Amusement devices: toys inventions 07/06

20060166589 - Illuminated flying disc: A recreational or competitive flying disc includes an illumination system employing an array of flexible optical fibers to distribute the light of a single light emitting diode (LED) from the rotational center of the disc to its outside periphery. A small water-resistant compartment centered on the underside of the disc...

20060166591 - Connecting toy: A toy includes a base member and coupling member. In one embodiment, the base member has, for example, three attachment posts. The coupling member is configured to be removably coupled to any one of the attachment posts. The coupling member is also configured to be removably coupled among the three...

20060166590 - House-building toy: A house-building toy comprises element blocks that include floor foundation blocks (2) functioning as the foundation of a house model and structuring a floor portion of the house model, wall blocks (3) structuring a wall portion of the house model, roof blocks (4) structuring a roof portion of the house...

20060166592 - Electronic drawing toy: An electronic drawing toy is disclosed for drawing and gaming applications used with a video monitor, wherein a complexity of the toy is minimized to facilitate use by young children....

20060166593 - Adventure figure system and method: An adventure figure system and method are described in which a collectable figurine may be used. Each figurine may have a unique serial number wherein each purchaser of a figurine may create an adventure for the particular figurine using a website. The figurine may then be sent out on its...

20060166594 - Valve and retainer assembly for latex balloons: A valve and retainer assembly particularly useful for latex balloons includes a valve body and a band valve. The valve body has a radial shoulder where the neck and mouth of a latex balloon may be received to affix the balloon to the valve body. A hollow stem communicates with...

20060166595 - Multi-function yo-yo: A multi-function yo-yo switchable between operation as a fixed-axle yo-yo, a free-axle yo-yo, and a centrifugal-clutch yo-yo (i.e., a yo-yo which operates as a free-axle yo-yo when it spins sufficiently rapidly, and as a fixed-axle yo-yo when it spins sufficiently slowly). Within one or both of the fly disks is...

20060166596 - Novelty item: A spinning top that has a body and a stem. The stem is movable between a first position in which the stem lies substantially parallel to the body and a second position in which the stem extends through an opening formed in the body, in a direction generally perpendicular to...

20060166597 - Toy having air purification features: A toy such as a plush toy having various sanitizing features is disclosed. The toy of the present invention optionally includes an air purifying device such as an ionizing device or an ozone device disposed within an interior cavity of the toy. The toy optionally includes a visco-elastic material. The...

20060166598 - Sports fan's noise maker: A sports fan's noise maker with two non-exclusive embodiments: one for use at hockey games and one for football games. The noise maker includes a noise making mechanism, said noise making mechanism comprising a disk-shaped outer casing. Contained within the outer casing is a gear with an attached handle, said...

20060160457 - Illuminated flying disc: A recreational or competitive flying disc includes an illumination system employing an array of flexible optical fibers to distribute the light of a single light emitting diode (LED) from the rotational center of the disc to its outside periphery. A small water-resistant compartment centered on the underside of the disc...

20060160458 - Toy assembly having a quick-disconnect clip: A toy assembly having a plush toy and a clip. A projecting member extends from the clip and cooperates with a portion of the plush toy to hold the plush toy to the clip. The clip is shaped to be selectively mounted to and quickly dismounted to an external object,...

20060160459 - Aquarium type toy with an improved motor system: An aquarium type toy with an improved motor system comprising mainly: a box with a water tank to be loaded with liquid and toy fishes; and a motor system mounted in the box and having a motor, when the motor is actuated to operate, the liquid in the water tank...

20060160460 - Aquatic amusement toy: An aquatic amusement toy including a buoyant body and an underwater member. The buoyant has a housing including an engaging portion, a first protruding shell and a second protruding shell, and the underwater member has a first and second face and a receiving portion communicating through the first and second...

20060160461 - Aquatic fun toy: An aquatic fun toy for an aquatic game including a buoyant body having an upper and a lower surface and a receiving portion communicating through the upper and lower surface, an underwater member receivable in the receiving portion and a plurality of supporting portions for supporting the buoyant body at...

20060160462 - Block toy sorting: Building block toy sets having pieces with similar shape can be segregated into proper toy sets by providing each building block toy set with a distinctive dye code material responsive to optical radiation of a specific wave length. When block pieces of diverse building block toy sets are mixed together,...

20060160463 - Enhanced performance twirling baton: Over the years, batons have not changed much in size or shape. The ends of the baton are still rubber with a steel shaft in between. Little has been done to prevent the baton from slipping out of the twirler's fingers due to moisture or to keep the baton from...

20060160464 - Toy having an electronic interactive device that is responsive to a rotated and launched object: A toy comprises a housing connected with a launcher to rotate and launch an object. The launcher comprises a driving element to form a drive connection with a receiving element on the object. The launcher is connected with a launcher rotating system, which imparts a rotary movement to the launcher....

20060160465 - Pet toy: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a toy for a pet. The toy includes a tube-shaped member comprising at least two layers of soft durable fabric, and comprising tube ends that are unfrayed, wherein at least one of the tube ends is open; and at...

20060160466 - Omnidirectional toy manipulator: A hand held omnidirectional toy figure manipulator allowing an operator to manipulate a toy figure to mimic movements made by a player of various sports such as baseball or soccer. The device employs with a one or a plurality of actuators attached to communicating control rods to move the arms,...

20060160467 - Kit for making an interchangeable panel, modular display system: An interchangeable panel, modular display system for use as a doll house or miniature display case includes a modular frame with at least one wall section having grooves for slidably receiving a wall panel therein. The frame also includes an opening for inserting a wall panel into and removing a...

20060154555 - Device and composition for blowing a soap bubble: A device for soap bubble blowing has a tube through which a bubble is blown and which is provided with protrusions and recesses, and a ledge of a special shape on its walls, wherein the tube can be fitted in a lid which is joined with a container intended to...

20060154556 - Creative recreational barrel building piece (c.r.b.b.p): Creative recreational barrel building piece consists of a building barrel. The said building barrel has a large top hollow end and a small bottom end and can be a single building barrel or double building barrels that are connected together by a web or triple building barrels that are connected...

20060154557 - Gravity device: The frame structure contains a main shaft, which turns a rotor hence turning four main bearings by using the force of gravity. On the lower section of the frame there is a ball limiting guide which is located on the right side of the main shaft. The distance is far...

20060154558 - Motorized amusement device: A toy is comprised of a propulsion system, such as a frame rollably supported by one or more driven wheels. The toy may be configured generically to include one or more platforms and a mounting bracket for connecting or supporting a variety of elements for transport and the remote control...

20060154560 - Communication device: The present invention relates to apparatus and method for providing two-way communication between two users. In particular, but not exclusively, the invention relates to a way in which communication between two users can occur whereby one of the users is given the impression that the communication they are having is...

20060154559 - Information reproduction/i/o method using dot pattern, information reproduction device, mobile information i/o device, and electronic toy: The present invention proposes a dot pattern on which code information and x and y coordinate information can be defined even if the dot pattern is extremely small, and proposes an information reproducing method and an information reproducing device based on the dot pattern. More specifically, a medium such as...

20060154561 - Game attractant: A device for generating sounds associated with movements of animals, the device including a movable member operatively associated with a motion generation system and configured to be set in a desired motion by the motion generation system, and an extension assembly configured to replicate a leg and foot of an...

20060154562 - Antlered animal call: The present invention comprises a device for simulating the sound of rattling antlers. The device comprises a striker rod and a box. The striker rod comprises a head, a shaft and a handle. The box comprises a left and a right side wherein the left and right side each have...

20060154563 - Model traveling device, model having such traveling device, and remote-controlled toy: In a running device for a model (6) comprising a pair of motors (7), a pair of left and right wheels (8) which are independently driven by the pair of motors (7), and a control device (20) which controls operations of the pair of motors (7) based on instructions concerning...

20060154564 - Two-wheeled toy vehicle by radio control: A two-wheeled toy vehicle by radio control having a supporting member of a front wheel mounted on a vehicle body so as to control freely in steering angle and a rider-like doll mounted on an upper portion of the vehicle body, the doll response to the radio controlled steering operation,...

20060148371 - Method of creating folded toy airplanes with printed indicia: The invention is directed to a foldable sheet for receiving indicia and forming a folded toy airplane with visible indicia. The foldable sheet includes a plurality of fold lines forming a fuselage area of an airplane; a plurality of score lines forming wing areas of an airplane and a tab...

20060148372 - Flying disc: A flying disc toy of flexible plastic construction with a convex central top section connected to a concave central bottom section by an annular rim. The toy has a central hollow area that can be filled with water through a central opening in the top plate and also has a...

20060148373 - Integrated carrying case and toy object launcher: An integrated carrying case and toy object launcher is described. The integrated carrying case comprises a carrying case portion and a launcher. The carrying case portion includes an openable container having a lid and a plurality of compartments. Each compartment is formed to hold at least one toy object. The...

20060148374 - Transmitter for wireless control: To provide a radio control transmitter that generates and transmits a control signal controlling a travelling direction of a toy vehicle, the radio control transmitter comprises: a supporter provided with a bearing section which is spherically recessed at the upper part; a lower case wherein the supporter protrudes through an...

20060148375 - Puppet book reading system: This invention is a system that allows a puppet of any size to hold a book of any size. The system requires an attachment method that connects the arms of the puppet to the cover of the book. The preferred embodiment envisions slots near the edge of the book cover...

20060148376 - Closure for stuffed toy and method: A method for closing a stuffed toy having an opening for receiving filling material includes a tubular lining extending inwardly of the opening for receiving an insertion tube of a filing device providing stuffing material into the toy. The tubular lining is turned outwardly of the toy and encircled with...

20060148377 - Toys with driven characters: Toys for infants in the form of soothers, mobiles, swings, and gyms are provided with a housing, at least one character carried by the housing for movement relative to the housing, the at least one character having a body and at least one appendage that is carried by the body...