Amusement devices: toys inventions 03/08

20080070469 - Construction set comprising at least one plate: The construction set comprises at least one plate (10) having through bores (11) that are arranged on a grid and counterbores (12a) that are arranged on both sides of said through bores for receiving a connecting element. The cross-section of said counterbores deviates from a circular shape in order to... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080070470 - Based structure with changeable colorful figures: The invention relates to an improved based structure with changeable colorful figures, wherein the based structure is printed with colorful figures. A coating layer is provided over the colorful figures to show a single color in usual time. The coating layer will become transparent after contacting water and the original... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080070471 - Transformable toy: A transformable toy is presented. The toy includes a first member, a second member and a third member. A first surface of the first member is a first part of an exterior surface of a substantially spherical structure in a first configuration. A second surface of the second member is... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20080070472 - Toy vehicle and launch platform: A toy vehicle system. The toy vehicle system includes a vehicle having a least one wheel. The vehicle is configured to generate at least one play effect via an effect apparatus of the vehicle responsive to spinning of the at least one wheel. The toy vehicle system includes a launch... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080070473 - Toy vehicle and launcher: A toy vehicle set. The toy vehicle set includes a toy vehicle including a steering mechanism, and a toy launcher to selectively energize the toy vehicle for movement while selectively securing the toy vehicle in a fixed position. The toy launcher looks approximately the same as the steering mechanism of... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080070474 - Toy vehicle track set: A toy vehicle track set. The track set includes toy roads sized for toy vehicles. The track set allows a toy vehicle to be raised and lowered to different elevations using one or more different mechanisms.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080070475 - Toy vehicle: The toy vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a parallelogram extension assembly, and an actuation assembly. The parallelogram extension assembly moveably couples the body to the chassis such that the body can move forward in a substantially arc-shaped path from a position substantially above the chassis to a relatively forward... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080070476 - Pneumatic blood-hit effect: An apparatus for a blood-hit effect includes a pressurized reservoir, a valve, and a hose having a first end portion coupled to the reservoir through the valve. The hose is configured to store an ejection fluid and the hose includes a second end portion. A membrane is configured to cover... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080064289 - Flexible toss toy: A flexible toss toy is disclosed which includes a feature that makes it easier for a dog to pick up and retrieve the disc after being thrown. The disc is saucer-shaped and is made of a soft elastomeric material. The disc has an outer-diameter leading edge, an intermediate top deck... Agent: Russ Weinzimmer

20080064290 - Tethered snack food containable toy like object: The present invention relates to a tethered toy like object that has one or more refillable cavities made for containing any type of snack food and the option to contain other toy like objects. By combining a toy like object with a snack food container into one object and making... Agent: Sandra L. Castellani

20080064291 - Replica gingerbread house and method of assembling same: The present invention relates to replica gingerbread houses and methods of assembling the same. The replica gingerbread house includes a lower house section, a roof section, a base, and a light source positioned inside the house. A method of assembly includes preparing the base, the lower house section, and the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080064292 - Noise producing toy structure: A noise producing toy structure includes a toy having an outer wall, which defines an inner space. A sealed cavity and a chamber are disposed in the inner space. An opening in the outer wall passes ambient fluid into the chamber and a noise producing element places the cavity in... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080064293 - Vehicle to projectile launcher reconfigurable toy: A toy is disclosed which is adapted to reconfigure from a simulated vehicle into a simulated toy gun able to launch actual projectiles. In one embodiment, the simulated toy vehicle is provided in the form of a semi or tractor trailer with rotatable wheels which, upon a single rotational movement... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20080064294 - Wall descending toy with moveable features: A wall descending toy has a housing and a moveable part. A sticky wheel is located with the housing to facilitate movement of the housing down an inclined or vertical surface. There is a mechanical link moveable with movement of the housing and which causes movement of the moveable part.... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20080064295 - Toy car trackset: A powered toy car is movable along a track mounted on horizontal and/or vertical surfaces of a room. The car is magnetically attracted to the track to prevent the car from falling from the track when the track is mounted on the vertical walls and/or the ceiling of the room.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20080064296 - Toy vehicle with pivoting action: A pivoting mechanism for a vehicle such as a radio control toy vehicle includes a rotating element loosely mounted on a wheel axle and extending slightly beyond the wheel radius. When the vehicle moves forward, the rotating element rotates up out of the way and does not create substantial friction... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Office Of Joel Voelzke

20080064297 - Toy helices having variable rates of movement: Toy helices each having a variable rate of movement. The toy helices, such as springs and coils, for example, may be formed of at least two different types of material each having different properties such as elasticity, flexibility, and attraction. In one embodiment, a first portion of a toy helix... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080057821 - Magnetic top toy: A wheel-shaped top with magnetic spindles projecting from the body. A circular disk with a beaded rim is mounted on each end of a shaft; the rims of the disks forming a two-rail track encircling the shaft. A handle has two legs attached to opposite ends of the shaft. The... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080057822 - Submersible device with selectable buoyancy: A submersible device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a container configured to be selectively buoyant in a liquid. The container can have at least one of a variety of different buoyancy systems. For example, the container can include a reservoir where the volume can be adjusted. In... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080057823 - Game call assembly: A game call assembly for attracting wild game comprises a game call configured for emitting a call when rotated to an inverted position. A motor when energized rotates a shaft. The game call is coupled to the shaft. A switch selectively electrically connects a power source to the motor. The... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080057824 - Nightlight toy: The invention relates to a nightlight toy having a body, an interior power source, an interior light source, a switch for activating the interior light source and a microcontroller for regulating such activation.... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20080057825 - Balloon weight and method for presenting lighter-than-air balloons for retail sale: A balloon weight includes a display clip having first and second clip members biased to be in close proximity to each other at a clip end and separate from each other each other at a squeeze end. The display clip has a base mass. A first weight piece is adapted... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080057826 - Doll toy: The invention provides a doll toy of which the head part, arm parts and leg parts are slidable and which is stably supported in the standing or sitting pose, wherein a trunk part has a head mounting hole, arm mounting holes and leg mounting holes, where the leg mounting holes... Agent: Hansen Huang Technology Law Group, LLP

20080057827 - Posable toy and method of forming: A toy with repositionable portions is disclosed. The toy may be stylized as a toy figure that may include a leg section and a torso section. The leg section includes legs pivotally coupled to a pelvic section. The pelvic section may also include an upward-extending connection post. The torso section,... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080057828 - Toy vehicle play set: A play set comprises master and slave toy vehicles and a stationary base unit. The master toy vehicle includes a radio frequency (RF) receiver to be controlled by a manually operated RF remote control unit and an infrared (IR) transmitter configured to broadcast an IR tracking signal. The slave toy... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP