Class 472/51 - FOR PERPETRATING PRACTICAL JOKE OR INITIATION CEREMONY

Subclass of Class 472 - Amusement devices
Definition: Amusement device comprising an apparently well-known and
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 09/28/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7803057	Expansible amusement device The expansible amusement device is a compressed package formed from paper goods, plastic goods or the like, which, under selective decompression, disperses confetti and generates acoustic effects. A plurality of elastically expandable members are stacked together an...	09/28/2010
7266925	Pot having a plant cover secured thereto A plant package comprising a pot covered with a plant cover, the plant cover at least comprising a base portion, and optionally having a skirt or a detachable upper portion. The plant cover has a heat shrinkable bonding material for heat shrinking to secure the plan...	09/11/2007
7251913	Method of covering a potted plant A method of covering a flower pot with an oversized sleeve. The sleeve has an inner diameter which is greater than the maximum diameter of a pot disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion, a skirt portion, with a linear or non-linear upper end,...	08/07/2007
7191561	Pot having a plant cover secured thereto A plant package comprising a pot covered with a plant cover, the plant cover at least comprising a base portion, and optionally having a skirt or a detachable upper portion. The plant cover has a heat shrinkable bonding material for heat shrinking to secure the plan...	03/20/2007
7192331	Figure kicking toy A figure kicking toy with a crank activated kicking leg with boot of the first figure pivoting to contact the posterior of the second figure. The kicking leg has a return spring for restoring the leg to upright position. The preferred embodiment offers rubberized ma...	03/20/2007
7104007	Floral sleeve with deployable flap A flexible sleeve for containing a pot and/or floral grouping and/or growing or retaining medium. The flexible sleeve has a body and a flap. The body has an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface and a skirt. The flap is connected to the inner periphe...	09/12/2006
7065921	Method of attaching a floral sleeve to a pot via bonding material A plant packaging method providing a tubular sleeve and attaching the sleeve to a potted plant via a bonding material which may be disposed on the tubular sleeve, or on the pot of the potted plant, and a plant package produced by the method. ...	06/27/2006
7021000	Method of covering a potted plant A method of covering a flower pot with an oversized sleeve. The sleeve has an inner diameter which is greater than the maximum diameter of a pot disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion, a skirt portion, with a linear or non-linear upper end,...	04/04/2006
7008289	Toy with openable container from which one or more objects spring out A toy including an openable container, and a non-porous, molded, hollow, elastic three-dimensional representative object arranged to be contained in a compressed condition within the container such that on opening the container the object springs out by assuming its...	03/07/2006
7004524	Handling device with a reversible toroidal gripping member A handling device includes a gripping member and a support structure that supports the gripping member. The gripping member includes a flexible, substantially toroidal wall member having an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion that defines an axial passagewa...	02/28/2006
7000350	Floral sleeve with deployable flap A flexible sleeve for containing a pot and/or floral grouping and/or growing or retaining medium. The flexible sleeve has a body and a flap. The body has an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface and a skirt. The flap is connected to the inner periphe...	02/21/2006
6964130	Combination planter and step-light A combination planter and step-light has a portable, open topped receptacle having a base and a plurality of sidewalls upstanding therefrom. The sidewalls are a minor rear end wall and major outer wall forming a corner seating adjacent a corner of a step and an oute...	11/15/2005
6962021	Plant sleeve A sleeve comprising a lower portion preferably having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a floral grouping or plant. The sleeve may have an upper portion which can be detached from the lower portion of the sleeve once the function of the upper portion ...	11/08/2005
6912810	Conical floral sleeve A floral sleeve sized to fit a flower pot, the sleeve generally having a conical shape and having a bonding material disposed thereon for connecting the sleeve to a pot disposed within the sleeve or connected via a banding element to a pot disposed within the sleeve...	07/05/2005
6582314	Attachment for a motor vehicle A novelty device attaches to the exterior of a motor vehicle, with an upwardly extending arm producing a passive lateral oscillation due to vehicle motion to simulate a wagging animal tail. The device includes a base plate which attaches to the vehicle be...	06/24/2003
6468126	Pop-up device The invention is a pop-up device adapted to allow for a number of triggering means and a number of special effects upon triggering of the device. The pop-up device may be placed in a hollow section of a cake, which is later iced over so that the candle ho...	10/22/2002
6293874	User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks An amusement apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control. The apparatus inclu...	09/25/2001
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
5928085	Novelty gas dispensing nozzle attachment A novelty gas dispensing nozzle attachment for attachment to a fuel cap of a vehicle for simulating a torn away gas dispensing nozzle because the driver forgot to remove the gas dispensing nozzle from the vehicle before driving away from the gas pump. The...	07/27/1999
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
5624320	Flower presentation device A person-to-person flower presentation package, wherein a bundle of flowers is placed out of sight in a preferably conical, open-topped, container. Upon presentation, a cord is pulled, raising the blossoms suddenly into view. The package also includes one...	04/29/1997
5527222	Balloon popping device A device for rupturing a balloon in response to an opening of a door. The inventive device includes a piercing assembly mountable over a door for supporting and selectively piercing a balloon. A trigger assembly coupled to the piercing assembly is respons...	06/18/1996
5399122	Balloon with accompanying helium supplying cartridge A novelty item is provided comprising a balloon, a container adapted to contain the balloon in a deflated state, and an inflation device adapted to act on the balloon. The inflation device includes a high pressure gas container and a valve coupled to the ...	03/21/1995
5389030	Inflatable novelty device A novelty device includes an inflatable element fixed to a nipple which is normally covered. Adding fluid to a chamber which includes a fluid-reactive element causes a pressure increase to be imparted to the inflated element which then expands under the a...	02/14/1995
5385344	Modular device for playing pranks A system of remotely actuated novelty devices is disclosed having triggering and actuating components packaged in separate, interchangeable modules. The system includes several interchangeable trigger modules, each of which detects the occurrence of an ac...	01/31/1995
5377380	Simulated vehicle headlight wipers This invention is a simulated headlight wiper and is used as a novelty or amusement device. The wiper may be detachably mounted to the vehicle or, in another embodiment, it may be attached directly to the headlight by suitable means such as a double-sided...	01/03/1995
5188565	Novelty device and method of using same A novelty device and method of using it, include the generation of an attention attracting signal, under the control of the performer but not by the spectator. A secret disabling arrangement causes a spectator to be unable to re-activate the attention att...	02/23/1993
4946745	Novelty statue A novelty statue includes a figure that is adapted to move in response to a noise or in response to a sensed temperature. The figure is in the shape of either a human eye which blinks or in the shape of a letter I which moves into and out of a base....	08/07/1990
4936582	Golf club This invention is comprised of a golf club molded in a single piece including grip, shaft and head, preferably in the form of a putter or a wedge or in an alternative embodiment a golf club employing a flexible plastic shaft with a conventional grip and c...	06/26/1990
4877251	Putting device A novelty putting device for a golf ball or facsimile thereof comprises the integral combination of a putter including a shaft and a putter head; a funnel-like guide tube having a tapered portion and including a guide track formed in the inner bottom surf...	10/31/1989
4786048	Novelty item A box with a lid is provided with the lid having spring hinges normally urging the lid closed. A battery operated control unit is situated within the box operatively connected to a display screen at the front of the box which is visible when the lid is op...	11/22/1988
4422633	Simulated wheel immobilizing apparatus This invention relates generally to novelty devices which do not function in accordance with the function normally associated with their external appearance, and more specifically to a simulated vehicle wheel immobilizing device, which is spaced from the ...	12/27/1983
4363479	Magic container A magic container for containing beverages such as soft drinks and alcoholic drinks. The wall of the container contains a conduit which communicates the interior with the exterior. The inlet port and the outlet port of the conduit are formed at the lower ...	12/14/1982
4259806	Walking toy A simple fluid actuated vehicle is described in the shape of a hollow hand which, by remote bulb pressure, precesses along a given route by means of advancing digits....	04/07/1981
3944691	Decorative assembly or toy A decorative assembly or toy consisting of a transparent image of the mascot or other representation symbolic of a first athletic team with the image of the mascot of a second athletic team embedded within the first image in a manner and position to give ...	03/16/1976

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Class 472/51 - FOR PERPETRATING PRACTICAL JOKE OR INITIATION CEREMONY