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Application Number:  20120040587

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Doherty, Gregory J.; Khasminsky, Gene

Remote control technology may expand vehicle (toy) control beyond basic locomotion and introduce a system by which audio-visual responses can be triggered via the remote control device. Example remote control device may be adapted to hold a book or be integrated with a book, where the text of the book instructs the reader to activate remote control actuators of the device, which in-turn cause the corresponding vehicle to perform certain actions, typically in line with the story being told by ...
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Application Number:  20120040586

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Rees, JR., Robert

A bubble blowing device having an elongated bubble blowing member with a mouthpiece at one end and a bubble forming material attached to the opposite end. A cover is secured to the bubble blowing member and covers at least a portion of the ...
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Application Number:  20120034840

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Shallah, Thomas Michael

A portable, lightweight, water-resistant, multi-colored toy for placement in a bathtub, either supernatant or stationary, and which can be used with small toy cars of various models includes a base member having a multi-storied superstructure on which toy cars are placed with the base member having pivotal flip-down and flip-up legs for supporting the toy in the bathtub and the legs having suction cup for adhering to the bathtub bottom and one of the floors—the top floor—including a car ...
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Application Number:  20120034839

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Murphy, Richard Michael

A connector element for a space structure of a type utilizing a plurality of struts. The connector element includes first and second subparts, at least one strut receiving element having a strut receiving socket emanating from each of the subparts, the subparts being rotatable with respect to one another along a common ...
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Application Number:  20120028538

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Wong, Kwok Leung

A handheld electrical charger for a toy vehicle provides a manual handle on the housing for generating kinetic energy. A dynamo within the housing and in mechanical communication with the handle generates electrical energy from the kinetic energy. A power takeoff transfers a portion of the kinetic energy or the electrical energy to a power inlet for a toy, and the toy is separable from the charger. The toy includes an electrical storage device to be charged by electrical output from the inlet. ...
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Application Number:  20120028537

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Carson, Reginald

This invention will be used as a novelty item for sporting, school, team events or just to show overall spirit. It is a handheld device that can be operated by pressing an on/off switch which will in turn cause the Styrofoam ball on top of the base to rotate. The speed of the “Spirit Ball” will vary depending on how long the on/off switch is ...
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Application Number:  20120028536

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Jacobsen, Rockie L.

A game call device that helps position a user's mouth over a reed call and select the call tone desired. An elastomeric cap with a reed aperture fits snugly over a reed assembly. The cap helps the user find the right position for the mouth and lips. The rubber cap helps the user to press down on the reed and reed assembly to change the pressure on the reed and the space created by the cap's cavity. Tone or pitch holes in the cap allow the user to close the holes with the user's fingers or mouth ...
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Application Number:  20120028535

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Sivan, Michael

A low cost method making use of a single sensor only, to detect the relative direction of a light source. Most suitable for toys and low cost ...
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Application Number:  20120028534

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Unger, Dennis Clifford

A self-retaining structural support fastener that grips a portion of rigid tile material and aligns the tile material in a planar direction to form structures. The invention more specifically relates to a plastic, acrylic, rubber or polymeric clip that is formed in U, T, X, I or L shapes and provides for an attachment of one or more clips together to form fasteners of various shapes in various planar directions, the fasteners to be used to fabricate multi-dimensional representative ...
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Application Number:  20120028533

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  King, Molly

A baby distraction item and more specifically a baby toy for storing baby care items such as baby clean-up items with the baby toy temporarily distracting a baby with the baby top comprising either a cover or a base with a chamber for holding baby care item so that when a caretaker cleans up a baby, the baby may grasp the handle and play with the base or cover as a toy to distract the baby while a diaper is ...
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Application Number:  20120028532

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Thompson, Heidi; Thompson, R. Orville

A scented stuffed toy including at least one interchangeable scented packet, a method of forming the scented stuffed toy, and a system for scenting an area. The scented stuffed toy includes an interior portion within a body of the stuffed toy, at least one interchangeable scented packet disposed within the interior portion, and a fastening structure for selectively accessing the interior portion. The scented stuffed toy may be formed by opening a fastening structure in a body of the stuffed toy ...
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Application Number:  20120028531

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Carrillo, Christian Alejandro; Limin, Michael; Tattersall, Reid Ellison; Sutter, Preston Tyler; Singh, Jagjit; Agu, Ogonna C.

An expandable piñata including a body having a front wall, a rear wall, a left side portion, a right side portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion that define an interior cavity of the piñata; one or more pouches coupled to each of the front wall, back wall, left side portion, and right side portion; and a valve coupled to the body and configured for selectively inflating and deflating the interior cavity, the body being inflatably and deflatably adjustable between a first, substantially ...
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Application Number:  20120024503

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  SanFilippo, Gerald P.

An apparatus for cooling ones self by a traditional manual back and forth fanning movement of the invention. The apparatus has the capability to spray a mist of water into the moving air created by the apparatus so as to aid in the cooling process. The invention can also be used as a sound board or tambourine to create a sound to imitate traditional hand clapping for a signal or for celebratory expression. Also, in one embodiment, the invention serves as a sign or billboard for image or print ...
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Application Number:  20120021667

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Thompson, Dean Ronald

A toy vehicle has a hard top shell formed with a top concave shell cavity. The hard top shell has an inside surface. The hard top shell is pervious to light. A top layer of adhesive adheres to the hard top shell. A flexible chassis core is formed with a top profile and a bottom profile. The top profile matches and receives the top hard shell. The top layer of adhesive adheres to a top surface of the chassis core. A bottom layer of adhesive adheres to a bottom surface of the flexible chassis ...
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Application Number:  20120021666

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  TODOKORO, Shinji

There is provided a game toy which is an intellectual education tool for infants which is not only a game toy with which a player can capture targets with ease, but also an educational tool which allows two players to have a chance to capture the target alternately, whereby the players can keep their interests, comprising a FIG. 20, a target tray 13 for storing a plurality of ball-shaped targets 18 lying above the FIG. 20, a rotating shaft 15 for supporting to ...
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Application Number:  20120021665

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Hunter, Rick

A water dispensing device comprises a container mounted to rotate about an axis. The container is adapted to receive and accumulate quantities of water. The container is pivotal mounted to rotate about the axis such that when the container accumulates more than a predetermined quantity of water, the container is adapted to rotate at least one rotation about the axis to dispense a quantity of ...
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