A Christmas stocking having illumination means associated therewith for signalling the arrival of Santa Claus.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246574 | Substance-dispensing pet toy A pet toy capable of dispensing catnip or similar substance. The toy comprises a compartment for holding the substance. The toy also comprises a movement-promoting element operative to move the compartment so the substance, or an aroma of the substance, may pass thr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244163 | Toy car kit The present invention relates to a toy car kit comprised of a block or frame, wheels, a motor and electric circuitry to operate the toy vehicle. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7159792 | Air freshener and method A method for providing a desired fragrance includes securing a tacky attachment surface of a pad of an air freshener to a surface by mechanical or specific adhesion. The air freshener includes a scent material carried by and dispersable through a coherent, flexible ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143461 | Sweeping appliance A sweeping appliance having a housing having dirt receiving enclosure. A slot-like opening is formed in the underside of the housing. An elongate rotary brush having a plurality of bristles is located towards the front of the sweeping appliance. Front and rear wheel... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6948686 | Constant rate deployment device A spring-based deployment system deploys a mass at a limited velocity. Using techniques common to the art of timepieces, the motion of a gear, like the rotation of a clock's second hand, is controlled to occur at a substantially constant rate. In a preferred embodim... | 09/27/2005 |
| 5971832 | Skate toy A toy having a toy body, and a roller skating accessory integral with a part of the body, with a rigid or a freely rotating wheel.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5683285 | Toys A toy beetle which travels down a vertical surface under the influence of gravity has four movable limbs which are arranged in pairs at opposite ends of an axle that is rotatable about a transverse axis of the beetle. Sticky materials at the ends of the l... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5360362 | Footprint generating toy A toy device that leaves a liquid footprint as the device is moved along a surface. The device includes a housing that resembles a duck. Attached to the bottom of the duck is a roller that can rotate relative to the housing, so that the toy can be pushed ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5281182 | Remote control robot toy with torso and leg twist and torso tilt A radio controlled toy in which movement of the toy upon changing the travelling direction is natural and human-like. An upper body is mounted on a seat plate such that the upper body is twisted with respect to the seat plate. Two legs are mounted on the ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5041049 | Action toy A directional control for small action toys. The toy includes a spherical ball lead element which directs the movement and direction of the toy in a downhill gravity path and a pair of trailing ground wheels which bear the weight of the body and chassis o... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4921458 | Upright rolling toy assembly A self-righting upright rolling toy figure is provided which can be molded in half sections and assembled into a body forming the figure. Weights are mounted in the lowermost portion of the sides of the halves in precise location to form the necessary rig... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4836820 | Moving animal toy A moving animal toy consisting of a ski member having a guide slot at the center thereof, a toy member erected on the ski member and having right and left arms holding poles, and a wheel rotatably supported by the toy member and partially projected from t... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4764148 | Toy adapted to crawl down a vertical surface A toy adapted to crawl down a vertical surface has a frame carrying a shell at one end and a roller at the other. The roller has a corrugated surface of soft tacky material such that the roller will roll slowly down a vertical surface.... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4752272 | Drive mechanism for toy A drive mechanism for a movable toy has a housing and a motor. A control gear which is movable both rotationally and axially is located on the housing and is connected to the motor through a gear train. Rotation of the control gear is transferred to a con... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4666418 | Non-tippable toy The disclosure relates to a non-tippable toy which is capable of rocking about an axis and ultimately resting in a vertical position and which is also capable of motion in a lateral direction by utilizing an axle having a pair of wheel-like members affixe... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4662856 | Animated toy An animated toy which comprises a rigid hollow base over the open top of which there is a flexible sheet of plush fabric material. Rotatably mounted in the base there is a wheel, the bottom of which extends beneath the bottom surface of the base. A cam in... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4623317 | Metamorphic radio-controlled traveling toy A metamorphic radio-controlled traveling toy having a traveling element; a leg element; a torso element; a pair of arm elements; and a head element. The traveling element includes a radio receiving unit and a drive and moving unit. The leg element is pivo... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4579539 | Breakdance doll A breakdance doll (10) has a body (11) having a back (12), buttocks (13), and a neck (38) joining a head (40) to the body (11). The back (12) has a laterally extending slot (24) positioned between chest height and the buttocks (13). A rotatable drive whee... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4543073 | Self-propelled reconfigurable running toy A self-propelled, reconfigurable running toy that can be transformed from a running vehicle mode into a robot shaped toy mode is provided. In the vehicle mode, the toy can run with leg portions thereof folded up and locked in position above a body portion... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4540379 | Articulated toy capable of retracting driving wheels upon articulation A toy has a body having first and second body members which are pivotally joined together so as to allow articulation of the toy body. A motor is located in the body with a set of driving wheels located on the first body member. The toy articulates betwee... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4454679 | Toy figure convertible into toy vehicle A toy having two portions mountable to one another in two relative configurations, is disclosed. In a first configuration the toy effectively simulates a person, toy character, figure, animal or the like in a substantially upright standing configuration. ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4402158 | Toy employing governor to control rate of movement of movable member A toy has a housing in which is movably mounted a primary movable member. The primary movable member moves from a first position to a second position. The toy includes a first mechanism for moving the primary movable member from the first position to the ... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4346893 | Remote controlled sports game A remote controlled sports game having first and second figures operable on a playing surface with each of the figures having receivers tuned to different frequencies for operation by radio transmitters with the control of movement of the figures against ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4292759 | Push-pull wheel action toy A push-pull wheel action toy is disclosed having a figure head mounted on a vertically extending push rod. The push rod is coupled to a wheel on the toy such that rotation of the wheel upon pushing or pulling the toy imparts up and down and rotational mov... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4277909 | Toy with staggering motion A moving toy comprises a foam plastic body, for example representing a mouse or rabbit, mounted on a U-shaped frame between the ends of which a weighted spool is rotatably mounted by means of a rubber band extending between the frame ends. A string wound ... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4272918 | Multi-position remote controlling device for toys A control device adapted for remotely controlling a plurality of moving appendages or functions of a toy or a small machine, is disclosed. The toy includes a drive motor which provides power to rotate a drive gear. A control gear is pivotably mounted with... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4262443 | Pop-up whale A toy vehicle is disclosed including a vehicle body or housing including a front projectile receiving channel and a separate top projectile exit channel. The housing includes a wheel actuated impeller for carrying the projectile from the front projectile ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4222195 | Combination of running toy and track along which toy runs A toy including a powered running toy member and a track along which the toy member runs, the toy member being made to run by rotation of the driving wheels of the toy member. The running toy member is provided with a switching arm which is attached to th... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4203251 | Toy ball with gear-driven figure A rigid, hollow transparent ball has a figure therewithin. As the ball rotates, the figure is rotated by the mesh between a gear fixed to the figure and a gear fixed to the inner surface of the ball.... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4173096 | Wheeled toy A wheeled toy is provided with a frame which includes a vertically extending post on the upper end of which is fixedly mounted an inverted cup-shaped member. The frame is supported for movement over a supporting surface by means of a pair of wheels which ... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4171133 | Self-propelled target toy A self-propelled wheeled toy includes a housing defining an external body portion and an internal chamber. A spring-type drive motor is mounted in the internal chamber and drivingly connected to the wheels. The motor is cocked by a manually actuatable lev... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4158930 | Compound nutational carriage mechanism A compound nutational carriage mechanism for a game, ambulatory toy or the like including a first disc member having a curvilinear periphery and a second disc member having a similar curvilinear periphery. The disc members are operably connected in such a... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4034502 | Wheeled toy A wheeled toy which includes a frame portion in the form of a crown for grasping by a user and for manual manipulation of the toy over a support surface. A pair of drive wheels are journalled on the underside of the frame portion for rollingly supporting ... | 07/12/1977 |