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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6149492 | Multifunction game call A portable game call ideally adapted for turkey hunting is user transformable between a variety of configurations for producing selected, game-attractive sounds. A rigid supportive hub assembly, generally in the form of a parallelepiped at least temporari... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5746640 | Motion-activated musical device A motion-activated musical device is disclosed which sounds harmonic overtones of a longitudinal resonator. Swinging the device causes the formation of a pressure differential across the device. This pressure differential causes air to flow through the lo... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5306193 | Toy double club with whistles A toy double club with whistle including two elongate tubular bodies connected with a chain, each tubular body having a whistle in its inner cavity to move back and forth in a limited distance, the distance being by two opposing projections on the inner s... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5174577 | Audible/tactile feedback swing training device A swing training device which provides both audible and tactile feedback to an individual. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a bow-shaped support structure having two tensioned laterally-displaced vibratable members positioned between the ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5087220 | Animal defensive barrier and exercise device An animal defensive barrier device comprising a hand-grip portion having end caps; a strap connected to the hand-grip through one of the end caps; a loop portion distal at one end of the hand-grip and a loop portion distal from the first loop end; a plura... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5078643 | Noise emitting and lighted twirl toy A toy designed for twirling or spinning by a person which not only emits a whistling sound but also includes a light emitting, replaceable unit with the light being emitted therefrom due to a chemical reaction initiated by the user. The toy is provided on... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4299394 | Whirling toy and whirling toy game A whirling toy includes a weighted object such as a small bag filled with sand attached to one end of a string. Advantageously, streamers or other means are used to stabilize the toy while it is whirled prior to release into an upward trajectory. A target... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4297808 | Tethered toy for orbital movement A toy tethered for orbital movement and connected to one end of a cable coiled about a drum in a circular housing rotatable about one end of a hollow handle which contains a coiled torsional spring connected to said drum to yieldably resist uncoiling of s... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4193222 | Audible and luminous swingable toy A swingable toy for creating audible vibratory noises and concentric circles of light. First and second elongate end pieces are perpendicularly secured at opposite ends of a tubular central body portion. Noise-emitting vibratory rubber bands are disposed ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4167831 | Melody bird instrument An improved instrument is provided for simulating melodious and harmonious sounds of singing birds, such as tropical varieties and the sounds of nighttime insects and small animals, such as the Puerto Rican "coqui". This instrument includes a construction... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4080754 | Dual-mode sound-producing toy A sounding toy with a rigid body of tapered cross section in both width and thickness produces a roaring sound when swung overhead at the end of a flexible cord. The roaring sound is enhanced by the reduction in thickness toward the outer end while the th... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4047323 | Flying object A toy comprising, in combination, a flying object, connected through a cable, to a device handle for rotating said object; the handle incorporates an automatic cable unwinding and rewinding device actuated by centrifugal forces.... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4034499 | Flexible tube with internal ridges for producing musical sound A hollow, open ended tube of flexible, semirigid material which has internally projecting ridges that are so shaped and positioned as to produce a musical tone when air flow is induced through the tube by holding it at one end and swinging the other end a... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4033069 | Melody bird instrument An instrument is provided for simulating melodious sounds of singing birds, such as tropical varieties, as well as the sounds of nighttime insects and small animals, such as the Puerto Rican "coqui". This instrument includes a construction having an air c... | 07/05/1977 |
