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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7758400 | Visual display Outer and inner inflatable members and a motor assembly including a fan are disposed on a base member. Air provided under pressure by the motor assembly including the fan passes through vents in the base member to inflate the inflatable members. Flakes are disposed ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7381112 | Air-driven novelty item A device typically adapted for association with an air diffuser of a ventilation system of a dwelling. The device redirects an air stream from a forced air column received through the diffuser. A novelty item is disposed to depend from structure associated with the ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7326101 | Switching arrangements and accessories capable of activation by air A switching arrangement capable of being actuated by an application of an air current with a playset component, a movable member for receiving an application of an air current relative to the playset component wherein the movable member for receiving an application ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311580 | Visual display and method of providing a visual display Outer and inner inflatable members and a motor assembly including a fan are disposed on a base member. Air provided under pressure by the motor assembly including the fan passes through vents in the base member to inflate the inflatable members. Flakes are disposed ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306231 | Game with object suspended by air A pneumatic prize dispensing system for an arcade game. The game includes a pneumatically-controlled method of suspending and controlling the movement encapsulated prizes within a vertically-oriented transparent tube by means of differential air pressure. A player c... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302769 | Interchangeable fan assembly for cold-air inflatable displays An inflatable display that has an interchangeable fan assembly in a position on the inflatable figure that allows optimum airflow into the display. One interchangeable fan assembly can be used for a plurality of inflatable figures by detaching the interchangeable fa... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7258591 | Mobile roly-poly-type apparatus and method The present invention generally relates to apparatuses having some characteristic(s) of traditional “roly-poly” toys, which are traditional passive toys that, when struck, wobble about their typically-rounded base but stay upright due to bottom-heavy weighting. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7201628 | Race track game system A car has a front and a back with a chamber there within. The back of the car includes a fan with a motor. The back of the car also includes a hinged fin extending rearwardly with a driver and a linkage. A source of power is located in the chamber and is coupled to ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7048604 | Levitating ball toy In one embodiment, the present invention provides a toy wherein a player manipulates a levitated object through an obstacle course. Furthermore, the present invention allows the player to design and build the obstacle course. The toy may include a playing field havi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6804905 | Portable sign A portable sign which includes a base member having a generally cylindrical rigid lateral wall with an air input opening and an upper opening. An air blower is positioned in the base member, and an elongated display member having a flexible generally cylindrical sec... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6722887 | Training and/or gaming apparatus and method This invention relates to an apparatus and method that can provide a group of individuals with an experiential exercise. The apparatus can comprise a source of fluid flow and a channel formation connected to the source of fluid flow at at least two regions of the ch... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6443397 | Tether for holding promotional materials A miniature car kite. The device includes an aero-resistant shape, such a disc, airplane, kite or figure; and a semi-rigid tether attached to the shape. In the preferred embodiment, the tether includes a pre-determined length of a semi-rigid material and ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6186857 | Apparatus and method for providing inflated undulating figures Apparatus and method for providing a dynamic gas-inflated object such as a figure with legs, a torso and head, and a pair of arms. The figure performs generally repetitive movements such as dance-like undulations in a manner that appears to keep time with... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6183336 | Tornado pop A candy holding device that is designed to combine candy and which supports the candy. The device includes an upper housing, a middle housing, and a lower housing. The upper housing is a liquid-filled container that has a metallic rotor in the lower porti... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6045341 | Levitation blower A levitation hand-holdable blower comprises a pistol like housing that has a butt 10 and a barrel 11. A motor 12 and a fan provide a flow of air along a channel and out of vents 17 to support a ball (not shown) in levitation manner. The blower is easily t... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5794364 | Projectile launching and recirculating display apparatus and method of displaying same A projectile launching and recirculating display apparatus and method are provided which preferably include a collector extending in a generally horizontal plane, and having an opening positioned in a medial portion thereof for collecting a plurality of p... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5658198 | Pneumatic running toy A pneumatic toy including a board provided with a runway, a body for running along the runway, an air chamber formed within the board, a blower for supplying air to the air chamber, a plurality of holes associated with the board which communicate with the... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5564963 | Air-cushioned toy This invention relates to a toy supported by a self-generated air-cushion. The toy has a platform, a pillow, a fan and a motor to drive the fan. The platform sits above the pillow. The fan and its motor are located centrally and substantially within the p... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5545071 | Educational toy keyboard An educational toy keyboard is constructed of a main body, keys arranged on the main body, and transparent cylinders corresponding to the individual keys. The transparent cylinders are mounted on the main body and tone-indicating characterful figures are ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5467985 | Objectional air skelly game The present invention relates to a new board game in which the players shoot tops, Skelly Tops, around an air cushioned board having number 1-13. The players in this Objectional Air Skelly board game use their preferred top and try to eliminate their oppo... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5381719 | Music representing apparatus for floating an object on the basis of a performance of music A blower provided, for example, at the bottom of a predetermined concavity in an electronic keyboard instrument supplies an air blast to a light ball to blow same up, using a fan rotated by a motor. In this case, a motor controller controls the rotational... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5314368 | Flying ball apparatus A toy or display suspends a ball in mid-air and moves the ball in a closed path without any visible means of support above a housing. The ball is moved radially toward, and alternately away from, a central housing axis, and may also be raised and lowered ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5291674 | Recirculating snowfall-type display A display formed of two colorless, transparent plastic cylinders mounted concentrically with a vertical axis upon a base. The space between the two cylinders forms a tank which is filled with liquid and some plastic snowflakes having a slightly greater sp... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5211596 | Air activated amusement device An air activated amusement device having a hollow body member including a cylindrical side wall, and a front wall and a rear wall at opposite sides thereof, with an elongated tubular member connected to the rear wall, and a ball disposed against the front... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5092808 | Air action toy system There is disclosed an action toy system comprising a base, an air blower, and unit toys connected with holes formed in the surface of the base. The blower blows air into the unit toys through the base and the holes to cause the toys to perform action.... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5045013 | Air-cushion vehicle toy An air-cushion vehicle toy [1] includes a first motor [3b] for driving a propeller fan [3a], a second motor [4b] for driving a hovering fan [4a], and a body [1a] detachably mounted on a chassis [1b], on which a power supply [5a] is supported, and covering... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5029872 | Spaceship toy and game A spaceship type toy and game is disclosed employing a tube and a generally spherical toy space capsule received by the tube. A fan assembly beneath the spacecraft provided air pressure which, when sufficiently great, causes the space capsule to translate... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5011144 | Ball practice tee The invention is directed to a ball support practice tee whereby a ball is suspended on a column of air. The apparatus involves a housing having an annular cone shaped nozzle extending upwardly therefrom. Within the nozzle is placed a blind core which pre... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4993986 | Fuzz blower power tube The fuzz blower power tube of the present invention disclosed herein agitates floats in generally non laminar fluid flow to cause the floats to acquire a static charge. The charged floats repel each other and may cling to portions of the tube of opposite ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4964835 | Air cushion vehicle toy An air cushion vehicle toy has a body formed with an air inlet and levitation air vent holes. An expandable and contractible skirt is attached to a lower part of the body, and a centrifugal levitation air blower is arranged to both expand the skirt and to... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4858921 | Ball suspending apparatus and method Disclosed is an improved ball suspending apparatus which utilizes a dual directional component air stream to support the ball for striking. The dual directional component air stream allows the ball to be spun according to the desire of the operator. For e... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4725256 | Pneumatic construction game A pneumatic construction game comprising a series of connected plastic tubes forming an endless conduit having an inlet opening, a source for delivering pressurized air into the conduit, a body movable in the conduit in response to introduction of the pre... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4573938 | Spaceship type toy A spaceship type toy is disclosed employing a lower base assembly, a duct, and a generally spherical toy space capsule closely received by the tube. A fan assembly within the base provides air pressure to the lower portion of the duct which, when sufficie... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4345765 | Moving target means of shooting gallery The present invention relates to a mechanism for providing air-supported floating lightballs as moving targets in shooting galleries in which the height of the lightballs is constantly changed by varying the current passing through associated air pumps th... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4292755 | Air floating saucer toy This invention relates to an air-floating saucer toy, comprising a housing, of which the main dynamic elements including saucer, air pump, electric motor, speed-reducing device, pneumatic tube and batteries are carried. The saucer is driven to float along... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4249334 | Toy hovercraft apparatus A toy hovercraft apparatus and which includes a toy hovercraft and a launcher therefor. The hovercraft comprises a frame having an outwardly flaring skirt with a downwardly projecting peripheral lip to form an air chamber therebeneath. A motor, e.g., an e... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4211412 | Fighting U.F.O's A table top game unit wherein two opposing players direct air streams to each control their own unidentified flying objects (U.F.O.'s) in the form of flying saucers to cause them to collide against each other until the opposing U.F.O.'s are ejected from t... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4199142 | Toys and games using super-hydrophobic surfaces A toy, game or other play device wherein a trackway, slide, maze or other play surface is coated with superhydrophobic material that is highly water repellent, whereby a drop of water applied thereto forms into a ball that can then be manipulated by a pla... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4193470 | Fluid propelled vehicular system A fluid propelled ground effect vehicle lifted by pressurized fluid directed upwardly through openings in a support floor. The vehicle body is propelled across the support floor by exiting pressurized fluid trapped in a receiving chamber underneath the ve... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4045906 | Play device for suspending and moving a floatable object relative to movable areas A play device for suspending a floatable object such as a foam plastic ball or a ping pong ball in an air stream and selectively manipulating the direction and position of the air stream so as to move the ball into areas defined by movable structures. The... | 09/06/1977 |
