Abstract: A tethered vehicle control apparatus is described which includes a control station and a remote station. A strand connecting the control station to the remote station exits from the remote station through an aperture for connection to a self-propelled toy vehicle. The control station and remote station are connected by a housing through which the strand extends and over which the vehicle passes as it circles the remote station. The control station includes a steering wheel upon which the strand is wound to adjust the length of the portion of the strand that connects the remote station to the toy vehicle in order to change the direction of movement of the toy vehicle as it rotates around the remote station.

Abstract: A toy decorative curtain/door adapted for temporary installation between vertical jambs of an entrance opening for use in play by young children and the like includes a sheet of thin flexible curtain material mounted on an elongated roller adapted to extend between said opposite jamb surface. At least one end portion of the roller includes means for biasing the roller in a longitudinal direction toward the opposite end for supporting a roller between the jamb surfaces at a selected elevation. The flexible sheet material has an upper edge secured to the roller and a pair of longitudinal downwardly extending opposite edges adjacent the jamb surfaces and a free bottom edge to form a closing curtain for the entrance opening. At least one face of the sheet material has a decorative image thereon preferably of a living creature with an eye at an intermediate level.

Abstract: A sounding toy for producing musical tones and other sounds includes a reciprocating element which may be repetitively struck by the user in order to produce the sounds. The sounding toy includes a vertically reciprocating cylindrical member which moves within an aperture in the housing in a generally vertical direction. The travel of the cylindrical member is defined by the longitudinal axis of a piston secured to the interior of the housing. A deformable, hollow engagement member is mounted on the top of the cylindrical member and allows for repeated contact by the hand or a hand-held tool of the user. A sound producing mechanism, such as a whistle, is mounted or formed integrally on the cylindrical member in fluid communication with the deformable engagement member. A downward vertical force on the engagement member will cause compression or deformation thereof and force air or other fluid through the whistle moving the cylindrical member downwardly within the housing over the piston.