Abstract: An action figure doll capable of simulating the web making feat of the Spider Man Super-Hero is disclosed. The doll has a modified arm containing a fluid which produces the individual filaments of a spider like web when the arm is set and activated by the application of pressure to a section of the modified arm. The modified arm includes means for minimizing exposure of the filament-producing fluid.

Abstract: An audio-visual amusement device is provided wherein one or more movable animated figures are associated with a housing structure containing an audio-amplifier, and from which extends an elongated cable terminating in a microphone and dual control head, one control establishing electrical circuit between the microphone and amplifier, and the other control activating an electrical drive mechanism which imparts motion to the animated figures. The housing structure includes a main housing with a horizontal partition to which a drive mechanism sub-assemblage and electrical circuit components can be mounted and tested before a top closure sub-assemblage carrying the animated figures, and finally a bottom closure providing battery storage, are respectively attached to complete the overall assemblage. In a disclosed adaptation the motion of a first figure simulates hand clapping, while the motion of a second figure, if present, simulates excited jumping.

Abstract: A game board for a guessing game includes a number of separate game board elements each for one of the players of the game. Each game board element includes four groups of recesses which, within each group, are arranged in rows indicated by numerals, and in columns indicated by alphabet letters. Each of the groups is associated with one of the players and is identified as such by a symbol of the respective player. A shield is mounted on the respective game board element and conceals the same from view by the other players. The shield has a set of predetermined patterns thereon from which each player selects one and positions one or more indicators into the respective recesses of one of the groups in accordance therewith. The players, in turn, call for the intersections of the rows and columns of the other players to determine whether an indicator is present or absent from the particular intersection.

Abstract: A suspending and propelling means is provided to impart a "flying" action to toy figures, wherein a support clip, with means for quick attachment and detachment with respect to the back or other body part of a toy figure, is suspended on two lengths of a continuous strand extending between fixed and movable pulley members, one end of said strand being secured to the fixed pulley member, and the other end of said strand being movable with respect to said fixed pulley member and secured to one end of said support clip. From a starting position in which the supported figure is adjacent the movable pulley member, pulling on the latter causes the toy figure to "fly" toward the fixed pulley member.

Abstract: A flexible doll having a normal form defined by a molded elastic skin and viscous liquid filler and a separate molded head, and which will repeatedly return to its normal form after stretching and deforming of its body parts, is provided with a closure means and head mounting which is a cylindrical member having a large diameter filling passage, and external circumferential flanges spaced along its length. Two of the flanges provide a recess for clamping the doll skin thereto in sealed relationship. End flanges on the cylindrical member coact with a cylindrical bore and flange on the doll head to support it in a manner to be erect and rotatable with respect to the doll body. A plug is provided for sealingly closing the filler passage. The plug is apertured so that the doll body may be squeezed to remove all air therefrom prior to closing the aperture.

Abstract: A bubble-blowing doll has a body which includes a trunk, two arms and two legs movably connected to the trunk, and a head also connected to the trunk and having a mouth opening. One of the arms rotates a ratchet wheel of a ratchet mechanism which, in turn, rotates a pulley about which a rope is wound during the operation of the ratchet mechanism. A bellows is mounted in the trunk, its upper end being stationary and its lower end being movable toward and away from the upper end, and the rope is connected to the lower end of the bellows, while a spring biases the lower end away from the upper end of the bellows. A conduit communicates the interior of the bellows with the interior of a balloon an open end of which is mounted on a reed and a distensible end of which is located at a free end of the reed and at the mouth opening of the head in a deflated condition, and at the exterior of the head next to the mouth opening in the inflated condition of the bellows.

Abstract: A battery box, particularly for use in toys, is capable of establishing electrical contact with battery terminals. The battery box includes a housing which bounds a compartment for accommodating at least one battery, but preferably a plurality of batteries therein. A pair of contact members is provided for the battery or each of the batteries, each of the contact members having a contact portion located in the compartment and adapted to contact one terminal of the battery. A mounting portion of one of the contact members of the pair is slidably received in an opening of an end wall of the housing and a leaf spring biases the contact member towards its extended position in which a contact portion of the contact member contacts and presses against one terminal of the respective battery. The leaf spring is located adjacent the surface of the end wall which faces away from the compartment. The slidably mounted contact member is plate-shaped and the opening of the end wall has a corresponding configuration.

Abstract: A toy house, such as a toy country store, formed by a plurality of interlocking panels which do not rely on separate pins, clips or the like for attachment together. The invention relies on plastic fittings on the panels to hold the panel edges together, and in addition bendable joints between panel sections are provided. The panel members in any case have slits or slots and/or joining edges so that the panels fit together to yield a toy house such as a toy store, or other structures. The panels may be of laminated cardboard with plastic covered surfaces and plastic fittings and may be printed with legends and pictures. Plastic films of polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, mylar, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, nylon and acrylic resin may be used.

Abstract: A toy such as a doll which is capable of alternately emitting one of a plurality of different audible sounds, depending on the orientation of the toy, i.e., each sound corresponds to a different orientation of the toy. Typically when the toy is a doll, the doll emits the sound of giggling or laughter when in the upright vertical position and the sound of crying when in the reclining horizontal position. At least a portion of the interior of the toy is hollow, and an arrangement is provided within the hollow interior capable of alternately emitting at least two audible sounds. A pivoted weight and a switch arrangement are disposed in the hollow interior of the toy, the switch arrangement being connected with the pivoted weight and with the arrangement for emitting sound.

Abstract: A game which simulates the sights and sounds of vehicles such as automobiles racing on one or more tracks, in which a vehicle is steered to avoid simulated crashing into the oncoming vehicles on the tracks, thus completing one or more laps of the race within a fixed time interval. The game includes an enclosure and a transparent panel which is an inclined front part of the enclosure and is both light transmissive and light reflective. Light is admitted into the enclosure from above. A plurality of movable belts having a horizontal reach are mounted within the enclosure, together with means to move the belts along their reaches. At least one toy vehicle is mounted on each belt, so that the motion of the toy vehicles as the belts move is visible through the inclined transparent panel. Another toy vehicle is disposed below the inclined transparent panel so that its image is reflected from the panel in juxtaposition with the toy vehicles on the belts.

Abstract: A doll with a lock of hair of adjustable length and a torso which has upper and lower portions which are rotatable relative to each other. The internal doll structure at the waist of the doll which permits the lock of hair to be adjustable in length, so as to simulate growing hair, is integral with the means at the waist which permits the torso portions to be rotatable relative to each other, e.g. the tube which holds the wound-up cord which displaces the lock of hair into the upper torso, also serves to hold the upper and lower torso portions together in slidable engagement.

Abstract: A doll with a simulated identity or plurality of identities. The simulation is attained by providing a transparent panel which is both light transmissive and light reflective and which is viewed by the child playing with the doll, which doll is mounted in front of the transparent panel. The transparent panel defines the front of an enclosure so that the movable panel, when in position, is generally parallel to and spaced from the transparent panel. The movable panel bears a recognizable portion of the identity desired. The balance of the surface of the movable panel is light absorptive, and the balance of the interior of the enclosure is also light absorptive. The doll is placed in front of the transparent panel and spaced therefrom by a distance generally equal to the distance between the two panels, so that the image of the doll reflected from the transparent panel appears to be coincident with the identity portion of the movable panel within the enclosure.

Abstract: Improvements are provided in the internal framework of a stuffed bendable doll. The improved bendable framework in at least a portion of the interior of the doll consists of at least one linear framework member consisting of flexible metal wire coated with an external annular layer of flexible resilient plastic. The combination of central metal wire and annular plastic layer is preferably formed by extrusion of wire stock with in situ deposition of the outer plastic layer. The linear framework member typically extends centrally and longitudinally through a limb of the doll, so that the limb is bendable, and the terminal end of the member at the outer terminus of the limb is retroflexed so that the terminal end of the wire portion of the member is bent away from direct contact with the outer terminus of the limb. An entire internal framework of specific configuration and held together by at least one metal clip is also provided.

Abstract: A game played by two persons, namely a player and an opponent player. Each player has an equal plurality of playing pieces, and each player has alternate turns at manipulating a plurality of discrete identification elements bearing symbols, e.g. a pair of dice, and continuing his turn as long as the symbols can be used, either separately or in combination, to move his or his opponent's playing pieces on a playing board in correspondence to the symbols on the identification elements. The object of the game is to get all the playing pieces of the player or opponent player into certain positions on the playing board, and the multiple choice strategy entails a player moving his own playing pieces either towards the preestablished finish position or positions, or moving his opponent player's pieces back from a final position or positions. The multiple choice strategy evolves from the novel method of steps and alternate choice involved in the game.

Abstract: A toy house, such as a toy country store, formed by a plurality of interlocking panels which do not rely on separate pins, clips or the like for attachment together. In one embodiment the toy house is formed, without exterior walls, of panels which interlock by means of slots. Another embodiment relies on plastic fittings to hold edges together, and in addition bendable joints between panel sections are provided. The panel members in any case have slits or slots and/or joining edges so that the panels fit together to yield a toy house such as a toy store, or other structures.