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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896724 | Modular toy vehicle A modular toy vehicle design having a universal mating system between the body of the vehicle and the chassis such that multiple body styles will interchangeably mate with multiple chassis designs and where electrical interfaces are automatically established between... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7568962 | Modular toy vehicle A modular toy vehicle design having a universal mating system between the body of the vehicle and the chassis such that multiple body styles will interchangeably mate with multiple chassis designs and where electrical interfaces are automatically established between... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7429204 | Toy vehicle having an electric drive A toy vehicle with an electric drive is provided that is suitable for operation on a racetrack, and has a chassis with a rear-axle unit, including an electric motor, and a front-axle unit. In order to optimize the toy vehicle with respect to the type of construction... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7349153 | Toy weapon with a periscope suitable for allowing a user to view obstructed objects through the periscope Described is a toy weapon with a periscope suitable for allowing a user to view obstructed objects through the periscope. The toy weapon comprises a weapon-shaped body with a trigger attached with the body. A user may activate the trigger with a finger to shoot the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7329166 | Automotive toy comprising flexible elements An automotive toy (1) constructed from a number of toy building elements, of which a plurality are configured as functionality modules (2, 3, 4, 5), each of which being configured with technical means for performing a specific functionality in the auto... | 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 |
| 7244163 | Toy car kit The present invention relates to a toy car kit comprised of a block or frame, wheels, a motor and electric circuitry to operate the toy vehicle. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238078 | Airplane types changeable model flight toy A changeable model flight toy which can simulate the takeoff and landing attitudes and flight attitudes at low cost in accordance with different types of airplanes is provided. A plurality of airplane bodies having different outer appearance forms which can be maint... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223152 | Wind propelled rolling toy Provided may be a wind propelled rolling vehicle with a self-adjusting sail that may be substantially formed in a relatively small, single sheet of material, or assembled onto a standard chassis. The exemplary embodiments may utilize bushings to spread dynamic loads... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7104863 | Product cycle project development A method for teaching production cycle project development utilizing a construction set having at least one construction set component designed to be alterable (e.g., robot) for constructing a user-definable apparatus. The teaching may include providing instructions... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7025656 | Toy tube vehicle racer apparatus An apparatus for allowing an individual to simply assemble a transparent cylindrical conduit sectioned track system which guides a self propelled toy vehicle through this track system. A self propelled toy vehicle designed to run securely through transparent cylindr... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6957996 | Toy car kit A mobile toy is described. The mobile toy includes a wheel assembly having a hubcap 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. The tr... | 10/25/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6918627 | Toy vehicles having interchangeable body styles A child-sized toy vehicle comprising a vehicle chassis upon which any number of a plurality of stylistically different interchangeable vehicle body modules may be removably secured. The various vehicle body module styles may be comprised of separate body module sect... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6595824 | Educational snap-together toy vehicle system The disclosed educational snap-together toy vehicle system is exemplified in this application as a set of cars and trucks. The vehicles are broken down into four primary components: a main body, front clip, rear clip, and roof. The body parts are snapped ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6554675 | Method of packaging toy building elements and packaging for exercising the method A method of packaging the toy building elements for a set for building a toy model in which the model is separated into definable sections. The elements for each section, including elements for interconnection to other sections are separately packaged, al... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6454624 | Robotic toy with posable joints An assemblage of robotic modules includes a plurality of robotic modules, with each robotic module having memory capability, an actuator, a joint position sensor, and communication means. The assemblage of robotic modules also includes a distributed contr... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6431944 | Toy A toy including at least one endless stretchable loop supporting or defining a figure or representative object, the toy being sized and shaped for removable placement around a toy wheeled vehicle by tension exerted by the loop against selected exterior po... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6155835 | Programmable apparatus A base unit has a microprocessor onboard and is programmable via a keypad. A drive is operable in accordance with a program input into the microprocessor in order to provide motive power to move the movable element. The base unit may be derived from a tel... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5919072 | Construction toy set for assembling a steerable toy vehicle A toy vehicle is fabricated from a plurality of construction toy elements which are commonly coupled by a plurality of interlockable couplers. The basic coupler mechanism utilizes a cube-like body having a plurality of extending flanges and supporting cyl... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5292275 | Toy vehicle having growling action A toy vehicle includes a supporting chassis having a plurality of rolling wheels secured thereto. The chassis supports an audio circuit, a battery and an audio transducer together with a pair of switch contacts configured to provide a growling sound when ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5046981 | Toy vehicle with remotely driven speaker and plural bodies A toy vehicle having a sound system is releasably connected to a sound source such as a portable radio and/or tape player to play actual radio transmissions or prerecorded audio tapes. The toy vehicle will simulate the radio or tape player of an actual ve... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5002525 | Military decoy A military hardware item, such as an aircraft fighter, is simulated in the field by the fabric sheets and light weight plastic panels stored in a cylindrical canister. The canister opens to provide two semi-cylindrical half sections that are laid end-to-e... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4993983 | Mobile toy having multiple siren sounds and body types A mobile toy includes a plurality of body shells, each being shaped to resemble a different vehicle type, a chassis to which any one of the plurality of body shells is selectively and detachably coupled; and siren sound generating means, mounted on the ch... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4969851 | Toy vehicle with changing style feature A toy vehicle with opposed faces on the chassis has a pivotally movable piece carried by the chassis with the piece being biased by a bowed overcenter spring away from a playing surface on which the toy vehicle is supported on its wheels. The portion of t... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4941610 | Construction piece for toy vehicle track A construction piece usable, in combination with other identical pieces, for forming a toy vehicle track, having interengaging slots and studs whereby a front side of one piece may be connected to the rear side of another, with slight inclination of the p... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4917649 | Toy vehicle with simulated loading A toy load carrying vehicle includes a body having a cavity and a load which is movable into and out of the cavity to simulate loading and unloading. The load includes a downwardly extending tab engageable with surface tabs at the ends of a path travelled... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4906215 | Toy combination of toy article and toy attachments The toy combination includes a toy vehicle having one or more pairs of spaced apart shoulders on exterior sides of the vehicle body and one or more toy attachments releasably secured on the pairs of shoulders by snap-fitting a respective pair of rails on ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4895542 | Toy automobile with attachments A toy automobile has slot-like formations on wide various surfaces to accommodate accessories and body elements which have circular clip elements snugly receivable removably in these recesses. The recesses can be paired with the recesses of each pair lyin... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4865337 | Convertible multi-purpose toy A kit of parts for assembling a number of toy vehicles having at least a bucket, two spine members with each having one portion of its length extending at an angle to the other, a support member, three wheels each with an axle therefor, and connectors for... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4824413 | Toy vehicle with rotatable power pack The toy vehicle of the present invention includes a body having two idler wheels and a battery driven power pack rotatably mounted therein, the power pack having a driven wheel mounted thereon and rotating therewith. The rear driven wheel has 360° of mov... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4767334 | Educational and recreational toy vehicle A fully enclosed toy craft intended for both amusement and educational purposes having the ability to assume a multitude of forms with each form resembling a different type of vehicle. The craft's interior resembles a scaled down version of a commander's ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4642063 | Space toy construction kit A knockdown toy having a number of component series, that, when assembled, are designed to resemble and simulate a space station or space ship. Each component series includes a number of identically-shaped parts that are interconnectable and repositionabl... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4642064 | Assemblage toy An assemblage toy which includes a robotic humanoid form that can be interconnected with optional assemblage elements is provided. Interconnection recesses and/or projections are provided on the humanoid parts of the robotic assemblage toy and on the opti... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4631040 | Construction toy set A toy construction set has a variety of component parts including bases, houses, and auxiliary members. Male and female connecting elements attached to the respective components allow for assembly of the components in a variety of configurations. To conne... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4625972 | Semi- two-dimensional decoys A novel decoy providing the deceptive appearance of a genuine three-dimensional object, such as a vehicle, is described which comprises a plurality of modular table units each of predetermined shape and assembled in an abutting relationship to form an out... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4620843 | Child's construction toy A constructional toy is disclosed which may be assembled in numerous different configurations employing four basic components which include a triangularly-shaped component, a rectangularly-shaped component and two elongated board components. A pair of whe... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4599077 | Modular toy A modular toy, comprising a base module (10) and various accessories. The base module comprises a circular side plate (11) supporting a stationary axle (12) on which are mounted two semi-spherical elements (13, 14) maintained in position by lateral tips (... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4576583 | Toy capable of executing multiple moving modes A moving toy has a plurality of rotating elements located along opposite sides of its body. A motor is connected to these elements via a gear train so as to rotate the elements on the body. A plurality of sets of movable members each are capable of indepe... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4571202 | Electrically powered modular toy set The present invention concerns a toy set consisting of a base unit (10) having a chassis (11) supporting an electric motor (12), and two axles (15). At least one of the axles has a pair of wheels (14) and the other axle has one or two wheels (14). At leas... | 02/18/1986 |
