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...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182307 | Space station toy (U.S.E.R. Civil., A.G.E.S., A.C.T.S., Co.) The present invention features a toy artificial planet space station comprising a generally hollow spherical unit, wherein the spherical unit is assembled from a plurality of levels, the levels are interconnected via an interconnecting mechanism and are detachable f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7311578 | Riding toy A riding toy includes a body simulating a physical object and having a recessed area adapted to receive a human rider's torso. A harness is adapted to be worn by a human carrier, such that the rider is supported in front of the carrier and the body is supported in f... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7238078 | Airplane types changeable model flight toy A changeable model flight toy which can simulate the takeoff and landing attitudes and flight attitudes at low cost in accordance with different types of airplanes is provided. A plurality of airplane bodies having different outer appearance forms which can be maint... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238398 | Antenna bird An antenna bird includes an ornamental element having the form of an aircraft which is capable of being secured to the antenna of the vehicle. The ornamental element includes at least one fuselage, a plurality of wings extending from the center line of the fuselage,... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228802 | Reuseable projectile A projectile comprising a shaft hollowed at one end with a male thread at the outer, or head, end. A plurality of fins are secured around the circumference adjacent the first shaft end or base, the fins being slightly canted to cause the projectile to spin as it lea... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7104864 | Blocks and building system for the construction of lifesize inflatable play structures A system for the construction of life size play structures includes a multiplicity of inflatable building blocks, each being a member of a finite set of different multi-sided block types. Each such type is a cylinder having the cross section of a regular polyhedron,... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6957526 | Pressure-actuated toy rocket system A pressure-actuated rocket system comprises a bottom base, a detonator and a rocket body. A top base is placed on a top surface of the bottom base. At least one through hole is located on a side of the top base and extended to an opening of the top surface. The holl... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6752682 | Hand-launched toy rocket A cylindrical toy rocket that measures at least 8-inches long and 2½ inches in diameter. The rocket has a weighted rubber nose cone that is mounted on an inner slide tube that fits inside the rocket's main body tube in contact with a compression spring. At least th... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6688937 | Semi-scale toy plane A semi-scale toy plane is disclosed. The fuselage is made of tetrahedral folding plates. Fuselage has a front and a rear parts. The front fuselage is an enhanced straight tube, the rear fuselage is a tetrahedral cone. Front and rear fuselages are joined b... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6659839 | Model aircraft capable of reproducing flight attitude A toy or model aircraft with motions that can reproduce the operational status and flight attitude of the corresponding real aircraft. Model aircraft include a vertical motion device for enabling the aircraft body to ascend or descend in order to reproduc... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6322418 | Toy airship alternately configurable as a hydrofoil craft A toy airship includes an elongated hull having a generally. circular cross section which includes a pair of panels. The panels are movably supported with respect to the remainder of the airship hull by a plurality of pivotally supported arms. The interio... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6203393 | Toy A toy which includes a hollow spherical body is disclosed. The body is adapted to be dismantled into at least two parts. Component parts are included within the body. These component parts are adapted to be releasably fixed to the exterior of the body to ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6155902 | Push toy scooter wagon A wagon has a body with front and rear ends. Front wheels are rotatably coupled to the front end of the body and rear wheels are rotatably coupled to the rear end of the body. Each of the front wheels is pivotally coupled to the body. The wagon has front ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6105903 | Inflatable flying toy An inflatable flying toy made of plastic membrane. The flying toy is formed with several inflatable air passages communicated with each other. After inflated, the air passages are expanded to serve as a support frame for stretching and supporting the flyi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6083078 | Toy with moving body movable between two platforms A toy includes a first platform with a proximate edge, a distal edge, and first and second lateral edges interconnecting the proximate and distal edges. A moving body has a front wheel, first and second rear wheels, and a turning wheel between the front a... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5931716 | Illuminated flying toy A substantially disk shaped body includes a downwardly curved perimeter and a circular, raised central portion. A plurality of substantially evenly spaced apertures are distributed annularly about the central portion. A switch is positioned substantially ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5810638 | Land, air and outerspace toy vehicle A novel toy shuttle for simulating play on land, air and outer space. The shuttle body having retractable side wings each having spring loaded projectile launchers thereon. Retractable wheels are located beneath the shuttle body along with a trap door whi... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5803789 | Remote control toy including tilt switch hand controller A remote control toy includes a remote land vehicle which is controlled by a hand controller configured in the shape of a flying vehicle. The hand controller includes a switch for controlling forward and rearward movement of the land vehicle and a photoel... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5733169 | Toy airplane with rotary decorative bodies A toy airplane with rotary decorative bodies, which includes a motor for driving a gear set. The gear set in turn drives a rotary power wheel set and two opposite cams to rotate. Each cam is formed with a guiding groove along its periphery for guiding a r... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5344354 | Flight-simulating airplane toy A flight-simulating airplane toy that consists of a two-handle control grip resembling a conventional cockpit control yoke comprising a forward-projecting shaft upon which a model aircraft is removably mounted. The shaft is rotatably journaled on a bearin... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5240448 | Glider plane set A set of glider planes formed in the shape of actual fighter aircraft are provided. Each glider includes a flat front portion having the profile of a fighter aircraft and bearing a graphical depiction of the fighter aircraft. To improve the aerodynamics o... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5232391 | Aerodynamic toy apparatus manipulated from the interior of a motor vehicle An aerodynamic toy apparatus is mounted at one end on the side window of a motor vehicle and is manually manipulated from within the vehicle by a passenger in the back seat. A generally rectangular support member is configured at one end to be received on... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5096452 | Wheel mount for a model airplane In a model airplane having a landing gear 5 provided on a fuselage 1 or wing made as a zinc-alloy die-casting where a bearing member 19 is suspended from a strut 18, it is desirable that the manufacture of an accurately modelled landing gear be simplified... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5019010 | Transformable block toys A transformable block toy includes a main body segment and at least one movable segment movably connected to the main body segment and being movable between retracted and extended positions. The main body segment and the movable segment form a building bl... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4889514 | Blinking toy vehicle A hand-propelled toy airplane, locomotive or other wheeled vehicle for pre-school children having a handle making it possible for a player to push the vehicle along a surface. The vehicle is provided with one or more lights whose bulbs are connected to a ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4810224 | Combat toy with telemetry controlled destruct simulation An action toy for simulating combat between two opposing forces using miniaturized toy combat equipment and target locations. The top comprises at least one miniature combat attack device having a transmitter therein for selecting and generating a radio s... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4750895 | Reconfigurable toy assembly A reconfigurable toy assembly which is capable of transforming into six different forms, such as a robotic humanfold form, a gun form, a jet plane form, an automobile form, an armored car form and a puma form, by changing positions of movable toy componen... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4717365 | Transformable toy vehicle and sword combination A toy sword spaceship having a generally hollow body shell containing opposed track channels in which lateral guide rails of an elongated toy sword blade are received for sliding back and forth. Pivotally mounted wings fold out when the sword blade is sli... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4676763 | Rolling and walking toy vehicle A toy vehicle is provided, including: a body; a spring, power generating unit connected to the body; a plurality of driving wheels connected to the spring, power generating unit through a transmission; a pair of legs mechanically connected to the spring, ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4668205 | Toy vehicle for simulating vehicle and aircraft A toy that can be used to simulate a vehicle or an aircraft is presented. The toy has a hood rotatably coupled to its front end which may be opened and closed. A rear portion is rotatably coupled to the rear end of the toy and may be rotated to two positi... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4585423 | Toy vehicle A toy aeroplane composed of a fuselage, a gear box fixed to the fuselage, a wheel axle holder rotatably mounted in the gear box, a wheel axle which extends rotatably through the gear box and the wheel axle holder and which carries a wheel at each end ther... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4571205 | Express delivery playset An express delivery playset includes an airplane, a delivery van, a loading dock, packages, a cargo transporter, and cargo containers. The plane has a conveyor belt for movement of the containers between a hatched opening at the fore end and the aft end o... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4543073 | Self-propelled reconfigurable running toy A self-propelled, reconfigurable running toy that can be transformed from a running vehicle mode into a robot shaped toy mode is provided. In the vehicle mode, the toy can run with leg portions thereof folded up and locked in position above a body portion... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4500299 | Toy cargo plane A toy cargo plane having a fuselage (24) with two front doors (32, 34) pivotably mounted within the front of the fuselage. The doors are mechanically opened by actuation of a lever and rod arrangement (44, 46) slideable along its axis and mounted within a... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4467556 | Toy vehicle capable of changing size and shape A toy vehicle which is capable of changing both its size and shape has a compound vehicle chassis having a first and a second chassis member. The chassis members are movable with respect to one another. The chassis members are connected together such that... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4421485 | Model flight simulator To control a model aircraft or spacecraft with a control stick, the first and second sides of a parallelogram linkage within the console housing are attached to and form universal joints for the bottoms of a control column and control stick respectively, ... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4407494 | Toy aircraft A toy aircraft formed of corrugated paperboard. A generally rectangular fuselage has a canopy secured to its upper surface and laterally projecting wings secured to its side walls. The fuselage has large openings in the top and bottom walls through which ... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4356661 | Aerostat and method of operation An aerostat amusement device in the form of a ballast member including a resilient container adapted to contain a liquid such as water and having defined therein an opening sufficiently small to preclude flow of the liquid through the hole as a result of ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4288943 | Simulated firing and sighting system A simulated laser firing target sighting and missile firing and tracking system is incorporated in a hand-held simulated jet fighter plane model. The operator views by looking vertically downwardly a centrally oriented target sighting control screen that ... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4219957 | Traveling toy A traveling toy wherein an eccentric vibrator is coupled to a driving shaft, a brush inclining rearwards is secured to the lower surface of the toy proper, the toy proper is oscillated by the rotation of the vibrator, and the oscillations are transmitted ... | 09/02/1980 |
