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...When G.G. Hubbard learned of his future son-in-law's invention, he called it "only a toy." His daughter was engaged to a young man named Alexander Graham Bell.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7006001 | Speech-emitting celebration device A speech or phrase emitting celebration device, in the nature of a piñata, includes a longitudinal axial channel within which is placed a complementally sized integrated circuit (“IC”) including a library of pre-programmed voice chips having phrases selected by... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6368176 | Text/icon display predictor entertainment device A fortune telling entertainment device includes an electronic library of stored text and displayable icons, one of which library entries is selected, preferably at least quasi-randomly, and displayed in apparent response to a user's question. The user pre... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6358112 | Toy vehicle trackway set having vehicle snatching toy figure A toy vehicle trackway set includes a launcher and an entrance track coupled to a stunt loop which in turn supports an exit track. Freely rolling toy vehicles are launched from the toy vehicle launcher to traverse the stunt loop and exit via the exit trac... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6273779 | Rolling toy A toy for amusing people of all ages by flipping along a surface. The rolling toy includes a cylindrical tube having a first sealed end and a second sealed end and a weighted ball enclosed within the cylindrical shaped tube and having a circumference smal... | 08/14/2001 |
| 5100360 | Toy with wobbling sliding member A toy includes a tiltable structure having a generally flat surface and an upstanding rim disposed about the periphery of the flat surface, an inverted cup-like member having an open bottom, and a ball disposed partially within the cup-like member and par... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4929216 | Rotating ring and character toy A cylindrical ring and a character having a number of extending parts that are circumscribed by a circle having a diameter equal to the inside diameter of the ring are readily combinable by a child to make a rotating toy. Insertion and removal of the char... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4055913 | Mechanical toy This toy consists primarily of a take-apart structure having a base supporting posts which removably receive a slanted and open-ended container in which balls are placed. The structure includes a pivotable device for releasing one ball at a time when it i... | 11/01/1977 |
