Did You Know...
...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341558 | Pericardial retractor A surgical retractor includes a “swivel” having a string extending from one end and a string extending from the midpoint between the two ends. The swivel is delivered by pushing it out of a tube which is inserted through a small incision between the ribs of the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338342 | Omnidirectional toy manipulator A hand held omnidirectional toy figure manipulator allowing an operator to manipulate a toy figure to mimic movements made by a player of various sports such as baseball or soccer. The device employs with a one or a plurality of actuators attached to communicating c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7255625 | Omnidirectional toy manipulator A hand held omnidirectional toy figure manipulator allowing an operator to manipulate a puppet like toy figure concurrently with a variety of miniature toy replica devices such as a skateboard, a surfboard, a bicycle or a motorcycle or animals such as bull, in a wid... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7029361 | Finger puppets with sounds A finger puppet toy sits comfortably on a finger of a child, and generates a sound when the finger is tapped against a hard object, such as a desk or a table-top. The sound may be a voice, an animal sound, an animal voice sound, a musical note, or any of the above s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6939196 | Omnidirectional toy manipulator A hand held omnidirectional toy figure manipulator allowing an operator to manipulate a puppet like toy figure concurrently with a variety of miniature toy replica devices such as a skateboard, a surfboard, a bicycle or a motorcycle in a wide variety of associated a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6827626 | Marionette A marionette having a controller and a puppet. The controller having a pair of control wings pivotably connected at the second end to one end of a control rod. The other end of the control rod is connected to the puppet. The puppet can have a human form with a head,... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6679749 | Telescopic doll structure A telescopic doll structure comprises a base, a top stage, and a telescopic rack. The telescopic rack is composed of at least two hollow pipes with one pipe being able to be straightly shrunk into another pipe. The base is assembled to one end of one pipe... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6626730 | Foldable device suited for toys A foldable device suited for toys comprises a connecting rod and a retractable cylinder both sleeved by a toy shank support, wherein a bottom end of the connecting rod is connected to a transmission device that can force the connecting rod to move downwar... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6352464 | Mechanism for animated character A character (2) capable of forming facial expressions is provided. The character includes a hollow head (4) with a face defining a mouth (6) thereon. The mouth has a length and includes a first end portion (6A), a second end portion (6B), and a central po... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6204439 | Transmission mechanism for music box ornament A transmission mechanism for a music box having a plurality of ornaments coupled thereon includes a driving mechanism having a rotary wheel with an eccentric rod and disposed in the music box, a first support mounted in the music box and having a through ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6135847 | Puppets and character representations A puppet (10) or other character representation includes an inner tube (11), an outer tube (12) and an extra tube (13) located within the inner tube (11). The upper ends of the inner and outer tubes (11 and 12) are connected by a sleeve (23) of simulation... | 10/24/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6068536 | Mechanism for animated character A character (2) capable of forming facial expressions is provided. The character includes a hollow head (4) with a face defining a mouth (6) thereon. The mouth has a length and includes a first end portion (6A) and a second end portion (6B). The character... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5980357 | Puppet controlled from above Apparatus for animating a figure includes a head pivotably connected to a body, a control rod having a lower end fixed in the head and an upper end pivotable about an axis through a handle, and a second rod suspending the body from the handle remotely fro... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5908344 | Sporting implement protection and sound-producing device A head cover or similar protective article for a sporting implement, particularly a golf club, is disclosed having a sound-generating device for producing sounds which are thematically linked to the decorative or artistic aspects of the cover. The sound g... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5830035 | Toe puppet A puppet is adapted to be mounted on a single human digit for providing animated motion of a figurine responsive to movement of the single human digit. The puppet comprises a hollow, elastic cap having an interior wall defining a cavity into which the sin... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5823844 | Interactive vibrating toy A vibrating toy is provided and includes a housing, a battery mounted within the housing, a motor mounted within the housing activated by the battery, a shaft driven by the motor, a mechanism on the shaft for imparting an eccentric vibration from the hous... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5810641 | Rocking mechanism with upward, downward, forward and backward actions A rocking mechanism with upward, downward, forward and backward actions is disclosed. It mainly includes a base, a driving unit, a rocking unit, an outer pipe unit, an inner pipe unit, a rocking block, a upper sleeve and a decoration. With matching the in... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5732953 | 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... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5601471 | Skating doll platform A platform on which is mountable a doll resembling a figure skater, the platform serving as a stage simulating a skating rink. Housed within the platform in a finger-actuated mechanism operatively coupled to the lower end of a shaft extending through an u... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5393058 | Robot golf game A simulated golf game in which a remotely controlled golfer plays on a miniature course, The physical mechanisms and methods of control of the game are directed to heighten its realism. The course has all the characteristics of a real golf course, e.g., h... | 02/28/1995 |
| 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 |
| 4952189 | Spinable doll A spinable balleria doll having a body, legs, feet arms, hands and a head. A pushrod extends through the body and out of the head. The pushrod is mounted for reciprocal movement relative to the doll. The pushrod engages a square drive nut located in the b... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4804348 | Animated toy puppet theater The animated toy puppet theater comprises a box-like frame defining a top surface having a hole formed therein, and a puppet having a head and hollow body, made of flexible material, connected to the head and the top surface. A rod is connected to the hea... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4518366 | Manipulable doll An improved manipulable doll (10) for reproducing lifelike movement while operated by a human operator (12) on a rhythm board. The doll (10) includes a torso member (18), and a head portion (26) fixedly engaged to the upper end portion of the torso member... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4276715 | Puppet A puppet structure includes a support pole to which is attached a pair of protruding eye parts at the top end thereof. A cooperating operator's glove encircles the support pole and terminates in a mouth part, which serves both to add to the play value of ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4245428 | Hand-controlled puppet A hand-controlled puppet having a conical-shaped support member which includes a hollowed-out central area and a thin wall and which terminates in a small aperture at the tip and in a large aperture at the base of the conical-shaped support member wherein... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4138110 | Kicker apparatus for table game Kicker apparatus for a table game that includes a head portion that has a lower part that has leg portions that at least in part define an arcuate surface portion that forms a mating fit with an actuating rod, the actuating rod being rotatably slidably mo... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4054006 | Puppet operated by both hands The puppet has a head from which a collar-like element extends downwardly below the mouth area for the receipt of the operator's arm. The mouth of the head is manipulated by one hand of the operator to simulate talking, biting, turning and the like. The h... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3981097 | Animated figure Animated caricature for television and the like including an elastic body outline and attached head outline with arms, legs and feet, the feet being adhered to an invisible stationary background and the head outline being attached at the top only to a mov... | 09/21/1976 |
