Abstract: A fiber optic wand novelty device for children utilizing a caricature illuminated in a constant color with a plurality of optical fibers extending therefrom. A mount for the optical fibers is secured to an illumination device and includes a color pallet so as to cause colored tip illumination of the optical fibers. The holder of the fibers may be of a fixed color and serves to orient the proximal end of the optical fiber bundle directly over the light source. Accordingly, the colored light is conveyed through fibers, with the longitudinal lengths of the fibers producing solid, whitish light. The holder therefore allows the caricature head to be made of a predetermined color and allows for a realistic likeness under normal lighting conditions and a predetermined colorization or illumination when placed in a darkened environment.

Abstract: A deformable toy is provided for generating sounds having variable acoustic characteristics. The toy includes a deformable body which changes shapes depending on external pressure applied to the body and a sound-reproducing device for playing back either prerecorded or newly recorded sounds, music, messages, etc., which have a predetermined playback rate as recorded to the device. The device is responsive to changes in shape of the body to vary the playback rate of the sounds by way of a mechanism of the sound reproducing device which varies the playback rate for the sounds being played back from the sound reproducing device to provide a highly interactive game for children which allows them to creatively alter sounds generated from the toy herein.

Abstract: A toy simulates a realistic hatching from an egg of an animal-like figure. Two halves of a plastic egg-shaped shell are joined by a liquid-soluble adhesive. Liquid can enter into liquid channels in the shell to dissolve the adhesive, "hatching" the figure in the shell.

Abstract: A picture display plush toy (10) having a three dimensional plaything figure (12). A plurality of pictorial items (14) are provided. A structure (16) is for holding each pictorial item (14), so that each pictorial item (14) is visible therefrom. A facility (18) is for attaching each holding structure (16) onto various locations of an exterior surface (20) of the three dimensional plaything figure (12), so that each pictorial item (14) can be seen thereon.

Abstract: A device and method for illuminating the interior of a balloon. The device includes an elongated tube that is between three inches and twelve inches in length. A light source, such as an incandescent bulb or an LED, is coupled to one end of the elongated tube. A wire passes through the center of the tube and provides power to the light source. The elongated tube is passed into the collapsible fill conduit of a mylar-type of balloon. The elongated tube supports the light source in the interior of the balloon. The collapsible fill tube collapses around the elongated tube, thereby creating a substantially air impervious seal in between the balloon and the elongated tube. The presence of the wire in the elongated tube enables the light source in the tube to be coupled to a power source outside of the balloon without allowing the air in the balloon from escaping.

Abstract: A human part model is formed by spraying a layer of uncured silicone mixed with a catalyst and a solvent carrier onto the inside of a mould cavity. Next a model base is clamped to the mould and a body of uncured silicone gel mixed with a catalyst injected to fill the mould between the base and the layer. As the silicone layer cures, it adheres to the body of silicone gel, thereby enhancing the life-likeness of the resulting model. A breast cyst model may be formed by adding an elastomeric bulb to the base prior to clamping the base to the mould. The inlet of the bulb is inserted onto a passageway through the base, which passageway has a one-way valve to prevent backflow from the bulb. The hardness and thickness of the bulb is chosen so that it reseals after being needled.

Abstract: A mobile for a baby's crib or playpen that is operated by a motor. The mobile is mounted to the crib or playpen by means of a resilient shaft that will move under the influence of vibrations from the motor, thereby imparting another type of motion to the mobile. In addition a tape recorder or sound chip is incorporated into the device so parents can play soothing music to the infant. The recorder or sound chip is voice activated and has a mode switch which allows a parent to operate the mobile upon hearing noise, to turn the mobile on manually, or to turn the mobile off.

Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a central vertical longitudinal plane at least one road-contacting front wheel coupled to the chassis to rotate about an axis fixed perpendicularly to the central plane and at least a pair of road-contacting rear wheels coupled to the chassis for rotation about a common rear rotational axis perpendicular to the central plane. Separate rear wheels of the pair are located on either lateral side of the chassis in the central plane. One or more motors are provided and coupled with the rear wheels to selectively drive the rear wheels at least simultaneously in either linear direction, forward or rearward, or simultaneously in opposite linear directions.

Abstract: A game call is disclosed which includes a bell, a sound generator in communication with the bell, a bellows in communication with the sound generator, and a cap removably attached to the bell to substantially prevent the game call from sounding while the cap is attached to the bell and to prevent debris from entering the game call. To facilitate attachment of the cap to the bell, a groove is formed on the cap interior surface, the groove being sized to interlock with a lip formed on the bell exterior surface to provide a secure interlocking relationship between the cap and the bell. A cap tether which effectively couples the call to the game call is provided to prevent the cap from being lost or misplaced while not attached to the bell.

Abstract: A toy building block set, that includes a plurality of building blocks each having a plurality of sides for interconnection with the sides of other building blocks; and at least one side of each building block having a semicircular-shaped channel formed therein for alignment with the semicircular-shaped channel of another building block to form a circular channel. In addition, there is a plurality of cylindrical rod-like members each for placement in one of the circular channels of the aligned building blocks and for extending from the aligned building blocks to support other building blocks in the toy building block set.

Abstract: A toy figure having an arm or leg which is moulded from deformable plastic material and incorporates an internal clicking sound generating mechanism. The sound generating mechanism has a closed chamber and includes first and second members which are relatively movably engageable with each other inside the chamber for producing a clicking sound within the chamber upon relative movement where the arm or leg is bent. The arm or leg is formed by an insert moulding operation with the plastic material moulded to shape completely around the sound generating mechanism.

Abstract: A marble race toy including a modular track that is assembled by the user from channel components into any desired configuration. An infrastructure is utilized to support the desired track layout. An infrastructure is utilized to support the desired track layout. Affixing elements are used to fix dowel rods of the infrastructure in place, and thereby support the modular components of the track. An elevator with an endless conveyor raises the marbles to a start position of the track, and retrieves them from an end position of the track.

Abstract: A book wherein one or more of the covers or pages or binding is provided with a track, and a toy figure is movably coupled to the track. For this purpose, the cover(s) or page(s) which attach the toy figure have sufficient structural integrity to support the toy figure and the movement of the toy figure along the track. Preferably, the track is provided along the edge or periphery of a cover or page so that the toy figure may be moved around the periphery of the book even when the book is closed. The toy figure preferably takes the shape of an animal or other creature which is the subject of a story in the book. In this way, a young reader can easily correlate the movable toy figure with the story. The book is particularly useful in encouraging children to read.

Abstract: A balloon kit package is provided to facilitate erection of a balloon assembly in a desired manner so as to prevent unintentional loss of buoyant balloons. The kit package includes an uninflated balloon, a placard greeting card or other object of mass sufficient of mass to overcome the buoyancy of the balloon when inflated and articles such as a ribbon for joining the balloon to the placard. In an alternative embodiment, the neck of the balloon is inserted directly into the placard. In package form the balloon kit is sealed in a plastic overwrap.

Abstract: A special education device to teach the severely mentally retarded the basic skills of reading comprising four elements; a plurality of blocks, joining mechanisms, a base and a connecting member. Each of the blocks have three special structural characteristics; a symbol or pictorial representation; a means of joining other blocks to form words and sentences only in a horizontal left to right direction; and a means of connecting to the connecting member. All four elements are capable of being united by a student that has severe handicaps in finger dexterity and arm movement. At least the following structures can be formed; sorting in vertical columns; associating the word or sentence formed with a pictorial representation of this word or sentence; words and sentences formed in rows which are parallel to each other and to the flat top surface of the base; formation of words by changing the beginning and ending consonants of a root phonogram.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reversible doll/hat that can be altered from a doll shape into a wearable hat and back to a doll. The doll/hat has a doll portion and a hat portion, where the doll portion defines an internal cavity, and has a head portion, a torso portion fixedly attached to the head portion, an aperture having a perimeter that provides access to the interior cavity, and a zipper for closing the aperture. The hat portion has a crown having a front, a back, an exterior, an interior, and an inner periphery, a brim fixedly attached at the front of the crown, and a headband fixedly attached to and extending around the inner periphery of the crown. The headband is associated with the perimeter of the aperture, such that the perimeter of the aperture and the zipper each form part of the headband.

Abstract: A toy car has a doll with a pistol in hand sitting on a seat respectively near to two opposite doors and a a small police car and a small motorcycle respectively at two sides in a car body. The two dolls and the small police car and the small motorcycle are intermittently moved out of and in the car body respectively by an upper push arm unit and a lower push arm unit pushed respectively by an upper cam and a lower cam both rotated by a gear system rotated by a motor powered by electricity.

Abstract: A ratchet mechanism includes an outer gear having a recess formed therein and an aperture for supporting the gear upon a shaft. The outer wall of the recess defines a plurality of angled facets forming a saw-tooth configuration. A ratchet pawl includes a pair of opposed resilient spring tabs which engage the angled facet saw-tooth combination in one direction of rotation while disengaging in the opposite direction. A second gear is secured to the ratchet pawl and defines an aperture for rotational support upon a shaft. A frame supports the ratchet mechanism in engagement with a pivotally supported drive arm. The drive arm includes a gear segment having a plurality of gear teeth engaging one of the gears of the ratchet mechanism. The drive arm further includes a coupling flange at the opposite end from the gear segment which is securable to a source of reciprocating power. A bevel gear engages the remaining gear of the ratchet mechanism and is rotatably supported upon the frame by a driven shaft.

Abstract: This educational device has been specifically developed so that a severely mentally disabled person can build simple and compound machines that are used in the teaching of basic mechanics.The four elements-building units, linkages, connector-strips and a special supporting base called a linkage-box, are capable of being united even though the disabled person may also have severe physical disabilties in hand and arm movements.As the machines are built, the disabled person is also having a three dimensional real life experience with concepts such as, "force", "weight", "mechanical advantage", pulley, wheel, axle, velocity, rotation, directionality and cause and effect relationships.The knowledge and skills developed can also find practical application in the vocational, residential and recreational settings.

Abstract: A child's action toy includes an elongate extension arm, adjustable in length, with a proximal end zone defining a handle and a wheel attachment brace at an opposite distal end zone, and a wheel assembly engaged by the brace and including a first outer wheel and a second, concentrically mounted inner wheel; the outer wheel being rotatable relative to the inner wheel. Decorative gear elements are rotatably driven about gear tracks on the inner wheel as the outer wheel rotates by holding the handle and using the elongate extension arm to push the wheel assembly along a ground surface.