Abstract: A bath apparatus for play and/or bathing having a reservoir, a plurality of substantially co-planar bottom release holes, and a top control aperture. Upon submerging the bath toy, water flows into the reservoir through the release holes as air escapes through the control aperture. When the control aperture is sealed with a thumb or finger and the toy is raised from the water, water in the reservoir is retained in the reservoir. When the control aperture is unsealed, water in the reservoir flows out through the release holes. The control aperture is offset from the top of the reservoir by approximately 12° to be ergonomically located and oriented to allow a thumb to produce an airtight seal when the reservoir is held in a single adult-size hand, or to allow a finger to produce an airtight seal when the reservoir is held by child-size hands in both hands.

Abstract: An integrally-formed poseable figure toy having suction cups which in a preferred embodiment provides an immediate visual association with a human figure, the suction cups representing the head, hands and feet. The hands and feet suction cups are co-planar and the molding parting lines are located at the perimeters of the faces of the hands and feet suction cups. The toy is made of a flexible material having a rigidity such that it can be posed on a horizontal surface with substantial vertical span, even when in an oblique, i.e., non-upright, pose. The suction cups may have different sizes and produce different pitches when pulled from a surface.

Abstract: A bath apparatus for play and/or bathing having a reservoir, a plurality of substantially co-planar bottom release holes, and a top control aperture. Upon submerging the bath toy, water flows into the reservoir through the release holes as air escapes through the control aperture. When the control aperture is sealed with a thumb or finger and the toy is raised from the water, water in the reservoir is retained in the reservoir. When the control aperture is unsealed, water in the reservoir flows out through the release holes. The control aperture is offset from the top of the reservoir by approximately 12° to be ergonomically located and oriented to allow a thumb to produce an airtight seal when the reservoir is held in a single adult-size hand, or to allow a finger to produce an airtight seal when the reservoir is held by child-size hands in both hands.

Abstract: A multi-function yo-yo switchable between operation as a traditional yo-yo, a free-spin yo-yo, and a centrifugal-clutch yo-yo. Within one or both of the fly disks is one or more rotational-speed governors, and about the axle is a cylindrical axle sleeve which is rotatable about the axle. Each governor is spring-biased to an inwards position the governor contacts the axle sleeve, forcing the axle sleeve to rotate with the fly disks and axle. However, when the yo-yo spins sufficiently rapidly, the governors are thrown by centrifugal force to a radially-outwards position so as not to be in contact with the axle sleeve so that the axle sleeve may rotate independently of the fly disks. A function control switch locks the governors in the inwards position or the outwards position or allows the position to be controlled by centrifugal force.

Abstract: A multi-function yo-yo switchable between operation as a traditional yo-yo, a free-spin yo-yo, and a centrifugal-clutch yo-yo. Within one or both of the fly disks is one or more rotational-speed governors, and about the axle is a cylindrical axle sleeve which is rotatable about the axle. Each governor is spring-biased to an inwards position the governor contacts the axle sleeve, forcing the axle sleeve to rotate with the fly disks and axle. However, when the yo-yo spins sufficiently rapidly, the governors are thrown by centrifugal force to a radially-outwards position so as not to be in contact with the axle sleeve so that the axle sleeve may rotate independently of the fly disks. A function control switch locks the governors in the inwards position or the outwards position or allows the position to be controlled by centrifugal force.

Abstract: A game die having a chassis with face cavities into which game chips are removably insertable. The game chips have differentiable insignia, which may be designs, numbers, letters, colors, etc. Play generally involves inserting one or more game chips into faces cavities of the die, specifying one or more target insignia, a player rolling the die, and that player winning chips if the insignia which comes up on the die roll matches one of the target insignia.

Abstract: A play object consisting of a larger ball with an open, substantially spherical-section cavity into which a smaller ball fits snuggly, yet is easily removable and re-insertable due to the diameter of the rim of the cavity being slightly smaller than the diameter of the smaller ball. The rim of the cavity is rounded. When the smaller ball is positioned in the cavity, it protrudes to roughly the spherical boundary defined by the larger ball to allow the combination to roll. When the smaller ball is removed from the cavity, the smaller ball is rollable, and the larger ball is relatively stable when placed on a flat surface with the cavity side down. Furthermore, multiple larger balls oriented with the cavity side downwards may be stacked. The balls are preferably soft, and their surfaces can be smooth, ribbed or furry. Ribbed larger balls provide the advantages of facilitating stacking, and obscuring deviations in the trueness of rolling produced by the lip of the cavity.