"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7607960 | Sounding tool for cheering A highly interesting sounding tool for cheering is provided. The sounding tool 1A comprises a pair of right and left clapping bars 2R and 2L, and a hollow cover body 10 having a shape imitating an object for enhancing interest. Both clapp... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7431199 | Golf flog A golf flog apparatus and associated method for relieving stress and/or frustration, as well as enhancing demeanor and/or play, during die play or contemplation of golf. Included is a handle with a plurality of cords coupled thereto. Further included is a plurality ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7281966 | Antlered animal call The present invention comprises a device for simulating the sound of rattling antlers. The device comprises a striker rod and a box. The striker rod comprises a head, a shaft and a handle. The box comprises a left and a right side wherein the left and right side eac... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7252571 | Deer rattle A device for the simulation of the sound of interacting antlers which comprises a plurality of bound rods encircling a cam rod, and wherein the cam rod is attached to a crank, and wherein the crank extends from its attachment to the cam rod to facilitate manipulatio... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7045695 | Maraca with flexible handle A musical shaker is formed with a rigid shell and pellets enclosed therein attached to a flexible handle. In a first embodiment, the shell part truncates to a small end portion and includes a bottleneck opening in the truncated small end portion. The truncated end p... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037243 | Cordless jump rope An exercise apparatus is provided that simulates the effects of jumping rope, but does not utilize an actual rope. Two handles are provided similar in appearance to jump rope handles. At the end of the handle, where the rope would typically be, a donut-shaped enclos... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7008351 | Training device A training device for acquiring the correct hand motion associated with the different types of sport and for strengthening the wrist and forearm. The device is simple and portable. It utilizes a combination of a magnet and a plunger, the magnet having a sufficient f... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6817922 | Noise maker configured as a sports article A noise maker for sports enthusiasts having two identical sections shaped to replicate the appearance of a sports article such as a baseball. The sections each have an inner and outer shell defining sound chambers. The sections are joined at a common grip. When one ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6736695 | Sports fan's noise maker Sports fan's noise maker. The noise maker includes a noise making mechanism, said noise making mechanism comprising a disk-shaped outer casing. Contained within the outer casing is a gear with an attached handle, said handle extending outward through an aperature on... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6365810 | Shaker instrument There is provided a shaker instrument having a single, contiguous body with a sounding chamber that is in communication with an elongated hollow neck or handle. The hollow handle has an opening or aperture through which a fill material may be introduced t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6146236 | Noisemaker A noisemaker for producing a drumming sound when shaken rapidly back and forth. The noisemaker includes a head with a spaced apart pair of faces and an outwardly extending tubular extent which terminates at an open end. A plurality of resiliently deformab... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5984761 | Toy clapper device and method of manufacture A toy clapper device having a main body including an elongate and planar shaped handle with first and second faces, a lower gripping end, an intermediate engaging portion, an upper portion and a central substantially circular shaped member also exhibiting... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5873766 | Toy clapper A toy capable of emitting clapping noise, emitting scent, and emitting light. The toy is constructed with an elongated central member and a plurality of resilient ribs which are attached at one of their ends to the elongated central member and are attache... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5808215 | Egg shaped shaker An egg shaped musical shaker instrument has an egg shaped shell and pellets enclosed therein. The shell has two parts. A first large shell part includes an exterior surface forming a large end portion and a central portion. The first part truncates at a s... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5377575 | Percussion instrument A hand-held percussion instrument capable of generating a variety of different sounds upon demand. These sounds including the typical sound of cymbals coming from a tambourine, the sound of a drum which is stretched over an open side of a tambourine, the ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5367939 | Hand held cymbal device A cymbal device for use with one hand includes a shaft extending along an axis and two cymbals coaxially mounted on the shaft so that one of the cymbals is moveable relative to the other. A trigger mechanism is coupled to the shaft for displacing the move... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5219163 | Foam bat A rubber or plastic foam bat for recreational and/or therapeutic use. The bat includes a solid, generally cylindrical handle and a long, flexible tubular impact barrel longitudinally connected to the handle. The impact portion has a blind coaxial bore whi... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5207769 | Strikerless percussion musical instrument A hand-held percussion musical instrument includes a swinging tone-generating plate, which is hinged and moved when being played. The tone plate is sounded by impact with the body of the instrument, which includes a resonator and impact member located at ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5155287 | Percussion rhythm apparatus The percussion rhythm apparatus includes an elongate base member to which one end of each of two hollow tubular members is engaged in a pivotable manner. The tubular members are spaced from one another and both extend outwardly to one side of the base mem... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5106332 | Noise-making device incorporating "whooping" plate An improved noise making device (10) particularly suited for use in stadiums, arenas and the like comprises a flexible, planar member of "whooping plate" (12), and a handle (14), both preferably comprised of plastic, the ends of the handle (14) being join... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5066260 | Wild turkey caller A substantially rectangular game caller having wood top end and side walls (10), (11), (12) and (13) forming a resonator chamber R, a bottom vibrator plate (15) of graphite-epoxy laminate enclosing said chamber, a friction edging strip (18) secured to a s... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5045017 | People entertainment with hand-held sound-emitting devices A people entertainment method provides a sound-emissive, tear-resistant sheet of material, bends that sound-emissive sheet of material into a loop and attaches that loop to a handle. Users may then hold the handle and shake that handle and thereby the loo... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4976651 | Clacker apparatus Clacker apparatus includes a base portion, including a handle, and one or two clacker elements secured to the base element. The clacker elements are secured by means of a rivet or the like, and the elements are freely movable relative to each other to all... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4932920 | Box-type turkey caller with scalloped actuator A box-type turkey caller has an actuator with at least one scalloped edge, enabling the actuator to be moved against the box with a measured rhythm to simulate the sound of a turkey purr.... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4850928 | Rattling antlers with thin fin members A pair of synthetic antlers, each of which includes at least a handle and two tines, one of the antlers having fins along the tines and upon clashing/striking the antlers together, the fins produce palmated sounds effective for rattling-in deer, elk and l... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4836822 | Compact hand-held thumb actuated friction-type turkey call A compact hand-held thumb actuated friction-type turkey call is formed of a generally rectangular elongated hollow wooden sound box assembly having a longitudinal slot with a planar striker pivotably mounted to one end block at one end thereof for oscilla... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4810228 | Noise generating clapper A noise generating device which has a pair of plastic elongated blades pivotally secured at their distal ends to each other and interconnected intermediately. A spacer is interposed between the blades between the distal and interconnected intermediate por... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4655723 | Child's activity ring toy A child's activity ring toy having first and second concentric ring portions, at least a part of at least one of the ring portions having thread segments along a multiple screw path with adjacent thread segments of adjacent screw paths overlapping in the ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4547172 | Sound producing toy The disclosure relates to a sound producing toy for babies or little children, having a housing for accommodating a sound producing mechanism therein. The housing includes a cylindrical hollow drum having a thin wall, and upper and lower caps respectively... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4463517 | Noisemaker device A noisemaker formed of molded plastic material having a central body portion with a projection extending from one end thereof and preferably a pair of paddle portions each having a projection extending from an end thereof, with the paddle portions being d... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4282679 | Infant's toy--rattle and peek-a-boo ball An infant's toy with a hollow ball having openings disposed about its surface and having a freely movable insert trapped within the hollow ball, said insert provided with a pair of pivotally connected stems with a cage structure disposed at the end of eac... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4230015 | Tamborine An improved tamborine which includes an arcuate frame having a plurality of jingle members affixed to the frame, the frame including a grasping portion disposed at or near the center of gravity of the rim such that the tamborine may be comfortably held fo... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4150602 | Musical instrument A board with a handle, has several distinct rows of holes in it, each row having a plurality of holes which are separated by hubs which extend into the passageway between the holes from opposite sides, and a pair of jingle discs between each pair of hubs.... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4031658 | Child's rattle A child's rattle made of synthetic plastics from three components which can be assembled easily and which consists of a hollow bell-like member, a tube arranged to pass through aligning holes through the member and which engages the member by a snap fit t... | 06/28/1977 |