Class 446/170 - Hand-supported or-manipulated runway

Subclass of Class 446 - Amusement devices: toys
Definition: Hand supported and manipulated runaway: Device comprising
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 01/22/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7320296	Animal entertainment device An entertainment device for use by pets. The entertainment device can have a hollow enclosure with access openings and exit openings. The hollow enclosure may have one or more play items with diameters larger than the access openings and the exit openings within the...	01/22/2008
7264534	Toys with driven characters Toys for infants in the form of soothers, mobiles, swings, and gyms are provided with a housing, at least one character carried by the housing for movement relative to the housing, the at least one character having a body and at least one appendage that is carried b...	09/04/2007
7152862	Intelligent toy ball The present invention relates to an intelligent toy ball, comprising a transparent sphere, a ball bearing bracket enclosed inside the sphere, a colored ball bearing, and two retaining rings that are enveloped on the ball bearing bracket to position the sphere, where...	12/26/2006
7094186	Exercise bar An exercise barbell comprises a pair of rings connected by a pair of curved bars. The rings rotatably support handle members. Extensions of the bar on the exterior of the two rings support crescent-shaped weights which conform to the outer diameter of the ring and t...	08/22/2006
6953377	Suspended runway A runway over which can travel vehicles driven by gravity, comprising a supporting structure and a track line structure sustained by the supporting structure and extending from a upper start region to a lower arrival region, wherein the supporting structure is limit...	10/11/2005
6945195	Animal entertainment device An entertainment device for use by animals is disclosed. The entertainment device can have a hollow enclosure with access openings and exit openings. The hollow enclosure may have one or more play items with diameters larger than the access openings and the exit ope...	09/20/2005
6210248	Book useable with a game piece, such as a book with an internal passageway A game such as a book useable with candy or other game pieces. The book includes internal passageways configured to allow a game piece to travel freely therein. One aspect of the invention includes a book with multiple pages including internal passageways...	04/03/2001
6042446	Perking turkey paddle A pecking bird toy comprising: a hollow paddle portion, a pecking bird portion and a ball. The hollow paddle portion has a handle and an interior circular raceway. The pecking bird portion is mounted on the top of the hollow handle portion. The pecking bi...	03/28/2000
6036576	Light sword toy with moving internal object A light sword toy comprising a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, and a light source located at the proximal end of the tube. The light source directs light into the tube toward the distal end. The tube is made of a translucent material which gl...	03/14/2000
5809938	Pet toy A large hollow ball is centrally and symmetrically mounted around an axle having ends which extend beyond the outer wall of the ball equally on diametrically opposed sides. The two axle ends are secured within retainers provided on a ring which orbits the...	09/22/1998
5782378	Article dispenser A gumball machine which has a transparent support column supporting a partially transparent gumball housing. The support column encloses several individual plates. The plates are spaced apart and arranged in a descending manner. Each of the plates has an ...	07/21/1998
5692944	Hand held exercise and amusement device A hand held device for exercise and amusement has a clear plastic circular tube with a central handle. One or more balls are inserted into the circular tube. One holds the central handle and causes the ball(s) to move around the tube. Balls of different w...	12/02/1997
5692737	Helical spring amusement device and stress reliever A helical spring device used for amusement or for stress relief having a plurality of concentrically positioned helical coil springs each extending between two endpieces. The helical coil springs each are highly flexible with a low spring stiffness to mas...	12/02/1997
5572955	Animal amusement and exercising device An animal amusement and exercise device comprises an annular body having spaced apart, overlying flanges forming a laterally open, endless track for the accommodation of a freely rotatable ball. The body defines a cavity in which a compressible pad of mat...	11/12/1996
5551933	Wrist mobilization treatment device and method An exerciser for treating wrist injuries or conditions including carpal tunnel syndrome is formed by a handle attached to a track of continuous loops. A moveable bead on the track is maneuvered from one end of the track to the other by manipulating the ex...	09/03/1996
5544623	Ball and track for cats with pivoting base An animal amusement and scratching device causes a ball to be self-moving. The ball (16) is confined within a circular track of housing (10) and is viewable from the top opening (14) of the track by an animal. The slightly curved bottom edges (18) and (20...	08/13/1996
5178576	Apparatus and method for manupulating a spring toy A pair of platform devices used for interaction with a flexible coil spring toy have a plurality of flat step-like surfaces separated vertically and horizontally corresponding to the periodic step-walking motion of the flexible coil spring toy. The platfo...	01/12/1993
5178575	Game call incorporating two frictional materials A game call is disclosed that incorporates two frictional striking surfaces of both slate and glass on a common base to simulate sounds of wild game having varying tone, pitch, texture and frequency. The frictional striking surfaces are provided on one or...	01/12/1993
5009193	Circular cat toy A torroidal enclosure defining a circular track having a ball located therein. A plurality of oblong openings are formed on the top and a plurality of portal openings are formed in the side. The openings are offset, uniformly alternating with each other, ...	04/23/1991
4787635	Ball and hoop game An eye-hand coordination game includes a hand-held hoop assembly and an untethered ball. A plurality of connecting posts and clicking assemblies join two rings of the hoop assembly. The game is utilized by keeping the unconstrained ball in motion along th...	11/29/1988
4772240	Multi-compartment sorting toy A sorting-type toy comprising a series of angularly spaced compartments, each separated by a divider having an aperture therethrough. A plurality of colored or otherwise identifiable balls are located in the compartments and are sorted by the user through...	09/20/1988
4762512	Coin collector A device for collecting and playing with coins or the like includes a base in the form of an upward and inward sloping hollow pedestal having a generally flat bottom and a circular upper end concentric with and of substantially lesser cross-sectional area...	08/09/1988
4746121	Three-bar and ball game apparatus and method of using same A ball positioned between three circular cross-section bars acting as support. The bars are substantially parallel and oriented generally vertically. One end of each bar is partly restrained but permits full rotation of the bar about its longitudinal axis...	05/24/1988
4722299	Toy for entertaining a cat An article of manufacture having utility as a toy for entertaining domestic cats. The toy includes an elongated housing having a top, a bottom and two spaced structures (such as walls) for connecting the top and bottom. The housing may be linear or it may...	02/02/1988
4674987	Toy for amusement and/or exercise A whirling toy for amusement and/or exercise has a plurality of small hoops in substantially side-by-side spaced relationship in the same plane, and balls are received in respective trackways formed in the hoops. In a preferred embodiment, the hoops are m...	06/23/1987
4669727	Double-bar riding wheel and method of using same A double-bar riding wheel positioned between two circular cross-section bars acting as support. One end of each bar is partly restrained but permits a limited amount of rotational movement of the bar. The other end of each bar is held by an operator's han...	06/02/1987
4632391	Portable exercising device A portable exercising device is disclosed having a toroidally shaped inner chamber. A free moving body is disposed within the chamber. In use, the free moving body is placed into rotation within the chamber. The angular momentum of the body provides a res...	12/30/1986
4595369	Educational and amusement device Rounded moveable members such as a ball are directed in two established and independent lengths of transparent tubing which are arranged within a transparent sphere. The rounded moveable members such as a ball have a diameter smaller than the inside diame...	06/17/1986
4593911	Orbiting action device A manual dexterity toy in which a ball is caused to orbit along elliptical trajectories within the toy for as long as possible without having the ball escape to the exterior of the toy....	06/10/1986
4561656	Bar riding wheel A bar-riding wheel positioned on a single circular cross-sectional bar. One end of the bar is partly restrained but allows for a limited amount of swinging and/or rotating motions. The other end of the bar is held by the operator's hand, by means of a han...	12/31/1985
4557701	Tumbler toy A tumbler toy containing typically four ramp surfaces placed radially at a fixed angle. When a player rotates the toy, all of the ramp surfaces rotate simultaneously and a ball can be made to roll along the ramp surface until it encounters an opening in t...	12/10/1985
4356915	Container for spherical objects A container for spherical objects such as game marbles comprising a hollow torus shaped housing in which objects are admitted to the hollow of the housing by means of an aperture in the housing which is covered or uncovered by a movable closure member. In...	11/02/1982
4227341	Ring toy A ring toy including a generally T-shaped first member having a wheel rotatably mounted thereon, so that the toy can be advanced over the ground to impel a rolling ring, and a generally T-shaped second member pivotally connected to the first member for pi...	10/14/1980
4199142	Toys and games using super-hydrophobic surfaces A toy, game or other play device wherein a trackway, slide, maze or other play surface is coated with superhydrophobic material that is highly water repellent, whereby a drop of water applied thereto forms into a ball that can then be manipulated by a pla...	04/22/1980
4183170	Toy wheel runway A toy wheel runway including a vertically disposed hollow body member with a flat base and closed upper end with a projecting handle thereon, and having an open front and an elongated slot in its rear wall. Spaced track forming ribs are longitudinally arr...	01/15/1980
4142724	Water maze game with super-hydrophobic surface A toy, game or other play device wherein a trackway, slide, maze or other play surface is coated with super-hydrophobic material that is highly water repellent, whereby a drop of water applied thereto forms into a ball that can then be manipulated by a pl...	03/06/1979
4070792	Game device for launching and pushing a rolling wheel This invention relates to a toy for active children. It consists of four major parts: a grooved handle, a housing unit resembling a chute, a roller or dowel and a small wheel or disc approximately eight inches in diameter. The wheel or disc and its functi...	01/31/1978

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