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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325514 | Tossable pet toy for holding consumable treats A tossable pet toy is provided in either an annular or disc shape. The ring or disc comprises a perimeter having an inner rib and an outer rib, the ribs forming an interstitial space therebetween for holding a consumable pet treat. The inner rib is a single, continu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7294036 | Flying disc A circular planform wing includes a contiguous thin central plate having top and bottom surfaces. An outer annular rim encompasses the central plate. The rim has a lower edge defining a lower plane of the wing, and the central plate has an upper zone defining an upp... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270588 | Flying disc A flying disc toy of flexible plastic construction with a convex central top section connected to a concave central bottom section by an annular rim. The toy has a central hollow area that can be filled with water through a central opening in the top plate and also ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7207294 | Pet toy In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a toy for a pet. The toy includes a tube-shaped member comprising at least two layers of soft durable fabric, and comprising tube ends that are unfrayed, wherein at least one of the tube ends is op... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7140989 | Floor hockey puck A method of manufacturing a floor hockey puck comprises the steps of bonding a pair of felt discs together in a coaxial relationship by means of a flexible adhesive sandwiched between the discs to form a flexible core between the discs and applying a strip of protec... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7066851 | Floor hockey puck A floor hockey puck comprises a pair of felt discs bonded together by means of a flexible adhesive sandwiched between the discs forming a core which acts as a weight element to import sufficient weight to the puck to approximate the movement of an ice hockey puck on... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7014523 | Vector toy Embodiments disclosed herein may include a toy method and system configured to be displaced for generally long distances by a small force. The disc-like or ring-like device may utilize wind-related vortex forces to remain generally upright and moving for long distan... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6920881 | Wound covering pressure relief pads A pressure relief pad for use by persons suffering from or subject to the formation of decubitus ulcers or bedsores is described. The pressure relief pad is made from viscoelastic foam layers which provide for the redistribution of pressure around an affected or wou... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6758774 | Arrowhead with recessed collar Arrowheads, including blade-opening arrowheads as well as other non blade-opening arrowheads having a recessed collar or body that is slidably positionable about a stem portion thereof. The recess bounds and defines an internally contained void of the arrowheads. Th... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6247989 | Secondary lift flying ring A flying toy in the form of an aerodynamic flying ring. An annular disk (17) surrounds a central opening (12) to create a ring. A convex upper surface (11) deflects air flowing over the top side of the disk, increasing air speed and reducing downward air ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6248034 | Street hockey puck A street hockey puck (100) includes a main body (110) having opposing top and bottom sides (116, 118) and an outer periphery. A plurality of skid assemblies (200) are disposed around the outer periphery of the main body (110). The skid assemblies (200) ea... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6182965 | Ring-spinning games with game parts and methods of play A plurality of circular disks or rings, each disk or ring having a different color, number or other indicia affixed, printed or otherwise incorporated onto each of its two flat sides may be spun by hand to fall with one or the other of their two flat side... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6113453 | Flying toy apparatus and assembly method The flying toy apparatus has improved launch and flight characteristics, is compatible either as a flying hoop-type structure or a disc-type structure, and can be readily disassembled for compact storage. The flying toy apparatus comprises an outer sectio... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6079398 | Ring airfoil and launcher A toy includes a ring airfoil and a launcher to launch the ring airfoil. The ring air foil is formed with a rigid body portion and an energy absorbing material disposed on a leading edge. The launcher is adapted to substantially simultaneously impart rota... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5816879 | Flingable flying disc toy with a central opening with inwardly directed vanes A flingable, disk-like, flying toy (10) having a series of preferably bendable, radially inwardly directed vanes (13) extending out of the plane (11) of the disk, which can cause the toy to spiral and/or return to the user like a boomerang. The throwing d... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5800237 | Flying segmented ring A toy segmented ring suitable for tossing and game playing and having a generally annular shape defined by an augmented perimeter encompassing a plurality of flexible flaps surrounding a central orifice. The flaps will flex in response to lift forces whic... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5695420 | Hockey puck An ice hockey puck being generally in the shape of a disk and having several voids passing from the upper to the lower surface. Preferably the puck also has beveled corners. The result is a puck which is safer to use, faster and more accurate than the con... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5538454 | Decoration of children's playthings including an exercize and entertainment hoop Playthings, such as exercise and entertainment hoops, children's bats, batons and jump ropes, are provided with an elongated sheath of fabric tightly adhering thereto, the fabric sheath being available in a variety of decorative patterns at a low cost. Th... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5524896 | Game utilizing a chance selection device A game using a chance selection device being a circular disk having an outer rim and an open circular central portion in which central portion are disposed cross hairs extending perpendicular to one another, the intersection of the cross hairs correspondi... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522753 | Flying device having staggered parallel airfoils A flying toy (10) having an airfoil member (12), is described. The airfoil member includes opposed ends (16) with slats (14) extending therebetween. The opposed ends are connected to an annular outer ring (22) comprised of hollow tubing (24). The slats ha... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5518238 | Street hockey puck A street or roller hockey puck that includes a plurality of rotational members that are supported in a ring configuration. The rotational members can be cylindrical wheels or spherical rollers. The preferred embodiment includes wheels each having an axis ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5429360 | Street hockey puck Disclosed is a new street hockey puck for providing a playing and scoring medium for use on hard synthetic playing surfaces such as concrete, asphalt, and the like, during a game of street hockey. The puck has playing characteristics which simulate the re... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5421584 | Game apparatus Game apparatus comprising a ring with a flight stabilization member attached to the ring, with the axis of the flight stabilization member being generally parallel to the plane of the attached ring during flight. A launching device is used to launch the r... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5411265 | Aerodynamic golf chipping target An aerodynamic golf chipping target is comprised of a body having a disc-shaped upper surface and a circumferential portion surrounding the upper surface. The upper surface has a circular hole formed in the center thereof for receiving a golf ball. The ho... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5397261 | Combination beverage insulator and flying toy A combination flying toy/beverage can insulator comprising an insulating cylinder and weighted nose ring for fixing the center of gravity of the device at a point about 12% to 18% of the full length of the device distal from the leading edge of the device... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5366403 | Flying disc A system for converting disposable plastic or paper dinner plates into throwable flying discs. The system includes an annular foam ring. A groove is disposed on an inside surface of the annular ring. The groove receives an outer edge of the disposable pla... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5362067 | Throwable toy having a ring arrangement of many extended fibers having one end of each fiber held with other fiber ends in a set of twisted wires arranged and joined together in a ring A throwable toy is thrown like a Frisbee disc or a flight ring is thrown, spinning through air on an initially directed course. It is easily gripped when thrown and when caught by persons of all ages. Many extended fibers are held together in a ring arran... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5354067 | Tossing game apparatus and method A game apparatus and method for playing a tossing game. The apparatus includes a plurality of cup members which may be recessed into the ground and a plurality of pucks which may be tossed towards the cup members. The game is played by placing two cup mem... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5340347 | Flying toy A flying toy comprising a plurality of radial and transverse airfoils integrally formed with and spaced among a plurality of arcuate segments. The radial airfoils generally point inward but are disposed apart from one another. In at least some embodiments... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5275417 | Tethered flying circular spinning toy A flying spinning tether toy has an annular rim and a transverse bar across the diameter joined to the rim. The transverse bar has an axial tubulation with a center hole at the axis of rotation. A closed loop of line passes through the center hole and aro... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5269716 | Flying toy with radial airfoils A rotating flying toy comprising a circular airfoil (12) and a plurality of radial airfoils (13). Said radial airfoils (13) extend, at a uniform angle, from a central hub (14), which is elevated in profile above the circular airfoil (12). When tossed thro... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5254077 | Tethered ring-shaped toy A tethered flying toy includes a ring-like frame rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the plane of the toy. The frame extends outwardly and upwardly from the plane of the toy away from the axis and has a downwardly extending skirt around... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5234367 | Articulated gliding ring An articulated gliding ring is provided in which a plurality of elongated members, which may be curved or straight, are pivotally joined to form a closed ring of circular or polyhedric contour, each of the elongated members having, throughout the major po... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5213539 | Returning flying ring toy A returning flying ring toy (10) of modified triangular-ring planform and an improved airfoil comprising an abrupt transition (49) on the upper surface (15-46,48), near the trailing edge (33).... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5199708 | Lawn roller game A lawn roller game apparatus and a method of playing the game. The invention comprises a plurality of ring elements having contoured inner surface and a handle port. Pairs of spaced playing posts are positioned at either end of the generally flat playing ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5195916 | Dual disc flying toy with flat lower member A toy flying saucer comprising a smaller top disc attached to a large base disc at the top. The top disc has a cylindrical connecting end projecting from the bottom edge thereof, which cylindrical connecting end has an annular projection around the outer ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5173070 | Pizza pie protection device convertible to childs toy A shallow inverted circular saucer shaped first member has upper and lower exposed surfaces. A flat ring shaped second member has an inner periphery spaced from and surrounding the first member and also has upper and lower exposed surfaces. The first and ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5154430 | Ring toss apparatus A ring toss organization includes a rod member mounting a tether line thereto, wherein the tether line is cooperative with a torroidal ring member, wherein the ring member receives a loop formed by the tether line therethrough, whereupon sudden tensioning... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5135232 | Strap device for carrying ring toss game apparatus Disclosed is a strap device for storing or carrying ring toss game apparatus including two posts and four rings. The device has a first elongate strap and two second straps, one at each end which extends generally along the line of the first strap. The se... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5083113 | Inductive coupled object identification system and method An inductive coupled object identification system (FIGS. 2a and 2b) uses inductive coupling to detect and identify objects. Each object includes an object resonance circuit (LT/CT) with a unique object resonance frequency. Base electronics (50) includes a... | 01/21/1992 |
