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One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270589 | Resilient leg design for hopping running and walking machines A leg for use on hopping, running, jumping and walking machines. As incorporated into the bow leg hopper robot, a thrust actuator provides elastic energy to the leg which is automatically released during stance to control hopping height. Lateral motion is controlled... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6458009 | Fishing toy A fishing toy comprising a fishing tool and a fishing target. A motor capable of sinking in water is installed in the fishing target. A battery seat, a bait biting actuation means, a swinging means; a movable switch triggered by absorption is installed in... | 10/01/2002 |
| 5836801 | Climbing toy device A climbing toy device has a ring, a first climbing toy, a climbing mechanism disposed in the first climbing toy, a rope connected to the ring and the climbing mechanism, a second climbing toy, and a string connected to the ring and the second climbing toy... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5755610 | Climbing toy machine A climbing toy machine has a motor, a drive pinion set, a climbing gear set, a first rack plate, a second rack plate, and a retard gear. The drive pinion set and the climbing gear set are disposed between the first rack plate and the second rack plate. Th... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5743781 | Ornamental toy capable of running up and down Disclosed is an ornamental toy capable of running up and down mainly including a driving mechanism wrapped up by the ornamental toy and a long bead string extending through the driving mechanism. The driving mechanism includes a motor rotating a driving w... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5727981 | Mechanical climbing toy A climbing toy includes an upper line, a lower line and an upper reel mechanism from which the upper line depends and which selectively winds in the upper line. An action figure is connected to a lower end of the upper line. A lower reel mechanism is disp... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5391104 | Suspended bungee cord doll A figurine simulating an invertedly suspended human, i.e. a bungee jumper, for suspended attachment to an automobile rear view mirror or other surface. The doll is provided with an elastic cord coupled to a suction cup and wrapped around the ankles of the... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5320572 | Toy movable on a cord A toy is hung and is movable on a cord between an upper limit position and a lower limit position. The toy includes a frame unit, a driving device, a planetary gearing, and a cord winding gearing assembly. The driving device has a power source installed o... | 06/14/1994 |
| 4682968 | Figure toy with rapidly retractable trap element A creature figure toy has an extensible tongue component, which may cooperate with the string by which it is secured to provide a trap for capturing objects. Abrupt retraction of the tongue component may be effected by pulling a tail component, attached t... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4576586 | Cord-climbing creature A cord-climbing simulated creature has a body comprised of a bottom section and a top section with apertures on each side through which extend legs from a common web member disposed on each side. On the outer surface of the top section of the creature's b... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4571210 | Toy playset elevator An elevator for a toy playset has a drum wound cable attached to a carrier for toy figures. The carrier includes an elongated, open bottomed shell into which is secured a folded piece of high density foam material, such as foam polyethylene. Compressed to... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4087932 | Toy escalator A toy escalator for use with a doll, the escalator having an inclined base with side rails along opposite edges thereof and a stair member slidable the length of the base between the rails, the stair member being provided with a doll leg engaging fixture ... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4081924 | Yo-yo toy carrying an additional member A yo-yo toy including two circular blocks joined by a pin having a string wound around it. An additional member has portions rotatably mounted on the outer faces of the blocks, so that the additional member moves up and down with the blocks as the yo-yo i... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4056896 | Toy bird A toy bird having a housing, within the housing are two sheaves mounted to a common shaft for rotation together, one of the sheaves having a larger inside diameter that the other, a first wing and a second wing disposed outside the housing, each wing bein... | 11/08/1977 |
| 3983661 | Gearing for the locomotion of toy figures In a gearing for the locomotion of toy figures between two end positions the gearing is formed as string drive with two string wheels mounted on a common shaft pivoted in bearing in the body of the toy figure and respective one string belonging to each st... | 10/05/1976 |
