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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364489 | Electromechanical toy A toy includes a body, a motor within the body, an appendage coupled to the body of the toy, a tail device coupled to the body of the toy, and a neck device coupled to the body of the toy. The appendage is actuated by the motor to move along a first path. The tail d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356951 | Inflatable dancing toy with music An inflatable toy may include a housing, a balloon-like structure, a blower mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a motor. The balloon-like structure may include a base, an inflatable portion, and an inlet. The base and the inflatable portion may define an air storage a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338341 | Dancing toy An animated toy effectively mimics human dance steps such as the Hokey Pokey with upper and lower halves of the torso pivoting about a diagonal waist laterally upwardly sloping to the left so that a left arm may be put forward and back. A spin/shake drive mechanism ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7118443 | Animated multi-persona toy The present invention provides animated toys adapted to imitate multiple personas. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7070521 | Football training device A device which is utilized during practice or other informal situation to teach a football player such as a quarterback or kicker to deliver a football around or over one or preferably a group of linemen. In one embodiment, the device includes a mechanism capable of... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7039208 | Behind-the-ear housing functioning as a switch A housing (3) for electrical and/or electronic microdevices, in particular hearing aids (1), encompassing at least one switchable element or switching circuit system, is provided with a pressure-sensitive, bendable and/or elastic section (11). T... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6962517 | Toy stuffed animal having convertible configurations A stuffed animal toy for children that emulates the awakening of the stuffed animal upon the user touching one of various locations upon the body of the stuffed animal thereby activating an appropriate pre-recorded audio message. The stuffed animal also includes a s... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6937289 | Method and system for downloading and storing interactive device content using the horizontal overscan portion of a video signal A method and system for decoding and storing encoded control data delivered via the horizontal overscan area of a video signal. An interactive device such as an interactive toy performs behavior defined by control data that can be encoded into a video signal that ca... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926580 | Robotic toy A robotic toy has a pedestal, a first casing assembly, a first transmission device, a mounting shaft assembly and a toy assembly. The pedestal has a speaker and a battery container. The first casing assembly is trunk-like and is mounted on the pedestal. The first tr... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6773322 | Programmable assembly toy A programmable assembly toy including a multiplicity of toy elements which are joinable to define a player selectable structure including a plurality of controllable toy elements which are joinable by a player with the selectable structure, and a player programmable... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6585556 | Talking toy A talking toy having audible message reproduction, a storage device for storing audible messages, at least on sensor of external activation, at least one environment sensor, an electronic clock, a message selecting device, and a storage device for storing... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6524157 | Tape recorder and animal shaped child's toy combination A pull along toy for a child is provided with an integral cassette recorder. The invention will take the shape of an animal such as a dog, a cat, a lion or the like. A cassette recorder would be built into the back of the animal. An integral speaker is pr... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6315631 | Method of generating dual track sounds for an electronic toy A toy figure has a movable mouth coupled to an actuator in the belly area. A speech generator stores sound elements for an entire song, verse, or nursery rhyme. The speech generator is provided with a first track of sequenced sound elements (singing versi... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6206745 | Programmable assembly toy A programmable assembly toy including a multiplicity of toy elements which are joinable to define a player selectable structure including a plurality of controllable toy elements which are joinable by a player with the selectable structure, and a player p... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6106358 | Biblical scripture doll A religious doll adapted to recite biblical scriptures and biblical sayings, such as the Ten Commandments. The doll has an internal audio system including a voice chip, portable electrical power source, a speaker, and a pressure sensitive switch operable ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6089942 | Interactive toys The interactive toy includes a speech synthesizer for converting digital data representative of speech into audible synthesized speech; an infra-red transceiver for wirelessly communicating infra-red messages over a field-of-view to a second toy; a microp... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5823329 | Infant food dish with motivation means An infant's food dish includes a sound unit which is enabled by a switch, the state of which can be changed merely by bringing an object into proximity with the switch. Suitably the switch is magnetically operable and the object is the magnetized tip of a... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5695381 | Toy figure with rump-actuated sound generator A bear or baby doll that laughs or sings a nursery song when bounced or dandled is disclosed. A particular area on the rump of the doll is pressure sensitive and produces the given sound when a pressure level is detected in that particular area that is wi... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5655945 | Video and radio controlled moving and talking device A video and radio controlled remote device control system including at least one moving and talking remote device is presented. Standard video tapes used .in cameras or to home record TV programs have unused space on which data can be stored. This space m... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5607336 | Subject specific, word/phrase selectable message delivering doll or action figure A uniquely constructed message delivering doll or action figure is attained, which is capable of providing, when activated, words or phrases specifically relating to one desired, precise subject, activity, profession or area of interest for which the doll... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5468172 | Doll including recorded message means This invention provides a doll having a head, a body, a motorized appendage for providing a caress, and a recorder for recording a personal, audible message to be played back. The doll further includes disengagement means for disengaging said motor upon t... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5329715 | Clock controlled swinging toy with sound producing means A swinging toy for swinging a doll includes a sound producing unit comprising of a platter, a record, a tone arm assembly. The sound producing unit is a buzzer and driven by a motor drive to produce sounds. A clock may be provided which is controlled by a... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5314365 | Turntable structure for a moving wooden horse toy An improved turntable structure for a moving wooden horse toy, which comprises a rotation structure mounted between a turntable and a base disk; the rotation structure includes a round niche under the turntable, and a music box assembly mounted in the rou... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5201683 | Internal structure for a crawling and talking doll The doll of the invention incorporates a mechanism and electric circuit that, originating from a general activation motor which moves a series of engagements, brings about a correlative series of movements which cause the doll to crawl and give out a mess... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5157316 | Robotic joint movement device A robotic joint for use in toys to provide locomotion to animated figures, sub-assemblies, and toy construction building sets. The robotic joint is particularly adaptable because one side of the joint carries the motor that is powering the joint. It also ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5108341 | Toy which moves in synchronization with an audio source The present invention comprises a mechanism for synchronizing movement of a portion of a bird or other toy character with an audio source. In one form, a tape deck is included within the body of the bird. The tape deck plays cassettes which are prerecorde... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5074821 | Character animation method and apparatus A voice track is recorded on one track of a dual track recording device, typically a tape recorder. On a second track of the recorder an animation signal is recorded characterized by the signal having a frequency at any given time indicative of the then c... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4985883 | Apparatus for imparting sound and movement to an ornament An ornament is supported and moved by an apparatus which also includes a cassette tape player for providing accompanying sound.... | 01/15/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4923428 | Interactive talking toy An interactive, articulated talking toy talks and moves certain of its body parts (eyes, mouth, head and arms) under microprocessor control on the basis of the program material selected from a tape storage device incorporated in the body of the toy. The m... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4775352 | Talking doll with animated features An animated audio doll whose mouth can be driven by replaceable tape cartridges is provided. The doll has a head member with simulated eyes and mouth that can open and close. Uni-directional direct current motors are provided in the body of the doll and a... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4660033 | Animation system for walk-around costumes A complete system for animating external features of a full size walk-around costume designed for the entertainment industry is disclosed. The animation system comprises two major parts: the costume itself and the programming/playback system. The complete... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4654659 | Single channel remote controlled toy having multiple outputs A remote control toy includes a remote housing and a main housing. The remote housing has a transmitter and a signal generator associated with the transmitter. A plurality of function switches govern the signal generator. The transmitter outputs a signal ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4545775 | Dancing hula doll A dancing hula doll which alternatively moves its hips left and right to give it a lifelikeness that compares with a real hula dancer. The doll includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a base portion. The upper portion resembles and head through wa... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4521205 | Sound tape player having an animated character A player for a pre-recorded sound magnetic tape package in a cartridge or a cassette format in which each package is united with a three-dimensional character thematically related to the recording and animated thereby. The character is provided with eye a... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4516950 | Speaking toy employing chordic input A toy including apparatus for producing a desired sequence of sounds and chordic keyboard apparatus for operating same. The desired sequence of sounds may be human speech, music or any other desired sequence of sounds. In a preferred embodiment of the inv... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4484408 | Talking figure play set A talking figure play set comprising an environmental structure having a record player with an upwardly pointing stylus on its tone arm and a plurality of human figures or animal figures, or both, each having an open-bottom base with a phonograph record p... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4027425 | Sound actuated figure toys An amusement device which includes a phonograph portion and a dancing band portion having a plurality of articulated figure toys in the form of band members movably mounted on a housing. A motor in the housing is controlled by electronic circuitry respons... | 06/07/1977 |
