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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6491567 | Contractile toy structure The present invention disclosed a contractile toy structure having a building or figure bodily shape. The toy structure according to the invention comprises one or more sets of resilient supporting mechanisms and a plurality of lock mechanisms. The resili... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6485350 | Animated holiday-scene display device An animated holiday-scene display device for providing decorative entertainment tools. The animated holiday-scene display device includes a base member having a top side and being adapted to rest upon a surface; and also includes an ornamental figurine be... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6409571 | Mechanical biped assembly A mechanical biped assembly (10) consisting of a base assembly (12) which includes a lower section (14) that is hinged to an upper enclosure (28). Attached to the upper enclosure (28) is a biped body (60) consisting of a pelvic enclosure (62) that is supp... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6135847 | Puppets and character representations A puppet (10) or other character representation includes an inner tube (11), an outer tube (12) and an extra tube (13) located within the inner tube (11). The upper ends of the inner and outer tubes (11 and 12) are connected by a sleeve (23) of simulation... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5980357 | Puppet controlled from above Apparatus for animating a figure includes a head pivotably connected to a body, a control rod having a lower end fixed in the head and an upper end pivotable about an axis through a handle, and a second rod suspending the body from the handle remotely fro... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5964638 | Manually actuated figure toy The subject invention is a figure toy which is to be grasped and manipulated by a child. By way of example, the figure toy could comprise a bird. The child can manually maneuver the toy through the air resembling a bird in flight. The child can also depre... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5836802 | Interactive figure toy The interactive animated figure toy is formed with few commonly available component parts. Various interesting figures may be selectively formed by stringing a plurality of bead elements together with elastic bands. The figure is mounted on two elongated ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4992070 | Finger actuated toy figure Am improved manipulative articulated toy figure has rings attached to certain movable limbs and is operated by the fingers of a human hand for reproducing lifelike human or animal movement. The figure has a central body portion and a plurality of limbs mo... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4286788 | Mechanical roping steer A pair of drive and idle pulleys are journalled from horizontally spaced apart elevated mounting structures and an elongated flexible tension member is trained about the pulleys. An elongated member extends between and is anchored relative to the mounting... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4229895 | Oscillating plate animated motion display machine A base supported upright frame supports an electric motor and gear train having a vertically disposed drive shaft. The drive shaft is axially connected by brackets, stub axle and bearings with a nonrotating swash plate. An elongated strand, connected at o... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4148151 | Toy figurine A toy figurine having movable leg limbs actuated by two actuating rods connected to each respective leg limbs. The rods having an aperture at one end and a finger receiving cavity at the other end. A cross-bar pivotably connecting the rods about the mid-s... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4132021 | Animated motion display machine An upright housing, having a plurality of spaced-apart apertures in its wall arranged in a horizontal plane, supports an electric motor driving a crank member for rotation in the plane of the apertures. An elongated flexible member, connected at one end w... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4123865 | Show window animation A device to animate clothing and other merchandise for sale in a store window includes a crankshaft with a plurality of cranks. One of the cranks is connected by a pitman to a pivoted rocker arm. Strings extend from the rocking arm or the cranks either di... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4094092 | Two dimensional animated character A two dimensional animated character providing a wide range of movements and controls for the eyeballs, eyelids and mouth by means of vertical control rods and connecting linkage and hinge mechanisms. Movement of the eyeballs in a left to right and up and... | 06/13/1978 |
