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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070549 | Baby toy with baby care items A baby distraction item and more specifically a baby toy for storing baby care items such as baby clean-up items with the baby toy temporarily distracting a baby with the baby top comprising either a cover or a base with a chamber for holding baby care item so that ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8016634 | Children's learning device with countdown timer A child's learning device includes a housing, a countdown timer and a driving mechanism. The housing includes a main body and an appendage attached to the main body, the appendage pivoting between a first orientation and a second orientation. The countdown timer inc... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011991 | Apparatus for facilitating the construction of a snow man/woman A building component for facilitating a construction of a snow man/woman. A spherically-shaped body is provided that has an outer surface and an interior, the interior substantially lighter than when the interior is filled with snow. An adhesion surface is provided ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7862397 | Mechanical apparatus operated by a slight lateral force A toy or game apparatus that includes a base in the shape of a cupcake, a simulated flame structure movable between an exposed-to-view position and a hidden-to-view position within a simulated candle structure, a support structure mounted to the base with a top edge... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7677946 | Apparatus for child activity and occupational therapy The present invention provides interchangeable activity centers having a variety of themes, complexity, or content. Parents, teachers, therapists, or others can select, combine, and arrange two or more activity centers according to a user's interests and capabilitie... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7527542 | Toy play set A toy play set for use in a vehicle having a beverage cup holder includes a body having first and second opposing ends and a side wall extending therebetween defining an at least partially hollow cavity within the body. The body has in a closed configuration at leas... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7497756 | Miniature toy vehicle serviceable as eraser and pencil sharpener A miniature toy vehicle serviceable as an eraser and a pencil sharpener is primarily composed of a chassis and a housing combined thereto. A sharpener base for being screwed with a blade is provided at an appropriate position on the chassis, while a cone hole is pro... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7395621 | Flat folding promotional structure The invention is a promotional structure, such as a greeting card, which is collapsible to fit into a flat envelope for mailing, and which unfolds into the shape of a recognizable type of building, such as a house. Some of the panels are flexibly joined to one anoth... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371145 | Multipurpose souvenir kit Souvenir kits are disclosed, the kits including an assortment of multiple parts including a front member, a rear member, and at least one side member. At least the front member is thematically representative of an aspect of a particular travel destination. At least ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363667 | Multi-purpose textured pad A multi-purpose textured pad. There is: a first flexible planar member, second flexible planar member; a first compressible padding material; a second compressible padding material; an array of elongated texture devices disposed in a layer above the top surface of t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361075 | Hand-held amusement devices and methods involving same A hand-held amusement device has a variety of features that encourage manipulative activities in and/or by a person's hand. These features may include various combinations of a base that is configured for rocking back and forth on a support surface; a cylinder that ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357265 | Container made of a transparent material having an insert in a side wall The invention discloses a container made of a transparent material. The container is of the type comprising, in one wall, a reserve into which is fixed a hollow sealed insert (4) containing a fluid in which particles can move. The container is characterized i... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337915 | Insulating beverage container holder A holder for a beverage container wherein the insulating sleeve includes internal ribs proximate to the top and bottom for gripping the container. An inwardly extending flange at the bottom of the sleeve is provided with a plurality of suction cups for stable affixa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335083 | Sheet type balloon A sheet type balloon has a blank, colorable area partly formed on an outer surface of a body, so the balloon is available for coloring or studying materials as well as typical playing materials. The balloon further has a valve assembly having bi-directional function... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7311579 | Block set for assembling a solid creation and apparatus for fabricating block for assembling solid creation A block set for assembling solid creations uses at least two types of cylindrical blocks. The cylindrical blocks are a thin cylindrical block and a thick cylindrical block. The thick cylindrical block may include a hole on a side face thereof for receiving the thin ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309136 | Cup with a fountain The present invention relates to a cup or a drinking container and in particular, to a drinking cup a spouting-water and lighting effect during drinking. The cup comprises a liquid container, a liquid output pipe, a spray pipe, a lighting circuit, etc, characterized... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7263953 | Automatic pet trainer This invention relates to an integrated automatic device for training and feeding a pet, which also functions as a play mate while the owner is absent or otherwise engaged. A toy holder, when actuated by an ejector, throws a toy placed therein to a predetermined dis... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264532 | Cup structure A cup structure is disclosed. The cup structure having an external tube, a sealing cap, a suction tube and a cup body, characterized in that the sealing cap is a dual-layered body having a bottom seat for holding a rotating wheel and a through hole at the external e... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264531 | Method and apparatus for facilitating the construction of a snow man/woman A building component for facilitating a construction of a snow man/woman. A spherically-shaped body is provided that has an outer surface and an interior, the interior substantially lighter than when the interior is filled with snow. An adhesion surface is provided ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7244166 | Toy and pacifying device for infants A soft toy that incorporates pacifiers into the shape of the toy. The toy includes a body made from a pair of planar sheets of a flexible material, the planar sheets having a perimeter that extends along an edge, and a soft, flexible filling. the filling being gener... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234207 | Novelty figurine and carabiner storage assembly A novelty figurine and carabiner storage assembly is provided. The figurine comprises a head portion, a body portion located proximate to the head portion, and at least one carabiner attachment assembly extending from the body portion for selectively allowing the fi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222778 | Multifunctional device for supporting a container lid A multifunctional device for supporting a lid of a container in order to protect an item stored within the container is provided. The support device includes a generally planar upper member. The support device also includes at least one leg member detachably connect... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223151 | Rigid ballon The rigid balloon has a chamber to hold lighter-than-air gas portions to retain a structural member or members and a separate light gas is filled into the chamber through a valve in the balloon. Structural members are inserted into the portion to help retain the des... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217132 | Educational medium for teaching children to interact with and recognize objects A unique educational medium for teaching children to recognize various objects by sight and touch including animals, vegetables, minerals, articles, items, and environmental features according to a thematic scene associated with the medium. The medium is preferably ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211053 | Selectively applied wearable medical sensors A wearable garment includes sensor device of well-know design that are selectively pressed against the skin of the wearer when it is desired to obtain sensor readings, such as heart rate or temperature, or to apply treatment such as electrical pulses for defibrillat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207570 | Trivia game A trivia game includes providing a plurality of balloons. A plurality of trivia cards is also provided. Each of the trivia cards has a different trivia question positioned thereon with respect to remaining ones of the trivia cards. Each of the balloons has one of th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201117 | Method and apparatus for reducing risk that a thrown toy will injure an animal A method and apparatus for reducing the risk that a thrown toy will injure an animal. The apparatus consists of a toy which when thrown bounces erratically, which compressively elastically deforms, which includes a soft fabric outer surface that compresses to absorb... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7189134 | Interactive beverage bottle top Beverage bottle tops having interactive elements or performing interactive actions are disclosed. The beverage bottle tops are capable of conveying liquid from the bottle to a person. The beverage bottle tops include interactive elements, structures, or acts, which ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175497 | Apparatus operable for transformation between a purse and a toy A purse that converts into a doll bed, having an upwardly facing basket; fabric mounted in the basket and which extends upwardly from the basket to form an upwardly facing container that may serve as either a purse or a doll bed; straps secured to the upper end of o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175498 | Combination toy building block and container for holding liquids and the like A combination toy building block and container for holding liquids and the like, wherein the functional configuration of the device permits both the carrying of a dispensable substance and the stacking of multiple containers, thereby enabling the imaginative play co... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169008 | Method and apparatus for reducing risk that a closure on stuffed toy will injure or be damaged by an animal An animal toy is configured to stimulate at least one sense of an animal during play by said animal. The toy includes a shell formed of a first pliable material and having an interior; a pouch formed of a second pliable material and contained within the shell during... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150245 | Catnip encased pet toy A toy for use by domestic cats. The toy includes a spherical body portion made of pelletized materials and an interior portion. The interior portion contains a quantity of catnip and the shell has an opening to introduce and remove the quantity of catnip from the in... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150411 | Drinking straw A drinking straw (1) has a spherical transparent housing (2) formed part way up it in which there is a ball (3) which can be marked or decorated and when a drink is sucked up the straw (1) the ball (3) rotates. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144293 | Squeezable toy with sound-emitting device A toy comprises a three-dimensional body that can be compressed to actuate a squeaker chamber to move air through a squeaker device. The squeaker chamber is formed by an elongated resilient member in the toy body that can be actuated to operate the squeaker device f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144359 | Method of reconfiguring a flexible planar item to a simulated character The present invention is a combination flexible planar item and character. The item comprises a flexible planar item, that when manipulated, takes on the appearance of a character. The character is formed by a character body that becomes defined from the manipulatio... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137819 | Apparatus, system, and method for teaching sequencing principles An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for teaching sequencing principles. An educational toy is provided with a plurality of panels that interlock with each other in a sequential pattern to form a multi-sided enclosure. A coded element may be represented on... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7104864 | Blocks and building system for the construction of lifesize inflatable play structures A system for the construction of life size play structures includes a multiplicity of inflatable building blocks, each being a member of a finite set of different multi-sided block types. Each such type is a cylinder having the cross section of a regular polyhedron,... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090500 | Educational game with demonstrated task achievement The play of a child's educational game to teach skills, such as color recognition, in which free ends of “color” straps in assigned locations are interconnected to demonstrate the child's comprehension of color recognition, and in which adult intervention betwee... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7048605 | Bobble head shaker A bobble head doll shaker includes a base and housing and a supporting platform that is hingedly mounted to the housing. A motor drives an agitator that lifts and releases the supporting platform, thereby imparting an oscillating motion to a bobble head doll support... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044827 | Hand-held amusement devices and methods involving same A hand-held amusement device has a variety of features that encourage manipulative activities in and/or by a person's hand. These features may include various combinations of a base that is configured for rocking back and forth on a support surface; a cylinder that ... | 05/16/2006 |
