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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7409787 | Caricature apparatus and method of making same A card-like apparatus may be used as a card, a bow, a decoration, or other item, and is preferably made from a single sheet having an interior central region in the shape of a regular polygon defined by fold lines between the central region and a plurality of extrem... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7385724 | Photo manager A method of photo display comprises electronically selecting at least one photo from a memory and electronically arranging at least one electronic photo sheet template, including arranging the at least one photo on the template, into a manipulable configuration for ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7350950 | Safety device A safety device comprising a housing, an extendable tube located in the housing, and a light source for illuminating the extendable tube. The extendable tube is translucent and may be extended from a first position to a second position. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341251 | Puzzle game apparatus and method A puzzle game apparatus includes a substantially rigid game piece including a first plate, a second plate and a third plate. Each of the first, second and third plates has a bottom edge, a top edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The top edge of the... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7269917 | Display insert Display inserts are often inserted in a product for use as an advertising display. A common use for a display insert is to insert it into the central opening of a tire for use as an advertising display for the tire. The disclosed display insert includes a front pane... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7234253 | Advertising/promotional display system with integral sound generating means By providing a pre-printed housing member which automatically expands from a flat, generally two-dimensional configuration into a three-dimensional promotional display and also incorporating a sound generator which is activated simultaneously with the movement of th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223152 | Wind propelled rolling toy Provided may be a wind propelled rolling vehicle with a self-adjusting sail that may be substantially formed in a relatively small, single sheet of material, or assembled onto a standard chassis. The exemplary embodiments may utilize bushings to spread dynamic loads... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7104863 | Product cycle project development A method for teaching production cycle project development utilizing a construction set having at least one construction set component designed to be alterable (e.g., robot) for constructing a user-definable apparatus. The teaching may include providing instructions... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100333 | Loop assemblies having a central link Improved reversibly expandable structures are formed from novel loop assemblies comprising a plurality of links, each of said links having at least one center pivot joint and a plurality of end pivot joints, each of at least two of said plurality of end pivot joints... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7029364 | Geometric craft and educational kit A geometric craft and educational kit having a punch-out sheet that has cut therein a plurality of faces. Each face is comprised of a plurality of rhombi having two opposite ends, a first end and a second end. The rhombic first ends are connected upon the face. The ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018267 | Transportable play assembly A transportable play design assembly with an open operative position, an alternative closed position and which may be folded to enclose play items therebetween when play time is concluded. The open operative position is utilized as a play surface. The alternative cl... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6921314 | Intercleaving spatially dichotomized polyhedral building blocks and extensions The invention is a system and set of intercleaving (interfitting and adhering/clinging) toy or real polyhedral construction elements which may be implemented either directly in physical form or indirectly in a virtual reality via the hardware of a computer system. T... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6648718 | Safety spinning top A safety spinning top is formed by stamping on a rigid and flexible round card to produce two diametrically opposite strips that could be upward bent at inner ends and then engaged with each other to provide a revolving shaft, and a conic member located b... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6553725 | Lightweight, portable and collapsible hunter's blind and methods of making the same A blind for use by hunters, bird watchers, field observers and the like has at least three upstanding walls, a top cover and a bottom pan where at least one of the walls has an opening for ingress and egress and at least one of the walls has an openable a... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6502596 | Portable fabric structure An elongated portable structure for use as a tent or the like, having at least one end panel. The end panel has a sheet of substantially non-stretchable flexible fabric material disposed in a generally upright orientation. Two hoops of flexible, resilient... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6497601 | Folding three dimensional construction A collapsible three-dimensional construction in the form of a cube is described. The construction is formed of paperboard, pasteboard, cardboard plastic or similar material. The cube may be formed from a single sheet of die-cut material. Four of the faces... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6475052 | Built-up toy ejector A built-up toy ejector includes an ejector and a model car assembled from a plurality of flat parts. The model car has a rear contact end adapted to locate in a front end of the ejector. The ejector includes parts forming an ejecting plate and an ejecting... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6439953 | Three-dimensional built-up toy with freely connectable bases A three-dimensional built-up toy with freely connectable bases mainly includes at least one base in the form of a flat piece having a plurality of insertion slots formed thereon, and at least one figure and a plurality of matching decorations formed on an... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6357052 | Fan novelty head gear A fan novelty device having a removable fan-like structure formed of a strip of pliable material having an accordion folding and a head gear. The fan-like structure is removably attached to a flexible base that conforms to a wearer's head. The base is rem... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6319090 | Graphics enhanced multipurpose bandanna and ball A bandanna is provided with a graphics display area defined on at least one side of the bandanna. The graphics display area is defined on each side by a first and second guideline that extend the length of the bandanna. The first and second guidelines are... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315632 | Fortune telling toy An improved folding fortune telling toy that is made to be held in the hands of a player for manipulation into specific positions. The toy is comprised of a body portion formed by folding and reinforcing a sheet of flexible material. The body is comprised... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6311142 | Methods for designing pop-up cards, and cards produced thereby An interactive development environment for design and placement of tiered geometrical objects, such as objects used in pop-up card designs. Relations between objects are represented mathematically, allowing computerized modeling and enforcement of design ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6248426 | Construction paper for constructing a three-dimensional shape from a printable foldable surface A construction diagram affixed to a construction paper, for constructing a three-dimensional figure out of paper, or out of any other printable foldable surface, according to the principles of origami and papercraft. The construction diagram includes an i... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6238259 | Balloon novelty device A display apparatus has a stationary base, a floating display member secured to the base by a first cord, and a balloon secured to the floating member by a second cord. The balloon is inflated with a gas which is lighter than air, and rises upwardly to su... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6227935 | Image invertible objects and methods of making the same A three-dimensional object and method of use is described, such object appearing inverted when viewed by a single eye of a human subject at a selected angle, the three-dimensional object comprising at least one sheet having at least two selected edges, a ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6224918 | Pop-up novelty presentation method for microwave food product This invention relates to the technical field of culinary arts. It includes an amusing way of presenting a novelty item such as a figurine or other promotional or warning message during the heating of a microwave food package which may also serve as a foo... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6116909 | Apparatus for teaching infants how to tie shoe laces An apparatus for teaching infants how to tie shoe laces is in the form of an enlarged replica of a shoe. The enlarged replica of the shoe has a sole portion, a heel portion, and a upper portion. The upper portion has several pairs of eyelets whereby a sho... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6108982 | Folding play structure A collapsible, folding play structure including wall members which are integrally connected to each other and roof members which are integrally connected to the wall members. Two end roof members lend support to two side roof members which connect to end ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6027391 | CD ROM model kit and method of use A kit for assisting in the fabrication of a model is disclosed. Such kit includes a compact disk positionable within the computer for being read and for the issuing of commands to the printer in response to input from a user. The compact disk includes a p... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6027819 | Blanks for forming hollow objects with symetrically placed conical depressions at opposite ends of major diagonal axes thereof and products produced therefrom A blank of foldable sheet material for assembling a hollow figure having inwardly directed conical depressions comprises a sheet of foldable material having the shape of a square or rectangle, without interior cuts or exterior tabs scored or marked for sc... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6022260 | Kit for constructing a model rocket A model rocket kit which has a substantially lower material and manufacturing cost is provided. The model rocket kit includes at least one flat sheet of cardboard material which includes the outlines of the various components of a model rocket such as the... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6022259 | Apparatus for storing fashion doll clothes and accessories A fashion doll clothes holder for doll clothes and accessories of the type having fasteners having a plurality of panels hingedly connected together to form an enclosure. The enclosure has an inner surface including fasteners adapted to releasably engage ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6006457 | Collapsible three-dimensional hollow ornamental structures A polyhedrally shaped collapsible ornamental hollow structure having a fully enclosed hollow interior is made from a blank cut from a single sheet of folding board or like sheet material, the blank having a dual cruciform (Greek cross-like) configuration ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5983538 | Printing system and method for individually creating three-dimensional displays By providing a plurality of interconnected, arcuately cooperating panels and end closures which are foldable into an overlying, interleaved, stacked configuration and, when desired, capable of being automatically erected into a three-dimensional display s... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5981005 | Decorative animals A decorated animal having the trunk of said animal simulated by a piece of carpeting folded with the side containing the fibers on the outside of the folded carpet to simulate the trunk of an animal. One or more appendages are attached to the carpeting to... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5919073 | Peep show toy and a peep show toy kit A peep show toy and a peep show toy kit which are simple in construction, suitable for individual use, and capable of exhibiting a landscape, a portrait, a historical picture or a narrative, are disclosed, which include a hollow cube formed by at least on... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5903926 | Fan novelty device A hat having a strip of fabric with an accordion folding which can be made closed or open to a fan-like structure on the top of the hat to attract attention and has entertaining and marketing values.... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5904410 | Model furniture system A furniture model system is provided including at least one model furniture piece having a three dimensional rectilinear configuration and a picture on each of the faces thereof which simulate an associated view of a related furniture piece.... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5895045 | Modular card construction toy A construction toy includes a plurality of rigid die-cut laminated plastic modular cards having a plurality of sides. A first side of a first card has a plurality of cuts opposite and complementary to respective cuts of a first side of a second card, such... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5848928 | Finger puppet eating utensil A simple and inexpensive combination grasping tool and puppet is disclosed in the form of a sheet with distal ends. The tool comprises a single sheet of pliable material with finger-lock `x` slits that provide a custom locked fit around a user's fingers t... | 12/15/1998 |
