Abstract: A display marker device is provided which has a body sheet with an open-ended sleeve formed along one edge and an edge tab or marker arranged along at least one of the other edges. An elongated member can be inserted in the sleeve for hanging or supporting the sheet. The elongated member can be arranged so that one or both ends can be clamped in an object or supported on spaced members so that the device is suspended. Advertising displays or designs can be printed or adhered to the face of the body sheet or one or more transparent sheets can be joined to the body sheet to form pockets which can hold advertising or informational pages. The display device can also be used as a book marker or a book can be supported by its binding by being draped over the elongated member of the device. A support case which is mountable on a vertical surface such as a wall and sized to receive the marker device and a book supported thereon can be provided.

Abstract: Actuating linkage contained within each arm and hand of the doll causes the three middle fingers of either hand to be flexed from an extended relation to a clenched condition when the arm for that particular hand is raised. When the arm is lowered, then the middle fingers are automatically unclenched. The clenching action is independent of whatever degree of wrist rotation may exist.

Abstract: A multislide holder and editor comprises a rectangular plate-like body having a plurality of rectangular slide-receiving pockets formed between two sets of parallel ribs disposed at right angles to one another. Upon insertion into its respective pocket each slide enters two spaced parallel open-ended side edge engaging channels, each channel comprising two spaced edge-engaging members. One of these edge engaging members comprises at least two longitudinally spaced portions with a gap between them, while the other cooperating member is disposed opposite this gap and is of not greater length than the gap, so that the entire body can be formed by a single molding operation with linearly-moving relatively simple mold parts.

Abstract: Apparatus for mounting signboard paper in large sheets or in elongated strips, and for holding the signboard paper in tension over a slightly curved board transparent surface, and including moveable tensioning devices.

Abstract: A prefabricated laminating packet is provided having two laminating sheets thereon with a pull tab detachably attached thereto adapted for use in laminating machines. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pull tab has a series of notches therein which serve to locate the packet within a laminating machine and also which enable the machine to work only with packets designed for that particular machine.

Abstract: An implement-display card combination, comprising an implement, such as a brush or a scoop, with a body and a generally flat handle extending laterally therefrom, such handle having two opposite sides with edge portions therebetween formed with edgewise projections, a display card made of flexible sheet material and wrapped around the handle, such display card having a first panel adjacent one side of the handle, plus second and third panels connected to the first panel by folds and folded around the handle into superimposed relation adjcent the opposite side of the handle, such display card having openings therein disposed along the folds and receiving the edgewise projections on the handle to retain in the display card on the handle, and means such as adhesive material for securing the second and third panels together in superimposed relation. The illustrated display card has a foldable tab extending into a hanger hole in the handle.

Abstract: A U-shaped holder made of a light flexible material having grooves in the inside walls and bottom thereof forming a slot to receive an automobile registration card or plate. Affixed to one face of the holder is a layer of flexible material coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive to facilitate securing the holder to the windshield of an automobile.

Abstract: A portable transparent display device consists of two elements, viz. (1) a flexible transparent generally flat receiving element (e.g. disk-shaped), one face of which is recessed to form a receiving space, the side walls of the receiving element defining the receiving space slanting inwardly and upwardly from the bottom thereof; and (2) an insertable element, mating with and insertable into the aforesaid receiving space and removably locked into position by the inclined side walls defining the periphery of the receiving space of the receiving element. A thin paper insert or the like bearing a message or photograph, etc. may be clamped between the receiving element and the insertable element and the device used for display of the message or photograph, etc. through the transparent receiving element. The insertable element may be provided with a clasp at the rear surface for attaching the device to the clothing of the wearer.

Abstract: A toy has a sectional, weighted body with a longitudinal slot. A grooved pulley wheel is rotatably mounted within the body in alignment with the slot, and a cord passes through the slot and under the wheel, engaging in the groove. A hook on one end of the cord adapts it for positioning in an elevated location, so that by raising or lowering the opposite extremity of the cord, the toy gravitates toward the lower end.

Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a main body portion adapted to removably secure a front wheel unit, a rear wheel unit and a top cover. The body portion and removable components are provided with matching grooves and protrusions so as to allow interchangeable assembly of the parts by children in the course of play. The front wheel unit can provide both a cantilevered mounting of the axle and a displacement of the respective wheels in an operative position. The rear wheel can further incorporate a powered motor. In addition the rear wheel unit is provided with a joint assembly for the removable mounting of a trunk portion of a robot doll or a toy airplane.

Abstract: A three dimensional, educational and entertainment toy or game is disclosed. The game includes a board having a plurality of rows of pegs of preferrably hexagonal cross-section projecting from the top surface thereof and arranged with the pegs of alternate rows being offset from each other so that pegs in one row are disposed on a line halfway between those of the next adjacent row. Thus a line drawn from the midpoint of any three immediately adjacent pegs will form an equilateral triangle where two of the pegs lie in one row and the remaining peg lies on a line splitting the distance between the first two. The game also includes a plurality of geometrically shaped playing pieces taking various planar forms such as equilateral triangles, regular hexagonals, squares, circles etc. and being cast in varying colors so that an almost infinite variety of geometric and color configurations can be achieved when the pieces are assembled on the board.

Abstract: A mount for display objects including drawings, paintings, thin sheets or other large thin sheets comprising a pair of opposed rectangular flexible plastic sheets arranged face to face and adapted to receive the display object therebetween, at least one of said sheets being transparent. Said sheets have continuous opposed peripheral inner wall portions with peripheral recesses formed in said wall portions defining a peripheral cavity. A sealant fills said cavity throughout 360.degree. for securing and sealing together said sheets around their periphery. The space between said sheets is evacuated with the display object operatively, snugly and protectively held and sealed between said sheets. A continuous channel extends around and receives and encloses margins of said sheets overlying said sealant. Additional sealant substantially fills said channel and is interposed between said channel and peripheral outer sides and edges of said sheets.

Abstract: An animated doll configured in the form of a ballerina having a crown on the head thereof connected to an actuating member on the longitudinal center line of the doll, the other end of the member having a cam. One leg can be detented to a fixed position in vertical alignment with the torso of the doll with the other leg thereof being pivotally coupled to the torso with a crank affixed thereto for co-acting with the cam for causing the leg to kick. The actuating member has a square shaft portion engaging a mating aperture within a drive gear which is driven by a motor fixedly coupled within the torso. Upon holding the crown, the doll rotates and one leg can be pivoted by depressing the crown.

Abstract: A rotary index device which is particularly adapted to be mounted on the dashboard of a motor vehicle. The device includes a cylindrical inner member which is rotatingly mounted within an outer cylindrical casing. The inner member has one of a plurality of different information-bearing code sheets secured to the peripheral surface thereof, and the outer casing has a through aperture extending longitudinally along the entire length thereof through which at least one line of the information may be viewed. A magnifying lens is selectively positionable over the through aperture for magnifying the information and facilitating viewing thereof by, for example, the driver of the vehicle. The outer casing may be angularly adjustable with respect to the viewer by a pivotal connection to a mounting bracket which preferably includes an adhesive on the undersurface for securing same to the dashboard of the vehicle.

Abstract: The display frame includes at least two different display areas within the same frame for exhibiting in one area a two-dimensional object and in another area a three-dimensional object. A special display tray is used to cradle the three-dimensional object so that the object can be exhibited through the display frame.

Abstract: A toy construction kit is provided which includes, as basic building elements, a plurality of interlockable plate members, each plate member having a tongue along one side and a groove along the other side whereby two or more plate members can be connected together in tongue and groove fashion to form a composite structural member with the preferred composite structural member being a hollow polyhedron such as a right rectangular prism. The plate members have apertures for receiving dowel members which have a slot extending along their length so that each dowel member may be force-inserted into one of the apertures for being compressively retained therein. The dowel members also have keyhole-shaped apertures on each end for receiving flat panel members and lock pins. Disc-shaped hubs, wheels and angle blocks are provided for being carried by the dowel members. The angle blocks are provided with projecting pins for being received in the apertures of the plate members.

Abstract: A device for displaying the definition of words listed alphabetically in sequence on a continuous roll of tape. The tape is rolled past a display window between two rollers each linked by a belt to a reversible motor. A cursor is externally slidably mounted on the housing so as to travel under manual pressure transversely to the direction of travel of the tape, with an electrical contact brush internally mounted to the cursor above the tape which makes contact with a metal idler roller under the tape when the cursor is positioned so that the brush passes through a hole in the tape. A hole is located in the tape at the beginning of each set of words of each letter of the alphabet, with the transverse location of such holes corresponding to markings on the housing to which the cursor may be aligned.

Abstract: A housing contains a rotating platform mounted on a shaft which is driven by a motor which can be operated by a battery, flowers plants and bells are mounted on the platform and a butterfly is mounted through a slot in a collar of the housing surrounding the platform, the wire supporting the butterfly is caused to vibrate by a cog wheel mounted on the shaft which causes cogs to press against the wire supporting the butterfly, another cog wheel mounted on the shaft causes a hammer mounted within the housing to gently hit a bell depending from a support within the housing, causing gentle bell like sounds while the butterfly moves around undulatingly as the platform rotates.

Abstract: Structures are provided in inflatable displays which include arrays of electric lamps which are operable for creating a variety of lighting effects including both stationary and flashing or simulated moving light effects. In one form, the display is formed of flexible transparent plastic and extends a substantial distance above the ground, when inflated, to provide support for one or more strings of electric lamps. The lamps of each string or row thereof are intermittently energized in a manner to provide the illusion of upward or downward movement of one or more light sources to attract attention. The inflated portion of the display, because of its transparency, appears to be substantially invisible at night time. In another form, the inflated portion of the display is bulbous in configuration when internally inflated. In yet another form, the inflated portion of the display comprises one or more upwardly extending elongated or tapered portions, each supporting one or more strings of electric lamps thereon.

Abstract: An installation for the animation of pictures for transportation systems, such as, for example, a railway system wherein a passenger vehicle moves through an unlighted area such as a tunnel. The installation comprises a series of pictures that are mounted along the side wall of the tunnel at regular intervals and at least one light-flash emitting device, the device being mounted on the passenger vehicle and directed toward the pictures. Electric circuitry causes the flash to be emitted each time the vehicle has covered a distance equal to the space between two successive pictures. The installation provides passengers riding the transportation system with animated pictures during the course of their journey.