Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7144293 | Squeezable toy with sound-emitting device A toy comprises a three-dimensional body that can be compressed to actuate a squeaker chamber to move air through a squeaker device. The squeaker chamber is formed by an elongated resilient member in the toy body that can be actuated to operate the squeaker device f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7021988 | Expressive feature mechanism for animated characters and devices A mechanism for animated characters capable of visually communicating facial expressions is provided. The mechanism (10) has two mesh gears per upper or lower lip (FIG. 1b). One gear of each pair is rotated by a single drive (20, 22). Eac... | 04/04/2006 |
| 5083962 | Doll capable of bodily functions The present invention provides a doll (10) which is arranged to be fed both liquids and non-liquids or solids. These are received in respective first and second chambers (20, 22). The present invention also provides a chamber pot (54) for a doll (10). Fur... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4294033 | Animated talking doll An animated talking doll includes a doll torso and head which includes a facial portion manufactured of generally flexible material. A sounding mechanism within the doll provides various audible sounds to be produced as desired by the user. A manually ope... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4229903 | Remote controlled talking amusement device A remote controlled talking amusement or entertainment device of an amusing and simple construction includes a pair of fanciful heads mounted on a rigid base. Disposed within the base are an electromechanical transducer or audio speaker for transmitting a... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4185413 | Toy milkable animal figure A toy milkable figure representative of an animal of the type capable of dispensing milk. The figure has a pivotally mounted head which may be pushed downwardly from an upper position to a lower position where a mouth opening in the head is immersed in li... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4179842 | Audible sound emitting toy A toy such as a doll which is capable of alternately emitting one of a plurality of different audible sounds, depending on the orientation of the toy, i.e., each sound corresponds to a different orientation of the toy. Typically when the toy is a doll, th... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4126960 | Doll with pivotable head and puckering lips A doll having a compressible torso with a neck opening having support means adjacent to said neck opening with a mechanism coupled to the support means and extending into the torso, compression of the torso in a lateral direction actuating a slide member ... | 11/28/1978 |
