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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7407426 | Actuation device for toy An actuation device is provided herein to give self-acting toys more lively and appealing moves. The major characteristic of the present invention lies in that a motor is used to drive a gear assembly which in turn drives a gear on top of the gear assembly to rotate... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7364164 | Reconfigurable golf game A reconfigurable golf game having an interchangeable body, a hollow shaft, a swing actuation system, and a coupler. The coupler allows a user that purchases one game system including multiple interchangeable bodies to easily attach different interchangeable bodies t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7254859 | Random motion cleaner A self-propelled floor cleaner is provided having a random motion generator which enhances the maneuverability of the floor cleaner. The random motion generator is rotatably attached to the frame of the cleaner and propels the cleaner across the floor in a random mo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7207081 | Random motion cleaner A self-propelled floor cleaner is provided having a random motion generator which enhances the maneuverability of the floor cleaner. The random motion generator is rotatably attached to the frame of the cleaner and propels the cleaner across the floor in a random mo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7118443 | Animated multi-persona toy The present invention provides animated toys adapted to imitate multiple personas. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7077717 | Doll with angled and jointed torso A doll with an angled and/or jointed torso. In some embodiments the doll includes a torso, at least a portion of which is asymmetric about a midline such that an angle formed between a left lateral contour and the midline substantially differs from an angle formed b... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048605 | Bobble head shaker A bobble head doll shaker includes a base and housing and a supporting platform that is hingedly mounted to the housing. A motor drives an agitator that lifts and releases the supporting platform, thereby imparting an oscillating motion to a bobble head doll support... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6743072 | Whirling amusement device and associated method of operation An amusement device used to move a supported display object through an erratic path. The amusement device includes a base element in which is disposed a motorized assembly. A support spring is used to interconnect a display object to the motorized assembly in the ba... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6398618 | Motorized transmission for imparting motion to a display A toy consists of a base, a cap and a toy model. The base has stationary wheels and a movable wheel located on the bottom section thereof. The movable wheel may be driven through a gear set by battery power for moving the base around. The cap has a hollow... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6350170 | Swinging structure for a mechanical animal A swinging structure for a mechanical animal includes a housing and a shell. The housing has disposed therein a shaft and a rod. The shaft has an eccentric wheel and a worm gear mounted thereon. The rod is provided with a worm that engages the worm gear. ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6244922 | Ornamental motion toy with a book-shaped housing An ornamental motion toy includes a book-shaped housing having a front design and a plurality of windows in the front design, a plurality of ornaments suspended in the windows, a driving unit, a transmission unit driven by the driving unit to move the orn... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6210250 | Musical ornament having concealable and movable figurine An ornamental display apparatus suited for the Christmas season having a concealable figurine that is movable from a concealed position to a display position. While the figurine is in the display position, seasonal music is broadcasted. The ornamental dis... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6200192 | Toy device A toy device has a base seat, a platform disposed on the base seat, a first drive mechanism disposed between the base seat and the platform, and a first toy figure disposed on the platform. The base seat has a hollow interior, and an inner periphery reces... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6126508 | Motion toy A motion toy includes a hollow base having two upright top lugs, two leg members respectively pivoted to the two upright top lugs, a trunk member pivoted to the leg members remote from the base, a head member pivoted to the trunk member, a transmission ge... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5934968 | Random moving toy simulating pursuit by toy animal A toy having a motorized portion in the form of an inanimate object and a non-motorized portion in the form of an animate object. The two portions are tethered together, and the motorized portion is driven such that the non-motorized portion in the form o... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5890944 | Toy with moving article The toy and movable article which are the subject of this application provide for the article to be moved along a playbase by mechanical assembly and/or variable magnetic field which are remote from and not in physical contact with the article thereby giv... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5823844 | Interactive vibrating toy A vibrating toy is provided and includes a housing, a battery mounted within the housing, a motor mounted within the housing activated by the battery, a shaft driven by the motor, a mechanism on the shaft for imparting an eccentric vibration from the hous... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5784815 | Lighted sculpture with plural synchronized motions An animated display device includes a vertical main shaft, a body rotatably secured to the main shaft, and a drive device for driving the body to oscillate about the main shaft. In one embodiment, the display device also includes a rotatable appendage sec... | 07/28/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5442869 | Animated crystal ball or globe display system A unique, visually exciting, fully animated crystal ball or globe display system is attained by providing a dual chamber globe assembly, with one chamber substantially peripherally surrounding the second chamber and incorporating any desired fluid therein... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5443188 | System for simulating human gait A system for simulating human gait embodied as a human-like model, for example, a mannequin, a scarecrow and the like depending on the intended application of the system, driven by a driving system along a pair of tracks. The driving system includes rotat... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5393259 | Actuated toy device of santa character sleeping in bed An actuated toy device including a recognizable character such as a Santa Claus doll reclining in a bed. The doll character chest portion is moved up and down vertically by a battery-powered gear unit through a first linkage mechanism provided in a housin... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5320573 | Spiral spring toy with a pulling string A spiral spring toy having a pulling string, a string windup spiral spring, first and second turning bodies, a driving spiral spring, a spiral-shaped guide groove and a floating means. The first turning body is connected with the driving spiral spring so ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5310375 | Small decoration equipped with spring-operated movable decorative element A small decoration capable of exhibiting play characteristics sufficient to provide a key ring with unexpectedness. The small decoration includes a container provided with a key ring mounting section. In the container is arranged a spring drive unit inclu... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5235865 | Transmission mechanism for music box ornament A mechanism is used for transmitting the power output of a power drive source such as a wind-up music to an ornament supported thereon. The transmission mechanism has a first drive wheel mounted on a power output shaft of the power drive source at one end... | 08/17/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5169355 | Toy station with simulated boarding passengers A number of miniature passenger figures and/or other objects are disposed along the loading platform of a toy train station awaiting arrival of a train. When the train stops at the station, a control switch is operated to swing the passengers upward to a ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5040319 | Sound sensitive toy assembly including reciprocating mechanism A toy band assembly including a stage assembly, a plurality of movable toy figures, such as toy frog figures, a plurality of toy musical instruments, a sound pick-up unit, a stage lights assembly, power supply, a power supply switch, an integrated circuit... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5011450 | Sound producing toy with drive mechanism for movable figure It is a toy transmission device, which includes a U-shaped frame being mounted with a spring motor. The spring motor is engaged with gear train and a shaft, on which a music code roller and a number of cam wheels are mounted. Each of the cam wheels is eng... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4973891 | Artificial flower driving mechanism Artificial flower driving mechanism to drive the flowering twig of an artificial flower to twist and the petals of such an artificial flower to simultaneously close and open. A base board is connected with an upper board defining therebetween an enclosure... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4894936 | System for the simulation of human movements in a puppet show, procedure for programming such a system and a puppet show so obtained System for the simulation of human movements of a puppet as used in a programmable puppet show, which puppet is provided with mutually hingeable parts of the body, in which a number of cam disks to be driven synchronously by a motor (3) are present, each ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4810227 | Arm-bending apparatus for toys An arm-bending apparatus for toys is disclosed which can allow toys to embrace their user or hang on their user's neck in response to their user's embrace. The apparatus desirably includes a motorized arm-bending means installed inside the toy's body and ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4676764 | Dancing doll with hip movement and 180° rotation A dancing doll which alternately moves its hips left and right while alternately rotating 180° clockwise and counterclockwise to a melody. The doll includes an upper portion, a hip portion, a leg portion, and a base portion. The upper portion resembles t... | 06/30/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4536167 | Rocking mechanism A rocking mechanism for providing an interesting, apparently random motion for a toy or game using an electric motor with very low battery drain, wherein an unbalancing weight is mounted on a driven wheel driven by a small PM motor, the wheel carrying a c... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4457100 | Figure kicking toy This toy has a kicking foot driven through a mechanical linkage from a battery-powered motor under the control of a manual switch. A toy figure in front of the kicking foot has an articulated leg which is part of a mechanical linkage coupling it to the mo... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4372078 | Toy movable by alternately relocating individual members of a pair of body parts A toy has a first body section and a second body section which are preferedly each shaped as one unit of a matched pair; for example, a pair of shoes. A crank extends transversely between the bodies and is rotatably connected to each. The crank includes a... | 02/08/1983 |
