Did You Know...
...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.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204463 | Balancer device for hanging article A balancer device, which is adapted for incorporating with a hanging article having two sidewalls, a front side, and an opposed rear side facing towards a supporting surface, includes two balancing wings each having an inner end, and two connecting units provided at... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7140945 | Gyrating toy An action toy consisting of a vertically mounted compression spring with a weighted top, and a means for preventing the base of the spring from bouncing away from the surface on which it is standing when the spring is compressed and released. The invention includes ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101249 | Wiggle flyer A flying toy has a spiral-shaped tail to which a head portion is coupled to effect a wiggling flight pattern of the toy. In preferred embodiments, the spiral-shaped tail is fabricated from a material that maintains the spiral shape of the tail during flight, and has... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7007420 | Barricade sign The present invention provides a barricade sign that is compact, portable, safe, durable, versatile, and weather/wind resistant. The barricade sign distinguishes a base and a lid that are pivotally connected together. The base supports the lid and has a compartment ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008289 | Toy with openable container from which one or more objects spring out A toy including an openable container, and a non-porous, molded, hollow, elastic three-dimensional representative object arranged to be contained in a compressed condition within the container such that on opening the container the object springs out by assuming its... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6796872 | Pop-up device The invention is a pop-up device adapted to allow for a number of triggering means and a number of special effects upon triggering of the device. The pop-up device may be placed in a hollow section of a cake, which is later iced over so that the candle holder is not... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6761612 | Digital sports pop-up A digital sports pop-up apparatus in which the apparatus is representative of a predetermined sport. The apparatus comprises a stand member with a substantially hollow member engageable with an upper portion of the stand member, the substantially hollow member being... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6702644 | Amusement device The present invention provides an interactive amusement device which gives birth to one or more offspring, wherein the device includes appropriate electromechanical interactive sensors and operating mechanisms. It encompasses a "mother" amusement device w... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6592426 | Amusement device with flexible rubberized pop up figure An amusement device includes a container having a releasable cover, which is biased by a compressible elastic member when the releasable cover is in a closed position. A molded rubber sheath encapsulates the compressed elastic member, and the rubber sheat... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6494759 | Book and pages having mechanical means for activating pop-up figure A book and pages having a mechanical means for causing a figure associated with the theme of the book to pop-up upon opening the front cover, last page or other page of the book.... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6468126 | Pop-up device The invention is a pop-up device adapted to allow for a number of triggering means and a number of special effects upon triggering of the device. The pop-up device may be placed in a hollow section of a cake, which is later iced over so that the candle ho... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6262352 | Controlling device of music bell in the pearl box A music bell controlling device of a pearl box comprises a controlling device, a rotary shaft, and a gear set, etc. The gear set is installed between the bottom and base of the music bell. An elastomer is installed at the upper end of the longitudinal axi... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6164653 | Fishing toy structure A fishing toy includes a rotary disk and a plurality of toy fishes. The rotary disk has a circular rack, engaging gears installed within the toy fishes. Blocks are installed on the gear. By rotating, the blocks will drive the toy fishes to simulate the ac... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6116984 | Pop-out toy A pop-out toy including a housing with an opening through a central portion thereof. A bottom wall of the housing has a gear mounted on a rod extending upwardly from the inner surface interiorly thereof. A figurine is provided and is mounted on a platform... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6001019 | Pop-up display A pop-up display comprises a generally box like hollow member having an open end at the top thereof and a pivotal flap or flaps for opening and closing the open end thereof. A spring biased pop-up display includes a first coil spring which is disposed on ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5681199 | Book having a pop-up toy A book wherein one or more of the covers or pages are bound with a binding adapted for accepting a conduit, and a toy figure is movably extending within the conduit. The toy figure includes a top portion and an engaging portion. An activating device is al... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5657995 | Leaping fish game and training aid A board game in which the object involves fishing for a prize, in which fish spring into the air when contacted and becomes attached to the "lure" on the fishing string and rod, and teaches a beginning fisherman how to cast and retrieve using an actual fi... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5624320 | Flower presentation device A person-to-person flower presentation package, wherein a bundle of flowers is placed out of sight in a preferably conical, open-topped, container. Upon presentation, a cord is pulled, raising the blossoms suddenly into view. The package also includes one... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5562328 | Toy novelty dispenser vehicle A novelty dispenser for solid objects, such as condoms. The novel features are specifically based on a spring loaded movement of a dispensing element, which element moves an object such as a packaged condom from inside a compartment out through an opening... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5512003 | Simulated volcano toy mold A new type of simulated volcano toy is described. It uses a formed mold to create the outer shell of the volcano. A tubular insert is used to ensure the center opening is properly formed. Once the shell is made, a disk is placed at the bottom of the erupt... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5458525 | Toy having a concealable and elevational head A toy includes a housing having a cap disposed on the upper portion, a sliding element disposed in the housing and slidable up and down, a head or a figure fixed to the sliding element and the cap and concealed in the housing, the figure and the cap can b... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5385344 | Modular device for playing pranks A system of remotely actuated novelty devices is disclosed having triggering and actuating components packaged in separate, interchangeable modules. The system includes several interchangeable trigger modules, each of which detects the occurrence of an ac... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5310375 | Small decoration equipped with spring-operated movable decorative element A small decoration capable of exhibiting play characteristics sufficient to provide a key ring with unexpectedness. The small decoration includes a container provided with a key ring mounting section. In the container is arranged a spring drive unit inclu... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5256068 | Saying goodbye game A good-bye game is provided in which a miniature coffin with a dead body doll is buried, so that a child with the guidance of an adult can read a saying off a card to the dead body doll for teaching the child a way to confront death when a loved one dies.... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5224894 | Doll plus invertable container A container and a container lid enclose and conceal a figurine. The container is made of a resilient shape-retaining polymer material and can be turned inside-out. The container acts as a stand or platform for the figurine when turned inside-out, thereby ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5120263 | Exploding box An exploding box is disclosed having upright sides which are provided with horizontal ribs or grooves which lock a false box bottom in position while the sides are maintained in an upright position by a top cover or lid. The false bottom is biased upwards... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5090569 | Package A reusable packaging device is provided which is in the nature of a joke or novelty item or advertising article. The device includes an outer shell assembly in which an object to be packaged can be housed prior to use thereof or during interruptions in th... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5069650 | Pop-out toy A pop-out toy having a latch mechanism controlled by manual pressure applied to the pop-out element, whereby pressure applied to the pop-out element when in retracted position unlatches it for pop-out movement, and pressure applied to the pop-out element ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5055082 | Convertible toy A convertible toy in which a device of one appearance can be change to a substantially different appearance. For example, from an apparently innocuous-looking device, such as a computer or a trash can, a figurine can be rotated up through a space left by ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5041048 | Multiple graphics selection toy A multiple graphics selection toy having a plurality of graphics-bearing elements that are individually rotatable between a position in which the graphics are concealed and a position in which the graphics are revealed, and having a manually operable sele... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4946745 | Novelty statue A novelty statue includes a figure that is adapted to move in response to a noise or in response to a sensed temperature. The figure is in the shape of either a human eye which blinks or in the shape of a letter I which moves into and out of a base.... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4836821 | Toy birthing apparatus with chugging-like delivery motion Toy apparatus is provided with delivery structure constructed to simulate a natural birthing process by imparting slow pulsating delivery motion to fetal dolls as they exit from a simulated birth canal. Such delivery structure includes an elongated cylind... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4817936 | Spring-powered toy A windup spring toy contained within a divisible housing can be wound up via an external winder. Upon release and after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed, the housing divides, allowing the windup toy to emerge.... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4803953 | Cat toy A cat toy is disclosed herein having a stationary base housing a take-up reel storing a length of line with a weighted end. A motor and resilient propulsion unit are pivotally carried as an assembly on the base wherein energy is stored in the propulsion u... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4798555 | Toy pop-up figure A toy pop-up figure, such as a teddy bear or clown, is disclosed having a rotatable cylinder, a pivotally mounted L-shaped member supporting a figure, and a mechanism coupling the cylinder to the L-shaped member for causing the L-shaped member and figure ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4795398 | Flower pot doll A doll and flower-in-pot combination. A head is pivotally attached to a hollow body and the hollow body is attached to a sleeve. When the sleeve is folded by upon the body and the head folded down, the combination appears to be a flower pot. Raising the h... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4736943 | Windup spring using toy A windup spring using toy having a divisible container of a single form in its undivided state and including a winder, and a windup spring drive toy to be contained within the container, having a windup spring drive unit therein, which is wound up by the ... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4702720 | Trick vehicle capable of jumping A toy wheeled vehicle includes an inertial element located so as to move between two positions. A spring is associated with the inertial element to accelerate it from its first position to its second position. When the element reaches its second position ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4687459 | Baby toy An imaginary humanoid toy is disclosed including a body portion and a shell portion. The shell portion includes a plurality of arcuate shell segments, each of which is pivoted about a pair of ears on the body portion. In a first position the humanoid figu... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4654018 | Figure toy with launching mechanism for conceled flying element A creature figure toy includes a launching device for a flying object. The object is seated within an enclosure formed by wings simulated on the body of the device, in which position high-speed rotation can be imparted to it. When the operator wishes to r... | 03/31/1987 |
