Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6663464 | Toy car wash play set A toy car wash play set including a toy vehicle car wash station, including a conveyer belt for transporting a toy vehicle from a first position to a second position, scrubbing rollers for simulating scrubbing rollers used in car washes for full-scale veh... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6406350 | Device for moving car toy in and out A device for moving a car toy in and out, comprising: a base member (50) which can place a car toy (20) thereon, an arm member (51) which can come in and out of a periphery of the base member, and a placing member (53) which is provided on a top end porti... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6402583 | Parking area toy A parking area toy comprising: a body (10); a turn table (50) which can be rotated around a vertical axis and can be moved up and down along the vertical axis; a plurality of parking spaces (1-7) for parking a plurality of car toys (20), which are dispose... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6250021 | Temporary or semi-permanent shelter Starting from flat partly assembled components, this shelter, when erected, includes tubular roof-reinforcing and attachment beams disposed against roof segments and sidewalls.... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6223757 | Toy car wash apparatus A toy car wash apparatus includes a plurality of hollow tubes and a plurality of hollow connectors for connecting the tubes together to form a framework having an open front and open back. The apparatus includes an adapter for connecting the apparatus to ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6105910 | Model vehicle toy support A model vehicle support is provided including a central frame having a lower portion and an upper portion with a plurality of clamps mounted thereon and extending upwardly therefrom. The upper portion of the central frame is connected to the lower portion... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5643040 | Toy vehicle playset having vehicle receiving and holding station A toy vehicle playset includes a trackway having a vehicle launcher coupled to a looped track portion and a dual tank unit positioned within the travel path of the toy vehicle through the trackway. The trackway further includes an exit ramp on the opposit... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5397260 | Toy crash center play set A toy vehicle crash center play set includes a base mounting three separate upright walls. Two of the walls are interchangeable at the center and lateral side positions along one edge of the base. One interchangeable wall includes a mechanical impact mete... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5131880 | Crushable toy car apparatus A crushable car body (20) having a pressurized deformable bladder (50) associated with the upper car body portion (30) such that when downward pressure was exerted on the roof (31) of the car body (20) the car body (20) would be deformed to simulate a cru... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5015210 | Toy wash A toy wash, which is preferably built by means of elements from a toy building set, comprises, in a preferred embodiment, two brush assemblies (6,7) comprising a cylindrical brush which is rotatably journalled in a bracket (9) which is journalled pivotabl... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4767375 | Toy auto garage A toy automobile diagnostic center in which a toy automobile is directed onto a platform where various measurements and tests are performed that simulate measurements and tests that are performed on real automobiles. The tests are performed upon the toy w... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4734076 | Toy vehicle play setting A toy vehicle play setting simulating a crash test and repair station for use with toy vehicles having body components rotatable on impact to simulate damage from a collision, the setting having a supporting surface member with at least one garage like st... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4701150 | Toy automobile and filling station set A toy automobile and a toy filling station forming a set. The automobile has a self contained power plant, including a battery and a motor. To drive the automobile, water is introduced into a container in the automobile, simulating gasoline fuel, which ca... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4582500 | Toy service accessory for self-propelled vehicle A play service center for toy self-propelled reversible drive vehicles that includes a lift ramp powered by the vehicle. Rollers carried by the lift ramp transfer power from the driven vehicle wheels through a pinion gear that engages a stationary curved ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4356657 | Toy car wash apparatus and method A toy car wash for advancing a toy car along a car washing line, applying water to the car, brushing the car, and then rapidly spinning the wet car to remove water. The water is essentially confined within the toy by use of a transparent top cover, a wate... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4291488 | Hoppity toy systems Hoppity toy systems formed by the combination of a hoppity toy with a variety of mechanical devices, such as an elevator and other moveable objects. The hoppity toy is directed by a track which confines the hopping motion to a prescribed route that includ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4250657 | Air city game A game comprising an air tube transportation system energized by a unique air pump system. The air pump system includes an air pump manifolded into a plurality of tubes wherein each of the tubes is selectively connected to the air pump through individual ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4206925 | Board game with chance operation and random striker A surprise action game apparatus comprising in a presently preferred form a game board defining a plurality of pathways, one for each player, and each having a starting end and extending longitudinally therefrom to a finish line. There are a plurality of ... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4112610 | Toy garage A toy garage having a cabinet provided with a plurality of compartments therein, a carrier for transporting vehicles mounted to move up and down and from side to side, and a control system including a plurality of actuating members for operating the carri... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4109410 | Toy motor car circuit A toy has an upright hollow rectangular-section tower formed at one side at its upper end with an exit opening and on the other side at its lower end with an entrance opening. An inclined ramp has an upper end at the exit opening and a lower end at the en... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4087935 | Toy vehicle with housing A toy vehicle having an inertia motor and a wheel adapted to be driven thereby, the vehicle having a drive gear operatively connected to the inertia motor, the periphery of the gear extending partially below the surface of the vehicle. A housing in the fo... | 05/09/1978 |
| 3949516 | Toy building assembly A toy building assembly system to form toy parking garages for playing with toy vehicles. The toy is assembled by stacking column elements. Each column element has a depending bottom flange and a recessed upper edge, and between the bottom flange and the ... | 04/13/1976 |
