Amusement devices: toys inventions 02/07

20070042668 - Hand held launcher: In accordance with the invention, there is provided a lightweight, hand held launcher for the purpose of furnishing children with a means of throwing safe objects, such as soft foam balls, a greater distance than would be possible with the bare hands alone. By combining the basic elements of a... Agent: Brian Lapointe

20070042669 - Display packaging for reconfigurable product: The present invention is directed generally to container for reconfigurable products and, in particular, to a display package operable to display a product in multiple configurations. The display package may include product housing portions adapted to slide from a first, adjacent position, where one product portion is positioned adjacent to... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070042670 - Toy animal with wettable tongue: A toy animal, including a body having a head with an openable mouth, a fluid reservoir arranged in the body, a pump mechanism arranged in the body, and a tongue arranged in the mouth. The tongue, the fluid reservoir and the pump mechanism are in fluid communication with one another.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070042671 - Amusement device: An amusement device is provided comprising a first bladder, a second bladder, and a noise maker operably disposed with respect to the first bladder and the second bladder wherein neither said first bladder nor said second bladder surrounds the other.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070042672 - Plush toy having an audio player: A plush bear having a chest cavity for receiving an audio player therein. The plush bear includes a head, a body, arms and legs. The body has a chest cavity with a built-in pocket therein for receiving an audio player selected from the group consisting of a CD player, an... Agent: Ezra Sutton & Associates, P.A.

20070042673 - Traveling apparatus and traveling stopping method: A traveling apparatus, including a housing, first and second wheels, a wheel driving section, and a control section. The first and second wheels are supported for individual rotation in one and the other direction around a common axis on the housing. The wheel driving section is configured to drive the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070042674 - Rear axle of a chassis for a toy vehicle: This rear axle of a chassis is suitable for installation in a toy vehicle which is operated as a track-guided vehicle on a raceway. The chassis has a front and rear axles and a guide wedge which is movable about a vertical pivot axle to cooperate with a groove on... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070037467 - Bubble generating assembly: A bubble generating assembly has a housing, a trigger mechanism, a bubble generating ring positioned adjacent a front opening of the housing, and a lid assembly positioned adjacent the front opening. The lid assembly has a lid that is movable between a first position where it completely covers and contacts... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070037468 - Toy aircraft: A toy aircraft may include an airframe, which may include a fuselage and a wing assembly. The toy aircraft may include at least one propulsion unit mounted to the airframe. The at least one propulsion unit may be operable to propel the toy aircraft. The toy aircraft may include at... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070037469 - Polyhedral block-type magnetic toys: Disclosed herein is a polyhedral block-type magnetic toy, which is constructed so that a magnet is movably provided on each surface of a polyhedron. The magnetic toy includes a plurality of polyhedral blocks (31) and magnets (32). Each of the blocks includes a magnet moving space (R), which is provided... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070037470 - Water-powered lighted toys: A toy comprising a housing, a turbine-generator, and a light source. An inlet directs water into the housing and one or more outlets allow the water to exit as a stream or a spray or as a combination of the two. A turbine within the housing rotates in response to... Agent: Linda C. Dolan

20070037471 - Multifunctional game call: An animal call for use by a user. The call includes a call producing portion including a resonance cavity and a reed operatively coupled to the resonance cavity to convert vibrations of the reed into sound waves. The resonance cavity has first and second ends. A mouthpiece is connected to... Agent: Inventarium

20070037473 - Balloon holder: The invention provides an apparatus for standing a balloon even in inclement weather without gasses such as helium. In one particular embodiment an apparatus for standing a balloon includes a balloon saddle on a distal end of a saddle lift extension, a tie-down loop adjacent to the saddle lift extension... Agent: Gilbreth Roebuck Bynum Derrington Schmidt Walker And Tran LLP

20070037472 - Balloon with a pocket and method of making: A non-latex balloon has at least two outer balloon layers of a polymer such as nylon, with an inner layer of heat-sealable material. A self-sealing valve is heat-sealed to the inner surface of one of the outer layers. An inner balloon layer is placed adjacent the outer balloon layers and... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20070037474 - Child calming toy with rythmic stimulation: An improved child calming device comprising, in accordance with the preferred embodiment, a stuffed animal (10) having a pocket (88) within which is contained a heart beat simulating transducer (12) is disclosed. The transducer is actuated, in a number of optional ways, by application of pressure to an actuator (22)... Agent: Roger Pitt Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP

20070037475 - Sound responsive doll apparatus: A sound responsive doll apparatus includes an outer doll covering, a base supporting the outer doll covering, base-to-support attachment means for attaching the base to an underlying support such as a dashboard, sound-signal receiver means for receiving real-time electrical signals representing sounds, and sound-signal-to-visible response means housed by the outer... Agent: S. Michael Bender

20070037476 - Bobblehead wobbler: A bobble head doll wobbler includes a base, a housing, and a support platform that is slidably supported within the housing. A solenoid drives a shaft that pushes and pulls the support platform, thereby imparting an oscillating motion to a bobble head doll supported on the platform. The wobbler has... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20070037477 - Portable sound-producing device: A portable sound-producing device makes a unique sound likened to a deep, animal-like growl when used. The device comprises of a housing and a pull cord. The housing comprises of a hollow, polygonal- or tubular-shaped body with one of its two ends completely covered by a tautly stretched covering. The... Agent: Law Office Of Steven B. Leavitt, L.L.P.

20070037478 - Flexible vehicle guiding element: A flexible vehicle guiding element which is formed from a plurality of segments connected together by an appropriate male and female connectors at each end thereof. The segment is constructed from molded elastomeric material having release or indentations along each side and voids along the bottom thereof. To permit bending... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070037479 - Slotless toy racetrack and radio-controlled toy racecar kit: A slotless toy racetrack that is constructed by assembling a plurality of straight and curved racetrack sections in an end-to-end configuration. The racetrack is especially useful with radio controlled racecars and is wide enough that the cars can pass one another while competing. The racetrack sections have a base portion... Agent: Joseph M. Konieczny, P.C.

20070037480 - Egg-shaped toy cars and methods of making the same: Egg-shaped toy cars are disclosed. Methods of making egg-shaped toy cars are also disclosed.... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20070032162 - Spinal fixation tool set and method: A tool set for implanting a rod in a human spine in conjunction with bone screws includes a pair of end guide tools that receive opposite ends of the rod in channels and under manipulation by a surgeon facilitate transport of the rod toward the bone screws attached to the... Agent: Law Office Of John C. Mcmahon

20070032163 - Bubble gun with light: A kind of fluorescent bubble toy comprising: a traditional bubble producing device; a kind of soap solution with dye and fluorescer added; a lighting device which produces visible light and ultra-violet light that matches the said fluorescer is installed on the said toy and/or installed outside the said toy. The... Agent: Arthur King Ma

20070032164 - High performance yo-yo with on/off switchable auto-return: A high performance yo-yo for performing tricks has a manual-return capability, an auto-return capability, and an on/off switch built into the yo-yo for turning auto-return capability on or off. The yo-yo further includes yo-yo halves, an axle, a spool surrounding the axle between the yo-yo halves for attachment of a... Agent: Lee Patent Services

20070032165 - Bot and baby bot: The Bot and Baby Bot are Robots. Bot is the bigger Robot and Baby Bot is the smaller Robot. There will be a switch on the Bot That will let the Baby Bot come out of Bots stomach. The wiring and The computer system will be located in the arms... Agent: Marilyn V. Wilson

20070032166 - Snowman toy: A snowman toy includes a housing, a body mounted on the housing and rotatable in right and left directions, and a head mounted on the top of the body and swayable in right and left directions. The body and the head respectively are a hollow case which is formed by... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070026757 - Method and device for checking plane's entry into a dive and anti-dive devices for planes using the same: The present invention relates to a method of checking model planes entering into a dive and an anti-dive method. Operating model planes necessitates a certain kind of skills. As regards a beginner, plane crashes often occur due to improper operations. The present invention provides a method of checking planes entering... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070026758 - Disc-shaped pet toy: A pet toy having a substructure and a resilient material bonded to at least a portion of the substructure, wherein the resilient material defines a bite zone sized to accept at least a portion of an animal jaw. Further, the substructure may include an interior circumference, an exterior circumference, and... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070026759 - Construction system: A construction system includes an elongated connection stem with a central member having a uniform first transverse dimension and opposed integral end members, each having a uniform second transverse dimension greater than the first, each end member having a longitudinal slot extending from a tip end to the central member... Agent: Albert W. Hilburger

20070026760 - Game call components, improved game call subassemblies and improved game calls: Improved game call components, improved game call subassemblies and improved game calls are provided. In at least one embodiment an improved combination game call is provided.... Agent: John Edgar Stong Ii

20070026761 - Visual display: Outer and inner inflatable members and a motor assembly including a fan are disposed on a base member. Air provided under pressure by the motor assembly including the fan passes through vents in the base member to inflate the inflatable members. Flakes are disposed in the space between the inflatable... Agent: Venable LLP

20070026762 - Yo-yo having a user-adjustable clutch mechanism: The invention is a yo-yo in which at least one of the yo-yo's sides includes a user-adjustable clutch mechanism. The mechanism includes a cam and can be set by a user to cause the yo-yo, when it is spinning, to automatically return to a user's hand once the yo-yo's rotational... Agent: Gubernick Associates Franklin L Gubernick

20070026763 - Actuatable toys containing deformable bladders: Actuatable toys that contain a deformable, and optionally elastomeric, core therein that facilitates in actuating a predetermined movement of a component of the toy or article when the core is squeezed or otherwise deformed. In some embodiments, the core is a bladder that contains a fluid substance and is deformable... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070026764 - Activity and storage case: A child 's activity and storage case contains a top portion having a front side and a back side and a bottom portion having a front side and a back side. The back side of the bottom portion is connected to the back side of the top portion by at... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.