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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364361 | Storage bag with openly biased mouth A storage bag having a recloseable mouth, which is biased into an open configuration, is disclosed. The bag, typically manufactured from thermoplastic material such as low-density polyethylene, includes first and second adjacent layers joined or folded along bottom ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7175501 | Children's car driven by swiveling operations of a steering wheel The present invention relates to a children's car that moves forward with a simple and easy operation with particular care taken of the safety of the child riding the car. A steering block which can be steered with a steering wheel and a steering column is provided ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159347 | Display sheet holder A one-piece sleeve structure for securing the end of sheet material which permits ease in opening and closing on the sheet material during insertion or removal therefrom. Included are end caps for positive retaining of the sheet once inserted. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146890 | Annular octagonal hand held pushing tool for use with cutting and abrasive tools A hand held pushing tool for use with cutting and abrasive tools is formed as a planar disk. The disk has a first side surface, a second side surface, a first predetermined thickness and an outer peripheral edge. The outer peripheral edge has at least one notch. The... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6935920 | Toy train accessory A toy train accessory for use with a toy train is provided and has at least one track section disposed across the accessory and connectable to a toy train track. A slot is formed in the track section, and an upwardly spring biased sensor is disposed in the slot. At ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6893316 | Toys with mechanical interaction and method of using the same A toy item includes a body with a drive, a drive input, a drive output, and a driven activity member, or other movable output. Application of force to the drive input can activate the drive and produce movement of the driven activity member. Two similar toy items ca... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6821182 | Gear-driving device A gear-driving device that allows the user to create an interlocking moving gear display that is coordinated with the subject matter in a book or on a page. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6773323 | Toy element set for constructional toy A toy element set for constructional toy includes square planar elements, each square planar element having a center through hole, coupling elements adapted to connect square planar elements on a plane or at right angles, and gears, each gear having a split shaft pi... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6561866 | Moveable and sectional block toy A moveable and sectional block toy, including: a main frame which has a motor operating by receiving the input of a switching signal from the external and driving gears rotating by receiving the driving force of the motor; a plurality of gears which rotat... | 05/13/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6389987 | Play table and merchandising system A play table and merchandise display center includes a top and first and second legs secured at their upper ends to the top for supporting the top. A bottom wall is secured between the first and second legs. A front wall is secured to the first and second... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6315628 | System of elements for the composition of static or dynamic constructions A system of elements of plastic material intended for the composition, by frictional insertion, of static or dynamic constructions having a game of didactic purpose, which comprises two kinds of main system elements, from which the first kind of elements ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6183332 | Toy An intellectual training toy has a large freedom of arrangement and enables connection between the driven ember and the rotary driving member even while the rotary driving member is rotating. The toy includes a base member which has a driving mechanism bu... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6109997 | Toy building set comprising a number of transmission elements A toy building set comprising a number of transmission elements in the form of a plurality of shafts and a plurality of toothed wheels, and a number of supporting elements for embedding of said transmission elements; and wherein the shafts have shaft extr... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6110004 | Room-environment string-pull construction toy A room-environment string-pull construction toy consisting of a string, multiple wall-mountable pulleys, and a variety of colorful, eye-catching and/or whimsical cardboard or paper cutouts which can be mounted on the pulley wheels. Each wall-mountable pul... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5954562 | Building block assembly Various constructions may be formed from a plurality of different geometric blocks having mortises formed therein for receiving correspondingly shaped connecting and axial rods which permit the blocks to be assembled in both longitudinal and transverse di... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5890943 | Constructional building set comprising gear box casings constructional building set comprising gear boxes which are provided with guide grooves and shaft passages. The guide grooves and the shaft passages are constructed such that transmission elements can be inserted into the guide grooves from the outer side... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5791964 | Ratchet drive for construction toy set A ratchet mechanism includes an outer gear having a recess formed therein and an aperture for supporting the gear upon a shaft. The outer wall of the recess defines a plurality of angled facets forming a saw-tooth configuration. A ratchet pawl includes a ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5788552 | Educational device for teaching the severely mentally retarded This educational device has been specifically developed so that a severely mentally disabled person can build simple and compound machines that are used in the teaching of basic mechanics. The four elements-building units, linkages, connector-strips and a spec... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5759081 | Toy construction set featuring gears and radiant connectors A round wafer-shaped gear block is provided with beveled gear teeth along a side wall of the gear block. The gear block has posts on a top surface and has a hub integrally formed on a bottom surface thereof. The hub is rotationally receivable within orifi... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5460561 | Toy kit of stackable geometric shape pieces to form a structure A toy kit for forming a structure. Individual pieces include at least a cylinder, cone, cube and prism, and at least one additional piece. The piece can be assembled to form a structure, e.g. a sand castle. The pieces are hollow and open bottomed and incl... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5453034 | Plug-in module as a component of a toy building block system A plug-in module is described; one side of this incorporates four spring leaves (6, 6') that can be deflected slightly outwards and which are arranged on one side in a tulip shape and which, on the other five sides surfaces (2 to 5), can be snapped onto a... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5427559 | Chain drive for construction toy system A chain drive mechanism, especially for a construction toy system, is assembled with individual U-shaped chain link elements. The chain link elements are notched at their open ends and provided with bearing portions at their closed ends. The notched open ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5259803 | Toy construction set featuring gears and radiant connectors A construction toy formed from a plurality of building blocks. A primary form of building block is formed as a wafer-shaped rectangle having top and bottom surfaces formed of complemental interconnectable arrays of posts or rectangular vanes on a top surf... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5194031 | Toy gear assembly A toy gear assembly includes a base, a ring gear assembly, a drive gear, a tripod-like support frame assembly and a plurality of secondary gears. The ring gear assembly includes a rotatable gear ring portion and the ring gear assembly and the drive gear a... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5100142 | Puzzle having simultaneously rotating geared elements The present invention is directed to a puzzle having nine virtually identical interconnected members contained within a casing. The members are interconnected through toothed gears which are accessible from the exterior of the casing. Each of the nine mem... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5073138 | Modular gear and frame toy A modular toy (1) allowing easy assembly for children has a frame (3), a bridge (23), and a hub assembly (27) as primary features. The frame and bridge have slots (5, 6), which in turn have fasteners (7). The hub assembly snaps or otherwise removably moun... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5071384 | Steering mechanism A steering mechanism for toy building sets, such as toy vehicles, and of the type comprising a rack means and a pinion cooperating with it. In connection with various possible positions of the rack means and likewise with a view to selective positioning o... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5069646 | Toy sawable wood Briefly stated, and in accordance with a presently preferred aspect of this invention, toy sawable wood includes a first simulated wood member; a second simulated wood member releasably attachable to the first simulated wood member for forming a simulated... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5009602 | Rotational movement training apparatus The present invention relates to an improved rotational movement training device which includes a mounting board and a plurality of rotation devices which, when mounted on a mounting board, provide a training device which permits a user through experiment... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4950197 | Modular rotary motion toy A modular crank toy includes a group of interchangeable elements which may be arranged creatively in multiple patterns. Rotary motion is transmitted from a drive unit with a crank handle to the other elements to provide entertaining and educational animat... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4813903 | Block toy with integral drive shaft A running toy having an integral and concealed transmission member permits easy construction of running toys having a desirable appearance. A block unit of the running toy includes a hollow cube or block having a concave portion for receiving other block ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4794905 | Magnetic hand held ball throwing implement An improved ball throwing implement includes a flexible shaft and a retaining means. The retaining means includes a magnetic collar contacting the wall of a diametrical bore provided in a ball or similar game element to be thrown by the implement and a ma... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4784387 | Game A game is provided for educational and recreational use which includes an outer housing with a cut out opening, having a main drive gear and a plurality of ball control gears around the cut out. A spring impelled pop up plate is provided within the housin... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4547160 | Educational building toy An educational and building toy including a set of blocks of different lengths, having spaced-apart holes the number of which is determined by the proportional length of the block relative to a unit length. A plurality of discs and wafers are also provide... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4508348 | Animated puzzle block game The block game of the invention comprises an open-top box, including side walls and at least one floor. A plurality of similar regular blocks, designed to be removably contained by the box, are provided, wherein at least one of the blocks includes a movab... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4493669 | Motorized toy A motorized toy is described which consists of self-propelled toy vehicles, station sections which can be incorporated along the course of a track for the vehicle and toy objects with movable parts which can be coupled with the station sections. Each toy ... | 01/15/1985 |
