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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374481 | Rotating pattern matching board game A sequencing game is provided with a housing and a microprocessor disposed within the housing. A plurality of manually operable controls are affixed to the housing and are in communication with the microprocessor. The microprocessor generates and sensorially renders... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361075 | Hand-held amusement devices and methods involving same A hand-held amusement device has a variety of features that encourage manipulative activities in and/or by a person's hand. These features may include various combinations of a base that is configured for rocking back and forth on a support surface; a cylinder that ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359109 | Rear-viewable reflective display A novel reflective display system is described. The display system is viewable through the display backplane instead of the counterelectrode. Making the display viewable through the backplane allows use of a conducting elastomer as a counterelectrode which facilitat... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7293429 | Nurturing necklace system A hollow closed loop has two end sections and intermediate sections. Flexible sheet material is located within one of the intermediate sections remote from the end sections. The flexible sheet material is fabricated of a crinkle material. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264531 | Method and apparatus for facilitating the construction of a snow man/woman A building component for facilitating a construction of a snow man/woman. A spherically-shaped body is provided that has an outer surface and an interior, the interior substantially lighter than when the interior is filled with snow. An adhesion surface is provided ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7217132 | Educational medium for teaching children to interact with and recognize objects A unique educational medium for teaching children to recognize various objects by sight and touch including animals, vegetables, minerals, articles, items, and environmental features according to a thematic scene associated with the medium. The medium is preferably ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7140946 | Flexible coiled lasso toy The present invention discloses a retractable coiled toy, made of a material having a memory, which has a handle integral with the coil or body of the toy. The slinger is preferably made out of polyurethane, a coiled steel, other plastics or some other material whic... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7112362 | Thermally movable plastic devices and toys In accordance with the invention, thin bodies of plastic, such as sheets or strands, with substantially different thermal coefficients of expansion are laminated together to make plastic bodies which move in response to heat. The movable plastic bodies can be secure... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7044827 | Hand-held amusement devices and methods involving same A hand-held amusement device has a variety of features that encourage manipulative activities in and/or by a person's hand. These features may include various combinations of a base that is configured for rocking back and forth on a support surface; a cylinder that ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7014526 | Computer stress relief method and device A computer-related stress relief device is configured to be mounted on a computer component. The device includes a support having a connector that is releasably engageable with the computer component and a punching bag-shaped contact element movably mounted on the s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6966812 | Thermally movable plastic devices and toys In accordance with the invention, thin bodies of plastic, such as sheets or strands, with substantially different thermal coefficients of expansion are laminated together to make plastic bodies which move in response to heat. The movable plastic bodies can be secure... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6954695 | Apparatus system and method for remotely controlling a vehicle over a network A system and a method for controlling a vehicle remotely over a network are disclosed. A vehicle is provided with a vehicle control module configured to transmit and receive network communications containing vehicle control data. In one embodiment, the vehicle contr... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945195 | Animal entertainment device An entertainment device for use by animals is disclosed. The entertainment device can have a hollow enclosure with access openings and exit openings. The hollow enclosure may have one or more play items with diameters larger than the access openings and the exit ope... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6913505 | Sinkable fun toy A sinkable fun toy includes a floater body and a counter weight member. The floater body includes a receiving portion, which has a receiving opening and a stand portion, which has at least one leg for supporting the receiving portion. The counter weight member is re... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6773331 | Novelty with incorporated fan A novelty comprising a fan member defining an enclosure and having at least one support to the rotably mount a fan which is of lightweight construction and which rotatively moves to fluid impingement thereon such as from air and wherein the fan member is of see thro... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6767269 | Steel toy disk A steel toy disk has patterns or designs printed on an upper surface thereof, and includes a curled and upward protruded rim and a raised central portion formed through punching. A top of the raised central portion is located between a bottom of the steel toy disk a... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6739935 | Toy article The invention relates to a toy article which is, among other things, suitable as a collector's item and/or for use in games which toy article comprises a handle and a coupling piece for effecting a connection with a second toy article, which coupling piece is attach... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6692335 | Streamer and launcher A manual system and method is disclosed for launching streamers into the air such as from a hollow tube in which the streamers are positioned in particular manners.... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6643952 | System and method for controlling a vapor dryer process A system and method are disclosed including a vapor dryer chamber (12) with a lid (14). A heater (16) is disposed within the vapor dryer chamber to vaporize liquid drying medium (24), preferably isopropyl alcohol, in the bottom of the vapor dryer chamber ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6629242 | Environment adaptive control of pseudo-emotion generating machine by repeatedly updating and adjusting at least either of emotion generation and behavior decision algorithms A control method for controlling operation of an object used by a user in an environment includes the steps of: defining pseudo-emotions of the object for deciding output of the object, in relation to the user's state; formulating emotion generation algor... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6447857 | Baton handle show pom A show pom provided with a first set of streamers extending from the two ends of a baton handle and a second set of retractable streamers that retract within the ends of the hollow baton handle. The second set of streamers are usually constructed of a dif... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6405937 | System of modular rocks with waterfall A system of modular artificial rocks provides aesthetic appeal to a landscape. The system comprises at least two rocks, one stacked on the other and interlocked to each other, as by a tongue and groove arrangement. The rocks have respective back ends that... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6394903 | Toy dice A toy dice comprising a cubical body having six sides, and an internal electronic operating circuit including an integrated circuit configured to perform six electronic playing functions associated with the sides of the dice body respectively. A position ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6325691 | Packaged toy A packaged toy is provided in which toy egg sets of nested hollow toy eggs are held within a modular transparent egg carton. The modular transparent egg carton has a tray which holds the toy egg sets and a lid with a ceiling and a circumnavigating lip def... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6309088 | Combined pencil sharpener and ink stamp with illumination device The invention discloses a combined pencil sharpener and an ink stamp being able to give off light. The invention includes a pencil sharpener and a stamp which are slidably engaged together. When a pencil is inserted into an opening of the pencil sharpener... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309683 | Novelty candy holding device A novelty candy holding device including a housing to which a candy pop can be secured. The housing includes a bottom end cap which prevents a pliable putty-like material in the housing from drying out. The bottom end cap can be removed to expose the plia... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6299502 | Device for scattering confetti and method of making and using same A device for scattering confetti includes an inverted pocket positioned within the interior of an envelope inflated by a gas inlet at an upper end region of the envelope. Confetti is contained within the pocket, and a break-away closure closes an open end... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6250985 | Hollow breakable object having a breakable dye absorptive coating A hollow breakable object having a first shell section and a second shell section encapsulating a novelty item when the shell sections are affixed to each other. The sections are typically affixed by press-fitting, gluing, or taping the sections together.... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241620 | Simulated shattered glass novelty device and method of use A practical joke device which when removably mounted onto a glass surface of user choice, will create an illusion that an object has penetrated into the glass surface and the glass has been shattered.... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6206536 | Table lamp with movable ornamental liquid container A table lamp having an ornamental liquid container movably connected to a main body thereof, so that the ornamental liquid container tends to swing, rotate and/or turn upside-down under an external force applied on the ornamental liquid container. At leas... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196895 | Heat-activated toy A heat-sensitive toy consisting of variously shaped mylar polyolefin strips prepared by being forcibly drawn across a straight edge so as to assume curved curly shapes and then assembled to form a simulated object such as a serpent, snake or flower. When ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6086448 | Toy device for combined production of movements and sonorous effects Joy device of a casing in a form of pedestal, upon a mast for hauling up a flag by means of a strand pulled by a mechanic device is fixed, all in time to a sonorous emission generated by a sound electronic chip included into the casing. According to the i... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6083077 | Pop-up toy A pop-up toy including a housing for enclosing a plurality of interlocking elements. The housing includes an opening through which the series of interlocking elements may be individually extracted by a child. The opening in the housing is provided with a ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6062936 | Toy that closes an electrical circuit when an end user consumes a consumable substance A toy that includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are coupled to an electrical circuit. The first electrode is also coupled to an consumable substance. The circuit is closed when an end user becomes electrically coupled to the first electr... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6007400 | Convertible toy chair A toy chair includes a seat member having a horizontal seat portion and a vertical backrest portion that extends upwardly from the rear edge of the seat portion. A pair of extension members extend respectively from left and right lateral sides of the seat... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5954561 | Play material container having plural play features A play material container includes a base having an interior cavity, a sidewall and a cookie-cutter edge defining a predetermined shape. A lid is configured to be snap-fitted upon the base to provide container closure. An extrusion die is formed in the co... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5871387 | Toy for repeated adjustable mounting A toy which can be manually, easily, and repeatedly mounted on a wide range of vertical surfaces and remain fixed in place until its position is adjusted by removal and replacement. The toy can be of three dimensional extent and is supported by a unique f... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5865664 | Jumping mat popping toy A mat toy is provided that has many soft microbubbles extending upward from its upper surface. Gas is sealed within each bubble. When jumped upon by a child, a bubble becomes compressed and bursts with a popping sound enjoyed by children. The soft upper l... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5842903 | Novelty noise making, odor generating apparatus A novelty noise making, odor generating Apparatus is provided having a clear beaker made of glass or plastic provides visual access to an interior volume. A removable stopper seals the interior volume of the beaker, which contains a colored gas having a h... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5823850 | Confetti launching device A confetti launching wand is disclosed in which the wand comprises a relatively short barrel portion which contains the confetti, preferably in the form of a stack or bundle, and the barrel portion is connected to a relatively long handle portion. In some... | 10/20/1998 |
