Abstract: Jewelry, such as a cuff link, with a face member such as a gem or stone mounted in a bezel which can be readily inserted and removed from a base member of a piece of jewelry, such as a cuff link.

Abstract: The toy action figure includes a body having one leg mounted for rocking movement toward and away from its other leg. The figure also includes one arm mounted for swinging movement about a generally vertical axis provided by a ball member on said arm and a ball cup integral with the figure's body. A motion-converting mechanism is contained within the body which mechanism comprises an actuating lever which is rocked when said one leg is rocked. The actuating lever includes a triangularly configured cam at its upper end having an angled cam edge which engages against an edge on a panel. The panel is integral with a transmission lever that constitutes an inverted T-shaped member and which pivots abouts its lower T-shaped end when the cam edge acts against the panel edge so as to cause a generally vertical pin of the upper end of the transmission lever to force in an angular direction a lever arm integral with a ball member on the arm to be swung.

Abstract: A bubble pipe, which comprises a hollow tubular member having first and second open ends, a mouthpiece closing said first end and having an orifice therein communicating with the interior of said hollow member, said second end being adapted to support a film of a bubble solution thereacross, and a film divider at the second end for dividing the film of bubble solution carried by the second end, the cross-sectional area of the opening at said second end being about sixteen times the cross-sectional area of said mouthpiece.

Abstract: Vestibular and tactile responses of a living subject, human or animal, are evoked by positioning in its vicinity a simulated breathing animal, or the like as a pacifying sleeping aid. The simulated animal includes a trunk portion having a variable volume "pleural cavity". A bladder affixed to the back portion cyclically expands and contracts to simulate breathing. A pneumatic pumping system alternately increases and decreases pressure in the bladder to actuate the front or stomach of the simulated animal. Head or other apendages (arms, legs, wings and the like) may be moved by such expansion and contractions. The animal thereby produces actual movement to create a vestibular response and the covering of sheepskin or the like creates a tactile response in the living subject.

Abstract: An imitation gem consisting of a semi shell of a transparent plastic material with concave inner and convex outer surfaces has light reflecting and light refracting facets formed on both its inner concave and outer convex surfaces. The open end of the semi shell is closed by a cover which is also provided with facets so as to further improve light reflection and refraction.

Abstract: The toy action figure has a pair of arms mounted for movement in a wing-like manner and one leg mounted for rocking movement relative to the figure's other leg. An actuating mechanism contained within the hollow torso transmits the rocking leg movement to the arms so that the wind-like movement is achieved. The actuating mechanism includes an arcuate gear rack associated with each of the arms and said one leg, there being several idler gears so that two of the idler are engaged with the two arcuate racks for the arms and the remaining idler gear is engaged with the gear rack for the one leg. The idler gear for one of the arms is additionally engaged with the idler gear for the other arm and also with the idler gear for the one leg.

Abstract: A toy stove with an enclosure having a rotatable vertical threaded shaft therein, with a bell carrier threadedly received thereon, the carrier having a bell attached thereto. A hinged door mechanism is provided with an actuating lever, which upon opening of the door, elevates the bell carrier by first lifting the shaft to allow it to rotate during lifting of the bell insert member. After closing of the door, the shaft drops and oscillates with the bell descending thereon until contact by the bell with a striker member for emitting a sound simulating completion of the timing cycle.

Abstract: A mechanized ball includes a hollow sphere having a removable hatch through which a powered ball driving unit can be placed within the sphere and removed therefrom. The ball driving unit can be electrically or mechanically powered and may be in the form of a single powered driving wheel or a self-contained four wheeled toy vehicle. The vehicle may be guided within the ball by a strut and/or a spring device which contacts an interior part of the ball. In some species the ball may be steered by a weight which is moved back and forth along a dual helical groove on a diametral support from which a single powered drive wheel is suspended.

Abstract: A toy motorcycle includes a body having a light-weight frame and a light-weight hood doubling as a cowling, a drive source, which also serves as a balancing weight, disposed at a lower position than the center of gravity of the toy inside the body, a rear wheel driven by the drive source through a power transmission system, and a plurality of projections formed on the body and on a front wheel support for facilitating self-righting of the toy. When the toy falls over due to collision with an obstacle while the toy is travelling on the ground, the projections come into contact with the ground and cause the rear wheel to contact the ground. The toy is righted to resume travelling by a righting function performed by the drive source and the driving function performed by the rear wheel.

Abstract: An ear cuff is disclosed herein of one-piece unitary construction from a thin flat elongated strip of metal formed into a pair of clips separated in spaced-apart relationship and each clip adapted to engage in partial encirclement with the inner and outer natural ridges of the ear of a wearer for support and retention without deformation of the flesh of the ear. The upper clip is rigid and non-pliable while the lower clip is deformable by thumb to finger pressure to fit and conform to the shape and contour of the ear ridge it encircles and engages. A decorative item may be included as part of the ear cuff or attached thereto by welding or a ring or a clip.

Abstract: A free-standing rolling book comprises plural sheets, bound along one marginal edge. In the preferred embodiment, the book cover includes printed matter depicting a wheeled vehicle having wheel wells disposed adjacent the bottom edge of the book. Respective wheels are rotatably cantilever mounted at each of the wheel wells. The dimensions of the sheets and the wheel span of the wheels are selected such that the wheels support the sheets in a free-standing position so as to permit the book to roll without external support. The wheel span should be at least two-sevenths of the distance between the center of gravity of the book and the wheel-supporting surface, and, in the preferred embodiment, is one-seventh of the book's height.

Abstract: A toy action figure has its arms mounted for swinging movement about laterally spaced vertical axes, and has one leg mounted for rocking movement toward the figure's other leg. The mounting assembly for each arm includes an arm cup and an arm ball, the arm ball having a crank extending through a horizontal slot in its arm cup. An actuating mechanism interconnects the rockable leg with the two cranks, the actuating mechanism including a transmission link connected at its lower end to the rockable leg so that its upper end, which is forked, acts against an angled cam strip that is part of a lever unit provided with two upstanding pins which project into slots formed in the two cranks.

Abstract: An improved earring for pierced ears including a plastic post and backing is disclosed, which earring has less tendency to irritate the wearer's pierced ear hole than conventional pierced earrings. The post and clutch may be of nylon and the post is pliable so that it tends to bend if its inward end is pressed against the head or neck.

Abstract: An expandable finger ring or the like having a pair of arcuate expandable sections each pivotally hinged at one end by a clevis-like arrangement to an arcuate mounting portion. One expander section is provided with an extending centrally reduced tongue portion which is formed with a longitudinally directed open slot. The slotted portions transverse opening at the tongues open end being greater than that at the opposite end. The other expander section is formed so as to slidingly engage the first expander by being formed with a central longitudinal recess at its free end to receive the tongue portion. Disposed intermediate the walls of the second expander and extending across the recess is a fixed stud of a diameter slightly larger than the narrowest portion of the slot. The stud rides in the slot so that when the expanders are fully slidingly engaged with each other, the stud will tightly abut and frictionally engage the walls of the slot to thereby releasably lock the expander sections together.

Abstract: An earring which simulates an object piercing the wearer's ear lobe, having a low, wide, U-shaped rear part and spaced front parts. The base of the U-shaped part fits behind the lobe and its sides fit around the sides of the lobe and support the spaced front ornamental parts which represent the two ends of the simulated ear-piercing object. At the center of the base is a pressing part. The earring is made of a single piece of resilient material and may be flexed to fit around and grip the tip of the lobe.

Abstract: A toy vehicle having a chassis and a plurality of wheels mounted on the chassis includes a wind up motor which is connected to at least one of the wheels. At least one detent is located in association with the wheel which is connected to the wind up motor. A member is mounted on the vehicle which is capable of engaging with the detent whenever the wheels of the vehicle no longer contact a support surface. Contact of the member in the detent prevents unwinding of the motor. Thus, whenever the wheels of the vehicle are not supported on the contact surface such as when the vehicle is overturned or the like the motor is prevented from unwinding.

Abstract: A motorized toy car which upon frontal impact with an obstruction simulates a crash and its consequences. The wheeled car has a chassis, a body thereon defined by a front hood section having a simulated bumper prow, an intermediate cockpit section accommodating a hinged side door, and a rear trunk section having a trunk lid hinged thereon. The intermediate and rear sections are rigid and attached to the chassis, whereas the front section is resilient and free of the chassis. Slidable along the chassis is a sled whose front end is attached to the prow, a coil spring urging the sled to a retracted position in which the front section is deformed to assume a crushed appearance. The side door and the trunk lid are operatively coupled to the sled so that swinging them from their fully open to their closed positions advances the sled against the spring to an extended position which is held by a spring-biased detent and in which the car has a normal appearance.

Abstract: A toy balloon has an inflation valve secured thereon to selectively fill a chamber of the balloon with a fluid, such as helium. The valve comprises a stem defining a filling passage therethrough for communicating a pressurized fluid source with the inflatable chamber of the balloon and an elastomeric plug reciprocally mounted in the passage for movement in a first direction towards the chamber to openly communicate the passage with the chamber to permit filling thereof and for further movement in a second, opposite direction away from the chamber to seal the passage to prevent escape of the fluid from the balloon. The inner surface of the stem and/or the outer surface of the elastomeric plug may be suitably sized and tapered to permit the sleeve to compress the plug for sealing purposes when it is moved in its second closing direction. An annular bead may be formed internally on the sleeve to compress the plug to form an annular static seal between the sleeve and the plug.

Abstract: A collar tip construction of the type adapted to be worn on the substantially triangular terminal portion of a shirt collar lapel comprises a substantially hollow triangular tip element which is receivable on a lapel and a clamping element which is pivotally mounted on the tip element for securing it on the lapel. The clamping element includes an arcuate clamping portion and it is mounted so that the clamping portion is eccentrically pivotable toward the rear side of the tip element to provide a clamping effect for securing the tip element.

Abstract: A cupcake holder comprising a planar main body portion having a circular opening for supporting a cupcake, a pair of supporting legs for maintaining the main body portion and cupcake spaced from a supporting surface and coupling elements on the main body portion for enabling the cupcake holder to be coupled to an identical cupcake holder so that a plurality of cupcake holders can be connected in series for baking and for dispensing of cupcakes after baking. The holder may be combined with a toy, such as a figure or wheeled vehicle, to which a series of connected holders may be coupled. The holder legs may have supporting feet or wheels thereon.