided with a torso and arms mounted to move with respect to the torso, a writing instrument to be held by one of the arms, a motor, a mechanism operatively connecting the one arm to the motor to cause the arm to oscillate with respect to the... | 12/05/1978 |
