Abstract: A handheld, bead-play toy includes a plurality of hub aspects, a plurality of rail aspects, and one or more beads. Each rail aspect interconnects two different hub aspects. Each bead is slideably connected to a rail aspect.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of elongated strands having joinder regions uniting adjacent strands at a distance along a length of an outer perimeter of the elongated strands, the elongate strands being configured to couple together for a distance along their lengths. The elongated strands form a surface of a mesh when the joinder regions are coupled. The apparatus may further include a manducable protrusion coupled to the mesh and extending a distance away from an exterior surface of the mesh.

Abstract: A toy apparatus having a surface is provided. The toy apparatus may include a mesh including a plurality of loop structures having cooperative mating surfaces disposed at least partially around an outer perimeter of each loop structure. The plurality of loop structures may have curved inside perimeter surfaces, and the cooperative mating surfaces of adjacent loop structures may be configured to couple together for a distance along their lengths. The loop structures form the surface of the toy when the cooperative mating surfaces are coupled with each other. The toy apparatus may further include a rattle positioned in a loop structure in the mesh, the rattle having a body with a mounting structure having an outer perimeter sized to conform to the curved inside perimeter surface of the loop structure in which the rattle is mounted.

Abstract: An amusement device is provided. One embodiment of the amusement device includes a plastic strand wound upon itself to form a fabric that encloses a void. The plastic strand is plastically welded to itself at a plurality of locations throughout the fabric. Such a construction may yield a fabric that is resiliently deformable, and may be formed into a variety of shapes, such as a ball. In some cases, a plurality of nested fabrics may be employed in the amusement device.

Abstract: A toy bat and ball set is provided. The bat may include a shell having a proximate portion formed as a handle, and a distal portion formed in the shape of a barrel with an outer hitting surface, the distal portion including an opening on a distal end leading to a void formed in an interior region of the shell of the bat, the opening being bounded at least partially around a perimeter of the opening by a lip. The ball may be a resiliently deformable ball able to be deformed to a reduced diameter that is smaller than the opening, such that the ball can be inserted through the opening into the void in the shell of the bat, and expanded within the void, to thereby be secured within a ball-receiving region of the void by the lip.

Abstract: A device for manipulation by hands of a user is provided. The device comprises a plurality of segments, each segment including a ball, a socket having a wall that at least partially defines a spherical hollow, and a connecting arm formed between the ball and socket wherein the connecting arm is attached to each of the ball and the socket at respective positions, at least one of the positions being offset from a longitudinal axis extending through a center of the ball and a center of the spherical hollow wherein the plurality of segments are arranged to include pairs of adjoining segments that are releasably interconnected to each other by ball-and-socket joints formed by the interconnection of a ball of a first segment and a socket of a second segment of the pair.

Abstract: A flying toy apparatus is provided. The flying toy apparatus typically includes a body having an elongate channel formed therein, the channel extending in a longitudinal direction along the body. The flying toy apparatus also typically includes an elastic launch member coupled to the body and configured to be stretched forward in the longitudinal direction by a digit of a user. The channel is typically configured to accommodate passage of the digit therein during launch of the body over the digit. A foam nose member may be coupled to a leading portion of the body to soften impact and/or guide the digit into the channel. A grip may be provided on the body for the user to securely hold the apparatus during launch. Fins may also be provided on the body.

Abstract: Toy apparatus are provided. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a mesh having a plurality of loop structures with cooperative mating surfaces located around the perimeter of the loop structures. The loop structures form a surface of the apparatus when the cooperative mating surfaces are coupled with each other.

Abstract: Toy apparatus are provided. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a mesh having a plurality of loop structures with cooperative mating surfaces located around the perimeter of the loop structures. The loop structures form a surface of the apparatus when the cooperative mating surfaces are coupled with each other.