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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373902 | Automated pet toy A device for amusing a cat or other pet is provided that has a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion, a motor disposed in the housing, a belt attached to the housing via an upper shaft and a lower shaft, a string having a first end attached to the belt a... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7300329 | Symmetric poi A symmetrical poi to be used by jugglers to safely perform moves includes a flexible long strap and two weights disposed at each end of the flexible long strap having reversibly deformable soft structure and having dimensions that fit in a human hand for easy graspi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7179149 | Spring supported illuminated novelty device with spinning light sources A novelty item that spins at least one array of lights to produce a predetermined changing pattern of lights. The device has at least one array of lights that is supported by at least one flexible arm. The arms radially extend from a spinning hub. Consequently, when... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7140943 | Bobble head and container An apparatus for containing a substance includes a container and a bobble head that is attached to the container. An opening is provided in the container to provide access to the substance. The bobble head is removed to access the opening and the substance. A first ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137863 | Toy having two sliding bobs on a string with end stoppers A swinging bob toy having two bobs constrained to, yet slidable along, a string. Each end of the string has a pair of low-mass, spaced-apart stoppers which allows the end of the string to be easily grasped so that smooth transitions can be made between various modes... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7104865 | Apparatus for cat's cradle game A self-play cat's cradle toy temporarily holds a string loop configuration while a user frees her hands in order to retrieve the string loop and advance it through successive string loop configurations. The toy comprises a base, first and second arms, digits support... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7076807 | Child's bib that includes a bead string fastener A child's bib includes a plastic string (5, 55, 56) which has a free-bearing part (55, 56) that extends from one end of the edge of the neck-surrounding recess of the bib to the front piece thereof and terminating in the proximity of the other end of t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6969260 | Technology explorer toy Involving mysterious gravity and mystical energy, an adjustable, instrumented, structural model, incorporating an object suspended from a frame in various ways with flexible line, freely swings, falls, bounces, and vibrates when manually disturbed. Through transfers... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6905431 | Color changing balls and toys Toys and balls are disclosed having a skin and a core of somewhat dissimilar materials. The skin and core are of different colors. When the toy is squeezed, the non-liquid deformable core presses against at least a portion of the skin, making the skin thin at that p... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896578 | Swinging bob toy with liquid-containing bobs A swinging bob toy having an outer bob and middle bob on a string, with the middle bob having a bore through which the string passes to allow the middle bob to slide along the string. The middle bob has a substantially toroidal, liquid-containing bladder. The mass o... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6883465 | Cat toy with music string component A stringed cat toy to encourage playful activity and exercise in cats and healthy interaction between cat owners and their pets. The cat toy comprises an elongated music string with a small handle securely connected at one end and an object which is attractive to ca... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6743072 | Whirling amusement device and associated method of operation An amusement device used to move a supported display object through an erratic path. The amusement device includes a base element in which is disposed a motorized assembly. A support spring is used to interconnect a display object to the motorized assembly in the ba... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6629873 | Swinging bob toy with middle bob having non-cylindrically symmetric weight distribution A swinging bob toy having a middle bob with a non-cylindrically symmetric internal structure. The center of mass is located near the middle of the bore axis, and the percentage azimuthal variation V in the moment of inertia I about an axis in the equatori... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6551170 | Spring loop novelty device A novelty device has a compacted spring loop in a container. During an effort of a person to remove the loop from the container, the loop under stored spring energy expands toward its extended configuration to assist in opening the container or to fly out... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6332851 | Toy conker A toy conker which has a main body portion attachable to a line member, the body portion having at least one insert which can be struck off.... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6325692 | Toy and storage play set A toy and storage play set for providing a wrestling ring and storage area. The toy and storage play set includes a container device and wrestling ring device. The container device has a housing having a top side which is open. A covering member covers th... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6241572 | Manipulable beaded string A manipulatable beaded string toy device comprising of a plurality of interconnectable elements, each element including a number of beads disposed on a cord. When the plurality of interconnectable elements are interconnected, a junction formed comprises a... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6213839 | Toy building set A toy building set is disclosed which includes a first type of building element formed of relatively flexurally flexible portions and a second type of building element having gripping fingers facing each other and spaced a distance apart that corresponds ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6190228 | Toddler toy system and method An educational and recreational toy system for toddlers including a plurality of toy components having various shapes and sizes. The various shapes and sizes of the components are based upon a unit measurement. Toy structures are provided, including a bal... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6110004 | Room-environment string-pull construction toy A room-environment string-pull construction toy consisting of a string, multiple wall-mountable pulleys, and a variety of colorful, eye-catching and/or whimsical cardboard or paper cutouts which can be mounted on the pulley wheels. Each wall-mountable pul... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6074267 | Single line wind-driven flying toy A wind driven flying toy comprising a single guideline and an aerodynamic body slidably secured to the guideline, the aerodynamic body being capable of traversing the entire length single guideline in both directions by reacting with the action of wind po... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6056618 | Toy character with electronic activities-oriented game unit A toy apparatus including a toy character and a game unit that is detachably secured to the toy character. The game unit is sized to fit into a receptacle of the toy character and includes a visual display. The game unit is programmed to display a virtual... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6027773 | Speciality die cut confetti and a method of manufacture A novel design and method of manufacturing confetti uses an interior cutout type die-cutting process. The resulting die cut confetti has unique and unusual aerodynamic features creating visually pleasing flight patterns. The predominant descent pattern of... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6004182 | Temporary structure The structures of this invention comprise a plurality of panels. Rod formations are associated with the panels along at least some edges thereof. Joining devices consisting of elongated frame members are provided with openings for removably receiving the ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6000984 | Toy building set with pull elements The element to be protected hereby is an element consisting of a pull string (2), chain, wire or the like having at each end a coupling device (3) which may be coupled onto a coupling stud (6). The element is characterised in that the string (2), the chai... | 12/14/1999 |
| 6000989 | Lasso toy A lasso toy comprises a generally elongate rope and a handle having an axial bore dimensioned to slidingly receive the rope. A swivel is provided on a first end of the rope and cooperates with the handle to permit rotational movement of the handle about t... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5938499 | Elastic gel toy A novel elastic gel toy for play including at least one elastic gel body having at least one elastic gel rod extending from opposite sides of the elastic gel body along a selected axis of rotation, said gel body the said gel rod capable of withstanding an... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5836801 | Climbing toy device A climbing toy device has a ring, a first climbing toy, a climbing mechanism disposed in the first climbing toy, a rope connected to the ring and the climbing mechanism, a second climbing toy, and a string connected to the ring and the second climbing toy... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5803784 | Wind operated sliding sail toy A flying toy having a first and a second guideline support, each guideline having two ends and a handle member respectively secured at each end. A body member for operating aerodynamically may include a frame and sail, or alternatively, the frame and sail... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5755610 | Climbing toy machine A climbing toy machine has a motor, a drive pinion set, a climbing gear set, a first rack plate, a second rack plate, and a retard gear. The drive pinion set and the climbing gear set are disposed between the first rack plate and the second rack plate. Th... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5743781 | Ornamental toy capable of running up and down Disclosed is an ornamental toy capable of running up and down mainly including a driving mechanism wrapped up by the ornamental toy and a long bead string extending through the driving mechanism. The driving mechanism includes a motor rotating a driving w... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5713782 | Baby rattle and a toy comprising a baby rattle A baby rattle (1) comprising two rattle portions (2,3) and an elongated elastic spacer element (4) which connects the two rattle portions (2,3), wherein the two rattle portions (2,3) have mutually complementary coupling portions (5,6) which allow the two ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5660576 | Toy ball A toy designed to entertain both humans and their pets. The toy is a continuous length of cord which has one end wrapped into a ball in such a way that the end is completely hidden in the ball so that the ball will not unravel. The other free end of the c... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5651715 | Geometric toy A hand held geometric toy with a plurality of polygonal sections strung together with elastic loops. The toy has at least one, and preferably at least three, sets of parallel fold axes and is held in folded condition magnetically.... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5525089 | Rotatable, demountable blocks of several shapes on a central elastic anchor An educational toy that lets the user experiment with assembling hollow polyhedral building block in a variety of different ways. The toy includes new polyhedral building blocks which can be assembled in different ways to form a multiplicity of configurat... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5395278 | Manually manipulatable flexible toy A manually manipulatable flexible toy includes an elongated tube unitarily fabricated of semi-rigid material such as plastic. The tube forms bellows which, in turn, define a plurality of larger diameter rings and a plurality of smaller diameter rings join... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5395279 | Infant flexible toy A multi-cornered flexible toy particularly suitable for infants wherein at least four tubes are held together end-to-end to define at least four corners by means of a closed loop cord extending through all of the tubes with an equal plurality of runs of t... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5378188 | Tendon and spring for toy actuation This invention relates to a mechanism for animating toy figures, including stuffed animals and dolls. The actuating mechanism includes at least two resiliently deflectable elements that are connected at respective first and second ends so that by urging t... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5352149 | Children's play structure with interchangeable scene A children's play structure includes a frame having hinging sections capable of being arranged into a free-standing structure and interchangeable panels capable of removable attachment to the frame to provide multiple scenes on the plurality of hinging se... | 10/04/1994 |
