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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7662015 | Interactive toy unicorn An interactive toy unicorn is disclosed, where the unicorn can emit sounds and flap its wings. Pressing a button on the unicorn's head, where this button also doubles as the unicorn's horn, will trigger this functionality. Alternatively, the unicorn will emit sound ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7455566 | Magnet tracking toy and its associated method of operation A toy system that utilizes a vehicle that rides upon a track using a unique propulsion system. The track used by the toy has an external surface upon which the toy rides. The track also defines an internal conduit that extends the length of the track. A primary magn... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7354331 | Interactive eating utensils and containers that can produce sound and mechanical output A set of interactive eating utensils includes a first eating utensil, such as a spoon or other piece of cutlery, and a container for containing food. The spoon or other cutlery piece has an embedded magnet that produces a magnetic field. The container is electricall... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7293891 | Lighting device having a light tube with magnetically adjustable illumination A lighting device (10) has an elongated light tube (12) to be used in combination with a holster (80) in a manner which will enable the holster (80) to hold the lighting device (10) as may be necessary and also enable the holster (... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7239248 | Level/position sensor and related electronic circuitry for interactive toy A sensor for use in an interactive electronic device. The sensor is operative to generate a plurality of different output signals corresponding to respective positions of the sensor relative to a reference plane. The movement of the sensor relative to the reference ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7057354 | Frequency controlled lighting system A method and apparatus for illuminating lighting elements in one or more predetermined patterns. A preferred frequency controlled lighting system implementing this method includes a motion switch, a controller, a sound generator, and lighting elements. The motion sw... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040951 | Amusement device An amusement device is disclosed having an animal body portion and a remote control portion. The animal body portion may be a lizard having horns and a tail. A user may use the remote control to cause the animal to move. The animal body has at least one motor operab... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6969260 | Technology explorer toy Involving mysterious gravity and mystical energy, an adjustable, instrumented, structural model, incorporating an object suspended from a frame in various ways with flexible line, freely swings, falls, bounces, and vibrates when manually disturbed. Through transfers... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6906472 | Articles with flashing lights Illuminating devices may be added to clothing and accessories worn by persons. Articles to which the illuminating devices may be added include footwear, hair-control articles, belts, suspenders, backpacks, purses, book-bags, vests and the like. The illuminating devi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902464 | Rolling toy A rolling toy includes a chassis, an electric power source attached to the chassis, a remote signal receiver, an electric motor attached to the chassis and receiving power from the power source in response to a signal received by the remote signal receiver, a pair o... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6793551 | Doll with externally actuated functions A doll in combination with a toy toilet the doll having a reservoir contained within the torso that can be filled with liquid through a mouth. The reservoir is in communication with a nozzle having an orifice which is sealable with a magnetic valve assembly. The mag... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6623326 | Sound-effects generating device with bipolar magnetic switching for activity devices A sound producing unit and a light emitting unit are provided in the toy body so as to be actuated when combined proximally with another toy body. A battery-powered, electro-mechanical device includes a bipolar magnet, which automatically generates sound-... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6592422 | Toy figure with different volume levels In accordance with the present invention there is provided a toy figure in combination with a toy megaphone. The toy figure includes a circuit board to store pre-programmed audio outputs having different volume levels and a speaker to emit the pre-program... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6592427 | Toy vehicle grain loader accessory A toy vehicle set accessory is claimed. The toy vehicle set accessory comprises a grain loader and a toy vehicle adapted for use with the grain loader. The grain loader comprises a grain elevator assembly for simulating the transfer of grain to the toy ve... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6575810 | Illuminating toy figure An illuminating toy figure for use with a conductive surface and an energy source is disclosed. The toy figure includes a structure having means for securing a battery and a first and second terminal, a light source having a third and fourth terminals, a ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6471565 | Interactive toy A toy includes a toy proper and accessories. The toy proper includes a processing unit having a microprocessor or a microcontroller incorporated therein. An autonomous electrical supply supplies the processing unit with electrical energy. An assembly of a... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6468124 | Object display method and apparatus An object display method and apparatus is disclosed which can easily display changeover of an entity, and an amusement apparatus is disclosed which can display a simulated burst having reality and punch. The method and apparatus first displays only one of... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6322415 | Toy vehicular electromagnetic guidance apparatus The present invention is a guidance apparatus for movable toy vehicles that includes a track, or roadway, on which the toy vehicles move. The truck has an intersection. The intersection has a magnetic guidance mechanism for steering the toy vehicles in al... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5975979 | Sound-emitting doll with mouth and arm movement and capable of removing its pacifier by itself The doll of the invention includes an internal mechanism based on gears, cams and terminations by virtue of which a series of movements are performed to provide a) swinging of the left arm, causing a rattler attached to said arm's hand to sound; b) stoppi... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5941750 | Doll having magnetically actuated functions A baby doll (10) capable of simulating physiological functions of a human body in response to an applied magnetic field. The doll (10) has an internal reservoir (12) that can be filled with liquid through a mouth (14) of the doll. The internal reservoir (... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5916007 | Magnetically tripped spring wound vehicles An entertainment apparatus includes a chassis, support wheels rotatably secured to the chassis, a back-wind spring powered motor mounted to the chassis and drivably connected to at least one of the support wheels, so that the motor is wound by rolling the... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5842902 | Magnetically propelled pendulum toy A magnetically propelled pendulum toy which includes a base and a toy member at the end of the pendulum and movable relative to the base. One end of the pendulum is connected to the toy member and the other end is connected to an arm that extends above th... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5676582 | Rolling toy A rolling toy includes a sphere body composed of two parts between which a axle is connected, a frame disposed in the sphere body and having a motor disposed thereto which is mechanically connected to a gear assembly, an end gear of the gear assembly fixe... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5603652 | Doll assembly A doll assembly has a toy figure and an audio output generator to simulate the singing of a song by the toy figure. A microphone, capable of providing audio input to the audio output generator, includes a light source modulated by the audio output generat... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5441434 | Magnetic conveyance system A magnetic conveyance system uses magnetic drivers within a tube having pressurized fluid moving therethrough. The magnetic drivers have magnets mounted at an angle other than 90 degrees to the central axis of the tube. Outside of the tube, a cart has a m... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5422628 | Reed switch actuated circuit An movable article carries a circuit including a normally OFF reed switch. In the ON state of the switch, the circuit is adapted to emit an audible or a visible signal. A magnet, mounted on the article to move during normal movement moves over a designed ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5343190 | Signalling footwear An article of footwear is provided with a normally open reed switch and provides a visual or audible signal when the reed switch is closed. A magnet is provided movable under inertial forces between an ON position where it causes the reed switch to close ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5322469 | Vehicle toy with elevating body A remotely controlled vehicle toy is provided with an internal actuator to temporarily secure the vehicle body close to the chassis, thereby substantially or essentially covering lateral sides and an upper side of the vehicle beneath the body, and to remo... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5295889 | Magnetically jointed toy for emitting stimuli A combined toy capable of permitting a user to enjoy play full of unexpectedness and/or novelty. The combined toy includes a toy body constituted by a trunk, and attachments including a head, arms and legs detachably combined with the trunk. Combining bet... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5252101 | Simulated toy commode An simulated toy commode or potty for dolls including a removeable vessel having clear spaced apart walls defining an annular space. Similar reservoirs are mounted above and below the annular and are in controlled fluid communication with the annular spac... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5127658 | Remotely-controlled light-beam firing and sensing vehicular toy Each of a plurality of toy vehicles is remotely-controllable by a single associated remote controller for movement, and for the emission of a directed light beam in simulation of gunfire. Each vehicle is sensitive to the directionally emitted light beams,... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5041044 | Teleporter A figure placed into a first unit and watched through a transparent door is made to disappear and simultaneously to reappear in a remote second unit from which it may be removed. The first unit, also referred to as the sending unit, comprises a housing wh... | 08/20/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4938730 | Toy house with magnetically actuated light A toy house has a lamp for illuminating an interior of the toy house and a switch which is magnetically actuated by placing a play piece having magnet disposed in its bottom surface area in proximity to an end of a lever which carries magnetically attract... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4878869 | Toys having magnetic switches A toy having a movable element is provided with a magnetic actuator which includes a magnet that is placed in proximity to a magnetically attractable component of a transmission disposed within the toy for transmitting power from a motor to the movable el... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4757946 | Flow actuated pulsator A flow actuated pulsator for shooting water in consecutive pulses. The pulsator is powered by water flowing under pressure therethrough and includes a nozzle for ejecting water at high speed, a pulse valve which cycles through opened and closed states to ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4737131 | Toy In a toy, an image of expanding and contracting heart (309',311') is produced by a separate generator (207), or in response to sensing a pulse beat of a child by a sensor (3,403,405), or in response to sensing at least one parameter of environment by envi... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4701146 | Illuminated infant toy A rattle for an infant is provided wherein the noise making device within the rattle also is a light activation device to momentarily light, in sequence, a plurality of lights mounted on the rattle. The noise-making device is made of magnetic material and... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4684354 | Appendage operated toy Method and apparatus for the operation of a propulsion unit by a magnetic switch which includes a pair of longitudinally extending reeds that are held in a closed or open position by an associated auxiliary magnet. When an external magnet is moved along t... | 08/04/1987 |
