Amusement devices: toys inventions 01/08

20080026664 - Toy propeller with sound-emitting device and method of making thereof: The present invention relates to a toy flying propeller with a sound-emitting device. The propeller includes a hub with a plurality of blades extending radially from the hub and having an outer edge. An outer ring is connected with the outer edge of the blades and circumferentially surrounds the plurality... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20080026665 - Free flying spinning hoop toy: A flying toy has a rim and a plurality of discontinuous airfoils that are coupled to the rim such that a plurality of openings are formed between the airfoils and the rim. Most preferably, the total area of the airfoils is less than 40% of an area enclosed by the... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20080026666 - System and method for toy adoption marketing: A method that provides a virtual presentation including: registering a first registration code for at a product on a website, viewing a virtual replica of the product responsive to a successful registration, accessing a first subset of restricted content responsive to the successful registration, and receiving an additional subset of... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080026667 - Enhanced flotation balloon: The present invention provides a balloon fabricated from a metalized polymeric film having to allow the balloon when filled with helium to float for a period in excess of fifteen days.... Agent: Joseph A. Fuchs Rockey, Depke & Lyons, LLC

20080026668 - Crying toy dolls: Toy dolls including a body and a fluid-transport mechanism supported by the body and configured to receive a liquid from a liquid delivery device and dispense the liquid from the toy doll. In some embodiments, the fluid-transport mechanism includes a reservoir for collecting the liquid, a plunger disposed within the... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080026669 - Interactive response system for a figure: The present invention is to an interactive response system for a figure. The figure includes a first portion that includes mechanisms for mechanical movement such as the movement of arms, head and legs. A second portion, which may be removably attached, includes various electronics. In response to a user's input... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080026670 - Toy figure adapted to transfer an object: Toy figures having a moveable appendage, an object associated with the toy figure at a first position, and a transfer mechanism configured to couple the moveable appendage with the object, and transfer the object to a second position on the figure.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080026671 - Method and system for limiting controlled characteristics of a remotely controlled device: Remotely controlled devices (110) are controlled by one or more wireless remote controllers (114). The remotely controlled devices (110) and wireless remote controllers (114) communicate to each other over a two-way wireless link. The system and method provide pre-defined profiles that limit the performance of the remotely controlled devices (110)... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080026672 - Electronic toy with alterable features: An electronic toy with alterable features. The toy includes a body having a sensor adapted to detect at least a first orientation of the body and a second orientation of the body, and provide a corresponding sensor output. In some embodiments, the toy includes a controller configured to select a... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080020670 - Motorized interactive figure: The present invention provides for an interactive figure with a head, body and waist cavities, arms, legs and two motorized wheelbases. The body and waist cavities include a gear mechanism. The motorized wheelbases control the movements of the interactive figure via a relationship between the gear mechanism and motors housed... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080020671 - Animal shaped punch toy: A punch toy including an animal shaped body. The animal shaped body includes legs, a head portion having a mouth, a tail portion and a tube portion connected to an opening of the mouth portion. The animal shaped body is expandable and the tube portion is stretchable.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080020672 - Programmable baby mobiles and baby soothing devices: Baby soothing devices for soothing a baby to sleep and/or for entertaining a baby. The device is mountable to a crib and includes a central operating unit including an interface component adapted to electronically interface with a portable music player. A speaker is operatively coupled to the central operating unit.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080020673 - Doll having hand-assemblable costume: A toilet paper roll cover or a bank appears like a doll with a dress, with a hollow cylinder having an open bottom and a conical upper section and a human figurine portion removably attached to the top of the conical upper section with a plurality of first portions of... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20080020674 - Turkey call device: A turkey call is formed as a box-like enclosure with a closed bottom and an upwardly open chamber. An actuator lid is pivotally secured on top of the enclosure, the lid being pivoted about a pivot pin secured to one of the end walls. Sidewalls of the housing carry an... Agent: Keaty Professional Law Corporation Thomas S. Keaty

20080020675 - Toy vehicle collision set: A toy vehicle collision set. The toy vehicle collision set includes a plurality of launchers that propel collision vehicles through the air. The launchers are aimed to propel the plurality of collision vehicles into a collision zone. The collision vehicles fired from the launchers can collide in the collision zone... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080014826 - Aircraft toy: An aircraft toy includes an aircraft toy body which receives a control data in an infrared ray which is transmitted from a controller by an infrared sensor module and flies according to the control data; and a chip composing the infrared sensor module is attached on a front surface of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080014827 - Modular toy aircraft with capacitor power sources: Toy aircraft, modular toy aircraft, capacitor-based modular power systems, and toy aircraft kits are disclosed. Toy aircraft may include a self-contained power system and an airframe. The self-contained power system may include at least one propulsion unit operable to propel the toy aircraft and a power unit. The power unit... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080014828 - Beauty preparation toys: A beauty preparation toy is disclosed. The toy may include a base; at least a portion of a toy doll configured to be attached in an upright position to the base; and at least one cover connected to the base and configured to move relative to the base among a... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080014830 - Doll system with resonant recognition: A doll system is disclosed that may detect objects or accessories that are proximate to the body of the doll. The system may differentiate between a plurality of accessories and generate sounds that are appropriate for the specific accessory. The doll body may have a sensor circuit with an inductor... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080014829 - Multifunction removable memory device with ornamental housing: An electronic toy memory device is disclosed which may include memory, a processor and may depict a character on the housing. The memory device may store audio files and network addresses. Connecting the memory device to a computer may launch a software application with content associated with the character depicted... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080014831 - Dolls with alterable facial features: Toy dolls include a head having a face having an alterable appearance and a mechanism for altering the appearance of the face. The mechanism may include a first element configured to pivot about a first axis between a first position and a second position, a second element operatively coupled to... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080014832 - Toy vehicle raceways: Toy raceways and finish line apparatuses for toy raceways are disclosed. Toy raceways may include a plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments, a starting apparatus, and a finish line apparatus. The plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments may be configured to foldably transition between a first configuration and... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080014833 - Toy and game performance parameters updated by real world events: A method (500) for providing entertainment. The method can include receiving at least one statistical parameter (140) of a first entity (150) that participates in real world events and updating a performance parameter of a toy (110) that moves in real space or of a gaming device (405). The performance... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080014834 - Electronic sword game with input and feedback: An electro-mechanical device for providing an input to a computer program and said computer program providing a tactile output through said electro-mechanical device to a user. More specifically, the present invention provides an electro-mechanical virtual sword game apparatus that receives positional information from sensors on the sword apparatus and the... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20080014835 - Apparatus and methods for providing interactive entertainment: Embodiments of the invention provide a unique interactive game that includes multiple dynamic layers in which a participant may complete a variety of challenges and/or tasks. For example, the participant may obtain a toy “wand” from a retail phase that is usable in an interactive entertainment phase. The interactive entertainment... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080009218 - Magnetic edifice construction toy: This invention relates to a construction toy for building an edifice by utilizing magnetic coupling between a superstructure and the sidewall panels and roof members to form the exterior surface of the edifice. The superstructure is formed by a plurality a horizontal frame members and vertical frame members coupled to... Agent: Frederick Gotha

20080009217 - Novelty candy device: The present invention is a candy lollipop device that can be converted to a humanoid or character figure with a wobbling head after consumption of the candy. The device comprises a lower body have a flat base and an upper body with a wobbly head. The lower body further houses... Agent: James G. Coplit, Esq. Grimes & Battersby, LLP

20080009219 - Toy ramp devices: A toy ramp device for two or more moveable objects is disclosed. In some embodiments, the toy ramp device may include a base; a ramp configured to support at least a first of the two or more moveable objects and including a first ramp end portion and a second ramp... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080009221 - Sound synchronized animation mechanism that utilizes electromagnetics: An animation system for animating parts of a toy figure. A toy figure is provided that has movable parts. A magnet is attached to one part. An electromagnet is attached to an opposing part of the toy figure opposite the magnet. The electromagnet creates an electromagnetic field when activated that... Agent: Lamorte & Associates P.C.

20080009220 - Test tube alien toy: An interactive alien toy assembly (10) includes a chrysalis (20) that is placed in a test tube (22) along with water that dissolves the chrysalis (20) to expose an alien toy (12) whose super absorbent body portion (18) swells to simulate growth. Control circuitry (16) activates when an upper liquid... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080009222 - Game caller: A game caller wherein a reed assembly thereof may be replaced or interchanged and marketed in customized kits provided with elements for repairing or customizing the game caller, and a horn piece thereof is comprised of a pliable material that is pinched, or squeezed, or manipulated, or otherwise deformed by... Agent: The Weintraub Group, P.L.C Suite 240

20080009223 - Interactive educational toy: An electronic device for the recognizing and the selecting of a plurality of items belonging to different item groups comprises means for acquiring said items, apt to generate corresponding coded signals identifying the items and the respective groups they belong to; a microprocessor control unit apt to be inputted said... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080009224 - Folding track assemblies: Track assemblies for toy vehicles having a plurality of track segments, a plurality of gauntlet features, and an indexing mechanism configured to regulate activation of the gauntlet features.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080009225 - Toy strength measuring device: A toy strength measuring device with a segmented body and an internal cable. A potentiometer is connected between the segmented body and the cable to determine movement of the cable relative to the segmented body. An electronic output is generated to correspond to an amount of relative movement sensed by... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.