Abstract: A toy vehicle game includes an endless track defining at least two parallelly extending vehicle lanes in which two or more toy vehicles are adapted to be operated. The toy vehicles each include a reversible rotary drive motor and a transmission operatively engaged between the motor and two drive wheels for rotating one or the other of the drive wheels in response to the direction of rotation of the drive motor, thereby biasing the car against one or the other of the side walls of the track to guide the vehicle along its path of travel in one or the other of the lanes. The track includes electrical contact strips which supply power to the drive motor of the vehicles through current collectors mounted thereon. A control system permits the operators to separately and independently control current to the contact strips and also to selectively reverse the polarity of the current so that the operators can vary the speed of their associated vehicles and cause the vehicles to move from one lane to the other.

Abstract: A toy extrusion device for use with moldable dough-like material includes an extruder housing, a container defining an extrusion chamber movably mounted in the housing for movement between loading and extruding positions. The container has opposed end portions respectively defining a filling or loading opening and an extrusion opening therein. A plunger is slidably mounted in the housing in position to enter the filling opening of the container in its first position to urge the play materials in the extrusion chamber through the extrusion opening. A manually operable lever is pivotally mounted on the housing for operating the plunger. The lever and the plunger have cooperating means formed thereon for converting pivotal movement of the lever into linear movement of the plunger whereby the plunger may be reciprocated into and out of the extrusion chamber.

Abstract: The disclosed doll includes an operating mechanism actuated by a simulated baby bottle inserted in the doll's mouth to cause the doll to open and close its eyes and to simulate the action of sucking on the bottle. The mechanism allows the sucking action to be reproduced regardless of the position of the eyes.

Abstract: A toy vehicle consisting of a vehicle body and a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted thereon includes means for receiving and containing a simulated parachute therein and ejection means for selectively ejecting the parachute in response to a predetermined sequence of positions attained by the vehicle body during movement along its path of travel.

Abstract: The subject doll includes a body, a head rotatably mounted on the body, and a pair of arms having hands formed thereon being articulatedly mounted on the body. A drive mechanism is located within the body for simultaneously rotating the doll's head through a predetermined angle to face towards one side of the body and for moving the arms from a first raised position wherein the hands are spaced from one another at about the level of the shoulders of the body to a second position wherein the hands are positioned adjacent each other near the midriff of the body. When the doll is positioned on a play surface, on its midriff with the doll's hands in their first position, the movements of the doll's head and its hands to their second position will cause the center of gravity of the doll to shift. The doll will then tip over in a direction opposite to the direction in which the doll's head faces in its turned position and thus roll over on its back.

Abstract: A bumper mechanism is disclosed which is adapted to be mounted in a pin ball machine having a playing surface along which pin balls can be projected. The bumper mechanism comprises first and second bumper elements which define a slot therebetween for receiving pin balls projected on the play surface. One of the bumper elements is mounted for sliding movement between a first position adjacent the other of the bumper elements and a second position remote from the other of the bumper elements, in response to entrance of a pin ball into the slot. Downward movement of the bumper element causes it to engage a drive element rotatably mounted in the pin ball machine so that cooperating means on the drive element and the depressed bumper element engage each other and drive the depressed bumper element back towards its first position adjacent the other bumper element in response to rotation of the drive element.

Abstract: The sound producing device is adapted to be mounted on the handlebars of a bicycle and can produce sound which will simulate the sounds of an internal combustion engine such as is used in a motorcycle. The device includes a housing and an elongated handle rotatably mounted therein for driving a transmission system including a striker which cyclically strikes a resonator cone to produce the desired noise. The transmission system also includes a one-way clutch which will transmit rotary movement of the handle to the striker only when the handle is rotated in a first direction about its longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An amusement device, such as a die agitator, includes a closed liquid tight container having opposed end portions and a partition member located therein which divides the container into first and second chambers, with the first chamber being of greater volume than the second chamber. The partition member has an opening formed therein providing communication between the chambers and liquid fills the first chamber and a portion of the second leaving an air space or bubble in the second chamber. A buoyant game piece or die provided in the first chamber is used in the play of the game. The bubble in the second chamber accomodates expansion of the liquid in the container but is trapped in the second container so that it does not enter the first chamber.

Abstract: A toy vehicle game, for use with a powered toy vehicle having at least one driven wheel, includes a transport vehicle which is adapted to receive and support the powered vehicle on an associated track. The transport vehicle has means therein for locating the powered vehicle on the transport vehicle in a predetermined position, and includes at least one track engageable wheel rotatably mounted therein which is located in operative engagement with the driven wheel of the powered vehicle when the powered vehicle is in said predetermined position on the transport vehicle. As a result, the driven wheel of the powered vehicle rotates the track engageable wheel of the transport vehicle in order to propel the transport vehicle.

Abstract: The game consists of a frame having a plurality of ramps, directed towards a central common station or well, along which balls are rolled in a simulated race to discharge a scoring chute connected to the common central station; the sequence in which the balls enter the scoring chute determines a score for each player. In one embodiment of the invention a marker ball is deposited at the central station, independently of the game balls rolling along the ramps, so that it also enters the discharge chute. The marker ball is used to differentiate between game balls which enter the discharge chute before and after the marker ball. Those balls entering the chute before the marker ball obtain "plus" scores while those entering the discharge chute after the marker ball obtain "minus" scores.

Abstract: A target game is disclosed in which a plurality of targets are mounted on a play surface and moved between exposed and concealed positions in an apparently random sequence. Projectiles, such as marbles or balls, are directed at the targets which can capture and retain projectiles that engage them. Retention of a projectile in the target will prevent the target from returning to its concealed position.

Abstract: The battle simulating game includes a play board and two groups of play pieces, such as simulated tanks, which are releasably secured to a movement control member or slide plate so that they all move simultaneously in a given direction, selected in accordance with the rules of the game, in simulated tank attacks. Structure is provided for selectively indicating a "hit" on the tanks at predetermined locations along the board surface, with this location being different for each tank. Under the rules of the game the groups of tanks are moved back and forth along the play board's surface; and when a tank reaches its associated "hit" location it is moved by the indicating structure to indicate that it has been "blown up"; it is then removed from the game, with the winner being the player having the most tanks remaining at the end of the game.

Abstract: A breakaway type toy vehicle has a chassis and a body which is removably mounted thereon. The body includes a plurality of body elements each of which is releasably connected to at least one other body element. Impact responsive means are provided in the vehicle for propelling one of the body elements away from the vehicle's chassis upon an impact therewith. The propulsion of this one body element causes sequential breakaway of the body elements from the chassis as the first propelled body element draws with it the body element to which it is connected.

Abstract: A toy vehicle racing game is described utilizing a continuous, unguided vehicle race track with steeply banked curves and straight, flat horizontal track sections. The width of the unguided roadbed surface is selected so that vehicles may pass one another. A player-controlled chicane is employed in the path of the high speed vehicles. The chicane includes normally active slow-down devices which the players attempt to disable manually just at the time that their vehicle is about to pass over the chicane. Vehicles which are able to pass the chicane without a speed reduction travel over the high end of the steeply banked curves to pass other vehicles which were slowed down. A vehicle diverter is employed to segregate the vehicles on a right-left basis before traversing the chicane. The vehicle diverter employs track guides in dove-tailed relationship to guide the vehicles and prevent their bouncing off the track as they engage the track guides at high speeds.

Abstract: A die for use in a liquid filled die agitator is formed from a foldable, initially flat sheet having a plurality of discreet sections respectively adapted to define facets of the die. The sheet sections are integrally formed with one another and each is joined to at least one adjacent section by an integral foldable joint, with the sections being arrayed in a predetermined pattern so that upon folding about their associated joints, the sections will form the facets of the die. Cooperating recesses and mating posts on at least some of the sheet sections secure the sections together in the folded configuration to complete the die, while guide pins on at least some of these sections guide the sections into mating relation with one another during the folding operation.

Abstract: In a toy vehicle having a plurality of ground engageable wheels and drive means having a drive shaft operatively engaged with at least one of the wheels, a clutch is provided in the driven wheel in order to protect the drive means against damage should the wheel be stopped while the drive means is in operation. The clutch comprises a first clutch element secured to the drive means for rotation therewith and a second clutch element having an inner surface peripherally surrounding the first clutch element. One of the clutch elements has a plurality of radially extending teeth formed thereon and the other of the clutch elements has at least one detent dimensioned to fit between two adjacent teeth in order to provide the driving connection for transmitting power from the motor to the second clutch element in order to drive the wheel.