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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038503 | Vibration powered toy An apparatus includes a body, an eccentric load, a rotational motor coupled to the body and adapted to rotate the eccentric load, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. At least a portion of the plurali... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7258591 | Mobile roly-poly-type apparatus and method The present invention generally relates to apparatuses having some characteristic(s) of traditional “roly-poly” toys, which are traditional passive toys that, when struck, wobble about their typically-rounded base but stay upright due to bottom-heavy weighting. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7163430 | Walking toy figure A movable toy animal having legs that are controlled by a motor operated teeter-totter assembly. The motor is bi-directional and sequentially moves the legs in opposite directions to move the animal in a forward walking, running or turning direction. Various switche... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140943 | Bobble head and container An apparatus for containing a substance includes a container and a bobble head that is attached to the container. An opening is provided in the container to provide access to the substance. The bobble head is removed to access the opening and the substance. A first ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7077717 | Doll with angled and jointed torso A doll with an angled and/or jointed torso. In some embodiments the doll includes a torso, at least a portion of which is asymmetric about a midline such that an angle formed between a left lateral contour and the midline substantially differs from an angle formed b... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073614 | Bipedal robot with storage battery A bipedal robot of the present invention has a trunk consisting of an upper trunk and a lower trunk which are rotatable around a rotation axis relative to one another. The upper trunk has shoulders on the right and left sides. An arm is provided at each shoulder. A ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6899589 | Bouncing and moving toy figure A toy animal mounted on 4 spring legs to permit movement of the animal in response to the rotation of an eccentrically mounted weight. This weight is mounted in the front body portion about a shaft disposed transverse to the body portion. The shaft is driven by a re... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6705918 | Eye assembly for toy, stationery or ornament An eye assembly for toys, stationery or ornaments includes an outer shell disposed and fixed with a mobile eyeball. The eyeball is provided with a mobile cover at the top thereof and at the inner side of the outer shell, and an eyelid cover at the front thereof for ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6511360 | Pendulum driven animated figurine A pendulum and animated figurine having pivot links, some of which are counterbalanced.... | 01/28/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6149494 | Toy with a moving body movable on a platform A toy includes a platform, a moving body, and a balance bar. The moving body has front and rear wheels rotatable about horizontal rotary axes, a turning wheel, and a drive unit coupled to the turning wheel and one of the rear wheels to drive movement of t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6129606 | Action mechanism toy or amusement device An action mechanism toy or amusement device which by centrifugal force causes the device to wobble, bob and rock due to a motor mechanism and offset weight rotating about a fixed motor shaft.... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6042450 | Doll with simulated physiological functions A doll with simulated physiological functions, in particular a toy doll in the form of a teddy bear, is described. The teddy bear has a head with eyes that can move and a mouth that opens and closes. A lower jaw pivots about a first axis to provide the op... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5993286 | Walking insect and method of assembling the same A walking insect that comprises a torso having a set of legs and wings attached thereto. Disposed within the torso is a battery and a rotating electric motor operative to vibrate the torso. The electric motor is attached to a counterbalance and tail cone ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5720644 | Voice-actuated spherical tumbler A voice-actuated spherical tumbler including two hollow semi-spherical shells connected into a spherical housing, a mounting plate fixedly mounted inside one semi-spherical shell, a rocker supported on a spring to hold a weight, a voice-controlled circuit... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5628668 | Walking doll Complicated movements of a walking doll such as going frontward or backward while making a big turn or making a turn in place is possible if the walking doll includes a body with a gear unit for supporting and driving a pair of feet having the same length... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5088953 | Gravity activated walking toy A gravity activated walking toy on an elevated flat horizontal surface is provided wherein the walking movement is actuated by a weighted cord hanging from the toy over the edge of the elevated flat horizontal surface. When the angle of the cord hanging t... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5052970 | Gravitationally motivated toy apparatus A toy apparatus includes a simulated bird like figure, including a main body portion and legs mounted to underlying platform, with a head member and a tail member pivotally mounted at respective forward and rear terminal ends of the body member. Pendulum ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4708690 | Toy mechanical monster A toy mechanical monster has a rounded base that engages a playing surface and houses a motor driving an eccentric weight within the housing. Legs pivotally attached to the housing move to and away from the outside of the housing as it is driven by the ec... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4578044 | Magnetically movable model toy A toy including a movable model, components for generating and alternating a magnetic field in response to a direct current, a permanent magnet disposed in the generated magnetic field, and a component for transmitting movement of the permanent magnet in ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4560363 | Eye-moving mechanism for a figure toy An animated figure toy (10) includes a head (14) in which a pendulum (26) is swingably mounted for reciprocating a cam follower (48) to blink eyelids (60, 62) and simultaneously move eyeballs (68, 70) from side to side.... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4411096 | Educational toy doll with weight tending to return head There is disclosed in the present application a toy in the form of a doll or statue representing a human figure, including a body and a head which is completely separable from the body. The head is contoured and balanced in such a way that when displaced ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4386479 | Walking doll A walking doll is described having a pair of side by side legs which automatically pivot forwardly when lifted off the ground. The legs include movable, side by side buttocks. The doll may be connected to a stroller through a handle that oscillates from s... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4302903 | Stepping device A stepping device supported on two legs capable of walking or stepping up and down steps. The device has a pair of legs rotatably mounted to and suspended vertically from spaced points on a link. A pendulum is rotatably mounted to the link and suspended v... | 12/01/1981 |
| 3936965 | Support for figure having movable members and means for moving same in response to acceleration or deceleration A movable device supporting a movable figure having movable arms, comprising a longitudinal path formed by a substantially horizontal upper surface of a portion of the device in the operative position of the device, a roller freely movable along the path ... | 02/10/1976 |
