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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6736694 | Amusement device The present invention provides an interactive amusement device and system encompassing a primary robotic unit which performs actions communicated by a remote wireless transmitter and at least one secondary robotic unit which interacts through wireless communication ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6682387 | Interactive toys A pair of toys or novelty devices for moving relative to the surrounding environment comprises a body for each toy. The body of at least one of the toys or devices to be capable of movement over a surface. A switch with the body activates a magnet to reac... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6461219 | Animated display An animated display includes two or more interconnected animated display items. Each display item includes a base member supporting a motion device. The motion device is driven by an electric motor and is in communication with a flexible display covering.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6343971 | Christmas tree shaped toy structure A Christmas tree shaped toy structure includes a support base, a first actuating set, a scenic base, a second actuating set, a scenic assembly, a housing, and a top hood. The support base includes a hollow support, a battery, and a circular plate. The fir... | 02/05/2002 |
| 5896687 | Double-layered and bi-directional rotary decoration A double-layered and bi-directional rotary decoration including a base seat assembly, a driving mechanism, a lower rotary mechanism and an upper rotary mechanism. When a driving motor of the driving mechanism drives a first gear to rotate, a second and a ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5870844 | Transmission structure for ornaments A transmission structure for ornaments, in which the center of the base disk is mounted with a rotative ring, of which the bottom has a driving gear. The upper part of the rotative ring is connected with a round member with a ring-shaped plate; the inside... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5655321 | Water ball structure A water ball structure includes a base defining a cylindrical housing to received therein a music box type driving device and support thereon a water ball. The driving device is fixed on a disk which is received within a bottom opening of the housing and ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5556318 | Toy carrousel A toy carrousel comprising a body which is formed by a stationary base part and a top part supported above the base part for rotation about a vertical axis. The base part includes a vertical shaft having an upper end reaching into the top part. The top pa... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5451180 | Toy with a movable figure A toy with movable figures in a toy scene. The toy includes a housing, a scene board with a hole in it mounted in the housing and a movable figure loosely suspended in the hole. The upper body of the figure is larger than the hole and an end of the figure... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5438154 | Holiday action and musical display A holiday action and musical display (10) comprising a plurality of separate display units (40, 42, 44, 46) electrically connected to a central control unit (12). Each display unit contains a figurine (147) resembling a character representation which is c... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5226845 | Music box A music box having a hollow base within which a power supply and a driving mechanism are installed. A platform is rotatably mounted on the base to be driven by the driving mechanism on which a music playing doll and a dancing doll are movably and rotatabl... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5041048 | Multiple graphics selection toy A multiple graphics selection toy having a plurality of graphics-bearing elements that are individually rotatable between a position in which the graphics are concealed and a position in which the graphics are revealed, and having a manually operable sele... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5018288 | Sound activated water spouting toy A sound activated toy includes a casing having a lower receiving space and an upper receiving space, a sound activated control circuit disposed inside the lower receiving space, a motor similarly disposed inside the lower receiving space and actuated by t... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4824416 | Dancing keiki dolls Two dancing dolls, termed "keiki" dolls, which in Hawaiian means "child" or "children" include a battery-operated drive mechanism which causes one of the dolls to shake its hips to the left and right, while the other doll simultaneously moves its legs tow... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4629439 | Music box toy A music box toy comprises a casing (1), a music box (7) housed therein, a stationary toy member (1a) provided on a front surface of the casing, a converting mechanism provided in the casing for converting a rotational driving force derived from a power sp... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4573939 | Toy music box A toy music box including a table having an ornament. The table is journaled in a freely rotatable manner and is rotated by the mechanism of the music box. The toy music box is designed such that a rod is journaled in a freely rotatable manner on the tabl... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4279098 | Toy airplane The invention comprises a preschool toy airplane including a fuselage housing a spring motor mechanism which is wound by turning a handle located at the tail. The spring motor rotates the propeller and the winding handle relative to the fuselage of the pl... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4209938 | Appendage operated toys Appendage operated toys in which a moveable appendage of a toy figure energizes a power train that extends through the figure for engagement with an accessory that is operable by the power train. The power train may be used to store energy by virtue of th... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4169335 | Musical amusement device A musical amusement device of the type designed to display miniature figures generally representing one or more humans playing musical instruments wherein one or more of the figures, either the human characters or instruments, are mechanically interconnec... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4129962 | Device adapted for self-determining, unpredictable variations in movement The invention disclosed herein is for a device adapted for self-determining, unpredictable variations in movement, which is preferably configured to include at least one figurine. The device comprises a base having at least one opening therethrough and a ... | 12/19/1978 |
