Lawrence Welk, the bandleader who entertained millions of Americans over a generation of broadcasting his TV show, once received a patent: for a music-themed design of an ashtray.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300202 | Clock having a playing function A clock includes a main body having a lower space and provided with a protruding post extended into the lower space, a face plate mounted on the main body and formed with a plurality of holes, a tumbler mounted in the lower space of the main body and rested on the p... | 11/27/2007 |
| RE38528 | Alarm clock with time activated and speed controlled vehicle device The present invention is an alarm clock device which programmably and automatically coordinates the movement of one or more electric toy trains, or the like. The present invention alarm clock preferably triggers the movement of an electric toy train when a pre-set a... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6705919 | Electronic amusement device with long duration timer An electronic amusement device includes a housing having an outer side presented to a consumer using the device; an electronic timer in the housing and a controller. The timer is configured to track time to an end of an extended time period having a length of at lea... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6614727 | Three dimensional children's sleeptime timer and clock device The present invention is a children's sleeptime timer and clock device. It includes (a) a housing adapted to contain and display at least one clock and to contain (b) at least one clock; and (c) a sleeptime display timer contained within the housing, whic... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6478583 | Time monitoring portable game system A child educational entertainment device is provided including a housing with a display mounted thereon. Further included is a control mechanism positioned within the housing and adapted to be prompt a user to enter an amount of time. Once the time has be... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6361325 | Children's sleeptime timer and clock device The present invention is children's sleeptime timer and clock device. It includes a housing which contains and displays a clock, such as a digital clock, and/or an analog clock, and contains a sleeptime display timer. The sleeptime display timer contained... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354841 | Educational toy clock An educational toy clock which has a base with a plurality of spaced apart recesses about the outer periphery thereof reflecting the number positions of a clock face. The base further includes a central recess. A rotatable mounting unit is provided for re... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6034591 | Alarm clock with time activated and speed controlled vehicle device The present invention is an alarm clock device which programmably and automatically coordinates the movement of one or more electric toy trains, or the like. The present invention alarm clock preferably triggers the movement of an electric toy train when ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6030228 | Basic educational system An educational system is provided including a recipient surface such as a cloth or base having a plurality of entities positioned thereon which are selected from the group of entities including colors, shapes, alphabetic characters, and numbers. Also incl... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6026061 | Wrist or pocket watch A watch, especially a wrist, pocket watch or table clock, with a case containing a movement and means for showing the time, in which a game of skill fitted in the case can be played from outside.... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5848029 | Motion liquid display toy A motion liquid display toy including a base, a transparent container mounted on the base and holding a liquid, a floating ornament floating in the liquid and having a magnet at the bottom, and a transmission mechanism mounted in the base and controlled t... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5684758 | Child disciplinary device A child's disciplinary device including a plush toy and a countdown timer secured to the toy. The timer includes indications corresponding to children's ages, and the timer is set to a proper time-out period by setting the timer to the child's age. The co... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5226021 | Train simulation alarm clock apparatus An alarm clock structure configured of a simulation train structure is provided with the alarm in electrical communication with a cassette tape to effect actuation of the cassette tape and its play for simulation of various train audio reproductions, wher... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5044961 | Child activity timer A timer for teaching young children the concept of time is described. The timer includes a timing mechanism contained within a housing having a timer dial and activity selector. The timer dial permits selection of a duration of predetermined length and in... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4685599 | Novelty wristwatch A child's wristwatch construction comprises a strap element which is detachably securable on a wrist of a wearer, an enlarged three-dimensional ornament element which is attached to the strap element, and a timepiece element which is attached to either th... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4482256 | Toy watch A compact reconfigurable toy watch assembly which includes a wristband member connected to a body member having an upper body surface with a time display and a robotic humanoid head. A pair of arm members are movably attached to the body member and form e... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4307459 | Self-advancing teaching device A time teaching device which gives a numerical readout to teach a child the position of clock hands and is capable of advancing the clock hands every time the child activates the readout portion has a housing in which is located a clock face and typical h... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4240525 | Toy timing device with a slip-stick escapement-like mechanism A toy timing device including an escapement-like mechanism regulating the movement of a movable portion toward a position on a housing toward which it is biased by the alternate slipping and sticking of parts of a rubber band extending over ribs on the mo... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4189911 | Toy timing device A toy timing device including a rotor which can be manually moved from a stop to a start position on a housing and will move back to a stop position under the influence of biasing means which decreases in biasing force as the rotor moves toward its stop p... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4154054 | Toy timing device with a slip-stick escapement-like mechanism A toy timing device including an escapement-like mechanism regulating the movement of a movable portion toward a position on a housing toward which it is biased by the alternate slipping and sticking of parts of a rubber band extending over ribs on the mo... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4128949 | Toy clock using marbles A toy clock having a housing with a base portion for supporting the clock face thereof in a vertical position, the clock face having an hour hand and a minute hand proportionately coupled and rotatable, the rotatin thereof simultaneously effecting proport... | 12/12/1978 |