Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162712 | Personalized doll kit with computer generated photograph face A personalized doll kit with computer generated photograph face which comprises a transfer paper having the computer generated photograph face printed in a mirror image thereon which is transferred to a piece of fabric by ironing. An interface sheet has a large circ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8070553 | Doll with photographic image A doll arranged to depict a person realistically. A first image of a person such as a photograph is ultimately transferred to a flexible substrate such as a fabric sheet. The substrate is cut or trimmed generally to configuration of a human body. The substrate is jo... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7887387 | Stuffed toy with removable and replaceable stuffing, and method for use thereof An unstuffed shell sewn from plush fabric has one or more openable and resealable seams allowing for insertion and removal of several stuffing components. Each of the stuffing components comprises an outer fabric surface enclosing a stuffing material. The stuffing c... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887386 | Sensory stimulation plush Sensory stimulation plush affords photographic imagery with an attractive tactile sensation. The plush has a fiber fabric skin having a linear elastic elongation of at least 50% in a first direction in the plane thereof. The skin is formed into a plush shape so as t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7731561 | Plush character having spinning nose elements A plush toy that has a spinning nose construction. The plush toy includes a plush character form made of a sewn body shell that is filled with soft stuffing. The sewn body shell terminates along open seam edges in a head section. The open seam edges define an openin... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7422507 | Toy figure that combines plush construction with elastomeric gel A toy figure assembly and its method of manufacture. The toy figure has a body structure with an exposed exterior. The exposed exterior of the figure includes at least one first section of fabric material and at least one second section of elastomeric gel material t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410403 | Hugging toy A hugging toy includes a figure having flexible, sleeve-like limbs providing passages for receiving the arms of a person within the limbs to enable the figure to be drawn into juxtaposition with the person, with the limbs wrapped about the person, the passages each ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7384324 | Plush toy with stretch interface A plush toy is provided having its surface generally covered with multiple panels of fur fabric or plush fabric, which is non-stretching but soft to the touch. The toy includes a center body, a head, two ears and four legs. Eye and nose members may also be added as ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7356889 | Child-safe fastening device A child-safe fastening device comprises a clip, one or more than one padded layer covering one or more surfaces of the clip, and one or more than one cover layer secured to the padded layer. The clip, the padded layer, and the cover layer form a plush device. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351128 | Holder for stuffed toy animal for use with a plant or floral arrangement A holder for efficiently and cleanly affixing a stuffed toy animal in standing position adjacent a container for a plant or floral arrangement. The holder includes a rod and first and second ribbons. The first ribbon interconnects the head of the stuffed animal and ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331840 | Closure system for a stuffed toy The present invention relates to a toy having a redundant closure system and method for stuffing the same. The toy comprises a body that defines a cavity for receiving filling material. The toy also includes a fill opening in the body, and a closure system. The clos... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7299797 | Springless shooting dart A springless shooting dart composed of a hollow cylinder, a shuttle, a rope, and a dart is provided. Inside the hollow cylinder is a shuttle. A dart can be disposed at the front end of the shuttle. The shuttle is connected to a rope having one end tied to the user's... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291052 | Toy figure play apparatus A play apparatus in the form of a toy figure includes a body member that can be separated into left and right halves by dividing generally centrally along a generally vertical line or plane and can be joined with the opposing halves of another toy figure to create d... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7244164 | Toy with customization feature A toy is provided comprising a figure with a hole disposed therein and having at least one ferrous portion; a manipulator having a magnet for interacting with the at least one ferrous portion to animate the figure; and a stage for receiving the figure on one side th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244166 | Toy and pacifying device for infants A soft toy that incorporates pacifiers into the shape of the toy. The toy includes a body made from a pair of planar sheets of a flexible material, the planar sheets having a perimeter that extends along an edge, and a soft, flexible filling. the filling being gener... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241196 | Heated stuffed animal A heated stuffed animal includes a head portion, a torso portion and a plurality of limbs. Embedded within the animal is a heater assembly including an encircling heating element extending from a battery casing that is accessible via a slit on the rear surface of th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237347 | Plush toy for mounting on a shoe The invention provides a plush toy and methods for associating the plush toy with a shoe having at least one shoe strap with hooks and loops on an interior surface of the shoe strap. To associate the plush toy with the shoe, the shoe strap is threaded through an ent... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7211937 | Electroactive polymer animated devices The present invention relates to animated devices that include one or more electroactive polymer transducers. When actuated by electrical energy, an electroactive polymer produces mechanical deflection in one or more directions. This deflection may be used to produc... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7182601 | Interactive toy and methods for exploring emotional experience An educational, interactive toy that symbolically represents emotions through visual, kinesthetic, and linguistic means. The toy includes a plurality of playpieces. Each playpiece is generally symbolic of a particular emotion, e.g., love, happy, sad, mad, and scared... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182777 | Thermal device and method Provided is a thermal device for applying thermal energy to the body of a person, animal, or other surface including segmented organic filler. The device may have the general appearance of a child's toy or other configuration. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169008 | Method and apparatus for reducing risk that a closure on stuffed toy will injure or be damaged by an animal An animal toy is configured to stimulate at least one sense of an animal during play by said animal. The toy includes a shell formed of a first pliable material and having an interior; a pouch formed of a second pliable material and contained within the shell during... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144359 | Method of reconfiguring a flexible planar item to a simulated character The present invention is a combination flexible planar item and character. The item comprises a flexible planar item, that when manipulated, takes on the appearance of a character. The character is formed by a character body that becomes defined from the manipulatio... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132757 | Power control system and method A power system includes an energy harvesting device, a battery coupled to the energy harvesting device, and a circuit coupled to the energy harvesting device and the battery. The circuit is adapted to deliver power to a load by providing power generated by the energ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7103309 | Educational device An audio-visual educational device including a housing including a plurality of separate viewable indicia each representative of an object which produces a distinctive audible sound associated with the corresponding object. A sound emitting area is also provided in ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101247 | Jelly blocks and jelly letters Jelly blocks and jelly letters are disclosed. The jelly blocks and jelly letters may be made from an elastomer gel resulting in a soft, stretchable children's toy that has shape memory. The jelly blocks and jelly letters may be made from an elastomer gel that is for... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7059790 | Keyboard and method of making the same A method and an apparatus for communicating data to a remote device, the apparatus comprising a keyboard having a plurality of keys. The lower surface of the keyboard is attached to an object along at least a portion of the lower surface of the keyboard. The object ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051559 | Message delivery assembly and a method for conducting business using the message delivery assembly A message delivery assembly (10) and a method for conducting business (400) using the message delivery assembly (10) which has an exterior (12) in the shape of a Teddy-bear or substantially any other desired shape. Particularly, the messa... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7017523 | Pet chews and methods of providing dental care to pets One embodiment of the present invention relates to a pet chew, comprising: a first member; a second member; means for mounting the first member and the second member in a rotatable orientation, wherein the first member and the second member are rotatable relative to... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7001316 | Device for carrying out an active motion therapy method and shaped body of such a device A shaped body (1) of plastic material with rounded outer contours is used for carrying out a method of active motion therapy by filling bulk material (11) of shaped bodies (1) into a container (12). The limbs (13) to be trained are... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6983722 | Pet treat dispenser A pet treat dispensing system comprising a non-edible, interactive pet toy having fastening means therein for removably mounting and retaining an edible pet treat in an exposed position for easy access by a pet, wherein the treat is kept at a distance from stainable... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6952084 | Intelligent electrical switching device The present invention, according to a preferred embodiment, is directed to portable electronic devices which operate on exhaustible power sources, for example, batteries. The electronic devices of the present invention comprise at least one signal switch and a micro... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949001 | Method and apparatus for closing a stuffed toy A method of making a stuffed toy comprises fabricating a container with an elongated opening; attaching a slide fastener having an auto-locking biasing member to the elongated opening; inserting stuffing into said container through said opening; applying a wedge too... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6944421 | Method and apparatus for providing training information regarding a pet A method and apparatus for providing textual, audio and/or video information regarding a pet to a user comprising supplying an electronic database which database has stored textual, audio and/or video information data files representative of animal/pet behavior, ani... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941895 | Treat dispensing chewing toy A module for dispensing treats to a chewing animal has a hollow treat holder that has at least one aperture through which a treat can be inserted by a person or removed by a chewing animal and at least one end that can be removably attached to an end of another of s... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932668 | Method for a customer-controlled stuffed toy A customer-controlled method of stuffing a toy which provides a multi-media interactive experience for a customer that enhances the overall pleasure of purchasing a stuffed toy. A tangible embodiment of a personality is chosen by a purchaser. The tangible embodiment... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929527 | Doll and infrastructure therein A joint for use in toys, such as dolls, includes a first member including at least a portion of a ball and a second member including a socket which receives the at least a portion of the ball. A protrusion is formed on the first member adjacent to the ball such that... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918810 | Tool for closing a stuffed toy A wedge tool for operating a slide fastener having an auto-locking biasing member, the wedge tool having elongated arms and a tapered wedge tip extending from at least one arm toward the opposing arm. The wedge tip releases the slide fastener's auto-locking member a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6910940 | Collectible and method of making the same A collectible with a core, a filler material, a fabric surface layer, and a fabric attachment. The core is situated inside the fabric surface layer and the fabric surface layer is stuffed with the filler material to form a body. The fabric attachment is attached to ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902462 | Closure for a doll with keepsake photo The closure for a doll with keepsake photo is a closure for closing a filling opening in a stuffed toy. In a stuffed toy constructed of a fabric shell with a hollow interior, a filling conduit is joined to the fabric shell adjacent to a filling opening in the fabric... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6875074 | Facial feature assembly The present invention provides one or more movable members such as an eyelid, tongue, teeth, fangs or tusks for a stuffed toy or the like that are movable between a first position in which the one or more movable member is visible and a second position in which the ... | 04/05/2005 |
