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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157611 | Interactive toy system Systems and methods for interactive play are provided, including a method of interacting with an action figure. The method includes the steps of providing a base unit having a processor, providing an action figure having a memory which stores data relating to the ac... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8142252 | Amusement methods and apparatus Items are releasably interconnected to one another to create amusing assemblies. In one particular application, a humanoid figurine is mounted on a base, which in turn, is mounted on an article of clothing. For example, a LEGO figurine is press fitted onto a base, a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7985117 | Toy vehicle for supporting a doll on a vehicle A toy vehicle for a doll that can be coupled to a child's vehicle is disclosed. In one implementation, the toy vehicle is a toy scooter that is configured to support a doll in a standing configuration. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7942719 | Miniature toy for supporting doll on a bicycle A fully functional miniature toy bicycle is sized and configured to receive and support a doll in a typical riding posture. Apparatus secures the toy bicycle to the host bicycle handle bars in a releasable attachment. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7871304 | Device for enhancing sporting event on television A gaming device for enhancing sporting event on television including an assembled unit loaded with a number of pins/flags and a remote control through which the unit receives radio/infrared signals in order to actuate the device. A right arm of the figurine is conne... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7857678 | Toy with customization feature A toy is provided comprising a plush figure with a hole passing through a body part thereof, and an accessory for removable attachment to the figure, for customizing the toy. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7695340 | Action figure toy An action figure toy may include a base, an action figure, and a flipping mechanism disposed on the base. In some embodiments, the action figure toy may include at least two cords suspended from the base, and the action figure may be configured to ascend the at leas... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7686669 | Accessories for toy figures The present disclosure is directed to an accessory for a toy figure having at least one receptacle and to a play kit. The accessory includes a housing configured to be selectively attached to the at least one receptacle of the toy figure. In some embodiments, the ac... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7645178 | Virtual world toy doll system A virtual world toy system includes a physical doll and physical props that may be used in conjunction with a virtual world unit. The virtual world unit provides a portal through which the physical doll may enter and explore a virtual world under a user's guidance a... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7591703 | Interactive DVD gaming systems A toy figure configured to selectively control a DVD player having a DVD game medium, the DVD player having a plurality of different functions and being adapted to receive a plurality of different control signals with each control signal being associated with a diff... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7507138 | Plush toy with elastomeric extremities and its method of fabrication A toy figure assembly and its method of manufacture. The toy figure has a plush body made from segments of fabric that are sewn together along seams. The plush body defines an interior region that can be accessed through at least one opening. At least one stretchabl... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7491110 | Vibrating toy with elastomeric protrusions and its associated method of assembly A novelty device having a vibrating mechanism that is disposed at least partially within a housing. The vibrating mechanism causes the housing to vibrate when activated. A plurality of elongated elastomeric protrusions are provided that extend outwardly from the hou... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7422507 | Toy figure that combines plush construction with elastomeric gel A toy figure assembly and its method of manufacture. The toy figure has a body structure with an exposed exterior. The exposed exterior of the figure includes at least one first section of fabric material and at least one second section of elastomeric gel material t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7384325 | Feature-altering toy One example of a toy system includes a first body, at least one accessory having an activation feature, at least one mechanism adapted to alter the first body, and a first sensor adapted to sense the activation feature and to activate selectively the at least one me... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7365968 | Electronic device and image configuration thereof An electronic device. An image configuration is disposed on a housing of the electronic device. The image configuration comprises a base and a patterned portion. The patterned portion has a center of gravity differing from a rotation center that pivoted on the base.... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352191 | Sensor assembly and method of forming the same A sensor assembly includes a sensing element electrically connected to a conductor of a flexible multiconductor cable using a conductive patch, which is electrically connected to the conductor. A method of forming a sensor assembly includes electrically connecting a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338340 | Toy figure with interchangeable brain having associated voice responses A set of toy figures each has a main body portion and a detachable brain portion that are associated with a certain archetype (e.g., policeman, skateboarder, soldier, infant, athlete, cheerleader, pirate, princess, etc). In response to a user engaging a brain portio... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338341 | Dancing toy An animated toy effectively mimics human dance steps such as the Hokey Pokey with upper and lower halves of the torso pivoting about a diagonal waist laterally upwardly sloping to the left so that a left arm may be put forward and back. A spin/shake drive mechanism ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328015 | Multiple personality telephony devices A mobile device supports concurrent registrations of different wireless personalities with one or more service provider networks. Potentially using a single wireless interface, the mobile device can register and maintain multiple personalities and monitor for notifi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318766 | Doll with stand Embodiments of toy dolls and doll stands are disclosed, in which a user input applied to the doll or stand may generate motion in the stand and/or doll to animate the doll and/or stand. In some embodiments, a users' input motion may be stored in a compression or exp... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7306504 | Transformable toy A transformable toy including a first movable member, a second movable member and a coupler positioned between and coupled to the first and second movable members. The coupler is adapted to enable the first and second movable members to independently move or pivot t... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7297042 | Magnetic toy A toy includes at least two articles. At least one of the articles has a movement or change of condition component which is caused to occur by magnetic attraction between magnets and/or magnetically attractive material via the respective articles when brought into p... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290767 | Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281714 | Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7255563 | Educational toy The educational toy includes a toy figure having a body, a frame affixed within a portion of the body, and an earth globe disposed within the frame. The globe is configured to rotate within the frame. The globe is configured to represent the earth, and has outlines ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242323 | Electronic device having touch sensor A variable capacitance unit is formed between one portion of a human body and an opposed electrode facing it through a casing of a robot toy (electronic device) when the one portion of the human body such as a hand or a finger approaches the surface of the casing of... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234207 | Novelty figurine and carabiner storage assembly A novelty figurine and carabiner storage assembly is provided. The figurine comprises a head portion, a body portion located proximate to the head portion, and at least one carabiner attachment assembly extending from the body portion for selectively allowing the fi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7214119 | Inflatable remote control vehicle An inflatable remote control vehicle having a wheel-less inflatable vehicle body attached to a remotely controlled base unit and fully functional chassis having a plurality of visually functional wheels. The inflatable vehicle body includes a plurality of wheel well... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199783 | Wake-up detection method and apparatus embodying the same An input apparatus is disclosed having a hand-sensing system, a wake-up detector, and a microcontroller. After a period of inactivity, the apparatus is placed into a sleep mode to conserve power. During the sleep mode, an electrical property that the hand-sensing sy... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194428 | Online wardrobe A wardrobe closet that assists users in selecting and purchasing clothing is provided. A radio frequency receiver scans tags embedded in clothing to identify the clothing. When a user removes an article of clothing from the wardrobe closet, the wardrobe closet sugge... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178929 | Light and sound producing system A system for producing sound and light includes a shoe or other article of footwear having multiple sources of light and at least one loudspeaker, and a unit located remotely from the shoe which is operative to transmit an RF signal to a receiver within the shoe cau... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179171 | Fish breeding toy for cellular telephones A cellular telephone breeding toy includes a memory storing genetic traits of corresponding breedable virtual fish. The memory also stores sets of image templates, there being at least one genetic trait associated with each image template. A keypad is used to select... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172119 | Modular architecture sensing and computing platform A weather resistant modular sensor and computing platform reduces costs and enhances versatility of sensor systems. Rapidly evolving electronic technology results in hyper-obsolescence wherein sensor systems that are state of the art technology when designed, fall b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171154 | Method of communication by e-mail The present invention provides an electronic mail communication method via a stuffed toy. At a mail center, a mail address for an owner of a stuffed toy is acquired together with ID code assigned to the stuffed toy, and data related to the ID code is transmitted as ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144359 | Method of reconfiguring a flexible planar item to a simulated character The present invention is a combination flexible planar item and character. The item comprises a flexible planar item, that when manipulated, takes on the appearance of a character. The character is formed by a character body that becomes defined from the manipulatio... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137861 | Interactive three-dimensional multimedia I/O device for a computer A motion based communications system having an animated device, which is controlled locally or over a network connection, and which uses motion to convey information to a user. The information can relate to a predefined system events, such as printer status changes,... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134932 | Musical baby bottle A musical baby bottle is provided with an omnidirectional, gravity-operated switching mechanism for turning a musical player on and off, depending upon the orientation of the bottle. The infant nursing bottle of the invention employs a liquid container and a base co... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128691 | Hip hop aerobic exercise doll An aerobic exercise system for encouraging a person to exercise more which includes a doll having movable extremities which at least include arms and legs which are capable of moving in a predetermined aerobic manner. An aerobic video displays predetermined movement... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125311 | Device for positioning a telescopic doll in a packing box A device for positioning a telescopic doll in a packing box includes a telescopic doll and a packing box. The telescopic doll has two feet each with a sole, a seat formed on the sole, and a first hook pivotally mounted on the seat. Two fixed legs respectively extend... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121230 | Pet-play apparatus configured for interactive use A pet-play apparatus (20) for interactive use with a domestic cat or other pet (24) incorporates a lash (26) made of a strip of fake fur (56) formed into a tube (42) with a nap (58) of the fake fur (56) upon an extern... | 10/17/2006 |
