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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066544 | Toy apparatus and environment therefor A toy apparatus may include a frame and a shell that may extend over and around the frame so that the apparatus takes on the appearance of an animal or thing. The frame may support a power source, a motor, drive and support wheel(s), a controller, one or more sensor... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7803031 | Vehicle having non-circular wheels propelled by a moving weight The vehicle (10) includes a frame (12) having at least three non-circular wheels (20, 22, 24) secured to a frame (12), wherein the wheels are mechanically secured to each other so that whenever one non-circular wheel moves, the other whee... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7662017 | Toy vehicle A toy vehicle comprises a lift mechanism which allows the toy vehicle to be lifted from a support surface in a lifting motion and roll end over end over end. The lift mechanism includes a lift arm pivotally mounted to a housing of the toy vehicle. A lift arm actuati... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7329167 | Multi-axle running toy and multi-axle running toy set A multi-axle running toy includes: a flywheel to serve as a driving source; three or more drive axles driven by rotation of the flywheel; a gear train to transmit the rotation of the flywheel to the drive axles; and traveling wheels installed on both ends of each of... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7288917 | Transmitter for radio-controlled toy A mobile toy is described. The mobile toy includes a wheel assembly having a hubcap for removably engaging a wheel of the wheel assembly. The mobile toy may also include a transmitter having a charging pad for charging of a radio-controlled embodiment of the toy. Th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7261615 | Drifting remotely controlled toy vehicle A remotely controlled toy vehicle appears to drift when turning, appearing to slide into the turn, by having a rear driving platform that swivels under a main body of a chassis. In addition to making the chassis appear to slide, the rear driving platform induces a t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249640 | Highly mobile robots that run and jump The present invention relates to novel, highly mobile small robots called “Mini-WHEGS™” that can run and jump. They are derived from our larger WHEGS™(“wheel-like lecis”) series of robots, which benefit from abstracted cockroach locomotion principles. Pa... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234992 | Remotely controlled toy vehicles with light(s) A toy vehicle including at least an on-board power supply, a plurality of wheels supporting the vehicle for itinerant movement, at least one motor operably coupled to at least one of the wheels to provide at least part of an itinerant movement, at least one light an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7172488 | Toy vehicle A toy vehicle comprises a lift mechanism which allows the toy vehicle to be lifted from a support surface in a lifting motion and roll end over end over end. The lift mechanism includes a lift arm pivotally mounted to a housing of the toy vehicle. A lift arm actuati... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7104222 | Rolling pet toy A toy is provided that includes a clear plastic ball to be readily movable along a supportive surface, such as the ground. Within the ball there is located a motorized character assembly. The character assembly has an upper housing cover in the form of a mouse or ot... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7011084 | Impetus-modifying thrust-wheels for ball-pitching machines The notion of an assymetrically configured thruster-wheel for automatic-feed ball-pitching batter/training-machines having a pair of laterally apposed axially-driven thruster-wheels; —wherein one or both thruster-wheels features a resilient circumferential-facing ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008289 | Toy with openable container from which one or more objects spring out A toy including an openable container, and a non-porous, molded, hollow, elastic three-dimensional representative object arranged to be contained in a compressed condition within the container such that on opening the container the object springs out by assuming its... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976899 | All terrain vehicle An all terrain vehicle having a casing, a motor assembly, a cradle supporting the propulsion system, and an outer shell. The casing surrounds the propulsion system with three connected rings, each ring capable of independent rotation. The cradle is positioned in the... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964572 | Interactive toy A developmental toy for small children includes a contacting member is rotated by an electric motor and a controller that, in response to input from a sensor, signals the electric motor to move the toy from a starting position for an initial period of time in an ini... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945840 | Wheel assembly for a toy A mobile toy is described. The mobile toy includes a wheel assembly having a hubcap for removably engaging a wheel of the wheel assembly. The mobile toy may also include a transmitter having a charging pad for charging of a radio-controlled embodiment of the toy. Th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945843 | Toy lowrider model vehicle A toy lowrider model vehicle which simulates the lifting and lowering movement of a full-size lowrider vehicle. The toy vehicle, preferably wireless or remote controlled having an onboard control signal receiver and battery power, has a chassis which supports spaced... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939197 | Toy vehicle with enhanced jumping capability A toy vehicle that is capable of lifting off a travel surface by means of a cam member. The toy vehicle comprises a chassis that has first and second ends and first and second drive wheels disposed between the first and second ends. The first and second drive wheels... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926581 | Toy vehicle with movable chassis components A toy vehicle comprising a hinged, three part chassis having a first longitudinal end and a second, opposing longitudinal end and including a central chassis portion with first and second lateral chassis portions pivotally coupled with the central chassis portion on... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6881122 | Toy vehicle A toy vehicle comprises a lift mechanism which allows the toy vehicle to be lifted from a supporting surface in a lifting motion. The lift mechanism includes a rotary member which engages a lifting lever hingedly attached to a chassis of the toy vehicle. In operatio... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6821181 | Amusement device with sparking means An amusement device with sparking means comprises a central housing which encapsulates a power means. An axle support is located at a bottom portion of the housing, functioning to allow an axle to extend horizontally therethrough. A plurality of wheels are rigidly a... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6767272 | Hopping mechanism for model car A model car having a mechanism, including an electric motor, for raising and lowering the chassis in respect of the ground engaging wheels. ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6764374 | Toy vehicle with multiple gyroscopic action wheels A radio controlled vehicle have greater than two gyroscopic action wheels provides a wider range of stunt options and increased stability during operation. The overall weight of the vehicle with respect to the combined mass and gyroscopic force which the gyroscopic ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6758719 | Radio controlled vehicle with a system for selectively lifting portions of the vehicle frame A radio controlled toy vehicle having a frame comprised of a first frame portion and a transmission assembly portion. The transmission assembly portion having two wheels connected to an axle to support the transmission assembly and an electric motor and gear system ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752684 | Radio controlled toy vehicle with transforming body A radio controlled toy vehicle that has the ability to transform from a compact (narrow wheel track) configuration to an expanded (wide wheel track) configuration. The toy vehicle includes at least one driving wheel. Left and right main transformation arms are attac... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6726524 | Traveling structure Problems are solved in a conventional traveling structure that can perform only the back and forth movement, circularly back and forth movement, and straight laterally movement, so that every directional movement is desired, and is not suitable for a traveling struc... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6692333 | Toy vehicle A toy vehicle has front and rear chassis portions and a flipping mechanism which allows the front chassis portion to rotate 360 degrees with respect to the rear chassis portion about a longitudinal axis. The flipping mechanism includes a triggering mechan... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6679752 | Remote controllable toy device and method of using A new and improved remote controllable toy device and an associated method of using are disclosed. The remote controllable toy device includes a radio transmitter unit and a toy car responsive to the radio transmitter unit. The radio transmitter unit havi... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6679750 | Toy building set comprising a vehicle A toy building set comprising at least one toy building element with a body part provided with coupling for interconnecting with other toy building elements, and a vehicle with a body that is provided with coupling for interconnecting with other toy build... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6672937 | Miniature toy vehicle A miniature toy vehicle, preferably of the wireless control self-propelled type equipped to flip or upset another similar toy vehicle or object upon forward impact therewith. The preferred toy vehicle includes a molded toy car body supporting front and re... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6648722 | Three wheeled wireless controlled toy stunt vehicle A three wheeled wireless controlled toy stunt vehicle capable of both highly elastic impact and less elastic impact with obstacles struck while the vehicle is in motion is disclosed. Two wheels are separately driven, and have tires with interiors that are... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6629510 | Randomly moving pet amusement device with flexible attachment A cat toy comprising a randomly moving body and one or more attached members. The pseudo-random mechanical motion of the body is transmitted by the member to a free end of the member. Angular momentum tends to keep the free end of the member moving near t... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6579145 | Toy comprising interconnected figures having directionally selectable spring-loaded propulsion mechanisms A toy for entertaining a user includes a composite structure configured to execute a play function, the composite structure including several removably interconnected structure elements, each said structure element having at least one propulsion mechanism... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6568987 | Brake assembly for a toy vehicle A brake assembly for a toy vehicle includes first and second wheel assemblies mounted on a axle, a cam which is rotatable with the first wheel assembly, and a brake member which is activatable by the cam to engage the second wheel assembly. An orthogonal ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565412 | Hood and trunk lid lifting mechanism for model car A model car having a mechanism driven by an electric motor for selectively raising and lowering the front of the car in synchronization with actuation of the hood, and raising and lowering the rear of the car in synchronization with actuation of the trunk... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6565409 | Stop mechanism of model car This invention provides a stop mechanism capable of stopping a model car under a spin-turn state. A seesaw-shaped swing member 22 is mounted to a car body 11 of a model car 10 at a position deviated either to the right or left from a centerline of the car... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6540583 | Toy vehicle A toy vehicle includes a chassis having front and rear portions with a wheel supporting the front portion of the chassis. The toy vehicle further includes spaced-apart swing arms connected to the rear portion of the chassis. Rear wheels are rotatably moun... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6537125 | Inflatable ball with unpredictable movement An inflatable or inflated ball comprising an outer chamber formed of an airtight flexible outer skin which, when properly inflated and fully expanded, defines an interior volume. A sealed inner chamber filled or fillable with a substance substantially hea... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6506096 | Running toy A running toy, wherein four running wheels (14) mounted detachably on the axles of a running toy main body (10) are provided with two axle inserting holes having those profiles formed so that they match the cross-sections of angular shaft of these axles, ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6503120 | Basketball retrieval device A basketball retrieval device for allowing the user to retrieve the basketball without the using having to run after the ball. The basketball retrieval device includes an attractor unit being adapted to be worn about a user's wrist; and also includes a re... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6435929 | Toy vehicle crashset having rebound mechanism A generally rectangular base supports a pair of gateways at two corners thereof and a pair of resiliently powered impact-responsive rebounders at the remaining two corners thereof. A flat surface extends between the rebounders and the gateways. A pair of ... | 08/20/2002 |
