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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7334735 | Card for interaction with a computer A smart card comprising: a memory for storing information; at least one transmitting or receiving antenna; and a low frequency circuit, for handling information associated with said antenna and said memory, which information is modulated at a modulation frequency of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331840 | Closure system for a stuffed toy The present invention relates to a toy having a redundant closure system and method for stuffing the same. The toy comprises a body that defines a cavity for receiving filling material. The toy also includes a fill opening in the body, and a closure system. The clos... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7252572 | Figurines having interactive communication The invention provides a method for figurines to form and join a network of figurines by setting them near other figurines, by activating them via a power switch, or by placing them in communication with a central hub. A communications path using radio or IR frequen... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247783 | Cooperative musical instrument A series of musical vehicles form a cooperative musical instrument. Each musical vehicle may be outfitted with a musical tone generator and horn, or loud speaker that plays a particular note on a music scale. Each musical vehicle may have multiple horns or speakers ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7183929 | Control of toys and devices by sounds A method of controlling at least one device by incidental sound produced by a living creature and including: attaching a sound-maker to a living creature so that the natural movements of the living creature will cause the sound-maker to emit a sound; receiving the s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174774 | Method and apparatus of detecting pooling of fluid in disposable or non-disposable absorbent articles A method and apparatus for detecting pooling of fluid in disposable or non-disposable absorbent articles is provided. The apparatus includes an object that has at least one surface area onto which pooling may occur. A fluid delivery apparatus is present and is used ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7118443 | Animated multi-persona toy The present invention provides animated toys adapted to imitate multiple personas. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7035583 | Talking book and interactive talking toy figure A talking book is combined with a talking, animated toy figure. Each includes a sound synthesizer, a digital memory including at least some speech data to be used by the synthesizer to produce speech and a processor to control the operations of the synthesizer. Each... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6758716 | Electronic toy with a point of sale demonstration In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a dancing figure that includes a body defined by a torso, a head, and a pair of arms, and a pair of legs pivotally attached to the torso at a hip region. Each leg includes at least an upper leg section pivo... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6729934 | Interactive character system An interactive character system that includes one or more toy characters and an environment, such as a theme park. Each toy character has one or more one or more electronic signal receivers, and an electronic system. The electronic system is structured to produce or... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6697602 | Talking book A talking book is combined with a talking, animated toy figure. Each includes a sound synthesizer, a digital memory including at least some speech data to be used by the synthesizer to produce speech and a processor to control the operations of the synthe... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692330 | Infant toy An infant toy includes a body portion having an interior cavity within which an audio device is disposed. The body portion has a soft exterior surface. The audio device has "play" and "record" functions, both of which may be activated manually or by voice... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6544097 | Toy dolls with programmable speech and enclosures therefor A toy doll capable of playing preprogrammed speech. The doll body is in the form of a human infant and includes a head having human facial and head features, arms, legs and a torso. The doll body having a color characteristic, namely being of a uniform co... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6290566 | Interactive talking toy A toy with developing skills, the toy including a fanciful figure having a capacity to perform an action, and action control circuitry operative to control the fanciful figure to perform the action at different levels of skill at different times.... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6236305 | Interchangeable sound effect device An interchangeable sound effect device (1) that incorporates and plays sound effects that have been digitally recorded on interchangeable sound cartridges (4). This device (1) is designed to be used with entertainment and educational type products such as... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6183337 | Electronic toy and method of generating dual track sounds for the same 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... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6135846 | Covertly operated toy talking parrot A method of operating a toy parrot of a known type, as illustrated and described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,913,676, having a voice-recording and a recorded voice-playback mechanism in the operation of which the playback of the previously recorded voice, namely t... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6110000 | Doll set with unidirectional infrared communication for simulating conversation A child's toy having a wireless transmission unit mounted in a first object, such as a doll, and a receiver unit mounted in a second object, such as another doll. The transmission unit includes a first integrated circuit (IC) for producing at least one of... | 08/29/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6080034 | Multi-cultural doll A multi-cultural doll is provided including a color changing mechanism situated therein for changing a color of the doll to simulate persons of various cultures.... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6046670 | Interchangeable sound effect device An interchangeable sound effect device (1) which incorporates and plays sound effects that have been digitally recorded on interchangeable sound cartridges (4). This device (1) is designed to be used with entertainment and educational type products such a... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6007404 | Jesus doll for teaching children A soft-bodied doll bearing a resemblance to a caricature of Jesus. The doll includes a voice simulator which preferably has recorded thereon phrases from Jesus' actual ministry as recorded in God's word, the Bible. A responsible adult can use the Jesus do... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6000987 | Doll or the like with replaceable voice-activated speaking and recording mechanism A doll or animal has either an interior compartment or a back pack which contains an audio device having a recorder to record sounds and a sound player to play the sounds recorded. A tape player is also provided to permit a plurality of separate recorded ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5964054 | Game caller This present invention relates to apparatus for use in hunting wild game animals and waterfowl, and more particularly to a weapon mounted wild animal game caller. This weapon mounted wild animal game caller finds particular application in attracting deer.... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5908344 | Sporting implement protection and sound-producing device A head cover or similar protective article for a sporting implement, particularly a golf club, is disclosed having a sound-generating device for producing sounds which are thematically linked to the decorative or artistic aspects of the cover. The sound g... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5897042 | Talking backpack A combination backpack and audio cassette system wherein the audio cassette system, separately contained, is mounted to the back panel of the backpack. The contained audio cassette system is provided with a simulated face, where the components thereof are... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5820440 | Toy figure with rump-actuated sound generator A toy doll or bear 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 wit... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816885 | Deformable sound-generating electronic toy A deformable toy is provided for generating sounds having variable acoustic characteristics. The toy includes a deformable body which changes shapes depending on external pressure applied to the body and a sound-reproducing device for playing back either ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5795213 | Reading toy A portable toy having an audio signal producer is provided with a book. The book has a plurality of numbered pages containing parts of a story. The toy is provided with a plurality of pressure switches designating different pages of the book. When a parti... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5749764 | Amusement system for children An amusement system for children including a soft sculpture character having a plurality of storage pockets for holding a variety of the amusement system components including a tape recorder, a drinking vessel, and a book containing a story about the soft... | 05/12/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5648753 | Interchangeable sound effect device An interchangeable sound effect device which incorporates and plays sound effects that have been digitally recorded on interchangeable sound cartridges. This device is designed to be used with entertainment and educational type products such as toys, doll... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5634436 | Exercise and amusement device for animals An exercise and amusement device for animals for providing repeated audio stimulation to an animal in response to the animal taking hold and pulling upon a portion of the device. A housing containing a audio unit may be mounted to a base or a stationary s... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5632375 | Combined functional toy and cassette holder A combined amusement and audio cassette holding device and method for presenting multi-media information to children includes a functional toy having a cassette receiving cavity which receives and frictionally engages and retains one or more cassettes or ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5588678 | Talking trading card A talking trading card having two printed trading cards attached to the top and bottom sides of a substrate in which is housed the mechanism for powering, storing, activating, and emitting recorded sounds. The sounds may be prerecorded in a voice chip or ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5489893 | Memory-type recording/playback device used by fitting a milk bottle The present invention provides a recording/playback circuit able to record voice or sound. The device is installed in the inside of a cylindrical case in which a speaker and a recording microphone are installed on the lower surface thereof. A press button... | 02/06/1996 |
