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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419436 | Sound producing play apparatus An apparatus includes a support member, a moveable member supported by the support member, a user support mechanically associated with the moveable member, and a sound producing mechanism that produces sound as a result of movement of the moveable member between a f... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7281966 | Antlered animal call The present invention comprises a device for simulating the sound of rattling antlers. The device comprises a striker rod and a box. The striker rod comprises a head, a shaft and a handle. The box comprises a left and a right side wherein the left and right side eac... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7252079 | Safe air-pressure-launched toy rocket system and method of entertaining A safe air-pressure-launched toy rocket system includes an air-pressure-launched toy rocket, a high pressure reservoir, a manual air pump connected to the reservoir and configured to enable a user to pump air into the reservoir to a high pressure, a valve connected ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7174774 | Method and apparatus of detecting pooling of fluid in disposable or non-disposable absorbent articles A method and apparatus for detecting pooling of fluid in disposable or non-disposable absorbent articles is provided. The apparatus includes an object that has at least one surface area onto which pooling may occur. A fluid delivery apparatus is present and is used ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160171 | Pneumatic pump and vehicle In accordance with the present invention there is provided a pneumatic pump in combination with a pneumatic toy vehicle powered by a refillable compressed chamber. The improvement of the pump is defined by having a pipe that has an aperture to exhaust air being pump... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6926579 | Toy rocket launch pad with directional safety valve Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for launching a toy rocket that includes rotating a launch tube about an axis that is parallel with a connecting tube, which is rotatably connected to the launch tube; extending the launch tube in a perpendicular direction... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6227927 | Sound producing device A sound producing device comprises an outer tube having an open end and a closed end, a plunger which fits inside the open end of the outer tube, and an amount of flexile material arranged between an outer surface of the plunger and an inner surface of th... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6053793 | Game call blowing device A game call blowing device for blowing air through a forced air game call remote from a user. The game call blowing device includes a support frame with elongate upper and lower arms. The upper arm of the support frame has a bore therethrough. A tube with... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5712452 | Sound generator An improved sound generator includes a vibrating plate and a casing. The vibrating plate may become concave upon pressure and may return to its convex shape automatically to generate vibration and thus sound. An elastic plate is attached to the convex sur... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5468170 | Collector's model disintegrator pistol (CMDF) In the present invention, a Collector's Model Disintegrator Pistol (CMDP) is formed from a pair of fight side and left side metal castings according to the investment or "lost wax" casting process. Preferably the left and right hand pistol sections are fo... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5389027 | Collector's model disintegrator pistol (CMDP) In accordance with the present invention, a Collector's Model Disintegrator Pistol (CMDP) is formed from a pair of right side and left side metal castings according to the investment or "lost wax" casting process. Preferably the left and right hand pistol... | 02/14/1995 |
| 4936809 | Sound-producing toy having deformable body A sound-producing toy having a hollow body formed of resilient material, whereby when the body is depressed and deformed by a player, this action produces a honking sound. The body envelops an air-filled cavity at one end of which is an air-intake valve w... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4287680 | Mechanical action toy A mechanical action toy for young children and the like includes a housing or enclosure having a plurality of separate compartments in communication with each other and one of the compartments is provided with an exterior wall of light transmitting materi... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4279100 | Sounding toy A sounding toy for producing musical tones and other sounds includes a reciprocating element which may be repetitively struck by the user in order to produce the sounds. The sounding toy includes a vertically reciprocating cylindrical member which moves w... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4223472 | Toy projectile launching device A toy projectile launching device having a main tubular member in fluid communication with an air pump, an air storage tank and a projectile launching housing rotatably coupled to the main tubular member. A valve member manually operable within the main t... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4174587 | Air turbine operated vehicle accelerator toy A toy for accelerating unpowered toy vehicles along a roadway, the accelerator having a base with a roadway portion formed therein, the base having opposing elongate slots on either side of the roadway portion with vehicle engaging rollers rotatably mount... | 11/20/1979 |
