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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7305329 | Method for lobby and common area interior A lobby or other public space design process for providing an attractive appearance complementary to a building in which the lobby is installed, by (a) Evaluating a building for determination of appropriate lobby interior design ar... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7160170 | Panel-type magnetic toys Disclosed herein is a panel-type magnetic toy having compartments where permanent magnets move. The magnetic toy includes a polygonal panel body having a space therein, a plurality of compartments defined in the space of the panel body, and separated from each other... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7038567 | Modules creating magnetic anchorage assemblies and relevant assemblies A module (1, 16, 19, 28, 50, 52, 54, 100) for the creation of assemblies comprising at least one active magnetic element of attraction (2, 3, 17, 20, 33, 34, 42, 47, 48) and at least one ferromagnetic element (6, 21, 22, 30, 40, 44) suitable for... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013674 | Magnetically attractable components for self-sizing jewelry articles A jewelry-forming component composing a body member having a first magnetized portion and a female element associated therewith for magnetically attracting and receiving a male element of another jewelry-forming component. The first magnetized portion of the body me... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016817 | Method for elevator cab interior An Elevator cab design process for providing an attractive appearance complementary to a building in which the elevator is installed, by a) Evaluating a building for determination of appropriate elevator cab interior design archite... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6969294 | Assembly of modules with magnetic anchorage for the construction of stable grid structures In an assembly of modules with magnetic anchorage for the construction of grid structures, one or more elements for stabilization of the grid structure are inserted in the form of panels (6, 12, 6″) which can be removably slotted in corresponding polygonal ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6722941 | Toy vehicle magnetic coupler A magnetic coupler for joining a first toy vehicle to a second toy vehicle is claimed. The magnetic coupler comprises a pair of spaced connectors. The connectors extend from an end wall of the first vehicle. A disk-shaped magnet is fixedly attached within a space fo... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6386937 | Magnetically coupled toy apparatus A magnetically coupled toy system having two toy components such as a doll and nursing bottle is shown. The nursing bottle contains a motor-driven rotating permanent magnet in the nipple portion. A second permanent magnet is mounted in a flexible region a... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6171169 | Articulated toy figure simulating basketball play A toy figure torso supports at least one pivotal arm together with a spring-loaded mechanism urging the arm toward pivotal motion in a forward direction. A spring is coupled to the arm and provides the urging force. A trigger and latch mechanism is suppor... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6083077 | Pop-up toy A pop-up toy including a housing for enclosing a plurality of interlocking elements. The housing includes an opening through which the series of interlocking elements may be individually extracted by a child. The opening in the housing is provided with a ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5651715 | Geometric toy A hand held geometric toy with a plurality of polygonal sections strung together with elastic loops. The toy has at least one, and preferably at least three, sets of parallel fold axes and is held in folded condition magnetically.... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5555660 | Modular signage system A modular sign comprises a perforated base having a multiplicity of apertures spaced a predetermined distance apart in both horizontal and vertical directions and a plurality of sign modules--positioned on the base. Each sign module has at least two regis... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5428914 | Modular signage system A modular sign comprises a perforated base having a multiplicity of apertures spaced a predetermined distance apart in both horizontal and vertical directions and a plurality of sign modules positioned on the base. Each sign module has at least two regist... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5347253 | Attracting body utilizing magnet A non-magnetic case 3 made of acrylic acid or like synthetic resin has a case body 3a, a lid 3b and a right hexahedron shape. The case body 3a has a substantially spherical accommodation space 3c in which a spherical magnet body 2 having paired N and S po... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5088951 | Building block system magnetic Building block system, magnetically held together, comprising a base plate (1) and at least one building block (2). The base plate (1) comprises a magnetizable metal core (3) and at least one building block (2) comprises at least one magnetizable metallic... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5021021 | Magnetic building block A building block having a metallic body, and a magnetic strip extending around the periphery of the body. The magnetic strip is affixed to the metallic body such that the flat surfaces of the metallic body are aligned with the edges of the magnetic strip.... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4952153 | Surface mounted magnetic toy A toy including a three-dimensional base having a magnetic sheet on its rearward side for temporary attachment to a metallic surface. The frontal surface of the base defines plural recesses each for the reception of a correspondingly shaped magnetic piece... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4928955 | Toy having sliding rail A toy includes a base, a curved sliding rail having a first end and a second opposite end, a tower having thereon a waved continuous guiding surface, a rotatable shaft in the tower, a flying piece guided to revolve along the waved guiding surface, and a s... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4531923 | Magnetic spinner An action toy in which a spinner is provided having two wheels joined with a magnetized axle which rotates along a single flat elongated wand. The wand has a return at each end so that the spinner will rotate along a first side of the wand and then along ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4462596 | Piece-stacking game device utilizing magnetic forces A plurality of magnetized game pieces are inserted one by one in a piece holder frame of nonmagnetic material along a piece guide formed therein. In the row of game pieces, two adjacent pieces are held in contact with or spaced apart from each other under... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4371167 | Psychographs with sound producing members A psychograph including a bottom member provided with a plurality of indicia on its upper surface and a planchette or small table movable relative to the upper surface so as to successively indicate various of the indicia can be constructed so as to produ... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4369579 | Device for drawing a pattern on a support, particularly for use as a toy The device comprises a box, a pencil-holder with a magnet, for sliding on the box, a carriage in the box, with a magnet, and means for moving the carriage for displacing the pencil-holder through the magnets. A drawing support is placed on the box, so tha... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4364196 | Method of operating ferrous toy The present invention relates to a magnetic toy, and more specifically to a unique procedure which enables an operator to accomplish a series of unusual effects or formations, based on the phenomenon of residual magnetism. The method of the invention is m... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4295832 | Educational toy A novel educational toy is provided which comprises, in combination, an elongated support rod and a plurality of separated magnetic members slideably received on the rod. Each member has a pair of opposed faces, the faces having an opposite polarity to ea... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4159593 | Game employing movement to control the operation of the game A game in which objects are moved from a first location to a second location and then are allowed to move through the action of gravity back to the first location can be constructed so as to utilize this movement back to the first location so as to contro... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4116445 | Thought dynamics game Game of thought dynamics comprising a game board inscribed with central intersecting horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines and with a plurality of concentric circles emanating from the point of intersection, a removable magnet provided in the center of... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4091561 | Traveling road system of a toy A toy road system includes a helical, ascending roadway fixedly mounted on a base and coaxially enveloping a column rotatably mounted on the same base. A slide is axially freely movable on the column, but secured thereto for joint angular movement. A perm... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4034503 | Peg top spinner In a children's peg top including a top body having a tip whereon it can spin, an axial recess is provided in the end of the top body remote from the tip. A magnetic element carried in such recess cooperates with a magnetic element on a spinner body so th... | 07/12/1977 |
