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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7727043 | Curling structure for a simulated aquatic creature and the like A curling structure for use in mechanical swimming creatures and the like includes a series of jointed segments pivotally connected together, with cross members pivotally connected between non-adjacent segments. Each cross member has its first end pivotally connecte... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7435152 | Apparatus and method for centrifugal material deposition and products thereof A centrifugal dispensing apparatus with a centrifugal dispensing drum that can be divided into compartments and that has at least one open inner volume for retaining a volume of flowable material, an exit aperture for each open inner volume for allowing flowable mat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7347759 | Self-propelled toy duck A self-propelled aquatic apparatus having a duck shaped body, wherein the body is partially filled with floatation material, a base, a waterproof battery container, a battery, a battery compartment, an electro-mechanical propulsion mechanism having a pair of webbed ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7247077 | Aquatic toys An aquatic toy that is capable of maintaining a desired form and position in water, which includes a fabric portion, at least one hollow opening formed in the fabric portion, a frame pocket formed substantially around a perimeter of the hollow opening, and a frame m... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7189135 | Underwater fun toy An underwater fun toy includes a buoyant body having an upper and lower surface and a receiving portion communicating through the upper and lower surface, an underwater member receivable in the receiving portion having a first and second surface, first and second en... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186162 | Aquatic amusement toy An aquatic amusement toy including a buoyant body and an underwater member. The buoyant has a housing including an engaging portion, a first protruding shell and a second protruding shell, and the underwater member has a first and second face and a receiving portion... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7101248 | Aquatic fun toy An aquatic fun toy for an aquatic game including a buoyant body having an upper and a lower surface and a receiving portion communicating through the upper and lower surface, an underwater member receivable in the receiving portion and a plurality of supporting port... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7052357 | Toy submersible projectile A submersible projectile includes an elongate body. The elongate body has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end and a peripheral surface. The elongate body has a generally elliptical cross-section along substantially all of the axial length of the elongate ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7017912 | Aquatic amusing toy An aquatic amusing toy is adapted for an aquatic game combining dive and amusement and includes a holding element and at least a sinking object. The holding element has a holding portion and a hollow portion defining an opening therein. In an aquatic game, the sinki... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6959838 | Toy water gun with distributor wheel The present invention is directed to a toy gun system that may include a toy gun having a housing with a nozzle, wherein the toy water gun may be adapted to discharge an output stream of liquid through the nozzle. The toy gun system may further include a wheel fabri... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6926577 | Underwater device and method of play A device for recreational and educational use includes a substantially cylindrical section having a first end, and a second end. A cavity is disposed within the substantially cylindrical section to receive fluid when the device is immersed in a body of fluid. The su... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923706 | Aquatic toys An aquatic toy that is capable of maintaining a desired form and position in water, which includes a fabric portion, at least one hollow opening formed in the fabric portion, wherein buoyancy and or weight of or attached to the fabric portion provide at least partia... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6905388 | Water toy A water toy is provided. The water toy includes a housing (15) and an inlet (54) for directing liquid into the housing. The water toy also includes a distribution assembly (30) disposed in the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6852000 | Beach wave playset A beach wave playset for simulating an approach of a wave toward a shoreline. The playset can have a beach member, a wave member, and a pivot axle for enabling the wave member to pivot into and out of proximity with the beach member. Decorative elements, such as sur... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6793552 | Radio controlled surfboard with robotic rider controlled by two-string roto-wing A radio controlled toy is provided with a robotic rider that catches waves via an electric motor and propeller, then rides waves like a real surfer, and rights itself after a wipeout comprising a novel way to rotate the robotic rider's upper torso and to disburse th... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6554682 | Toy liquid storage tank A toy liquid storage tank includes an exterior cylindrical tank having a central vertical guide pole and a horizontally disposed flat roof. A motor gear drive mechanism linked to a pair of oppositely disposed cam lift arms raise and lower the roof along t... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6443799 | Gyroscopic diving toy A gyroscopic diving toy is comprised of a housing and a motor positioned inside the housing. A battery compartment is arranged adjacent the motor for receiving a battery. A swim bladder and a ballast are arranged inside the housing to provide neutral buoy... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6439949 | Moving toy and a method of using the same An apparatus including an appendage coupled to a body and a drive. The drive produces a force that causes the appendage to move with respect to the body. When the apparatus is resting on a support surface, the force produced by the drive is insufficient t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6422910 | Jellyfish type underwater swimming toy A jellyfish type underwater swimming toy capable of exhibiting reality sufficient to permit an observer to be impressed as if a jellyfish swims in a fluttering manner under water. A toy body is formed into a jellyfish-like shape and includes a head. The h... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6412210 | Animated duck decoy An animated duck decoy having a mechanism employing a driver gear having gear teeth disposed on half its periphery, the other half being without teeth, which engages a driven gear mounted on the same axle with a grooved wheel to wind and unwind a cord att... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6206536 | Table lamp with movable ornamental liquid container A table lamp having an ornamental liquid container movably connected to a main body thereof, so that the ornamental liquid container tends to swing, rotate and/or turn upside-down under an external force applied on the ornamental liquid container. At leas... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6093076 | Water propelled toy torpedo A water propelled toy torpedo including a main housing having an open forward end and an open rearward end. A battery pack is disposed within the main housing inwardly of the open forward end. A battery cap is disposed within the open forward end of the h... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5931715 | Swinging mechanism for a toy to simulate tail movement of an aquatic animal A swinging mechanism for a toy includes a speed-reduction gear assembly driven by a motor, a linkage, a pair of swing blade units, and an eccentric unit. The speed-reduction gear assembly has a drive gear and a driven gear. The linkage has an actuating li... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5775022 | Self-propelled waterfowl decoy The invention is a self-propelled floating decoy for simulating the swimming characteristics of waterfowl. Propulsion in the water is produced by a sculling tail fin (25) which also causes a side to side rocking motion that simulates the back and head mov... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5197913 | Method and apparatus for controlling pitch attitude of a toy in a fluid An apparatus for controlling pitch or yaw attitudes of a toy in a fluid includes a body and a float movably mounted to the body. The position of the float relative to the body can be changed to modify the pitch or yaw attitudes of the body in the fluid. T... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5194029 | Floatable structure propelling mechanism A floatable structure propelling mechanism is combined with a floatable structure filled with helium gas to propel the floatable structure for flying in the air. The floatable structure propelling mechanism comprises a pair of lateral fins supported for s... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5017171 | Toy utilizing bubbles in liquid A toy utilizing bubbles in liquid comprises a vessel to be charged with a liquid keeping an air layer at the top and to be sealed, a bubble generating member, and in-liquid movable members moved by bubbles rising in the liquid in the vessel.... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4923429 | Bubble-propelled amusement device A bubble-propelled amusement device in which play pieces are dispersed in a water bath contained in an enclosed transparent tank having on its bottom wall an air nozzle and having in the air space above the bath an air intake, the pieces normally tending ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4832650 | Aquatic toys Self-propelled aquatic toys lide toy sharks are known having a body portion, a middle tail and an outer tail. The middle tail has been driven to oscillate from side to side while outer tail has flapped freely from side to side. Better propulsion and simul... | 05/23/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4713037 | Swimming marine creature toys A toy is provided which simulates a marine creature. The toy comprises a body portion and a tail portion with a tail fin pivotally mounted thereto; a battery operated motor housed in a water-tight compartment in the body portion to move the tail and the t... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4655722 | Water spouting inflatable bop bag A water toy includes an inflatable housing having ballast in the lower portion thereof. A spray head is connected to the top of the housing and water is conveyed to the spray head from a garden hose through a tube in the housing. With water spraying from ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4581841 | Animated fishing lure A fishing lure having a body movably mounting fin and tail simulations and having means responding to intermittent pulls on a fishing line for activating said fin and tail simulations.... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4578045 | Action figure with leg movement derived from arm movement The action figure includes two arms mounted to the figure's torso for rocking movement toward the torso about laterally spaced axes, the action figure also including two legs that are mounted for pivotal movement to the torso in a scissors-like fashion. I... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4578044 | Magnetically movable model toy A toy including a movable model, components for generating and alternating a magnetic field in response to a direct current, a permanent magnet disposed in the generated magnetic field, and a component for transmitting movement of the permanent magnet in ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4563161 | Submersible toy This invention resides in improvements in a toy and particularly in a toy which may, in use, cyclically rise and sink in water due to the change of buoyancy caused by bubbles formed in a lower internal chamber in which moistened baking powder or the like ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4455782 | Cartesian toy with rotary movement imparting contact structure A cartesian toy including at least one partly transparent liquid container in which there is at least one freely floating body movable by buoyancy changes. This is variable in that an air bladder located in a cavity of the floating body casing is compress... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4241535 | Submersible toy A submersible toy comprised of an upper body portion and a watertight lower body portion coupled to said upper body portion, the upper body portion having a first horizontal rudder on the periphery thereof and a float disposed inside thereof, the lower bo... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4198780 | Water activated toy A toy adapted to be immersed in water and activated by gas generated by wetted baking powder in a cavity within the toy. The toy has a pocket disposed generally above the cavity and the center of gravity of the toy. The pocket is shaped to collect gas fro... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4144670 | Cyclic-action, siphon-operated buoyant toy A cyclic-action buoyant toy has no moving parts. The toy floats in water in a first, horizontal position with a port below water level to admit water into a cavity within the toy, while a siphon connected to a drain operates whenever the toy has admitted ... | 03/20/1979 |
