Abstract: A play toy has at least one stretchable link body having a preselected cross-sectional shape and arranged in a preselected structural configuration. The stretchable body is formed by link members linked together and each having a generally ring-shaped configuration such as in the general form of a donut.

Abstract: A play toy has a body and at least one noise making device disposed in the body for producing an audible sound upon shaking or compression of the noise making device via the body. In one embodiment, the at least one sound producing device comprises two noise making devices for simultaneously producing two distinctly different audible sounds. In another embodiment, the body is a braided body formed of strands of materials braided together.

Abstract: A play toy has a series of play objects and a connecting member connecting the play objects together for undergoing translation and rotary movement relative to the connecting member and to one another.

Abstract: A play toy has strands of different materials braided together to form at least one braided body having a pre-selected cross-sectional shape and arranged in a pre-selected structural configuration.

Abstract: A novelty article comprises a flexible and waterproof display carrying membrane that is elastically stretchable and contoured to define at least a portion of the shape of the novelty article. The flexible and waterproof display carrying membrane has at least one inner display layer and at least one outer transparent gripping layer disposed over the inner display layer. The inner display layer includes a fabric layer and a graphic design that is formed on a surface of the fabric layer and that is visible through the outer transparent gripping layer.

Abstract: A system and method are provided that avoid the need to tether a computer to a test set in order to run a test sequence on a protective relay and obtain result data. A decoupling can be performed by generating command files that can be placed in storage media or provided to the test set separately rather than sending timed commands directly from the computer to the test set. Similarly, a result file generator on the test set can obtain test results and generate a result file that can be placed in such storage media or transported separately to be used by a reporting tool on the computer in the normal fashion. It has been found that various ways of decoupling are possible, using any suitable transport scheme including physical and electronic, both wired and wireless.

Abstract: A play toy has strands of different materials braided together to form at least one braided body having a pre-selected cross-sectional shape and arranged in a pre-selected structural configuration.

Abstract: A play toy for animals has strands of a webbing material braided together to form at least one braided body having a pre-selected cross-sectional shape and arranged in a pre-selected structural configuration.

Abstract: A game racket has a frame having a head portion and a handle portion extending from the head portion. A head cover covers inner and outer frame surfaces of the head portion. At least one elastic panel extends across the inner frame surface of the head portion and is connected to the head cover.

Abstract: A game racket has a frame having a head portion and a handle portion extending from the head portion. A head cover covers inner and outer frame surfaces of the head portion. At least one elastic panel extends across the inner frame surface of the head portion and is connected to the head cover.

Abstract: A flexible waterproof flying disc comprises a generally disc-shaped body terminating at its periphery in a downwardly extending rim. The body and the rim define a substantially convex upper surface and a substantially concave lower surface. The body has a core formed from a single piece of flexible, close, water-impervious cellular material and has at least one binding strip connected to and around a peripheral edge of the core for imparting a prestressed curvature to the core to define the convex and concave upper and lower surfaces, respectively.

Abstract: A waterproof game ball comprises elastically stretchable panels connected and sealed together along marginal edge portions thereof to define a shell, and a flexible, inflatable bag disposed within the shell for receiving air to inflate the bag. Each of the elastically stretchable panels has a main body formed from a single piece of flexible, non-porous, water-impervious material.

Abstract: A waterproof sports glove comprises a pair of superposed flexible pieces of substantially water-impervious material connected and sealed together along the marginal edge portions thereof to define a glove body having an open lower section configured to receive therethrough the hand of a user during use of the glove. The glove body is provided with two finger sections separated from one another by a cut-out portion, and each of the finger sections comprises at least one finger compartment for receiving therein at least one finger of the user's hand. A web of a substantially water-impervious material is disposed within the cut-out portion and interconnects the two finger sections.