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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087970 | Toy construction system having a rotatable connector/spinner device A toy construction system is provided that includes, in a toy construction system having a multiplicity of interconnecting members adapted for constructing a variety of projects, a rotator head device including a device housing having a conical-shaped cavity formed ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7601045 | Therapeutic hand toys The invention provides systems and methods for a textured therapeutic toy that can be manipulated into an infinite number of shapes and configurations. The invention is best applied to relieve minor stress as well as strengthen hand muscles, rehabilitate finger and ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7374468 | Construction system A construction system includes an elongated connection stem with a central member having a uniform first transverse dimension and opposed integral end members, each having a uniform second transverse dimension greater than the first, each end member having a longitu... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7354330 | Connection for beads with locked and articulating engagement An assembly of two elements including a first element that has a cavity with an external opening connected to a first region defined by a sidewall that is a spherical segment and the diameter of the external opening is smaller than the diameter of the sidewall in th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7326100 | Marble building toy This application discloses a toy construction apparatus that can be used to make posable toy figures. The apparatus includes structural pieces, called “bones,” which can be connected to a plurality of other bones by joints that can be formed by a marble or simil... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316598 | Toy construction set A toy construction set including a plurality of elongated tubular elements each including first and second ends having identical outside diameters. A plurality of differently configured connectors each include a plurality of connecting legs having ends with identica... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7247076 | Pulse width modulation drive and method for ornaments with movable components A decoration device may include a low-friction drive line and a PWM controlled motor that reduces or eliminates the gearing needed to achieve appropriate speed and torque at the motor output shaft. In preferred embodiments, the decoration device is an ornament that ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7192328 | Toy for simulating character motion A method of simulating real-life motion of a character includes providing a toy having a plurality of interconnected links. The links are rotatably attached to one another and the character is attached to one of the links. The method also includes grasping the toy b... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7144351 | Multi-configurable exercise device The invention is incorporated in an exercise device comprising three blocks: a “first block”, a “second block” and a “third block”. Each block has a horizontal platform (herein, “first horizontal plafform”, a “second horizontal platform” and a ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140081 | Releasable fastener system A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof whereas the hook portion includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements exte... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7097137 | Launch and recovery system for unmanned aerial vehicles A method of launching and retrieving a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) (10). The preferred method of launch involves carrying the UAV (10) up to altitude using a parasail (8) similar to that used to carry tourists aloft. The UAV is dropped and pic... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7044465 | Strategy game with geometrical structure The present invention is an educational and recreational apparatus having a geometrical structure game device comprising a framework of tubes and connector wires characterized by a plurality of nodes on which game pieces can be embedded. Each node comprises a cluste... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6966814 | Hoop-type amusement device An improved hoop-type amusement system is disclosed wherein a plurality of variously sized and shaped connectable components may be selectively interconnected by the user to form simple and complex hoop configurations of a particular size and complex geometric shape... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6907703 | Interlocking block A five-sided interlocking block. At least one side, and preferably at least three sides, of the block is adapted to engage the same side of a similar block to interlock the blocks. At least one side of the block may also be adapted to rotatably engage the same side ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6652347 | Entertainment device An entertainment device comprising a plurality of rotational member divided into two groups: triangular members 10 and pentagonal members 20, a plurality of arcuate movable pieces 30 and a base for rotatably supporting said triangular and pentagonal membe... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6595825 | Modular construction system with rotating coupling A modular construction system has at least two profile parts for releasable coupling with a coupling part. The coupling part has on each of at least two sides one or more radially protruding lips. The lips on one side may be rotated to engage a portion of... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6491562 | Automation designing kit A kit that can be assembled to make a moving toy comprises a container having at least one wall portion movable between a closed position closing an opening in the container and an open position allowing access to the inside of the container through the o... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6478650 | Toy construction kit having movable members A toy construction kit includes a number of members assembled together with an edge-and-slot engagement. A support member includes a neck and a panel, and a rotary member includes an orifice for receiving the neck of the support member and for rotatably s... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6461215 | Toy building set comprising a tubular, elongated, flexible toy building element, and such a toy building element A toy building set comprising toy building elements (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11) which may be coupled together to build structures. Some of the toy building elements are in the form of shafts (5) and bushings (7) which are capable of coupling other toy buil... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6447358 | Toy building set A toy building set comprising a plurality of building elements which each are provided with hinge parts, a first type of hinge parts comprising a substantially cylindrical rod-shaped shaft part of a building element, a second type of hinge parts comprisin... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443795 | Transmission chain for toys A transmission chain includes a plurality of unitary chain links, each of which has parallel first and second side plates, first and second connecting pins, first and second pivot pins, and first and second pivot seats. The first and second pivot pins of ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6264522 | Construction system A construction system includes one or more body members each having one or more apertures extending through a body wall to a cavity forming a socket. Each body member further has one or more balls spaced-apart from the body and attached to the body by an ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6176757 | Toy brick game The invention discloses a toy brick game having at least two toy bricks and at least one connector for connecting the above at least two toy bricks together. The toy bricks can be one of a variety of geometrical shapes but have at least three side edges. ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6162108 | Stackable block system A stacking block system includes a plurality of blocks, each having a top face and a plurality of side walls extending downwardly from the top face. At least one coupling knob extends upwardly from the top face and has a substantially spherical upper part... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6030270 | Toy building element with rotatably configured coupling means A toy building element (1) comprising a central portion (2) provided with at least one coupling means (3, 4) arranged axially relative to the central portion (2). Furthermore, the toy building element comprises at least one other coupling means (5, 6) arr... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5897417 | Construction system A construction system where elements have connection components for a ball-to-socket or socket-to-socket connection. The ball-to-socket connection "locks" at orientations when one or more detents in the interior of the socket protrude into one or more of ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5895306 | Polygonal puzzle kit capable of three-dimensional construction, such as toy construction A toy construction kit, particularly a three-dimensional puzzle, including a plurality of generally regular polygonal construction elements that can be releasably assembled, through tab-and-slot, hinged interengagement, to form a toy construction. Each of... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5853314 | Toy building block A toy building block in the form of a rectangular prism is interlockable with similar blocks located on any of its sides. The block also has mating female and male features which permit connection between two blocks in either of two mating relationships, ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5839938 | Modular-design toy system In a modular-design toy system for preparing buildings, vehicle and landscape structures etc., comprising building elements of plastic material, which are releasably attachable to each other by snap-fastener connecting elements, provision is made, with a ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5827106 | Toy construction piece and kit thereof Disclosed is a toy construction piece being in the form of a half-shell having a bottom portion, a top portion, a bottom wall portion and first and second pair of top wall portions. The bottom wall portion is generally octagonal in shape. The first and se... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5810639 | Construction toy block and connector set A construction toy block set including a plurality of toy block elements respectively made of flat shape, a plurality of swivel connectors, and a plurality of fixed connectors, the block elements having pins and coupling recesses for coupling to one anoth... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5803783 | Toy building set with wall elements A toy building set containing wall elements for the construction of facade structures. The building set includes at least one of each of two types of wall elements: a first type of wall element formed with one opening having hinge parts for suspension of ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5787670 | Building block with integral hand hold and method for making same A building block with integral hand hold and a method for making same. As with standard prior art masonry blocks, the building block of the present invention includes a central transverse web which provides structural rigidity to the block and divides the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5779515 | Construction toy support base A base for a modular multi-part construction toy is disclosed which has a surface which permits the assembly of a number of toy modules thereon to form an erected toy. The base further includes a number of mechanically movable elements which are used in a... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5752869 | Toy construction set A toy construction set suitable for modeling animal, bird, insect, dinosaur and humanoid figures. The individual components of the toy construction set are analogous to bones and moveable joints. The construction set includes various sizes of limbs, heads... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5664387 | Modular block construction system A modular block construction system comprises blocks and other accessory parts that dynamically fit together to form different items of varying forms and shapes. One or more blocks of various sizes have outer, peripheral edges that can be mated with one a... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5647185 | Structural blocks and assemblies thereof A generally rectangular structural block has a central ridge which extends along the top of the block and stops short of its end faces. In the bottom face are two grooves, one aligned with the ridge, the other at a right angle and intersecting in the midd... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5620352 | Flexible tube having a number of joints A flexible tube includes a number of joint members each having a neck portion of reduced diameter formed between a spherical member and a semi-spherical member. The joint members have a hollow passage for engaging with electric wires. The spherical member... | 04/15/1997 |
