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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422506 | Cartwheeling character A cartwheeling toy including an upper assembly including a torso with rigid arms and hands extending therefrom. A lower assembly including legs and a motor means for moving the assembles relative to each other to move the toy into a headstand and then return it to i... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7326101 | Switching arrangements and accessories capable of activation by air A switching arrangement capable of being actuated by an application of an air current with a playset component, a movable member for receiving an application of an air current relative to the playset component wherein the movable member for receiving an application ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 6776682 | Acrobatic doll and doll accessories capable of activation by air An acrobatic doll and accessory combination with an acrobatic doll body, an engaging member coupled to the doll body, a doll accessory, and an engaging member coupled to the doll accessory wherein the engaging member coupled to the doll body and the engaging member ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6273779 | Rolling toy A toy for amusing people of all ages by flipping along a surface. The rolling toy includes a cylindrical tube having a first sealed end and a second sealed end and a weighted ball enclosed within the cylindrical shaped tube and having a circumference smal... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6000990 | Tumbling toy with freely movable limbs A humanoid toy that under the influence of gravity will travel down a vertical surface, while tumbling as sticky regions temporarily and in turn stick to the surface in known manner, the toy comprising a body and two pairs of limbs that are hingedly conne... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5947792 | Resilient, walking toy A humanoid toy figure having a body with a sticky region at the end of each limb that temporarily adhere to vertical surfaces and cause the body to tumble down the surface in a manner already well-known. The sticky region is connected to the body by a res... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5928055 | Somersaulting toy figure In conclusion the following is to be remembered: The invention concerns a somersault toy figure with a guide-way 12 provided within a figure shell 10 and a roller body 14 moveable back and forth within the guide-way between two end positions separated fro... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5759082 | Cartwheel tumbling doll A cartwheel tumbling doll has a torso and a head mounted on the torso. An axis extends generally through the center of the head and torso. A pair of arms, each arm having a shoulder end and a hand end, are mounted for limited pivotal movement adjacent eac... | 06/02/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5653171 | Tumbleable capsule structure for downward-ramp races Disclosed are improved, unpredictably tumbleable capsule structures that are loosely internally provided with weighty rollable spherical ball, whereby such improved capsule is adapted to unpredictably compete with identical tumbleable capsule structures a... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5575702 | Telescoping tumbling toy A tumbling toy includes a shell or housing formed of two or more telescoping sections, providing adjustment of the length of the shell and thus the moment of inertia of the toy to affect the tumbling rate. Extending the telescoping housing increases the m... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5129854 | Roll over push rolling toy for stairways A rolling toy is created by segments which are bound together by connectors and axles. The toy has a plurality of segments including front and rear segments. The toy declines in a revolving end-to-end motion. The segments are spaced apart with a specified... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4952191 | Tumbling toy A tumbling toy including a housing forming a head portion, a ball disposed in the housing and a body portion being substantially more flexible than said housing and extending therefrom. A mechanism is formed in the housing for permitting the ball to pass ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4929216 | Rotating ring and character toy A cylindrical ring and a character having a number of extending parts that are circumscribed by a circle having a diameter equal to the inside diameter of the ring are readily combinable by a child to make a rotating toy. Insertion and removal of the char... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4925428 | Ball with unbalance mechanism A toy having a rotational symmetric shape - elliptic or spherical in a section through its axis of symmetry - has an element inside which is movable along the axis of symmetry when the toy is rolling on the ground thereby causing the rolling toy to follow... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4884989 | Toy for tumbling down vertical surface A toy which is capable of moving on a substantially vertical surface and which is provided with separated regions of a sticky material, the regions defining at least two planes in which the toy can rotate or tumble, which planes are non-parallel to each o... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4530672 | Summersaulting toy A summersaulting toy has a housing with a motor located in the housing. A first and second shaft are located parallel to one another transverse to the longitudinal axis of the toy with the ends of the first and second shafts projecting beyond the right an... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4314422 | Rolling toy A rolling toy that comprises a spherical weight within a container. A representation of a face is on the container's surface. The container is contoured such that it can roll or tumble. The container is so proportioned to produce a variety of random rolli... | 02/09/1982 |
