Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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 |
| 7182340 | Hockey player toy A hockey player toy with internal motion rail for puck hitting. The major component is a hockey toy player with special internal mechanism. When the head of the toy player is pulled up, the body, which consists of front piece and back piece, will spin to pull the ho... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7033243 | Card interactive amusement device The present invention provides an amusement device having a body, wherein the body has features, at least one motor for powering the device and at least some of the features, and an information receiving structure for receiving information from an information carryi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6925358 | Toy robot and control system therefor A toy robot system includes a toy robot and a surface over which the robot can move. The surface is constructed from a number of modules of various types that may be joined together. Each module (except for spacer modules) includes at least one track segment along w... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6511403 | Rotating play device capable of training wrist coordination A rotating play device capable of training wrist coordination has a main body of a semi-spherical cage frame braided by the bar skeleton with several ring rails of different breadths formed respectively along the looping ring portions on the spherical sur... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6431941 | Multiple component activatable mechanism and toys containing such mechanisms Multiple component activatable mechanism and toy animals containing such mechanisms. The mechanism that is contained in the animal works mechanically through a series of linkages that control the animal's head and lower jaw to create a forward lunge of th... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6296543 | Toy figure having enhanced punching feature A toy figure includes a body having an upper torso pivotally coupled to a lower torso. The lower torso is coupled to a pair of supporting-legs while the upper torso is coupled to a pair of pivotally supported arms. A head is further supported upon the upp... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6280285 | Projectile launching action toy having members capable of coordinated movement A first member is pivotally connected to a base for rotation about a first axis, and a second member is pivotally connected to the first member for rotation about a second axis. One end of a cable is attached to the base at a point spaced from the first a... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280286 | Toy figure pair simulating combat A toy figure pair includes an assault toy figure having a punching mechanism which extends the toy figure arms in a punching or attacking movement as the user manipulates a movable toggle at the toy figure rear torso surface. A target toy figure is movabl... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6062941 | Hand held doll having whip-cracking motion A hand held doll includes a body supported by a pair of legs and having a pair of arms and a head. One of the arms is pivotally supported upon the torso portion of the body and holds a simulated whip formed of a flexible cord and end weight. The drive mec... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5989094 | Boxing game machine A boxing game machine in which a pair of boxer dummies are opposed to each other, each boxer dummy having at least one extensible arm, includes: an extender which drives the extension of the arm; a rotary unit which is rotatable about a substantially hori... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5925838 | Musical device with undamped sound A musical device includes a mounting base, a plurality of sound producing bodies, and a plurality of striking mechanisms for striking the sound producing bodies to create a melody. Each striking mechanism includes two striking arms, each for striking a re... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5449171 | Miniature golfer A simulated miniature standing golfing figure having pivotably attached upper and lower body parts and fixed arms extending forwardly and downwardly terminating in hands holding a golf club shaft. The golf club shaft is integrally connected to the hands s... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5397260 | Toy crash center play set A toy vehicle crash center play set includes a base mounting three separate upright walls. Two of the walls are interchangeable at the center and lateral side positions along one edge of the base. One interchangeable wall includes a mechanical impact mete... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5299967 | Movable figure A model figure connected to a remote pistol grip handle has one or more activity motions for the figure controlled from the handle. Unlike other model figures which have activity motions, there is a pivot arrangement between the handle and the figure that... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5087219 | Action character figure An action character figure includes a torso portion, a rotatable arm portion on the torso portion, and a leg portion which is retractable into the lower end of the torso portion. The arm portion is connected to the leg portion in the interior of the torso... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5046987 | Toy boxer arms An arm for a doll having a torso with a mounting for the arm fixed in the torso. The arm has an upper arm and a forearm pivotally attached to each other at an elbow having a pivotal axis. The upper arm is pivotally received on the mounting and is able to ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4988323 | Wrestler character figure A wrestler character figure includes a free standing main body member, including a torso portion and a first arm portion on the torso portion. The first arm member is operable for securing an opponent character figure in a headlock position wherein the he... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4778432 | Drum boy A doll of a person with a drum who alternately appears to be beating the drum with his left and right hands while his head rotates left and right and a melody is playing. The doll includes a head portion, a torso portion, a limbs portion, a drum portion, ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4772242 | Wheeled toy vehicle having pounding fists A wheeled toy vehicle is disclosed having a frame and a drive wheel rotatably mounted on the frame, to roll across a support surface. A pair of forearms are pivoted to the frame, respectively on its opposite sides. Each forearm has a fist at its forward e... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4750900 | Quick draw mechanism for figure toy A quick drawing mechanism for use in an animated figure toy having a hollow torso and arm. A push button at the back of the torso is pushed causing a plate with rack to pivot and an arm connector having gears which engage the rack to rotate. Rotation of t... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4738649 | Figure toy with punching arm mechanism An action toy figure has a spring-powered rotatable arm which is capable of simulating a pummelling action. It employs a spring motor, with a pawl-activated ratchet-clutch arrangement which permits full winding while protecting the mechanism against damag... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4723932 | Toy doll having articulated arms and a tiltable upper torso A toy doll having arms which move in response to the upper torso of the doll being pivoted about a horizontal axis. As the upper torso of the doll is tilted back and forth, a pin engaged to the lower torso of the doll slidably engages the upper curved sur... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4674989 | Figure toy with simulated leg action and pivoted striking element An armed toy creature figure has an axe-like element pivotably mounted along its back, which strikes forwardly when disengaged. The plunger for actuating the striker element is associated with the holder by which the figure is supported on the operator's ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4655725 | Animated figure toy A figure toy having an upper torso with an arm member pivotally coupled to the shoulder portion thereof, the arm member being hollow and including therein a rotatable assembly having a bevel gear at the shoulder area and a connector adjacent the wrist por... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4605382 | Figure wherein leg movement produces wing-like movement of arms The toy action figure has a pair of arms mounted for movement in a wing-like manner and one leg mounted for rocking movement relative to the figure's other leg. An actuating mechanism contained within the hollow torso transmits the rocking leg movement to... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4591158 | Remotely controlled toy golfer A remotely controlled model golfer including a mobile unit and a remote control unit. The mobile unit includes a wheeled body carrying an upstanding figure at one end. The figure is in the general form of a golfer holding a golf club. The figure's arms ar... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4579542 | Action figure with arm movement derived from leg movement The action figure includes two pivotally mounted arms and one leg that can be rocked about a perpendicular axis. In one embodiment, the arms are mounted for pivotal movement about a common horizontal axis, whereas in a second embodiment the arms are mount... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4578045 | Action figure with leg movement derived from arm movement The action figure includes two arms mounted to the figure's torso for rocking movement toward the torso about laterally spaced axes, the action figure also including two legs that are mounted for pivotal movement to the torso in a scissors-like fashion. I... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4573944 | Ball swinging toy vehicle A toy vehicle having an arm with a ball at the end thereof pivotable relative to an axle of the vehicle from a nested position to a position forward of the vehicle, the mechanism being actuated by depression of a push lever, upon which a spring-biased rac... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4571206 | Action figure with wing movement derived from leg movement The toy action figure includes a torso having a pair of pivotally mounted wings and a pair of legs, the legs being mounted to the torso for both pivotal and rocking movement. A pair of actuating mechanisms within the torso convert the rocking movement to ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4536166 | Cap firing animated figure toy A figure toy with positionable appendages and having upper and lower torso portions pivotally interconnected with a spring member at the axis of pivoting. The rear of the torso is configured for retaining sound emitting devices, such as a plurality of cap... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4515371 | Instructional chess game An instructional chess game comprises a square playing board of laminated construction having sixty-four individual playing squares each of which is formed centrally with a substantially square recess, all squares "black" and "white" in accordance with tr... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4251947 | Illusion toy An illusion toy has an upper compartment in which a figure with sword or wand in hand appears to strike through a solid neck, and a lower compartment in which the mechanism for rotating the sword or wand is housed. The upper compartment has a cover on it ... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4078800 | Toy athletic-type playing game A toy playing game representative of an athletic game, as for example, baseball, and including a pair of player devices. A first of these player devices represents a baseball pitcher comprised of a structure capable of ejecting and propelling a ball towar... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4068403 | Finger operated magician simulating animated toy An animated toy includes a hollow base which supports a hollow upright animal figure communicating with the base and having a pair of swingable arms. A housing communicates with and is located on the base in front of the figure and has a top slot through ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4009534 | Kinetic sculpture A kinetic sculpture having a generally tubular motion imparting device rotatably mounted on a base structure. The tubular device includes a substantially open, generally irregular top and is rotated by a motor mounted on the base structure about its major... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3947994 | Figure toy with means for executing arm thrusting movement An action figure toy in the form of a doll which includes a torso having an arm joint in the shoulder area with a movable arm connected thereto. The arm is connected to a rotatable shaft extending from the torso and has hollow upper arm and lower arm port... | 04/06/1976 |
