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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367423 | Speaker assembly with aiming device A speaker assembly aimable relative to a remote target. The speaker assembly comprising a sound generating device configured to project sound in a sound pattern about a sound axis. A speaker aiming device is coupled to the sound generating device for use in visually... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7311417 | Waterproof flashlight including electronic power switch actuated by a mechanical switch A flashlight has front and rear interconnected housing portions which define an interior waterproof chamber. The waterproof chamber carries an illumination source, an electronic drive for the illumination source and a power source. A switch system includes an electr... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7237922 | Pumpkin illumination stake Lighting units for use in a variety of enclosures/containers, such as Jack-O-Lanterns formed from hollowed-out pumpkin gourds, that define an interior region for receipt of a lighting unit, are provided. The enclosure/container and the lighting unit are combined to ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7163009 | Toy gun for launching a foam projectile A toy gun for launching a foam projectile includes a housing having an outlet, an inlet, and a passage sized to receive the projectile. A launch station disposed in the housing and is arranged to receive the projectile, a crank rotates a resilient actuating paddle. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7051470 | Battery powered lighted rod A battery-powered lighted fishing rod including: a handle having a forward end; a shaft extending from the forward end of the handle; an electroluminescent lamp secured the shaft; and a power source for supplying electrical power to the electroluminescent lamp. In o... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7025228 | Separable toy gun The present invention provides a separable toy gun configuration capable of being split into multiple, independently operable toy guns. For example, a toy gun has two housings integrated via a connector. Each of these housings further includes a controller (e.g. tri... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6951499 | Toy sword with contact indicator A toy sword having at least one visual or auditory indicator for signaling a user when the sword contacts a target is provided. In one preferred embodiment the auditory indicator is a balloon disposed within the body of the sword and positioned to burst via mechanic... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945842 | Toy sword with contact indicator A toy sword having at least one visual or auditory indicator for signaling a user when the sword contacts a target is provided. In one preferred embodiment the visual indicator is a filament disposed within the body of the sword and positioned to extend outward thro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942248 | Occupant restraint device control system and method Control system for controlling an occupant restraint device effective for protection of an occupant of the seat including a receiving device arranged in the vehicle for obtaining information about contents of the seat and generating a signal based on any contents of... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6909360 | Flashlight adapted for use with a plastic beverage bottle to form a signaling torch A barrel of a flashlight has a front barrel portion defining a front receiving space, and a rear barrel portion connected to the front barrel portion and defining a rear receiving space for receiving a battery unit. A lamp is disposed in a reflector retained in the ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6824442 | Weapon firing toy figure responsive to wrist controller A toy figure includes a lower torso and supporting legs together with a supplemental angled support. An upper torso and weapons backpack joined thereto is pivotally supported upon the lower torso and is pivoted in response to activation of a bi-directional motor and... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6755716 | Projectile shooting toy A projectile shooting toy comprises a body housing, a projectile delivery tube formed with an interior of the housing and a motor driven projectile firing apparatus having a trigger and projectile cannon pivotally mounted to the body housing. Activation of the trigg... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6751526 | Method for describing robot structure and part of robot A method for describing the structure of a robot representing robot parts as an assembly of elementary structures which is based on the skeletonic representation, a robot structure and a robot part. The parts CPCi are robot parts making up a robot. The connecting in... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6695676 | Toy gun A toy gun including a housing and a pair of drums rotatably mounted in the housing. Multiple drum splines provided on each of the drums mesh with the drum splines on the other drum, and a drive mechanism operably engages the drums for selectively rotating... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6521304 | Luminescent tool, its auxiliary member and method of preserving bioluminescent composition used in the tool and the auxiliary member The present invention relates to luminescent playthings such as candles, table lights, pen lights, illumination, illuminating playthings for camp, illuminating playthings for night fishing, fish-gathering lamps, safety candles, neon lights, luminescent in... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6200188 | Electronic toy soldier apparatus A toy soldier apparatus includes a toy soldier replica which may support three different simulated firearms. The replica has an electronic circuit contained therein, the electronic circuit including a speaker driver for driving a speaker which is containe... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6198404 | Small weapon decoy for military use A small, portable, low cost, battery operated, radio-controlled decoy simulates the sound of small arms fire. The units may be deployed remotely in the field to distract and confuse defending forces when attacked by advancing or infiltrating forces.... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6019681 | Simulative quick-firing gun A simulative quick-firing gun includes a shooting detector and an impact generator for generating an impact in accordance with detection of a shooting. The impact generator includes a motor, an impacter movable reciprocatingly in a specified direction of ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5885129 | Directable sound and light toy A toy device for simulating a weapon which comprises a toy body having a configuration which supplies a directional orientation for aiming the toy body at a target and a parametric speaker. The parametric speaker generates at least one new sonic frequency... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5883569 | Impact-responsive signal transmitting device A mobile object with circuitry which transmits a signal upon impact of the object. The signal is received by a receiver which generates a sound in accordance with the signal. The occurrence of an impact can be detected by the contacting of conductive laye... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5630744 | Toy gun with blowing-operated noisemaker This invention provides blowing-operated noisemakers to toy guns of the type which are sized to be graspable by one or two hands and which are pointable by the user. Toy gun devices are provided in which user-blown air may be routed from a mouthpiece to a... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5609507 | Pistol and toy dragon figure assembly A pistol and toy dragon figure assembly in which a pistol concealed in the figure is operable to cause the dragon to appear to be breathing fire and to be emiting roaring sounds. The pistol includes a barrel and a hand grip provided with a trigger. Housed... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5468170 | Collector's model disintegrator pistol (CMDF) In the present invention, a Collector's Model Disintegrator Pistol (CMDP) is formed from a pair of fight side and left side metal castings according to the investment or "lost wax" casting process. Preferably the left and right hand pistol sections are fo... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5433646 | Water gun launching water grenade A water gun system comprises a water gun, firing sound emulator, launching tube and rocket type water grenade. Converting the air pressure to be the momentum, the water gun generates the chain shot made of the air and fluid and the firing sound emulator g... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5389027 | Collector's model disintegrator pistol (CMDP) In accordance with the present invention, a Collector's Model Disintegrator Pistol (CMDP) is formed from a pair of right side and left side metal castings according to the investment or "lost wax" casting process. Preferably the left and right hand pistol... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5346418 | Kit for assembling toy weapons A kit for assembling a plurality of toy weapons includes a basic weapon having a first configuration and a first plurality of conversion adaptors for converting the basic weapon to a second plurality of different weapon configurations. The basic weapon an... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5261852 | Shooting device for toy A shooting device for a toy capable of providing interest and pleasure and exhibiting reality. The shooting device includes a shooting device body which is provided with a shooting mechanism for forward shooting bullets from the device one by one at every... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5246372 | Training grenade A training grenade uses a high intensity flash to simulate an explosion in a time delayed fashion when thrown and/or a sonic device such as a buzzer for indicating arming. Alternative means to simulate the explosion can include sonic devices or radio freq... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5145446 | Retractable toy sword with video and sound effect Disclosed is a retractable toy sword with visual and sound effects having a sword, a retraction driver, and a visual and sound effects driving circuit. The sword is divided into a hilt and a blade. The hilt is a hollow structure, and the blade is composed... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5073140 | Toy action figures and speech and sound effects accessory therefor Toy action figures and detachable accessories therefor incorporating audio generating apparatus are disclosed. The audio generating apparatus is entirely contained within the accessory and generates both speed and sound effects. The detachable accessories... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5059150 | Vibrating and sonic device for toy gun A vibrating and sonic device for toy gun installed in a chamber of a toy gun body comprises a motor driven by pulling a trigger and a eccentric cam generating shaking effect which is directly transmitted to the toy gun body. Another effects of sound "Bang... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5035622 | Machine gun and minor caliber weapons trainer A trainer for manually aimed weapons, having a projection screen video sym, a video disk player for providing pre-recorded scenes of a target image, a simulated weapon having actuable trigger, and a microprocessor having a file that identifies target loc... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4904222 | Synchronized sound producing amusement device An amusement device is disclosed which contains a signal generator attached to a flexible member. When the flexible member is repeatedly waved, an oscillatory electrical signal is produced by the signal generator and supplied to a sound generator which pr... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4902262 | Power unit and battery pack for toys A power unit and battery pack for toys, which power unit is characterized by an electric motor mounted in a housing and adapted for gripping by a figure toy or character and driving various accessories. The power unit is powered by one or more batteries l... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4843336 | Detachable multi-purpose self-defending device A detachable multi-purpose self-defending device and in particular to one mainly composed of a grip and a barrel, the grip being provided with a high voltage oscillating circuit for supplying a high voltage to the electrodes mounted at the front end of th... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4820229 | Amusement device The present invention relates to an amusement device to simulate laser and phasor sights and sounds in Star Wars-like play situation. The device, shaped like a guantlet for circumscription about the user's arm allows a variety of collimated light rays acc... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4696654 | Ammunition belt advancing attachment for toy figures An attachment for a toy figure includes a simulated automatic firing weapon and a flexible belt with spaced apart simulated ammunition. The belt is movable through a backpack attachable to the figure by manual rotation of an exposed portion of a gear whee... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4678450 | Toy light sword A toy light sword including a hollow blade with a fluorescent coating on the inside, or it may be translucent and tend to glow when illuminated. A stroboscopic lamp unit is discharged by a switch to provide a burst of high intensity light and a glow on th... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4215512 | Harmless sonic toy The present invention relates to a sonic toy device, and particularly to a gun-like toy. In accordance with the invention, a pair of closely spaced rolls are mounted on a frame to define a nip therebetween. A hand crank is provided for rotating at least o... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4171811 | Light gun with photo detector and counter A toy gun or similar device usable with reflective target apparatus utilizes a pulsed light source and a self-contained light detector for detecting light reflected from the target apparatus back to the light detector. The gun includes an audible indicato... | 10/23/1979 |
