...that after Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849, he sold the rights to it for $400?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7247078 | Rotatable entertainment device A rotatable entertainment device includes a mobile arm rotatably coupled to the entertainment device, and a motion translation device coupled to the entertainment device and the mobile arm to convert an oscillatory motion of the entertainment device into a rotationa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7066783 | Figure transporting toy A toy comprising a figure having an arm attachment portion; and at least two figure transport units, each of said figure transport units having a body and an arm movable between a first position and a second position with respect to said body, said arm having a figu... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6926580 | Robotic toy A robotic toy has a pedestal, a first casing assembly, a first transmission device, a mounting shaft assembly and a toy assembly. The pedestal has a speaker and a battery container. The first casing assembly is trunk-like and is mounted on the pedestal. The first tr... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6746301 | Bouncing and dancing toy figure A toy character having a body portion and a pair of legs operated by motor operated linkages that are controlled by a microprocessor. The microprocessor functions to move the legs in unison between sitting and standing positions or move the legs in opposite directio... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6645034 | Mechanical swinging doll A mechanical swing doll has a housing having a first chamber defined therein. A seat is mounted in the housing, and has a second chamber defined at a lower part thereof. A gear assembly is installed in the second chamber. A motor is mounted between the ho... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6152799 | Wing motion toy figure using leg movement A toy figure includes a body, a pair of wings, a pair of legs, a tail, and a head converted to generally resemble a bird or other flying creature. The legs and wings are pivotally mounted to the body using a mechanism by which the pivotal movement of the ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5984757 | Battery operated articulated figure A wall mounted figure that has swinging legs and arms and a swaying head that continuously moves in dancing movements is constructed with two pendulums with permanent magnets influenced by electromagnetic fields generated by two current-carrying coils. Th... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5505651 | Doll display and swing A hangable, collapsible doll display which may also be used as a doll swing is provided. The doll display includes a generally circular top frame, at least two doll supporting levels below the top frame capable of supporting a doll, netting which collapsi... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5356326 | Shaking toy The present invention is a plush toy figurine (12) incorporating a motion-generating apparatus (14) activated by a sound sensing transducer (22) for shaking the figurine (12). The figurine (12) is fastened to and encased in a cage (70) having a curved bas... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5261351 | Figurine swing A figurine and swing combination useful for various purposes where the figurine is adapted to be received on the swing and retained thereon by a fastener which allows defined relative movement between the figurine and the swing. Also cords are attached to... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5232392 | Toy trapeze assembly A toy trapeze assembly, to be used for amusement purposes, which includes a frame structure having movably attached thereto, by swing supports, a pair of horizontally oriented trapeze bars. The trapeze bars and swing supports are structured and disposed s... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5052970 | Gravitationally motivated toy apparatus A toy apparatus includes a simulated bird like figure, including a main body portion and legs mounted to underlying platform, with a head member and a tail member pivotally mounted at respective forward and rear terminal ends of the body member. Pendulum ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4934981 | Swinging toy A swinging toy comprises a U-shaped frame having two spaced parallel support rods and a connecting fulcrum rod. A figure comprises a body member simulating a head and shoulders with two arm members rotationally connected to the body member at the simulate... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4919636 | Water toy An educational water toy for children, which incorporates a first water tank (1) fitted to a base plate (2) and having at least one outlet opening (21, 22). The base plate further has additional water tanks (3, 4) provided below the outlet opening (21, 22... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4571208 | Toy with swing A toy with a swing wherein on a perch member of a swing a monkey toy member is mounted. The perch member has a switching mechanism and cells therein. The monkey toy member has a driving mechanism electrically connected to the cells, a swinging mechanism c... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4391064 | Acrobatic toy A toy for use in particular in a child's crib or playpen comprises a figure suspended from a rotatable main shaft in order to simulate acrobatic movements. The figure is suspended from the main shaft by a pair of arms which are fixed on the main shaft and... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4389811 | Bird action toy A bird action toy in which a bird toy body capable of inclining forward and returning to the upright position on a perch and of performing such actions simultaneously as opening and closing its bill, producing chirping sounds and swinging its tail is deta... | 06/28/1983 |