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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157612 | System to direct movement of a dancing figure The present invention provides for an interactive figure with several pivot regions in the ankles, knees and hips. Two drive mechanisms are housed within a base to drive movement of the lower portion of the figure while an additional drive mechanism is included with... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8133090 | Dolls and doll stands A toy product including a doll and a display device that may be used with the doll is disclosed. The doll may have one or more movable features and may be releasably coupled to the display device. The display device may include an actuating assembly and a folding as... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7373902 | Automated pet toy A device for amusing a cat or other pet is provided that has a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion, a motor disposed in the housing, a belt attached to the housing via an upper shaft and a lower shaft, a string having a first end attached to the belt a... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7318766 | Doll with stand Embodiments of toy dolls and doll stands are disclosed, in which a user input applied to the doll or stand may generate motion in the stand and/or doll to animate the doll and/or stand. In some embodiments, a users' input motion may be stored in a compression or exp... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7137861 | Interactive three-dimensional multimedia I/O device for a computer A motion based communications system having an animated device, which is controlled locally or over a network connection, and which uses motion to convey information to a user. The information can relate to a predefined system events, such as printer status changes,... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125311 | Device for positioning a telescopic doll in a packing box A device for positioning a telescopic doll in a packing box includes a telescopic doll and a packing box. The telescopic doll has two feet each with a sole, a seat formed on the sole, and a first hook pivotally mounted on the seat. Two fixed legs respectively extend... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104865 | Apparatus for cat's cradle game A self-play cat's cradle toy temporarily holds a string loop configuration while a user frees her hands in order to retrieve the string loop and advance it through successive string loop configurations. The toy comprises a base, first and second arms, digits support... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7048605 | Bobble head shaker A bobble head doll shaker includes a base and housing and a supporting platform that is hingedly mounted to the housing. A motor drives an agitator that lifts and releases the supporting platform, thereby imparting an oscillating motion to a bobble head doll support... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6840838 | Doll assembly A doll assembly includes a base that has a top side. A set of legs is integrally attached to and extends upwardly from the top side. The set of legs has an upper end that is attached together. A torso section has bottom end and a top end. Each of a pair of arms is i... | 01/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6021594 | Big game decoy A four-legged female wild game decoy for attracting like male game on the ground includes a vertical support, which may simulate a forward leg, mountable to the ground. A body is pivotally mounted to the vertical support and is appropriately biased in a s... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5785318 | Amusement device of shifting block type A hand-held puzzle comprising an planar, square array of mirror surface tiles confined for sequential planar movement via a ninth, vacant, tile size space or to alter the positions of individual blocks in the array. A humanoid character molded in one piec... | 07/28/1998 |
| 4824416 | Dancing keiki dolls Two dancing dolls, termed "keiki" dolls, which in Hawaiian means "child" or "children" include a battery-operated drive mechanism which causes one of the dolls to shake its hips to the left and right, while the other doll simultaneously moves its legs tow... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4801286 | Doll with simulated hair growth A toy doll comprises a doll body including a head portion having an aperture in the upper rear portion thereof, a lock of hair in the aperture and an advancing mechanism which is actuatable for advancing the lock of hair from a retracted first position to... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4105206 | Weightlifting game A game based on guessing whether a simulated weightlifter can lift a given weight, comprising a figure in the form of a simulated weightlifter movable from a rest or bent-over position to a lift position by means of the tensioning of a cord or strand, ten... | 08/08/1978 |