Abstract: A toy having a chassis generally configured to simulate a cash register and a mechanism for numerically displaying a price of specific merchandise depicted on a card, is disclosed. The mechanism includes a first and a second panel of the chassis which define a slot wherein the card is at least partially positioned for pictorially displaying the merchandise. A member or plate positioned in the slot supports the card in its position wherein the merchandise is pictorially displayed. The member or plate may be removed through a child actuated lever mechanism to allow disposition of the card behind a plurality of transparent portions of the first panel. The transparent portions of the first panel are configured and adapted for displaying a plurality of numerals when reflection of light is blocked in predetermined parts of the transparent portions.

Abstract: A toy for a pseudo-medical kit, such as a make-believe reflex hammer, stethoscope, thermometer, sphygmomanometer or syringe, has a nonfunctional mobile part which resembles a functional element of the instrument simulated thereby and whose displacement or deformation produces a perceptible indication, such as the lighting of a lamp, a whistling sound, or the display or a numerical or pictorial reading.

Abstract: An airborne, free floating, lift-weight balanced toy for manual manipulation includes a closed envelope of polyethylene terephthalate (Mylar) filled with helium. The envelope is exactly counterbalanced with one or more ballast members so that the toy will assume a position at a desired distance from the floor or ground when it is let free. Such ballast members are made up of a plurality of weight control modules spirally arranged with respect to each other and held onto the skin of the toy by double face adhesive. In one form of the invention, when such a toy is initially filled with helium and a ballast member is in place, it will have a static balance such that one portion will always come back to being the bottom portion. In a second form, two ballast members are placed so that the toy will remain oriented in space in whatever position it is manually placed, if there are no outside effects except gravity and the lifting effect of the helium working on it.

Abstract: A toy configured to simulate an insect with wings is disclosed. The toy has a main body section to which a tail and a head section are attached to form an insect body. Two wings are rotatably mounted for disposition on both lateral sides of the main body section. A mechanism is provided to cause simultaneous flapping of all the wings. A cavity having a pivotable cover plate is provided in the head section. Various toy appendages such as a toy doll may be placed in the cavity.

Abstract: A rotating display which gives the illusion of simultaneous movement in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions is disclosed. The rotary display inclues a rotary reflector having a plurality of light reflecting surfaces formed thereon. Each of the light reflecting surfaces is planar and lies in a plane different from each of the reflecting surfaces located adjacent thereto. Means for rotating the reflector about a predetermined axis is provided. A reflective diffraction grating surrounds the reflector and reflects light emitted from a light source onto the reflector and out towards the observer of the display.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for storing dental handpieces which includes a support device for each of the handpieces and a switching device for creating a signal when a handpiece is disposed in the supporting devices without contacting the handpiece. In one embodiment, the sensing device utilizes a light barrier which is broken by placing the handpiece in the supporting device and in another embodiment the sensing device utilizes a coil and resonant circuit whose output is changed by the presence of the handpiece.

Abstract: A communications device including a display panel having a plurality of symbols arrayed thereon in a circle, each of the symbols indicating a particular idea to be communicated, and a pointer projecting radially from the center of the circle. An indexing mechanism is provided for producing incremental relative rotational movement between the pointer and the display to cause the pointer to be aligned with the next successive one of the symbols upon receiving a single manual input. Preferably, there are two display panels facing in opposite directions and a pointer corresponding to each panel. Each symbol on one panel has counterpart on the other and the pointers move in synchronization.

Abstract: A phonograph including a lower casing having a turntable. A cover is removably positionable over this turntable and has a top wall disposed in fixed parallel relationship to the plane of the turntable. The cover is made of a non-magnetizable material. A magnetizing disc is provided and having a plurality of magnets secured in a spaced apart manner on an upper face thereof. A drive post is provided and has a detachably securable end to connect to the disc and space the disc above the turntable. The post also has an engaging opposed end to engage with a center hole in the turntable to impart axial rotation to the post when the turntable rotates, whereby to impart a rotational drive to the disc to cause free displacement of magnetically attractable elements disposed on an outer surface of the cover when positioned thereover.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to an improved open face garden marker which is a molded unitary plastic device. The instant marker includes an open continuous ring having a plurality of ears formed integral with the interior of the ring extending inward. The ears are staggered for receiving an indicating indicia between the ears and holding the indicia between the ears. A shank is formed integral with the continuous ring and extends outward from the ring. The shank has a point on one end for engagement with the earth to facilitate insertion of the marker into the earth. Measuring indicia is formed integral with the shank for indicating depth of insertion of the shank into earth.

Abstract: A climbing toy including a body with two circumferential grooves of different depth. Strings are wound in opposite directions in the two grooves. The toy climbs when tension is applied to the two strings. The toy contains no axles, bearings or other mechanisms.

Abstract: A toy airplane is constructed from a straw and wing components taken from a food container. The main wing is formed from the container and mounted on the forward end of the straw. A V-shaped midregion is formed in the main wing with a living hinge forming the bottom of the V-shaped midregion. A brace is inserted through slits at the top of the V-shaped midregion to form a triangular wing structure that resists deformation during loading on the wing. A rudder and an elevator wing are formed from the container and mounted on the rear end of the straw, and a weight is mounted in the forward end of the straw to complete the construction of the airplane.

Abstract: A main wheel rotating in a vertical plane has marble receiving notches in opposite sides of its periphery. Uprights on opposite sides of the wheel support the wheel shaft and a transfer tray with reverse inclines over the wheel. A smaller drive wheel connected to the shaft has angularly spaced lift pins around a half of its periphery. The pins engage notches in the side of a vertically reciprocable lift bar having an elevator plate on its top. The lift bar is guided along the edge of one upright between a raised position in which the elevator plate transfers marbles to the upper edge of the incline, and a lower position in which the elevator plate is located alongside of the main wheel and radially inwardly from the peripheral notches therein. An intermediate transfer shelf is fixedly supported by the one upright to receive marbles discharged from one of the peripheral notches in the main wheel.

Abstract: A toy vehicle has a first and a second surface which are spaced apart from one another and reversibly serve as the top and bottom of a vehicle. When one of the surfaces is serving as the top of the vehicle the opposite surface of the vehicle is serving as the bottom of the vehicle. The vehicle includes wheel members which are capable of supporting the vehicle over a support surface no matter which of the surfaces of the vehicle is serving as the top or the bottom. Also incorporated in the vehicle is an inverting mechanism which alternately inverts the vehicle such that the surface serving as the top of the vehicle after inverting serves as the bottom of the vehicle and the surface serving as the bottom of the vehicle after inverting serves as the top of the vehicle.

Abstract: A toy game bank which may be used an an amusement and educational apparatus for children, and a conversation piece for adults. The toy game bank includes a supporting base member which contains an interior chamber for coins, a vertical wall member which is mounted on the rear end of the supporting base member, a coin track member which is mounted on the top end of the wall member, and a funnel which is mounted on one end of the coin track member. A coin track system is formed from the bottom of the funnel and it extends through the coin track member and down across the front face of the wall member, and through a coin track block member on the supporting base member, and into the interior chamber of the supporting base member. A lever and hammer is mounted on one side of the supporting base member for propelling coins upwardly through a flight path so that they will land in the funnel and then roll through the coin track system down to the interior chamber in the supporting base member.

Abstract: A single conductive spring resiliently biases a pick-up shoe against a track rail while resiliently biasing a brush arm against the motor commutator segments. The spring provides an electrical current path between the pick-up shoe and brush arm.

Abstract: A suspension-type file folder is provided with an indicia tab molded unitarily with a plate or wing securing the tubular label-receiving window to a leaf of the file folder. The plate is molded unitarily with a pincer engageable with a male member of the adjacent leaf of the next folder to interconnect the file folders and prevent insertion of articles between them.

Abstract: A body for a figure toy has an internal chamber adjacent a wall of the body and an opening through that wall has a cylindrical edge bead constituting a pivot for a simulated limb. The limb has an arcuate portion in the chamber of the same sectional shape as the opening and a recess at the axis of the arcuate portion, which recess pivotally embraces the edge bead.

Abstract: An animated talking doll includes a doll torso and head which includes a facial portion manufactured of generally flexible material. A sounding mechanism within the doll provides various audible sounds to be produced as desired by the user. A manually operative drive mechanism is connected to the mouth area of the facial portion of the doll head for automatically moving parts of the face in a timed relationship to provide coordinated movement of the parts of the face with the sound produced by the sounding mechanism. A clutch mechanism permits operation of the sounding mechanism while not engaging the driving mechanism to provide operation of the sounding mechanism independently of the movement of the facial portion.

Abstract: A roll type display sign for a pump is disclosed having an upper bracket mounted to slide across an upper edge of a frame surrounding a pump face. A spring biased roller is mounted to the upper bracket and a display sheet is mounted to the roller such that the sheet is movable between a retracted position, in which the display sheet is wrapped around the roller, and an extended position, in which the display sheet extends across and substantially parallel to a portion of the pump face. The sign also includes a lower bracket mounted to a lower frame edge. This lower bracket is provided with three hooks spaced across the length of the lower edge which engage a loop member mounted to a cross bar attached to an edge of the display sheet. By sliding the upper bracket into an appropriate position and hooking the loop defining member about an appropriate one of the three hooks, the display sheet can be positioned over any one of three portions of the pump face.

Abstract: A manually operable buoyant tub toy simulating a jet powered boat or boat dashboard includes a manually operable air bubble and wake generator, a manually operable bow spray generator and a sound generator responsive to rotation of a steering wheel. A floodable compartment located under a hatch in the deck of the toy boat has a transparent top wall and contains miniature simulations of various aquatic life forms. A manual handle located toward the rear of the toy boat is suitable for carrying the toy boat or propelling it through the water. Functional or simulated nautical instruments and implements such as a compass, a speedometer, and horn are provided on the toy boat.