Abstract: A sound generator used in a cycle having a main body for a child to ride is disclosed. The sound generator includes a lever, a device for defining an original position of the lever relative to the main body and urging the lever to return to the original position after being swung away therefrom, and a sounder adapted to be actuated by the lever. The lever has a first end and a second end, and is formed with a pad at the first end for the child to recline thereagainst and is pivotally connected to the main body of the cycle at the second end.

Abstract: A noise cover system for preventing the noise of a cough, sneeze or the like by a hunter, bird watcher or the like from disturbing birds or animals. The cover is made of flexible thermoplastic neoprene rubber or similar material. The cover is a face mask with a central opening for receiving a face mask. The sides each have a button that can be held to the other side or have a head strap attached. The noise maker has means to make the sound of a crow or other familiar sound, is supported in an opening in the face mask and forcefully exhaled air from a sneeze or cough will actuate the noise maker.

Abstract: A table or base for a telephone or the like includes an outer case, a recording sheet which is retractable within the outer case and which includes a microcapsule magnetic sheet, and an erasing magnetic member disposed within the outer case. The outer case has a top surface on which the telephone and other articles can be placed. The erasing magnetic member is positioned under the recording sheet when the inner case is pushed into the outer case. Thus, pulling out the recording sheet from the outer case enables a top face of the recording sheet to be magnetically written in, and pushing the recording sheet into the outer case enables the magnetic writing on the recording sheet to be erased.

Abstract: A bubble producing assembly has a plurality of bubble producing devices. Each bubble producing device has at least one loop, a fan positioned adjacent the at least one loop, and a motor coupled to the fan. The assembly has a control mechanism coupled to each motor of each bubble producing device for simultaneously actuating each motor to cause separate bubbles to be simultaneously produced.

Abstract: A motion display toy, which includes a housing having a top cover and a top center opening at the top cover, two sliding door panels moved to close/open the center opening at the top cover, a telescopic device mounted inside the housing and driven to extend out of the top center opening, an annular rotary member decorated with ornaments and rotated around the top center opening, first drive means controlled by the control circuit to move the sliding door panels, second drive means controlled by the control circuit to move the telescopic device between extended position and retracted position, and third drive means controlled by the control circuit to rotate the annular rotary member.

Abstract: A toy capsule for containing toys and for constructing structures has an upper portion and a lower portion with wherein the upper and lower portions are detachably connected at their respective open ends thereby defining a closed container when the open ends are connected. A tapered thickened wall portion on each of the upper and lower portions extends concentrically from an intermediate location of an external surface of each of the cylindrical wall portions of the upper and lower portions and tapers to a thicker portion at the respective closed ends. One of the upper and lower portion closed ends has a rounded projection and the remaining upper and lower closed end has a projecting ridge defining a recess capable of receiving the rounded projection to form a releasable frictional tight fit connection.

Abstract: A toy with developing skills, the toy including a fanciful figure having a capacity to perform an action, and action control circuitry operative to control the fanciful figure to perform the action at different levels of skill at different times.

Abstract: A toy figure having multiple articulating limbs connected to the torso by pivot joints that are molded in a vertical injection molding step that forms and pivotally interconnects, in situ, one member of the pivot joint to a second, pre-formed member of the pivot joint.

Abstract: The invention relates to a speed controller able to change a pulse frequency and a pulse width of a pulse signal to control a driving motor. This device is able to change the pulse frequency during the run of the toy car which adjusts the torque of the driving motor in response to the revolution number of the driving motor. The speed controller adjusts the pulse frequency to be large when the pulse width is small, while the pulse frequency is small when the pulse width is large.

Abstract: A walking animal toy includes a battery-powered motor driven apparatus for moving the animal legs to produce a walking action. An independent motor and drive is operative to provide tail wagging of the animal toy. A collar is rotatably secured to the neck portion of the animal toy and receives one end of an elongated flexible tether. The remaining end of the flexible tether is secured to a hand controller including a user handle and a control thumb switch also operable by the user. A plurality of batteries are supported with the hand controller and together with the thumb switch are coupled to the operative mechanism within the animal toy through wires passing through the tether.

Abstract: An edible toy accessory is disclosed comprising a toy accessory composed of an edible material and shaped into a form usable as an accessory with an associated stand-alone toy, the associated stand-alone toy having independent amusement value when used without the toy accessory.

Abstract: A candy container or dispenser having a sound generating device and having an oscillating member protruding from an aperture is disclosed. The candy dispenser comprises a housing adapted for attachment to a candy container, with the housing defining an internal cavity and including an aperture. A member is pivotally mounted to the housing and protrudes from the aperture. A gear mechanism is disposed within the housing cavity and includes a rotatable wheel having an irregular peripheral surface. The gear mechanism is operatively connected to the member and includes an actuating trigger. A reed is mounted within the cavity and has an end contacting the peripheral surface, so that upon actuation of the trigger the gear mechanism imparts rotational movement to the wheel thereby causing the reed to produce a sound in response to contact with the wheel peripheral surface. At the same time, the member oscillates about its pivot point.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed toward a toy trash truck. More specifically, it relates to a remote-controlled toy trash truck capable of forward motion and realistic operation. The toy vehicle includes a propulsion system, including a plurality of tires, operably affixed to a frame member. There is also a trash-holding bin mounted on the frame member, and a load-lifting arm operably connected to the frame member and capable of lifting items (e.g., actual or simulated trash) for placement into the trash-holding bin. A signal receiver that receives and interprets signals from a remote-control device may be mounted on the frame member.

Abstract: A package containing a humanoid or animal-like figure or other shaped object whose body is formed of open-cell, flexible-foam plastic material which when compressed then expels air therefrom to cause the body to shrink so that it can be stuffed into a small container. When the body is removed from the container it then inhales air to assume its normal full scale form. To enhance the shrinkability of the body so that it can be stuffed into a smaller container, dispersed throughout the flexible-foam body are air pockets that are much larger than the open cells.

Abstract: A self-propelled toy including a body member in the shape of an animal such as a gorilla. The body member includes a torso with a pair of legs and a pair of rotatably attached arms that are slightly longer than the legs when rotated to their lowermost position. A rotary drive, such as a battery powered DC motor or a wound spring drive, is operably attached to the body member with its output drivably coupled to the arms. The arms rotate 360° with respect to the torso in synchronization with each other. Pivotally connected hand and feet portions provide a degree of freedom for better landing and balance. As the arms rotate, the hands contact the floor to raise the body member and move it a step forward. Each complete revolution of the arms advances the toy another step forward.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a talking toy in the form of an animated figure having a plurality of appendages for detachably combining with the toy body and that plays voice messages upon recognizing combinations of particular appendages with particular locations on the toy body.

Abstract: A building element for a set of toy building blocks that are capable of being interconnected in a releasable engagement includes a box with side walls, a top having one or more projections, and an open bottom providing access to interior surfaces for frictional engagement with the top projection(s). The side walls includes a plurality of grooves having entry openings of a given predominant width and a plurality of tongues having distal portions of a predominant width that is greater than the given predominant width of the groove entry openings for interconnecting in a releasable restraining engagement with grooves in another such building element. The tongues are flexible and split longitudinally into sections so that the tongues can be compressed laterally in order to effect the restraining engagement by frontally pressing the tongues into the grooves. The tongues can also be disengaged from the grooves by sliding the tongues from one end of the grooves.

Abstract: A hollow breakable object having a first shell section and a second shell section encapsulating a novelty item when the shell sections are affixed to each other. The sections are typically affixed by press-fitting, gluing, or taping the sections together. When the sections are affixed, they form a hollow shell, typically in an egg shape, having an enclosed internal chamber. The hollow shell may also have a scoring providing a convenient predefined break point on the object. Affixed to or incorporated as part of the interior of each section is an internal support structure to provide padding support to the novelty item. A coating is applied to the exterior of the affixed sections to form a breakable and dye absorptive surface of the object. The coating is made of either gypsum, limestone, silicate or a combination thereof and is advantageously capable of absorbing conventional egg dye. Additionally, the object is biodegradable.

Abstract: A motion toy, which includes a toy body, and a power drive unit, the toy body having a front body shell and a rear body shell fastened together, two arms coupled to the body shells at two opposite lateral sides, a head pivotably mounted in the body shells at a top side by a pivot and coupled to the arms, two feet, and two legs coupled between the body shells and the feet, wherein two elongated links are coupled between the arms and a rocker, which is turned back and forth about a pivot between the body shells by a center gear of the power drive unit, for enabling the arms to be synchronously turned back and forth when the legs are moved back and forth by the center gear of the power drive unit relative to the feet, and two Z-shaped links are coupled between the arms and a bottom coupling rod at the head for enabling the head to be oscillated upon the motion of the arms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a book for young readers designed to make reading more enjoyable. The book of the present invention preferably includes illustrations on at least some of the pages thereof. Additionally, edible candy is provided as a part of the book pages and may be positioned to form a part of an illustration found on a page. The candy is attached to or otherwise provided as a part of the book pages in a manner so that it may be easily removed from the book and eaten by the reader. In an alternative embodiment, the book pages may include holes formed therein and the candy may be provided on an insert designed to be placed behind the page so that the candy is in registry with the holes formed in the page and so that the candy extends out through the holes when the insert is placed immediately behind the page. In this manner, after the candy has been removed from book, the insert may be removed and replaced with another candy containing insert.