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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066543 | Toy top playing apparatus A toy top playing apparatus for one person to play a toy top spinning game. A main body of the apparatus is provided with a display portion for displaying a game point, a play stage for spinning a toy top thereon, a dummy toy top simulating a toy top and arranged on... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7740518 | Jousting toy A jousting element for use in a game. The jousting element has a body which is arranged around a cylindrically aligned vertical axis. The body is configured to rotate about the vertical axis and to be carried above a playing surface. A traveling component connected ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7435152 | Apparatus and method for centrifugal material deposition and products thereof A centrifugal dispensing apparatus with a centrifugal dispensing drum that can be divided into compartments and that has at least one open inner volume for retaining a volume of flowable material, an exit aperture for each open inner volume for allowing flowable mat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427225 | Remote control toy top A toy actuation device is disclosed which has a device body comprising a holding unit that holds a toy such as a stuffed toy. The holding unit including first detecting unit for detecting that the toy is held in the holding unit; and movable engagement members that ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7331132 | Rotatable animation device A rotatable animation device with a first substrate member rotatable relative to a second substrate member. A plurality of coded images are disposed on one substrate member, and a plurality of shutter elements and interposed viewing sections are disposed on the othe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7281965 | Combination yo-yo and top The present invention is directed to a combination yo-yo and top device comprising first and second yo-yo body halves, a hollow dowel element detachably connecting one of the yo-yo body halves to the other, a ball bearing element mounted on the hollow dowel element ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270627 | Exerciser In order to provide rehabilitation, physiotherapy and maintain suppleness, an exerciser is provided in which a skid with a slide or movement surface is provided on one side and a grip on the other in order that a user can perform controlled oscillatory motions by re... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7204463 | Balancer device for hanging article A balancer device, which is adapted for incorporating with a hanging article having two sidewalls, a front side, and an opposed rear side facing towards a supporting surface, includes two balancing wings each having an inner end, and two connecting units provided at... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201374 | Method and article of manufacture for collectible game A game, toy or article of manufacture includes a set of rules and at least one model. The model has multiple movable parts, where under the rules of play, the model begins in an assembled configuration. As the model loses points under the rules of play, at least som... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175311 | Top with a lighting device A top with a lighting device includes a hollow body and a cover detachably inserted into a top of the hollow body. The cover has a grip upward and centrally extending from a top of the cover and a through hole defined therein. A skirt centrally and downward extends ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7144292 | Flying disc The present invention provides a flying disc comprising a rigid or semi-rigid ring having upper and lower portions hingedly connected to one another, with each of the upper and lower surfaces including means for retaining a pliable body therebetween. For instance, a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7063589 | Remote control toy top A remote control toy top, which is capable of remotely controlling performance characteristics of a toy top spinning on a stadium and freely changing performance characteristics, is provided. The remote control toy top is composed of the toy top and a remote control... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7033304 | Actuating device of wrist exerciser A wrist exercise includes a casing rotatably receiving a rotor therein. The casing defines slots that are aligned in pair. The rotor has axially aligned rotation shafts respectively and rotatably received in holes defined in the casing for rotatably supporting the r... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014523 | Vector toy Embodiments disclosed herein may include a toy method and system configured to be displaced for generally long distances by a small force. The disc-like or ring-like device may utilize wind-related vortex forces to remain generally upright and moving for long distan... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6969296 | Top with a lighting device A top includes a hollow body, a lighting received disposed in the hollow body, a conductor moved received in the hollow body and a cover mounted to a top of the hollow body for closing the hollow body. The conductor is moved to operate the lighting device due to a c... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969260 | Technology explorer toy Involving mysterious gravity and mystical energy, an adjustable, instrumented, structural model, incorporating an object suspended from a frame in various ways with flexible line, freely swings, falls, bounces, and vibrates when manually disturbed. Through transfers... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6913506 | Electric toy top device with support and its associated method of operation A system comprising a rotating device and a support structure for the rotating device, wherein the support structure provides the power to the rotational device that is required to maintain spin. The rotating device has a housing with a base upon which the housing s... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905389 | Toy top game unit A toy top game unit is provided, the unit comprising a toy top, driving means for rotating said toy top, a game board for receiving said toy top thereon, means for interacting the toy top and the game with each other, and for imparting a change to an operational mod... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6769953 | Spin top toy A spin top toy comprising a base having a handle, a spring motor frame mounted to the base and having a portion of ratchet mechanism therein, a spin top having a drive mount and a portion of a ratchet mechanism on a bottom side thereof and a spin point on the top si... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6746300 | Toy top A toy top includes a toy body having a main spring power device therein, the main spring power device being rotatively linked with a revolving shaft provided on a center of a bottom surface of the toy body. The main spring power device includes latch means for maint... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6743070 | Whipping top based bubble toy A whipping top based bubble toy includes at least a whipping top, a fluid tube, a bracket board and a pull rod in which the whipping top, a conic block, has a central post to be mounted with sleeve and a ground tip. The bracket board has a vertical opening to receiv... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739939 | Toy top game unit A toy top game unit is provided, the unit comprising a toy top, driving means for rotating said toy top, a game board for receiving said toy top thereon, means for interacting the toy top and the game with each other, and for imparting a change to an operational mod... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6685531 | Electric toy top device with support and its associated method of operation A system comprising a rotating device and a support structure for the rotating device, wherein the support structure provides the power to the rotational device than is required to maintain spin. The rotating device has a housing with a base upon which th... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6666743 | Spinning top A hollow rotatable member preferably made from a clear plastic material and a hollow cover are attached to each other in a spinning top. A ring is disposed within the top on the cover at a position of the top's substantially maximum diameter to provide st... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6648718 | Safety spinning top A safety spinning top is formed by stamping on a rigid and flexible round card to produce two diametrically opposite strips that could be upward bent at inner ends and then engaged with each other to provide a revolving shaft, and a conic member located b... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6634922 | Electronic RPM yo-yo The Electronic RPM Yo-Yo will contain electronics for purposes of measuring typical yo-yo game play including the speed and RPMs, the duration of the spin of the yo-yo and it will also calculate overall score based upon a combination of the speed and dura... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6604979 | Built-up spinning top A built-up spinning top is formed from a plurality of flat pieces, which are detachably connected to a flat board before being used to build up the top. The built-up spinning top mainly includes an elongate central shaft formed from two axially intersecte... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604978 | Top toy A top toy comprises a hand-held paddle with a contact portion and a handle portion, designed to manipulate, catch and throw a spinning top. The toy has two or more sides configured with substantially flat contact surfaces meeting at a periphery juncture t... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6530817 | Toy top system and related methods A toy top comprises a body having an external surface with at least one external cavity and at least one extendable protrusion; in a static position, the protrusion is situated within the cavity and in a spinning motion, the protrusion is in an extended p... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520827 | Spinning top A spinning top is built up with rigid flat parts and includes a central shaft extended through a horizontal body having a pair of radially oppositely projected fixed wings. A pair of movable wings are pivotally connected to an outer periphery of the horiz... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6447359 | Memorial novelty doll device having integral sound producing means and kit and method for customizing the same A doll is provided that is custom designed to resemble a specific person, either living or dead. These characteristics of sex, hair color and style, eye color and the like are selected from a group of various characteristics. A tape-recording mechanism pr... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443801 | Spinning top A spinning top including a hollow body having a vertical spin axis and including an upper and a lower body portion rigidly connected together directly or preferably interconnected by a weighted annular ring for increased rotational inertia. A replaceable ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6409570 | Tethered top A tethered top is provided with a construction by which it can be accelerated, controlled and/or manipulated using a tether that remains attached to one end of the top, top body, or spindle. The tether can optionally be used as a pull string to be wrapped... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6322419 | Combination spinning top and yo-yo A combination spinning top and yo-yo for providing a new type of spinning top and yo-yo. The combination spinning top and yo-yo includes a conoidal-shaped member having a top end, a tapered lower portion, and a tip disposed at a bottom end thereof; and al... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6287193 | Hand-held game with visual display and feedback This invention relates generally to electronic and electromechanical games having a visual display in which the user can obtain feedback on his or her performance during, or after, play, play a game stored in memory, and/or interact with a virtual pet or ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6196892 | Kit for tops A kit for spinning tops having an spindle, at least one body element which has a hole roughly in the area of its center of gravity and which constitutes the body of the top, with a cross section which is essentially equal to the cross section of the spind... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6149487 | Multi-purpose interlocking block A multi-purpose interlocking pentagonal block having five points each formed with a slot, the slot having a width slightly greater than a thickness of the block, two adjacent edges of the block having a notch therebetween, the notch having a width greater... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6127762 | Rotor A rotor (1) is of a substantially spherical shape with one complete half of the sphere (2) still remaining. The rotor (1) effective takes the shape of the head of a "mushroom." The other half of the sphere has had its material removed or omitted forming t... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6083076 | Illuminating and sound producing string activated rotatable toy An illuminating and sound generating string rotatable toy comprising a sponge disk affixed near one end of a shaft penetrating a sphere. This disk may be rotated by pulling a string that extends perpendicularly from the shaft through a hole in the diamete... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5996998 | Spherical tops A spinning top system, comprising a plurality of spheres, each sphere having a center. The spinning top are arranged according to one of several geometric formations, including a tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, cube octahedron, and a hexagon, each o... | 12/07/1999 |
