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Pizza Pie With Concentric Rings of Crust
A pizza mold for forming a plurality of concentric raised ridges of dough (i.e., crust) on the surface of a pizza pie.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7339340 | Control system and related method for multi-limbed, multi-legged robot A robot body includes a front half and rear half and a rotatable and driven articulating joint interconnecting the front half and rear half. Multi-limbed legs extend from the robot body and are adapted to engage a ground surface to form a support polygon for each ha... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7258591 | Mobile roly-poly-type apparatus and method The present invention generally relates to apparatuses having some characteristic(s) of traditional “roly-poly” toys, which are traditional passive toys that, when struck, wobble about their typically-rounded base but stay upright due to bottom-heavy weighting. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255060 | Owl with spring connected head and wind activated fin A predator replica is provided that has a moveable head. The head rotates and also has a spring actuated multidimensional movement for deterring pests, particularly unwanted birds. The predator head is provided with a wind activated fin. The fin increases the probab... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7021989 | Frictional joint for toys Joints for movable toys, such as action figures, that use friction to maintain a fixed position. The toys include several body part members interconnected by a joint that includes a plug portion and a socket portion that receives the plug portion. The socket portion... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997718 | Infant simulator with floppy neck assembly having a full range of motion An infant simulator with a neck linkage connecting the head to the torso which includes at least (a) a longitudinally extending central shaft fixedly attached to the torso proximate the lower end of the central shaft, (b) a socket fixedly attached to the head, (c) a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6962518 | Motion toy A motion toy is disclosed to have a swinging mechanism adapted to simulate the swinging action of the wings of a bird, the swinging mechanism including a driving module, two swinging arm assemblies symmetrically coupled the driving module at two sides, two endpieces... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6923277 | Solar-powered transmission device A solar-powered transmission device includes a casing, a cover, a drive unit, and a solar collecting panel. The casing is formed with a hole unit. The cover cooperates with the casing so as to confine a component receiving space, and has a transparent portion that p... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918811 | Robotic toy A robotic toy has a pedestal, a stand assembly, a transmission device, a shoulder, an arm assembly and a body casing assembly. The stand assembly is mounted on the pedestal and has an upper bracket. The transmission device is mounted pivotally on the upper bracket o... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899589 | Bouncing and moving toy figure A toy animal mounted on 4 spring legs to permit movement of the animal in response to the rotation of an eccentrically mounted weight. This weight is mounted in the front body portion about a shaft disposed transverse to the body portion. The shaft is driven by a re... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893318 | Flexible figure A flexible figure in the form of a human engaged in a particular athletic or recreational activity, such as snowboarding. The figure further comprises arm and leg sections connected at realistic joints, and joined to the torso by couplings all of which realistically... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6837769 | Toy figure and a game comprising such toy figure Human-like toy figure (1) comprising a body (3) and legs (4) that are, in the upright position of the toy figure, configured such in relation to each other that the body (3) is turnable about an essentially horizontal axis (A). In connect... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6786514 | Selectively adjustable label A label is provided including a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion, wherein the intermediate portion is selectively adjustable between a retracted position in which a portion of the intermediate portion is obscured, and an extended position in whic... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6712211 | Stationery holder A stationery holder comprises a body, a limb attached movably to and extending from the body, a spring interposed between the body and the limb and biasing the limb to move with respect to the body, a stationery receiver at or near a distal end of the limb, and a re... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6705917 | Self-phase synchronized walking and turning quadruped apparatus An apparatus that is capable of achieving self-synchronized walking and turning includes a first motor that is attached to the apparatus that is in communication with a first limb and a second motor, independent from the first motor, that is attached to the apparatu... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6568984 | Toy figurine A toy figurine 10 is disclosed having a torso 13, a right arm 14, a left arm 15, a right leg 16, a left leg 17 and a head 18. Each arm 14 has a right shoulder portion (22, 29), an elbow portion (23, 30) and a wrist portion (24 31). The shoulder portions a... | 05/27/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6022263 | Mechanical toy figures A toy figure includes a lower torso, an upper torso rotatably attached to the lower torso, and a head and two arms each rotatably attached to the upper torso. A spring connected with the lower torso and the upper torso rotates the upper torso from a secon... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5836803 | Figurine with movable limb A figurine replica of a person such as a player of a particular sport. The figurine replica has a front housing member replicating the front portion of a body of a person except for one limb member, a rear housing member secured to the front housing membe... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5052971 | Soft doll with movable limbs Structure for attaching arms and legs to the seamless torso skin of a soft doll includes a circular plug, having an annular groove extending around its circumference, which is placed inside the skin at a hip or shoulder location and there held in place by... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4802878 | Doll with rotating and bendable arms A doll has bendable arms that are movable from a position generally alongside the doll's torso up toward the doll's head. Each arm has a hand attached for rotation about the wrist. When an arm is bent and moved up, the attached hand rotates. Movement of e... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4622020 | Glove puppet figure assembly and powered wing drive mechanism A glove puppet figure has wings capable of simulating flapping movement while producing an audible sound, and driven by a mechanism that is uncomplicated and yet effective. The figure may have a head component that can be moved, by manipulation of the ope... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4596532 | Action figure in which manipulation of one leg produces a horizontal swinging of both arms A toy action figure has its arms mounted for swinging movement about laterally spaced vertical axes, and has one leg mounted for rocking movement toward the figure's other leg. The mounting assembly for each arm includes an arm cup and an arm ball, the ar... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4580991 | Animated figure toy having telescoping eyes An animated figure toy (10) includes an upper torso (14) provided with a head (18) in which a pair of elongated members (34) are reciprocably mounted for movement by an operating member (26) affixed to the lower ends of the elongated members and riding in... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4579542 | Action figure with arm movement derived from leg movement The action figure includes two pivotally mounted arms and one leg that can be rocked about a perpendicular axis. In one embodiment, the arms are mounted for pivotal movement about a common horizontal axis, whereas in a second embodiment the arms are mount... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4579543 | Animated figure toy having plural heads and moveable arms An animated figure toy (10) includes an upper torso (14) provided with a pair of heads (18, 19) and a pair of arms (20, 21) rotatably fixed to shoulder portions (24, 26) by spring assembly (27, 28). The arms may be pulled back and released so as to strike... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4571206 | Action figure with wing movement derived from leg movement The toy action figure includes a torso having a pair of pivotally mounted wings and a pair of legs, the legs being mounted to the torso for both pivotal and rocking movement. A pair of actuating mechanisms within the torso convert the rocking movement to ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4499678 | Mechanical device for concealing or displaying printed matter A toy or novelty item for selectively concealing or displaying advertisements, messages, slogans, logos, or artwork printed on a ribbon. The ribbon is rolled about a reel which is concealed in a compartment such as the head or body of a doll. The ribbon e... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4050185 | Facial liquid excreting doll A doll's head, for use in conjunction with a suitable torso, which will excrete a fluid through the eyes or other facial areas of the doll for simulating tearing, or the like. The doll head includes an exterior surface formed and contoured with human char... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4024657 | Promotional device A promotional device comprising a hollow rubber ball with a curved slit to simulate a mouth, ornamental eyes and a tag secured to the top. A strip has a message printed thereon and its outer portion is colored red to simulate a tongue. The strip is coiled... | 05/24/1977 |
