Abstract: An audio-visual phonograph device including a visual image projection system is provided which includes a case for the phonograph device having a lid that serves as a screen for the projection of images formed on a flat disc. The phonograph device further includes a variable speed turntable and a pick-up tone arm employed to reproduce the audio message on the records. The turntable is synchronized with a carrier onto which the visual image disc is removably mounted. The carrier rotates in synchronism with the turntable advancing a continuous image that is projected onto the screen in a timed relation with the correlated audio message.

Abstract: A toy detective set for the amusement of children includes a casing for housing various detective play items. The casing is formed from two identical and mating casing halves which can be separated and expose the play items. The set also includes a flashlight which has a top handle. The flashlight has a locking system on the bottom thereof for engaging the casing halves to lock them together in closed position. The flashlight handle then can be used as the carrying handle for the combined interlocked flashlight and casing.

Abstract: A device and method for etching designs on glass or like surfaces by a sand erosion process. The device has a housing with a vibratory motor mounted therein. The motor drives a sharp or tapered carbide engraving blade or tip through a reciprocating axial motion at a high rate of speed. The blade can be used to engrave or chisel outlines or silhouettes of designs on a glass surface. The device is also provided with a sand erosion adaptor which can be removably fixed on the blade providing a more blunt working end. Sand is delivered from a sand supply in the housing through the sand erosion adaptor and onto the glass surface so that the reciprocal motion of the adaptor grinds or pounds sand against the glass surface to produce an etching effect on the surface. Vibration of the motor means helps the delivery of sand through the head by agitating the sand for freer gravity flow.

Abstract: A wheeled, toy vehicle or van which includes a plurality of operable devices or accessories. The toy vehicle is adapted for use with a figure toy having a pair of mechanical hands in the form of hooks. The van includes a front end which opens to provide access to the cab or driving compartment and a rear tailgate which opens to provide access to the back, cargo area of the van. A ladder is adapted to be hooked onto the side of the van to permit climbing onto the top or roof of the van by the hooks of the figure toy for use of the various accessories. One of the accessories includes a large, mechanical hand which mounts to the interior, exposed surface of the tailgate when the tailgate is in an open, fully vertical position. A side door on the van provides access to the rear portion thereof, which includes a periscope and a radar-computer control console for use by the figure toy. Many of the accessories include especially adapted handles for use by the mechanical hand hooks of the figure toy.

Abstract: A craft device for use in constructing aerial projectiles and in particular, paper airplanes. The device includes a press having a lower die portion and an upper die portion pivotally connected thereto along one edge. A plurality of detents or protrusions on the lower die portion are provided in alignment with complementary holes in the upper die portion and serve to perforate a suitable sheet of material such as paper to define a plurality of fold lines on the sheet. The device includes a template alignable on the sheet so that a particular design or coloration can be applied to the sheet to add realistic characteristics to the projectile. A nose piece is frictionally secured to one edge of the sheet to maintain the folds and add a predetermined amount of weight to aid in flight control.

Abstract: A toy bathtub device for simulation of giving a doll a shower or bubble bath, or the like. The device includes a base tub portion having an upstanding post supporting a showerhead which includes a spray nozzle. A shower curtain is mounted on the post for preventing undue splashing of water from the nozzle and tub. The nozzle is supplied with water through a conduit by a bellows-like pump which operates in combination with a check valve to pump water in a recycling fashion from a tub water reservoir through the conduit and thence from the nozzle. The tub is provided with a drain plug for draining water from the tub into the water reservoir for reuse. The floor of the tub also is provided with an aeration system in the form of a peripheral series of perforations or ports through the tub bottom wall which are interconnected by a manifold. The manifold is supplied with air under pressure from another bellows pump acting against a check valve.

Abstract: A competitive skill-type game including a figure toy horse which is pivotally mounted to a base to simulate bucking or jumping similar to a bucking bronco of a rodeo contest. A figure toy cowboy is provided for removable mounting on a saddle of the horse and includes a pair of pivotally mounted legs for grasping the body of the horse. Two independent selectively actuatable devices are provided, one for each player of the game, one to cause the horse to pivot about its mounting in a bucking manner and one to cause the legs of the cowboy figure toy to engage the sides of the horse. The players compete in an attempt to simulate a rodeo contest where a rider attempts to ride the horse for a predetermined period of time which is calculated by a timer provided on the base. One of the players of the game operates one of the actuation devices to cause the horse to pivot in a bucking manner in an attempt to "throw" the rider from the horse.

Abstract: A target game of the type wherein a target image is movingly projected upon a screen for simulated shooting by a gun assembly. The target game generally includes a target projecting assembly for randomly exhibiting a moving target onto the screen and for giving an indication of a successful hit. A gun assembly is movably mounted over the target projecting assembly for selectively exhibiting a hit area on the screen and for causing the target projecting assembly to indicate a hit, along with a drive assembly. The target projecting assembly includes a first projector having a film holder which is movable between a "normal" position wherein a target image is presented for projection and a "hit" position wherein an explosion image is presented for projection. The target projecting assembly also includes a hit actuating member associated with the film holder to move the holder from its normal position to its hit position.

Abstract: A competitive game wherein a ball is rollably supported upon two spreadable rods above a base including scoring receptacles beneath the rods. The rods are supported by end walls through apertures therein. Terminal handles are attached, one on each end of each rod for the two opposing players to vary the space between the rods thereby moving the ball therealong. The receptacles are designated as favorable or unfavorable to a respective player. The object of the game is for each player to deposit the ball into a favorable receptacle in opposition to the adverse maneuvers of the opposing player. A scorekeeping means in the form of a peg movable between successive apertures corresponding to the point score of that player is provided.

Abstract: A ball rolling game apparatus simulating a golf tee. The game apparatus includes a game board having a downwardly inclined starting ramp with ball guides thereon, and a playing surface forming a continuation of the ramp with a ball receiving aperture therein. An obstacle such as a simulated golf pin is disposed in front of the aperture, requiring the skill of a player to roll a ball down the ramp, across the playing surface, and around the obstacle into the aperture. A return trough surrounds the playing surface so that a ball which is projected down the ramp "off target" or too fast, will fall off of the playing surface into the trough. A pivotally operated ball return lever is provided to permit the player to raise the ball out of the aperture into the return trough thereby facilitating the repossession of the ball by the player. In the exemplary embodiment, the playing surface is inclined downwardly back toward the ramp and is concave in cross section.

Abstract: A launching device for propelling a football into an airborne trajectory with the football pointed forwardly and rotating about its longitudinal axis similar to a forward pass in the game of football. The launching device includes a spring-biased, retractable catapult arm with a ball-holding basket on the end thereof. The device is provided with a governor which delays the launching of the ball for a predetermined time period to allow the user to move into position for receiving the ball. The launching device includes height adjustments and spring tension adjustments for regulating the trajectory of the football. A safety interlocking mechanism is provided to prevent the launching of foreign objects. The device cannot be operated unless a football is loaded in the basket. The basket has a size, shape, orientation and edge portion which accurately simulates the trajectory of a thrown football by imparting a spiral spin to the football.

Abstract: An accessory set of gymnasium equipment for use with a figure toy, including a trampoline, a chinning bar, a set of rings, a balancing beam, a weight set and exercise rack, a pair of uneven parallel bars, a balancing or vault horse, and an exercise mat. The various components such as the trampoline, rings and chinning bar include many interchangeable parts which provide a variety of functions while conserving space and materials. Preferably the figure toy will have hands, e.g., flexible, which are capable of grasping so as to enable the figure toy to be supported on a bar or the like by the friction generated by the flexure of the hands. A retaining belt or waistband is provided to assist in balancing the figure toy while using the trampoline accessory.

Abstract: A pinball type game in which a ball is propelled by a plunger over an inclined playing surface among pins, targets and the like. The game is designed on a "haunted house" scheme and flippers are provided for keeping a ball in play, the flippers being shaped in the form of bat wings. The flippers actuate a sound device each time a flipper is actuated. The flippers are positioned on each side of the playing surface and are manually operated by the participants. Actuation of a flipper by a participant causes a sound to be emitted by a sounding device. The sounding device includes a bellows portion.

Abstract: A flexible wing glider including a highly flexible, air impervious diaphragm which is secured to a central longitudinal keel and two rearwardly and outwardly diverging leading edge spars to form a pair of symmetrical, semi-conical wing sections. A payload support for a figure toy or other item is rigidly secured to the central keel and includes a pair of adjustable air foil stabilizers and a depending hook for launching of the glider by resilient means.

Abstract: An action figure toy in the form of a doll which includes a torso having an arm joint in the shoulder area with a movable arm connected thereto. The arm is connected to a rotatable shaft extending from the torso and has hollow upper arm and lower arm portions swingably joined at an elbow joint. A rod operably connects the shaft and lower arm portion. The upper arm portion is secured to the shaft at the arm joint for rotation therewith. When the shaft is rotated both arm portions will move with respect to the torso as well as with respect to each other in a predetermined sequence simulating a thrusting movement. The figure includes a hip joint between the torso and each of two legs movably mounted thereto. The hip joint includes a hollow housing on which the torso is rotatably mounted and a plurality of spaced apart recesses are formed within the housing. Two leg mounting members are mounted within the housing for movement about a first horizontal axis.

Abstract: A hand propelled circular air glider or flying saucer type aerodynamic toy. The toy includes a solid upper disc portion and a concentric, substantially larger lower annular disc portion having an aperture therein approximately equal to the diameter of the upper disc portion. The upper disc portion and lower annular portion are disposed generally parallel and are connected together by a plurality of radially directed, generally trapezoidal, evenly spaced fins. A depending, short cylindrical flange circumscribes the outer perimeter of the lower annular portion to stabilize the flight of the toy as it precesses through a gaseous medium.

Abstract: A vibratory board game apparatus including a plurality of playing pieces and a game board with a playing surface having a plurality of stations defining a confined playing piece path of travel. Some of the stations are destination stations having indicia representative of different locations. Simulated money is provided which may be acquired by having a playing piece stop on a given destination station. The game board mounts a selectively actuatable vibratory motor for vibrating the board and thereby moving all of the playing pieces simultaneously along the playing piece path of travel from one station to another.